222-0. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 10.

"Beatdown" isn't the word. Neither are "rout" or "clobbering." The word to describe what Georgia Tech's football team did to Cumberland does not exist, because we've never had to invent it, because nothing like it has happened before or since. On the 100-year anniversary of this game, we proudly present this very special episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.

[@Kipwich]

“This is Vichy Woods’s face before the play” is a statement that inspires a strong sense of impending doom

[@MasterOfViewership]

1000th like

[@jeremytittle1857]

Yes, I know that your comment was said 2 years ago, but even still, that rings so true. As soon as he said that, I instinctively cringed, not wanting to know what horrible disfigurement may have taken place.

[@nicholasgentry5075]

His name...was John Heisman *chorus of death plays*

[@Booster37]

Ya done messed up!

[@notoriousbran4872]

It wouldn’t be accurate if it didn’t play

[@CynosuralAffection]

I’m going to beat the shit out of you with the game I basically invented

[@Trey-Jae]

DiabolicalPlotTwist lmao

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

HIS NAME IS JOHN (CENA) HEISMAN!!!

[@johncroncejr6156]

I believe this is what you would call a Scorigami.

[@justin40315]

John Cronce, Jr lol

[@tucan2234]

😂😂

[@lucasnogueira1137]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@goaart]

😂😂

[@Mrbubbles-jp4gf]

John Cronce, Jr I just got back from that vid

[@whydontiknowthat]

“Sometimes, a weak act of pity is the deepest act of cruelty.” Damn, what a quote

[@juder4926]

whydontiknowthat exactly 222 likes, congratulations

[@zachboice]

I was listening to this as I was reading this comment

[@DJsocial7102]

333 likes. Cool

[@sambradley9091]

420 likes

[@bellpebber63]

I want to make this my senior quote

[@infonomics]

Heisman's half-time speech: "126 - 0 is no reason to be over-confident. Stay the Course!" And they did.

[@etcetcetcetc6579]

"PRETEND ITS A 0-0 GAME OUT THERE"

[@tobyespinoza253]

True; at halftime, he actually told his players to keep playing as hard as they could because Cumberland might come back and beat them

[@rieldebonk1044]

@@tobyespinoza253 How

[@jazaniac]

@@rieldebonk1044 I think it was a joke

[@felixleiter9123]

sir Alex Ferguson would have done the same thing.

[@bundy4559]

Wow that game really went down to the wire I thought Cumberland had it at the end there

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

Bundy455 Typical Cumberland to choke like that

[@dcbandnerd]

Want to like but you have 222 likes already so I can't.

[@liljimmy8512]

lol you got 666 likes

[@aidankeo]

yeah man with that one ladder thing. i was like oof almost had it

[@fiftyfuckingfeet]

I was like number 1000

[@112steinway]

That isn't a beating, that's a war crime.

[@Kkoso]

112steinway ikr

[@leggonarm9835]

112steinway If this was a modern game they would probably put Heisman in prison.

[@Matthew-qy7op]

112steinway Do you own a Steinway? Or do you just like them?

[@Vggincidently]

but George Allen knew all those presidents

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

Leggon Arm No they would give him the death sentence because this is a capital crime.

[@davidg9012]

I had Cumberland +221 in this one...bad luck.

[@ivantorres7353]

david g I don't get it

[@ryangibbons6723]

2 Litivan I'm betting, they give points to the team to lose. Basically, if team A is +35, the game starts as 35-0. If you choose Team A to win, they could lose by 34 points in reality but still win in the betting scheme. However if they lose by 35 or more, Team A loses on both reality and betting

[@kalebbrown93]

If it was Vegas they'd have Cumberland as +221.5

[@BurgMusic]

I laughed about 10 times harder than I should have at this xD

[@rexhargrove5172]

david g yeah, I took the over at 222 1/2. Sucks.

[@f4fwildcat29]

"His name, was John Heisman" "OH SHI-"

[@eddiejc1]

The only thing the Cumberland---atheletic director?-----could have done worse would have been to run over John Wick's dog. And John Wick is CONSIDERABLY less sadistic than John Heisman!

