The Extraordinary Circumstances of Gerald R. Ford's Path to the Presidency

He went to the University of Michigan on a football scholarship and was named Most Valuable Player in his senior year. He was offered contracts from the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions to play Thornton 2 professionally, but he turned them down. He really wanted to study law. He took a job as assistant football coach and freshman boxing coach at Yale. He took a few law classes and did so well he was invited to study law at the college.

At the end of the 1981 ten win season Ron Meyer left to take a job in the NFL. When Meyer left SMU hired Bobby Collins the former University of Southern Mississippi Coach. In 1982 Dickerson finished 3rd in Heisman voting and SMU took its share of the National Championship. Between 80 and 84 SMU wen 49-9-1 the highest winning percentage in the NCAA at that time. But in 1987 SMU was the first school to receive the NCAA “death penalty” for repeat violations.

From there, it slowly started to spread across the east coast first around 1875 and the players on the field decreased to fifteen (Ours). By the end this, the National College Athletic Association was formed around the 1990s (Ours). In 1998, the Bowl Championship Series was created for the top two BCS college teams against one another in a N... ... middle of paper ... ...e football teams, to replace the Bowl Championship games with a playoff system, as like NFL. To take into consideration of the fact that having a playoff system would triple the amount of money from BCS. In both ways, everyone wins.

It has now become reality, for the Denver Broncos are participating in Super Bowl XLVIII. This paper’s main focus is to provide information on the Denver Broncos history, players, coaches, its super charged offense, and the Broncos’ road to the Super Bowl. According to Broncos history, the Denver Broncos first joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1960 with a dismal season winning only four out of the 14 games under the helm of Head Coach Frank Filchock. It took 17 years until the Denver Broncos made it to their first Super Bowl XII. Colorado embraced this team and nicknamed them the “Orange Crush” named after their perilous defense.

16 team playoff C.     Why a playoff would be better The end of the NCAA Division I college football seasons is near and there are still five undefeated teams in the nation, how can five teams play for top honors in the sport? The answer is easy, a football playoff system to crown the champion. The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula has been used to determine the top twenty-five teams in NCAA Division I college since 1998. Many think this system is inadequate and should be changed. The alternative is a playoff system that would give more of the top teams a chance to be named the NCAA football national champion.

Dorothy and King were legally divorced in December 1913 and Dorothy had full custody of her son. After two years of living with her parents, Mrs. Gardner married Gerald R. Ford, a salesman in a family owned company. They then called her son Gerald Rudolff Ford, Jr., although they wouldn’t legally change his name until years afterwards. His new “parent” never actually adopted him either, although was still referred to as “Dad.” He had three half-brothers from his mother, Thomas Gardner Ford, Richard Addison Ford, and James Francis Ford. Ford had three more half-siblings, Marjorie King, Leslie Henry King, and Patricia Jane King, although he never met them.

In August 1999, President Bill Clinton, awarded Gerald Ford, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ford was 86 years old when he received the medal. He earned this medal because of his public service in binding the nation together after Richard Nixon’s Watergate Scandal. Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006 of cardiovascular disease. He lived to be 93 years old and is currently the oldest president ever to live.

, and the Aggies went 1-9 to give Bry... ... middle of paper ... ...most every season of football. In 1985 Edie Robinson broke the record set by as collegiate football's winningest coach and in 1995 he became the first coach to win 400 games. During his career, more than 200 Grambling players went on to play in the National Football League. At his retirement 1997, Robinson had a record of 408 wins. Edie Robinson said, “Bear” Bryant inspired me to strive for greatness and to never give up.

Finally, Green Bay was coached by none other than Vince Lombardi, subsequently immortalized in the big game’s ultimate symbol: the big, silver, Vince Lombardi Trophy (Cosgrove). The two teams didn’t just play for bragging rights or pride, they also played for the big shiny trophy that everybody wants (Cosgrove). The Packers went on to win the first ever Super Bowl in 1967 – the only Super Bowl that did not sell out – handily beating the Chiefs 35-10 (Cosgrove). This is the game that changed the future of football.

Franco Harris made the “Immaculate Reception” which lead to the first Pittsburgh Steelers victory for them (Brooks and King). In the 1970’s the Pittsburgh Steelers won four Super Bowls (Brooks and King). In 1978 the National Football League moved from 14 games a season to 16 games (Brooks and King). O.J. Simpson is the first player to rush over 2,000 yards (Brooks and King).