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A local newspaper films a video of Maroons supporters lining up to meet David Fleming of ESPN, in the grand old town of Pottsville Pennsylvania. More progress has been made in the quest to return the Maroons stolen 1925 title. Fleming speaks about the history of the Maroons and the progress that has been made in the quest. You can check out the rest of this week’s  events at The Official Site of the Pottsville Maroons. Hope to see you there!

The Maroons Story

The Official Site of The Pottsville Maroons

In an article written this week by ESPN’s David Fleming, Author of the “Breaker Boys:The NFL’s Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship”, Fleming writes about how the Steelers could possibly beat the Patriots this weekend, and the 33 reasons that back his hypothesis. We all have seen Charlie Brown at Christmas time, and we all know the black and yellow shirt he has worn for the last 75 years. Is Chuck really a Steelers fan? Possibly. Could this be a sign? I doubt it, but it is a good thought to keep in mind. So,  hopefully he will be cheering for the Steelers this weekend, rooting for the biggest upset in the NFL so far this season.

I will finish with a famous quote by Charlie: “It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.” It can not look much darker for the Patriots, their last two opponents have made it the darkest time of their season, and the Steelers may make it totally BLACK!

The NFL wanted to come up with a more cleaner and meaner looking design for the future and 2008.

“The league is creating a leaner, meaner version of the iconic logo that will debut at the NFL draft in April, 2008. “The redesign marks the first changes to the shield since 1980″.

Drum roll please………….And This is what you get…

 

WOW!!!! (sarcastic) You hear the league is re-designing their logo and you see this as the finished product? “ The National Football League is launching a makeover of its red, white and blue “NFL Shield” logo that adorns everything from player jerseys to fan T-shirts and hats.” Is what was stated.

They removed a few stars and change the angle of the football? A kid with a coloring book could have fixed that.

I’m not so sure how this looks to you but it sure as hell isnt “meaner looking”. I would love to know how long this took to finish because anyone with photoshop on hand could have done a better job in 10 minutes. What do you think to the logo should look like?

The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League) in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park (capacity 5,000), which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north Dayton.

 An Official Jersey Worn by the Triangles
Sponsored by the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (or Delco), the Dayton Metal Products Company and the Domestic Engineering Company (now called Delco-Light), the Triangles existed as a semi-pro squad in the 1910s, playing other top teams in the football-rich areas of Ohio and western Pennsylvania. On October 3, 1920, the Triangles won their first APFA game, a 14-0 defeat of the Columbus Panhandles in Triangle Park.

 A 1925 Triangles Program Cover vs. the Giants

The high point of the Triangles’ 1920 season was a 20-20 tie at Triangle Park with Jim Thorpe’s Canton Bulldogs; it was the first time a team had scored three touchdowns on the Bulldogs since 1915. Trailing the Triangles, 20-14, Thorpe nailed two late field goals to tie the score. Six games into the season, the Triangles remained undefeated (4-0-2) but in the final three games lost twice to eventual league champion Akron Pros, ending 1920 with a 5-2-2 mark(Wikipedia.com).

The Triangles entered the league around the same time as the Pottsville Maroons, one of the greatest NFL Teams ever that have been forgotten until recently..(Official Site). A petition has been started to bring back the championship to Pottsville PA, that was stolen by the NFL after a so-called rule violation.