[@thecountercounter9127]

Its like being a 16 year old nerd who does nothing but sit and wTch anime 24/7, witness mike tyson knock out a guy in one punch, and then challenging him to a bare bones fist fight- maybe thats an underestimation.

[@kalikid3198]

the counter counter no, no it’s a the perfect estimation even for modern day mike Tyson

[@RyGoofies]

WAIT N-

[@st1220]

3:30 btw

[@zedbags]

_"Georgia Tech never bothered to throw the ball, despite the fact that their coach _*_invented the forward pass."_*

[@thewholegiraffe1841]

"I'm gonna destroy your football team" but Mr Heisman, we don't have a football team "well then get one so I can pummel it" but "I'll financially cripple you if you don't" yes sir sorry sir

[@learningthetrails]

My team played a beast team in HS. We were damn good. Stopped them on their first possession. Their coach yelled "Punt Team!" - We could hear a player on their sidelines, "But, coach! We don't have a punt team!" Right then & there, we smelled their blood. Beat their asses & then went on to win the bowl a week later. One of those things I'll never forget.

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

@@learningthetrails What was the final score?

[@learningthetrails]

@@bw-leftturnracing7779 We won the playoff game by 6 points. Then won the bowl game something like 28-7.

[@blaketaylor4763]

@@learningthetrailsxCxxczar XzZZZ

[@hookseybaby]

and the cumberland law school got bought out by samford anyways... lol

[@lildaddylover2810]

They couldn’t have an actual quarterback but they have 2 guys who could throw another guy over a fence

[@roreah]

I bet ''pee wee'' was a lightweight

[@TickleMyResearch]

Yeah a lot of this sounds like bs

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@TickleMyResearch That's what I was thinking. I don't know why the only thing the uploader put a disclaimer under "unbelievable" was that three-legged player thing.

[@starsturck2701]

@@encycl07pedia- he probably found multiple sources supporting all the other crazy things, but only found one for the two guys one player thing.

[@StoutProper]

Lildaddy Lover euphemism obviously.

[@CMike44]

These stories are insane to me because it shows how "wild West" sports were back then. Can you imagine a team dressing a minor league team for a college game today?

[@gradyking4739]

Yes.

[@FangsOfTheNidhogg]

Minor league assumes the players have actually played before. This is what happens if you went into a crowded poll hall, found the first 50 men you could get a hold of, put them on a bus and shipped them off to play the Patriots at Gillette.

[@CMike44]

FangsOfTheNidhogg I'm talking about Cumberland dressing a minor league baseball team against GT. Not the football game

[@yossischmeidler9145]

CMike44 a

[@counterfit5]

CMike44 Still might improve the Browns

[@DrPhr0]

"For the next 55 minutes I will be your judge, jury, and executioner. Due to good behavior I have given you a 5 minute reprieve. This will be the only act of mercy I show you, and you will thank me for it."

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

222-0 is quite an insane beatdown even if they played 12-minute quarters instead of 15-minute quarters.

[@waynejenkins8242]

Considering that the all-time beatdown record was set 11/16/1927 by Hazen H.S., KS in a 256-0 win over Sylvia, KS, he probably later wished he had made CU play all 60 minutes. Yep, on that day, Heisman became first loser in that race, beaten by a Kansas high school team.

[@dancook8114]

What?

[@louiscallahan3720]

"WHERE'S YOUR GOD NOW??!!" -John Heisman, that day, probably

[@KTF0]

Never knowing anything about John Heisman except from the award that was named after him, I assumed he was a RB from the early 1900s who was a good player. I did not think he was a sadistic SOB coach who hell hath no fury.

[@misterbadguy7325]

"Where's your God now? I'll tell you where He is. He's right here. Standing where I am. Wearing my uniform. And He is angry."

[@EmmaBonn96]

John Heisman is your god now

[@acerbicgeoff7821]

"Good news! You no longer have to wonder where your god is! He's right here! And he's fresh out of mercy."

[@Wote89]

@@acerbicgeoff7821 Glad that line made it into these comments.

[@stevem6856]

"His teammate was looking for his glasses" i cant not laugh. XD

[@NotCruzo]

That’s a double negative. You should say “ I have to laugh”

[@doomxtreme]

Stephen Craig Nobody. Cares.

