"Rutgers University still hesitant to adopt the forward pass into its overall strategy. Asked about the forward pass, Rutgers's head coach Greg Schiano states that it is a fad, will eventually go the way of the DoDo."
The-early-history-of-footballs-forward-pass(Good read)
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The October 5, 1913 New York Tribune reported Rutgers 29-6 home victory over Union College was umpired by E.B. Cochems of Wisconsin. Cochems would, again, umpire at Ebbets Field when Rutgers upset the Newport Naval Reserves 14-0 on November 24, 1917.
Back on September 5, 1906, the first passing rules under new NCAA rules took place when St. Louis played at Carroll College and Bradbury Robinson tossed an incomplete pass to Jack Schneider and, by rule, turned the ball over to Carroll College. Cochems was the St. Louis head coach and had schemed passing plays in a secret Wisconsin location that August. It earned him the nickname “the father of the forward pass” in some quarters.
Back on September 5, 1906, the first passing rules under new NCAA rules took place when St. Louis played at Carroll College and Bradbury Robinson tossed an incomplete pass to Jack Schneider and, by rule, turned the ball over to Carroll College. Cochems was the St. Louis head coach and had schemed passing plays in a secret Wisconsin location that August. It earned him the nickname “the father of the forward pass” in some quarters.
You're the historian. This guy is just trying to take a shot at Schiano.
So, you're telling me that the "father of the forward pass".. his first designed pass was incomplete and that meant it was a turnover?
Think we need to find a stepfather of the forward pass who did better.