GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: College Football Opening Day: It's a Family Thing

Thursday, September 3, 2015

College Football Opening Day: It's a Family Thing

Not much more needs to be said about this post. Today is the first real day of college football games, and I couldn't be more excited. I was just made aware of this video today, but it's a promotional video for the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, and it features former Pioneer Scott Raecker '84. Raecker is a former Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives. Great stuff from Scott!

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.