[@NotCruzo]

DoomXtreme it was a joke buddy.

[@mangcrow5738]

@@NotCruzo you're*

[@NotCruzo]

Mang Crow what??

[@BillDotree]

"Heisman made them play a 30 minute scrimmage after the 222-0 win"

[@AndyZach]

I was looking for this comment. I thought THAT said the most about Heisman. He didn't think his team worked hard enough.

[@BAGELMENSK]

Best not to poison your team with an easy win, they'll forget how to play proper football.

[@pancakemuncher66]

Honestly it wasn't a game. The only people that would get any work in would be the kickoff unit and that's just a 40 ish yard dash.

[@rickpgriffin]

I absolutely see Heisman's reasoning here. The game was more spectacle than anything and did not even count as good practice.

[@theunwelcome]

they were coasting too much in the second half, only scored 96

[@srbmod93]

College football back then was crazy. Back in 1899, the Sewanee Tigers went on a road trip in which they played 5 games in 6 days (They needed to make up for lost revenue after their game against Vanderbilt was canceled over a disagreement regarding gate receipts, so they went on the road.). This was in an era when many colleges would play 5-6 games in a season. Played Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, LSU and Memphis, not only winning those games, they also shut out all five teams. Sewanee went 12-0 that season and shut out 11 of their 12 opponents that season. The only team that scored on them was Auburn, who put up 10 against them in a game they won 11-10. Auburn's coach at the time? John Heisman.

[@LeschetizkyTTV]

11-10. College scorigami!

[@DefendYoungstown]

:death string chord intensifies:

[@smoceany9478]

they outscored their opponents 322-10

[@unit-0123]

University of the South!

[@philiphockenbury6563]

Oh…

[@selfishstockton6123]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that the British Empire blew a 13 colony lead

[@fish5643]

Why tf did I laugh at this

[@teamblue2431]

Why is this relevant?

[@GoWildcatsrahhh]

Lol😂

[@KornPop96]

The Mongols lost a bigger empire. But they always get a pass for some reason

[@bumperbonnie5721]

But America recruited a bunch of ringers from Spain, France, Prussia, and the Netherlands and also had a Mysore special team soooooo

[@A-Sandstorm]

This took a real "Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared" turn at the end

[@FireballFlareblitz734]

I don’t thinks there’s a better comparison than that.

[@Mclarenboy100]

*NOTE:* Because Georgia Tech never passed, and Cumberland actually completed one pass play for a _gain,_ this means that, despite losing 222-0... ... *Cumberland had more passing yards than Georgia Tech in this game.* Yes, that's an actual, legitimate statistical victory for Cumberland in this 222-0 game.

[@seymourglass26]

If you're trying to prove statistics can be stupid and simplistic, John Heisman appreciates your endorsement. Otherwise, you missed a major point in the vid, Bro.

[@natedole8276]

lmfao

[@LASAGNA_LARRY]

seymourglass26 Lighten tf up bro. It’s a joke, lmfao.

[@qjones7298]

You’re comment now has 222 likes

[@josephericksberg7197]

Right, because that matters in the grand scheme of things.

[@mikepeterson764]

He runs and hides behind a fence, and two players also hiding being the fence throw him back over the fence.

[@jacoblawson678]

Rip that man

[@vjm3]

There is NO ESCAPE!

[@gmonroy852]

I couldn't stop laughing, that's just hilarious and I wish I could've been there to see it

[@jonathanccast]

Thereby making it *very clear* to anyone watching that there was absolutely no one behind that fence.

[@Memorex996]

@@jonathanccast "That guy just flew back over the fence. Nothing unusual"

[@zcrawford81]

They got beat so bad, they liquidated an academic program too. Amazing.

[@rockaway0beach]

They had to sell the freakin' college, that's a beatdown

[@kourii]

That part actually happened 45 years later. Don't know why it gets mentioned here, as though Heisman beat the law school out of them

[@fanboy50]

@@kourii don't get it twisted: he did, it just took them 45 years to realize it.

[@jdotoz]

"A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness." -Gul Dukat

[@captainphoenix]

Lol, Gul Dukat, the most evil MF in the universe.

