Remembering the Galloping Ghost

You wouldn't know it judging from the current state of Illinois' football program, but there is, in fact, a storied tradition that includes greats like Dick Butkus and Ray Nitschke.

Long before them, however, the greatest of them all played the best game in college football in history. Red Grange innaugurated beautiful Memorial Stadium by single handedly demolishing the University of Michigan. In that game, Red scored four touchdowns in the first quarter, scored a fifth touchdown later in the game, and passed for another. Total yardage? 402. Prior to that game, Michigan had allowed only four touchdowns total the previous two years.

Don't Forget: Grange was also responsible for the initial survival of the NFL. If it weren't for Grange, it's possible that on Sunday afternoons we would have nothing to watch on TV. Imagine!