While researching the history of North Carolina’s Lake Norman (as one does) I encountered the story of “the real life Long Sam.” The wikipedia paragraph is so weird that I had to dig up the primary sources, which are ten times weirder. As presented in a full page spread in the Charlotte Observer on August… Continue reading Lost America: The Hot Girl In The Woods
Month: September 2025
2025: Previewing a historical season
Is this the lowest point for California college football ever? There were no California teams in the AP preseason top 25 and only USC managed to even receive votes in the most recent one. Doing an eyeball survey of the preseason AP Top 25 polls archived in wikipedia it took going back to 1965 before… Continue reading 2025: Previewing a historical season