[@troyr1901]

My god imagine the Georgia tech defense fantasy points

[@jeremyborman5856]

holy shit ur right

[@Comickid15]

Imagine the poor sucker playing Cumberland Defense that game...

[@sportsgeek3476]

The Tech running back

[@aidanflynn2037]

*God

[@milo7164]

OMG that would be awesome

[@codyallen43]

This should be a movie. A horror movie.

[@DJsocial7102]

You mean to tell me this isnt?

[@walkemdownandchopofftheirmeat]

It is!

[@geordiejones5618]

This would make the greatest horror comedy of all time

[@Ledwiggotham-489]

What would the name be?

[@thatsmrtguy4935]

Who would play John Heisman?

[@NexebNoXV]

Hey Jon, I don't know if you still read the comments on this one, but if you do, I have a story. I first saw this video in December, maybe January. Just a few weeks later, my grandpa was dying in the hospital, and my mom was pretty absent from my life for a little bit, spending basically every spare moment with him. I was putting off going to visit him, because I was scared. When I finally did go, I told him this story. It was the last conversation we ever had. Thank you for making this video. Thank you for giving me one last great memory with the man who passed his love of sports, storytelling and oddity on to me.

[@quilly0939]

NexebNoXV I'm sorry for your loss. Even though I don't know you, my thoughts are with you and your family.

[@jonbois]

i just regret that i didn't see this until now. i'm sorry you lost him. i can't tell you how honored i am.

[@Jarrettthegoalie]

NexebNoXV I

[@edgepleb8516]

NexebNoXV My Condolences.

[@robertfleur4109]

thats so sick (that this story was the last that you told your grandfather, not that he had died)

[@vfxninja5503]

That Heisman photo has this really intense 'scary daddy' energy where you kinda respect him but mostly you're afraid of him

[@oldeenglishd45]

Big “yes daddy” energy...😏

[@BigBrezzy]

@@oldeenglishd45 Bro?

[@teeks8713]

Please don’t call John Heisman “Daddy”

[@bigjavo36]

Hiesman banished Cumberland to the fumble dimension.

[@insanusmaximus2857]

I'm looking forward to the six-part Dorktown series on Cumberland Football.

[@joelsimeone5112]

No, just the NAIA

[@dott23]

There gave been literal WARS with less malice.

[@oldpotatoman4838]

Sean Boy I would have rather gone to the trenches when this took place than to play on Cumberland’s side

[@tomhill3248]

@@oldpotatoman4838 Really? Then allow me to cure you of this ignorance! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmqVmKiemZyXY5o

[@tomhill3248]

@@Slippy-Toad-Love Death? I mean, the game was bad but, They were mostly not crippled when it ended so....I wouldn't say it's worse then death.

[@Slippy-Toad-Love]

Tom Hill Clearly worse than death. Losing a football game? So much worse than going to war.

[@Slippy-Toad-Love]

Bakorafanboy13 Wtf do you even mean by this?

[@Blairskirock]

This guy managed to execute a trippy dream sequence with toy figurines. Nice.

[@WesllyOni]

I just witnessed a massacre. A stop-motion, plastic man massacre.

[@gregsiegel7072]

Lol

[@louiedelk592]

222-0 and 253-141 could not be any more opposite stories

[@Zethoro]

one is a stomp, the other is a collective effort.

[@gandalf8674]

Both QB’s hanging after that game

[@Crazy56U]

One is fueled by spite, one is fueled by collaboration.

[@FTBains]

except that both are pretty good stories, the one shared factor

[@MartinInBC]

And notice the YEAR this was played - 1916. I wonder if any of those Cumberland guys thinking after the game, "Well, the good news is that NOTHING can EVER be this bad in my life again" within a year were in the trenches in World War One.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

Did the US have conscription for WW1? I'm not sure a bunch of lawyers would be sent to the trenches

[@linuxblacksarena]

And they'd say "meh the trenches weren't that bad, already saw my life flash before my eyes facing Georgia Tech"

[@codyssmith73]

Jon, recreate this game in Madden. It's your destiny.

