Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – Cool

~ John W. Howell

A picture of a string with drops of water- the logo for SoCS

 

How cool is this? My coffee was waiting for me when merely approaching the machine. How that happened is anybody’s guess, but it seemed like a nice thing to have happened. After the first sip, the time travel clock came to mind. The time is set to November 30th, 1924. The place is Cleveland Ohio and the duration is for an hour. The plunger is pulled, and we find ourselves at the headquarters of the National Football League. We are hear for the announcement of the 1924 champions.

The 1924 NFL season officially ended with the Cleveland Bulldogs as champions based on having the best record (7-1-1) for a .875 winning percentage. Second place went to the Chicago Bears (6-1-4 or .857), whom Cleveland had defeated, 16 to 14, in the Bulldogs’ first game on October 5.

The league was founded in 192o. Joseph Carr, the commissioner, announces the standings.

NFL standings
Team W L T PCT PF PA STK
Cleveland Bulldogs 7 1 1 .875 229 60 W2
Chicago Bears 6 1 4 .857 136 55 W3
Frankford Yellow Jackets 11 2 1 .846 326 109 W8
Duluth Kelleys 5 1 0 .833 56 16 W1
Rock Island Independents 5 2 2 .714 88 38 L1
Green Bay Packers 7 4 0 .636 108 38 L1
Racine Legion 4 3 3 .571 69 47 W1
Chicago Cardinals 5 4 1 .556 90 67 L1
Buffalo Bisons 6 5 0 .545 120 140 L3
Columbus Tigers 4 4 0 .500 91 68 L1
Hammond Pros 2 2 1 .500 18 45 W2
Milwaukee Badgers 5 8 0 .385 142 188 L2
Akron Pros 2 6 0 .250 59 132 W1
Dayton Triangles 2 6 0 .250 45 148 L6
Kansas City Blues 2 7 0 .222 46 124 L2
Kenosha Maroons 0 4 1 .000 12 117 L2
Minneapolis Marines 0 6 0 .000 14 108 L6
Rochester Jeffersons 0 7 0 .000 7 156 L7

As the champagne is being served, the alarm goes off, and we are on the couch. A test has arrived from Linda Hill. It reads: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “cool.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

To see what others have done with the prompt, visit Linda’s post. Here is the link: https://lindaghill.com/2024/11/29/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-nov-30-2024/

Cool by John W. Howell © 2024

“That was a cool trip.”

“It was fun to see all the teams that were in the NFL at the time.”

“So the league was only four years old in 1924.”

“Yup. Organizers tried to get one together before 1920 but were unsuccessful.”

“Makes you wonder the keys to success.”

“I think the owners all decided it would be good for their pocketbook. They weren’t wrong.”

“So the season was over by November 30th?”

“Yes. Can you imagine that today?”

“No. Think of the revenue lost without a Super Bowl and playoffs.”

“I’m glad we still have those to look forward to. Speaking of looking forward.”

“Yeah, I know. You have VooDoo Ranger on the mind.”

“How did you guess?”

“Just lucky, I suppose. Uber?”

“Over there.”

Photo by Dan Antion

“Who’s junk are they talking about?”

“What?”

“The truck says junk removal.”

“Oh. I think that’s a service they provide.”

“Lucky there is room in the cab.”

“Yes, plenty of room there. Also, the price is right. We do have to make one stop, though.”

“One stop? Where?”

“The guy needs to move some stuff into a house.”

“That could take hours.”

“No, ’cause we are going to help him.”

“Well, this is another nice kettle of fish you’ve pickled me in.”

 

64 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – Cool”

    1. Yes no Detroit team. The Detroit Lions became a professional football team in 1929 when they were founded in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Portsmouth Spartans. The team joined the NFL on July 12, 1930. In 1934, the team was sold and moved to Detroit, where they were renamed the Detroit Lions.

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  7. Since it was 6 years before the Steelers existed, I guess I can’t complain about Cleveland winning. Still…

    Great job, John. I hope you’re relaxing, but working off some of that pie.

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  8. Since it was 6 years before the Steelers existed, I guess I can’t complain about Cleveland winning. Still…

    Great job, John. I hope you’re relaxing, but working off some of that pie.

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  9. John,

    What a great find. Do you do all your own research or does your lovely assistant help you?

    Being born in Cleveland a few years later, this was a great post.

    Thanks

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    1. Yes, I do all my own research. I’m sure you Cleveland types love the Browns. Thanks for the comment. Nice to see you made it across the mote and over the concertina wire.

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  10. My brother and I had a ‘discussion’ about the start of the league over Thanksgiving dinner in conjunction with the origins of the Lions & Cowboys Thanksgiving Day home appearances. He had no idea Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day appearances have been going for 90 years and wouldn’t believe it. No pie for him! LOL

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  11. Funny story, John! Not sure I’d want the Uber ride because of the work involved – oh my back! Interesting that the Bears and the Green Bay Packers remain as named teams!

    You will need some Voodoo Rangers after the ride!

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  12. The teams sure were named differently then weren’t they. Like Dan ^ He-Man can’t be mad about the Cleveland win. He and cousin in Cleveland have been team rivals all their lives. They’re good friends so it’s all in good fun.

    Maybe they’ll leave the couch in the truck and you can nap on the way to the pub. 😊

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  19. This is unrelated, but I heard the comment today, and after I stopped laughing I remembered your days on the coast and thought you’d enjoy it to. A fellow said, “Yup. The snowbirds are beginning to show up now. Every year it’s the same. They come with one tee shirt and one $20 bill, and they never change either one.”

    LOL — only a coastie would understand!

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  22. LOL

    Football.. I’m so out-of-it!

    Are you like Marc, and have those fake fantasy teams I don’t understand?

    COOL Uber.

    Still uber cool would be CHILL!

    🥶X

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  23. Wow. Not many of the teams are still around as in the list! Imagine finishing the season November 30. It almost makes sense, doesn’t it?

    Guess you’ll have earned the VooDoo after helping with the move!

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  25. I love that the Bears, Packers and Cardinals have been around forever. And two of them are now in the same division. I mean, they existed back when there were teams called the Maroons, the Legion, the Triangles and my personal favorite, the Jeffersons.

    It’s interesting to see how professional football used to be a lot like college football (Before the CFP) in that the champions were chosen off the field.

    Classic video, LOL

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