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[Sabretooth Tiger]

Per wikipedia, the Raisin Bowl was played 5 times in the late 1040's involving a California school against an at-large selection.
It was a New Year's Day bowl for it's first four years, played for the last time on Dec. 31, 1949.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin_Bowl

"Old age and treachery will prevail over youth and vigor" young browneagle.

[cawcdad]

He sounds like quite a guy.

Is St. Mary's the one in Moraga? Interesting that a small college like that would be in the Sugar Bowl. Maybe it was not such a big deal back then.
I've never heard of the Raisin Bowl.

St. Mary's is the one in Moraga. For a good football book, you should read They Did it Every Time about St. Mary's football.

Per wikipedia, the Raisin Bowl was played 5 times in the late 1040's involving . . .

Was the IRS involved?

[Gray Fox]

Per wikipedia, the Raisin Bowl was played 5 times in the late 1040's involving a California school against an at-large selection.
It was a New Year's Day bowl for it's first four years, played for the last time on Dec. 31, 1949.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin_Bowl

"Old age and treachery will prevail over youth and vigor" young browneagle.

Sabretooth is getting an early start on his taxes.

[tmerton]

St. Mary's is the one in Moraga. For a good football book, you should read They Did it Every Time about St. Mary's football.

The Gaels were indeed a power, albeit for a relatively short period of time (along with a couple of Jesuit universities - Fordham, USF).  Like many midwesterners, Slip Madigan's blood apparently thinned when he moved west and he settled out here aftet he left St. Mary's.  His son lives in Oakland and has hosted the annual send-off for Bay Area students heading back to Notre Dame. 

[D O.C.]

Vic Cuccia's teams were very entertaining to watch for those who did not have a stake in the game. Ron Cuccia became the thing to watch in the late 70's.  I always wondered what family dinners were like in that household. I'll bet a minute didn't go by without talking football. ("Pass the split end book, please"). That 63-0 must have been an old, old score to settle because it really hurt publicity for a great program. Vic has to be credited for keeping American football alive in that community for longer than it would have lasted without him.

Who can compare and contrast St. Mary's Flight School of the Great War era with the Moraga campus people write of?
I was under the impression St. Mary's rode a comet's tail there in the 40's because young studs from all over the USA went there for their flight training and just happened to play football in their spare time.

I suppose I could do my own research but I'm at work and need the pension....eventually.

Oh! yeah,  tee hee

until interest in the game dried up

[D O.C.]

...nothing wrong with wasting your break...

Both one and the same:

The Slip Madigan Era:
From 1921 to 1939, Saint Mary's football was coached by the legendary Edward "Slip" Madigan, who came from Knute Rockne's staff at Notre Dame and turned Saint Mary's College into a collegiate football powerhouse. By 1930, Madigan had engineered a 20-12 triumph over Fordham at the Polo Grounds. The Gaels met Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl in 1939 and won 20-13. Slip registered 117 wins with an overall winning percentage of 72.2%, the best in Saint Mary's College history. Madigan Gym is named after Slip. His son Ed often attends Saint Mary's sporting events. In the fall of 1992, a Sports Illustrated special edition devoted eight pages to Slip's Saint Mary's years.

The Navy Pre-Flight School:
During World War II, the Navy virtually took over the campus for a Pre-Flight School. Former President Gerald Ford taught at the school. Astronaut Scott Carpenter and actor Dennis Weaver were among the 16,000 students. In 1995, a reunion drew men and their wives from throughout the U.S.

[coco]

Ba da BOOM!

This board isn't dead after all. All you punsters were just resting.

Thanks for the info on St. Mary's. I knew Herman Wedemeyer had gone there, but I wasn't sure if it was the same place. He went to the same high school I did, but was a couple years ahead of me. The guy was a legend.

We went to a lacrosse game at St. Mary's a few years back. Nice place.

[DBQ1965]

From the "For What Its Worth" department (and the very cold midwest this morning) ...

A couple of things on here got me thinking and remembering.  My high school football coach in Lodi, CA ... John Giannoni ... was a St. Mary's grad from their "big time" days.  John very successfully coached in the late 40's, 50's and 60s at Lodi ... ran the single-wing for years until Bill Munson came along and then Lodi shifted to the wing-T.   

Also, the local high school stadium was/is the Grape Bowl ... not to be confused with any bowl game by the same name.  The Grape Bowl was built in 1940 as a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project.  I remember hearing that it had seating for 12,000.  In 1950, 23,000 fans showed up for a game between Cal-Berkely and College of the Pacific (now UOP).  When there was just one high school in town, the Grape Bowl would be filled for Friday night games.  Those were the days!

[cawcdad]

DBQ1965, I've attended quite a few games at the Grape Bowl in Lodi. My school has played Tokay, the other Lodi H.S. for years. Unfortunately, the stadium is just a shell of it's former glory.

[DBQ1965]

cawadad ...

what was your high school?

[cawcdad]

I teach at Downey H.S. in Modesto. Graduated from Beyer.

[DBQ1965]

cawcdad ...

Back in the "old days" ... Modesto and Downey both were part of the old Sac-Joaquin Conference ... which included Sacramento and McClatchy.  Later,  the Central California Conference was formed with the Sac schools going to a difference Conference and the CCC was (as I recall) Modesto, Downey, Turlock, Tracy, Stagg, Edison, Franklin and Lodi.  Stagg and Lodi were the two consistent powerhouses.  Lodi was the only school to still wear black high tops and leather helmets in my day.  Just reminiscing.

[D O.C.]

Just reminiscing, eh. Let me join in. I never saw a football game there but I rode in on the greyhound, Ill be walkin out if I go.I was just passin through, must be seven months or more. Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends.
                                            8)

[DBQ1965]

Sounds like Credence Clearwater ...

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Everybody join in . . .

"Oh lord, stuck in McMinnville again . . . . " (I think that was the original version)