[@hokie333]

He already did. He tried to outdo it and go for 1000-0, but between Madden refusing to display scores higher than 255, and some alien mutant Bronco-Seahawk hybrid fetus appearing on the field, he had to give up right before halftime. www.sbnation.com/2014/1/30/5351052/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks

[@codyssmith73]

I've seen every Breaking Madden, thank you. I commented this just to see what people would say.

[@cole1]

Link?

[@hokie333]

It's there in my first reply; it might be hidden under a "read more" thingy. www.sbnation.com/2014/1/30/5351052/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks

[@johnn8549]

Lol they used an 8bit integer to display the score

[@isr4el187]

those law students probably had PTSD

[@gimbobjenkins405]

Back then it was called shell shock.

[@rooseveltbrentwood9654]

dont forget CTE

[@nxght6694]

that’s actually very possible. you can get ptsd from a lot more than you might think. it all depends on the experience and how weak your psyche is

[@GentlemanBystander]

Getting them good and ready for the Western Front two years later.

[@hookseybaby]

@@gimbobjenkins405 thank you for remembering the boom bang pows

[@mikeiswhite3]

John Madden: The only reason Georgia Tech won is because they scored more points.....lots of it

[@BobJones-ze1sl]

mikeiswhite3 the only reason anyone wins lol

[@xopgoat10]

Cumberland beat Georgia 22-0 *This enraged John heismen, who punished them severely*

[@bigfella6738]

Oversimplified

[@tomney4460]

Nobody knew how the goat got on the roof

[@jonahwilhelm8409]

I love the poetry in it to. 22 to 0 and 222 to 0

[@cybercrasherstv]

Cumberland- shorten the game Heisman- lol, ok! 55 minutes it is! Cumberland- dude, uncool

[@elijahanderson5284]

@@cybercrasherstv that's golden

[@karfsma778]

So, this game was Heisman just systematically gripping the heads of every person at Cumberland and slowly, methodically, twisting it until it separated from their body.

[@ace-smith]

if anything he was twisting with incredible speed and ferocity

[@westonbourgeois1687]

This took a dark turn at the end

[@pauljoy66]

Weston Bourgeois what happened to the guys face after climb the ladder

[@jmcieslak0]

he had to live with a football embedded in his face for the rest of his natural life

[@JohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnny]

It was dark the entire time

[@JohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnny]

It felt like a satanic acid trip

[@RyGoofies]

Weston Bourgeois scaryyyyyyy

[@viciouslysilent]

Heisman... that photo screams respect me or be smithen. He's been dead a long time but if he were alive and gave me that look in the photo.. *shivers*

[@ichiban1336]

"One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that face... what dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty?"

[@theunwelcome]

"sometimes a weak expression of pity is the deepest act of cruelty" I kinda want to get that as a tattoo...

[@seymourglass26]

Don't read a book. You'll run out of space.

[@PrincessPengy]

This was a straight-up horror story, every new detail sent goosebumps up my arms. I know nothing about football, but I know enough that the name "Heisman" is bad news. This was absolutely amazing to hear about and watch. (Watching the whole "ladder play" bit made my gut turn, holy cow)

[@spykewyn8395]

"NO SHIT THEY MADE THAT ILLEGAL!" I yelled in horror.

[@1funsun1]

Dolphins' medical staff watching 8:51-9:19 like "I don't see the problem here"

[@KanyeSoutheast9347]

nahh

[@MrPayloner]

That editing really brought out the brutality that poor Cumberland had to deal with. You're a great story teller Jon. Keep it up.

[@jeffstut55]

Well, if you put a D1 college football team against a group of law students who have never played football in today's time, the result would be pretty similar.

[@protonjones54]

Yeah no shit, some kids from Yale up against Alabama and Nick Saban? They would come to the line of scrimmage, and immediately after the hike, run for the hills. Bama would be scoring a touchdown every 30 seconds. You know the funny part is Saban would probably still be bitching at his players the whole second half about how they haven't scored a thousand points yet.

[@alexhansen6126]

Doctor Jones I'm an auburn fan and despise saban, but I feel like once it gets to a point he intentionally doesn't run up the score on over matched teams

[@mikepeterson764]

he takes the snap and is running backwards he continues running, he out the back of the endzone, he's up the tunnel.

