Today's Tidbit... The School Of Hard Knox

(1903 Northwestern yearbook)

Players now transfer in and out of schools, especially when the cash is greener on the other side of the fence, and it seems like college football as we know it is disappearing. That might be, but if it is any comfort, the pay-for-play atmosphere existed long ago, with some teams earning reputations as playing loose with the law.

Consider the case of the 1902 Knox College football team. For those with the misfortune of living outside the Midwest, and even for some who ...