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1. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 2209319Tearing down the goal posts: College football’s chaotic 100 ...

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   Nov 20, 2020 · Fans of Marietta College once tore down* the goal posts — after a tie. Even without a win, the school had snapped the nation’s longest losing streak at 34 games. Northwestern fans did one...

2. www.ssucossacks.comSONOMA STATE FOOTBALL

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   Remember when they tried to take goal posts down? In 1991, the Sonoma State University football team accomplished something that no other school had been able to do for 20 years. The Cossacks defeated UC Davis and thereby captured the NCAC title breaking the Aggies NCAA record streak of 20 straight conference championships.

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3. www.footballarchaeology.com › p › todays-tidbitToday's Tidbit... Setting New Standards For Goal Posts

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   Jul 11, 2023 · A graduating senior kicker attempted field goals from the 25 yard-line using the standard and experimental goal posts, with the latter increasing the made field-goal rate by 25 or 34 percent, depending on which report you believe.

4. www.si.com › college › 2022/10/21Pizza Crusts, Pocketknives and Phones: The Reality of Post ...

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   Oct 21, 2022 · Tearing the goalposts down can look like fun, but it’s not exactly safe when the posts snap, and a 10-foot-high crossbar and 40-foot-high uprights drop with a significant amount of force.

5. www.fourfourtwo.com › features › weird-and-wonderfulThe weird and wonderful history of goal posts - FourFourTwo

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   Jul 10, 2016 · The size of the goal continued to fluctuate until the newly-formed Football Association hammered down the rules. In 1863 they deemed that posts should be eight yards (24 feet) apart, which...

6. www.reddit.com › r › CFBWhen was the last time goalposts were torn down following a ...

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   When UCF broke our losing streak in 2004 (in a game against Marshall), the students tore down the goal posts at the Citrus Bowl. Unfortunately, the Citrus Bowl is 20 miles from campus. They loaded those bitches up on a bus and dragged them back to campus.

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   Did Sonoma State take down goal posts?

   • Rememberwhen they tried to take goal posts down? In 1991, the Sonoma State University footballteam accomplished something that no other school had been able to do for 20 years. TheCossacks defeated UC Davis and thereby captured the NCAC title breaking the Aggies NCAArecord streak of 20 straight conference championships.

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   Did Marietta College fans tear down the goal posts after a loss?

   • Fans of Marietta College once tore down* the goal posts — after a tie. Even without a win, the school had snapped the nation’s longest losing streak at 34 games. Northwestern fans did one better and tore down the goal posts after a loss.

   Tearing down the goal posts: College football’s chaotic 100-years

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   Why did Cal fans rip down the goal posts?

   • And perseverance: To celebrate their Rose Bose Bowl win over Alabama in 1938, Cal fans decided to rip down the goal posts. But when they realized the posts were cemented in the ground, they stayed at it for 45 minutes until they finally came down.

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   Did Northwestern fans toss goal posts after a loss?

   • Northwestern fans did one better and tore down the goal posts after a loss. In 1981, the Wildcats set the major-college record with 29 straight defeats, a feat Northwestern fans celebrated by chanting “we’re the worst” and tossing the goal posts over the side of the stadium. And perseverance:

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   Did Sutton Coldfield have a goalpost?

   • A Sutton Coldfield play area was described in Francis Willughby’s Book of Games as having “a close that has a gate at either end. The gates are called goals.” The game was on. But it would take the organisational prowess of the British public school system for something resembling the modern goalpost to evolve.

   The weird and wonderful history of goal posts - FourFourTwo

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   What happened to Marshall goal posts?

   • And ingenuity: After Marshall beat Louisiana Tech to win Conference USA in 2014, fans tore down the goal posts and marched them to a nearby steel mill, hoping to divide the posts into commemorative pieces. When the mill turned them down, a resourceful fan did the job in the parking lot.

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8. www.grunge.com › 1059244 › how-are-football-goalHow Are Football Goal Posts Designed To Withstand Surging ...

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   Oct 18, 2022 · As Fox Sports explains, NFL goal posts take about 18 hours to install, weigh upwards of 500 pounds, and are designed to withstand 115 mph winds. Some college football programs have gone to rather extreme lengths to keep their goal posts from being torn down by raucous fans (via Daily Press).