Vince Lombardi Was One of the “Seven Blocks of Granite” at Fordham University

The twenties and thirties linemen at this Bronx school’s football team were dominant, with a player who would become a coaching icon.

by Rich Watson 

Vince Lombardi was such a big deal as a head coach in what became the NFL, they named the championship trophy for him. You know Green Bay, Wisconsin exists because of him. The shadow he cast over professional football was long.

Once upon a time, though, he was a young lineman on a team at a Bronx university called Fordham. The line on that Rams team was special.

They were granite.

Why Does Keith Jackson Have a Toilet in the University of Nebraska’s Stadium Named After Him?

The legendary broadcaster, known for his love of college football, received a peculiar tribute.

by Rich Watson 

For over a generation, Keith Jackson was the voice of college football. Every Saturday afternoon, fans counted on his presence, providing the play-by-play on televised games from Tallahassee to Pasadena, from Ann Arbor to Austin. His death in 2018 was mourned deeply.

The University of Nebraska boasts one of the top football programs in the country. Jackson was as much loved in Lincoln as in any other major college town.

But why does Memorial Stadium have a bathroom dedicated to him?

The Secret Society That Studies Humanity While It Sleeps in Alex Proyas’s “Dark City”

The movie Dark City imagines a spooky nocturnal world existing beneath the one we know.

by Rich Watson 

This post is part of The Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon, a blog event devoted to “the movies and TV shows over the years that have used secret places in their plots.” At the end, I’ll tell you where to find more posts like these.

Music video director Alex Proyas followed his 1994 movie The Crow with another moody, atmospheric film which treaded the more sinister territories of fantasy and sci-fi, in 1998. Dark City was not as big a hit, but time has treated it well.

It’s about beings who experiment on humans in a hidden underworld.