Sport: Last College Try?

> Football has been abandoned by 60 U.S. colleges.

> Nearly every eleven has lost to the armed forces at least one regular it had counted on.

> To plug gaps, 76% of U.S. football-playing colleges have waived the old rule barring freshmen from varsity teams.

> The cream of campus coaches has been skimmed by the armed forces.

> Night games have been dimmed out on East & West coasts.

> ODT has banned football special excursions.

> Busses cannot be chartered for team transportation.

With these war scars, college football begins this week what may...

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