Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There have always been big boys in the Big Ten: Chicago's Walter Eckersall, Illinois' Red Grange, Minnesota's Bronko Nagurski and Herbert Joesting, Michigan's Willie Heston, Harry Kipke, Benny Friedman. But Tom Harmon can run like Grange, buck like Joesting-and pass and kick besides. Although he may not be a point-a-minute man he could almost qualify as a half-a-point-a-minute man. In the first three games of the season (in which he played a total of 124 minutes), he scored 52 points: seven touchdowns, seven points-after-touchdown...
Since then the Boilermakers - despite their famed runnings backs, Lou Brock and Jack Brown (rated second to Michigan's Harmon and Kromer)- have been defeated by Santa Clara and tied by Minnesota. They still have a chance for the Big Ten championship should Michigan or Ohio State fumble- provided they beat Iowa, Northwestern, Wisconsin and Indiana in the next four weeks...
...Daniell and 260-lb. Jim Piccinnini - looked like the No. 1 threat. Considered only fair-to-middling at the start of the season, the Buckeyes sprang the surprise of the Big Ten when they conquered touted North western three weeks ago and followed it by beating Minnesota. In downtown Columbus' Broad & High quarterbacks stopped heckling Coach Francis Schmidt even after the Bucks were defeated 23-to-14 by Ivy Leaguer Cornell last week, began to count the days until November 25 when Ohio State is scheduled to meet Michigan - with an outside chance of winning the Big Ten title...
...Minnesota, last year's champion, has its usual big boys in the backfield, but its line is weak. Therefore brilliant Bernie Bierman, winner of four Big Ten titles and three mythical U. S. championships in the seven years he has been coach at Minnesota, must be content to sit this one out. Already, perennially mighty Minne sota has lost two, tied...
...Teams are not required to play all nine Conference rivals in one season. Michigan has yet to play Big Tenners Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State...