What is the Point of Playing in the Rain?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You do not know much about college football. Many college programs were around a lot longer than any pro sport in this country.

Not correct. No college football programs were around a lot longer than professional baseball.

First college football game ever played (which more closely resembled rugby):

Rutgers College (which became Rutgers University) VS. The College of New Jersey (which became Princeton)

November 6, 1869

First established professional baseball category within the National Association of Base Ball Players:

1869

First complete Nine professional baseball club: The Cincinatti Red Stockings:

Formed March 15, 1869.