GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Pioneers Kick-Off 2012!

Friday, August 31, 2012

Pioneers Kick-Off 2012!

Tomorrow at 1pm, the 2012 season gets officially underway, when the Carleton College Knights come to town to take on the host Grinnell Pioneers.

This weekend is also Athletics Reunion Weekend and we expect more than 50 former Pioneers on hand to enjoy the best kind of Saturday in the fall... a Pioneer victory on Rosenbloom Field!

A live webcast will be available here.

Go Pioneers!

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.