GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: GAME WEEK!

Monday, August 30, 2010

GAME WEEK!

IT'S GAME WEEK! We open our 2010 schedule this Saturday at home against Macalester College from St. Paul, Minnesota. Camp is officially over and was a great start to our season, but now it's time to focus on the Scots and continue this great start to a great year!

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.