[@protonjones54]

@alex hansen Saban still gets mad at his players if they're slacking off on a lesser team. Dude's a perfectionist.

[@patricksheldon5859]

There would be a lot of lawsuits.

[@jonathanrood22]

imagine how much the band had to play the fight song lol

[@KKrankHouseonYT]

jonathan rood And I complain when my band plays the fight song more than 5 times

[@KanyeSoutheast9347]

lol

[@ClarkCastro]

I'm a Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tec-

[@alexross1816]

Cumberland: Please! Have mercy! Heisman: There is no mercy.

[@Grieves0001]

There is only Zuul.

[@mag1cman777]

There actually was, but only 5 minutes of it

[@Mclarenboy100]

How most people make a good video: Slick editing, great soundtrack, sleek visuals How Jon Bois makes a good video: *throws football figurines across his desk*

[@Kylora2112]

*copyright-free MIDI smooth jazz plays in the backgroud*

[@TheBlackcobra69]

No no no. the best fact about this is that after threatening Cumberland with the $3000 reimbursement, Heisman offered Cumberland $500 and to pay for the trip to atlanta for the team. Like Heisman was hellbent on proving his point to cumberlands coach and the sportswriters

[@lucasbell4831]

Oh, absolutely. There was no way Cumberland was getting out of this. For embarrassing his baseball team, Heisman was going to turn every single member of that "football team" into a quaking, trembling, mentally unbalanced mess of a man.

[@taakotuesdays]

folks, that's what you call dedication

[@Tigerman4545]

@@taakotuesdays that’s what you can being a psychopath

[@waynejenkins8242]

A little know fact is that his trip from just east of Nashville to Atlanta had 2 possible routings. Easy route was the NC&StL direct to Atlanta via Chattanooga. Heisman sent them via Southern Railroad (who was running Tenn. Central in receivership) to Nashville, L&N RR to Birmingham, and then back on Southern to get to Atlanta. Was he trying to wear Cumberland out with a longer train trip??

[@theatagamer90]

​@@waynejenkins8242 Increase the suffering.

[@tiltedsalt6232]

Even the one good Cumberland play, the blocked kick, ended up working out terribly for the blocker.

[@nxght6694]

Tilted Salt yeah. unfortunately for him there were no face masks

[@DavidThomas-qq4hf]

That second pic is of a WW1 soldier w a facial injury cover mask. They didn't have the technology to create artificial noses etc so just made masks that approximated face shapes. Super wierd and creepy looking masks.

[@waynejenkins8242]

Nah, CU's best play was a 10-yard pass completion. Unfortunately it came on 4th & 22.

[@alejandrobarron1962]

this video is lowkey super creepy

[@thenavymans8899]

App Gaming303 true

[@kevint4964]

App Gaming303 Yeah

[@mrsmiley707]

Alejandro Barron can you explain how please

[@miyoshi7753]

B Beasty the music

[@arty4810]

ikr

[@tobyespinoza253]

"You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you."

[@thescaredshadow]

This is less of a sports documentary, and more like a horror movie.

[@aguyfromnz537]

Cumberland : we want a good baseball win to fund our football team Hiesman: So you have chosen death

[@JordanTaylorVideos]

Lol I went to Cumberland my freshman year.

[@AidenVarnell]

Damn...

[@JayKay47_]

Jordan Taylor oh I remember you XD

[@jeremytittle1328]

Sad stuff

[@tatehammond6463]

@Tyler Cannon ya

[@tatehammond6463]

...

[@scumballer6656]

After 4 years, this high art has aged really well. Bravo, Jon Bois.

[@gatorbait2610]

So we’re not gonna talk about how he used a almond for the football

[@awesometown1000]

I honestly did not notice that it was an almond until just now

[@henry9524]

@@awesometown1000 I didn’t either

[@Mr.E723]

This whole thing sounds like one of those ridiculous kids sports movies from the 90s I feel like Airbud is a more plausible to actually happen then this

[@ChongtheNomad206]

I binge every “Pretty Good” at least once a year and this one never fails to give me a feeling of dread at the end.

[@MrVaern]

I've never been interested in sports, but the particular subject matter that you cover and the way you tell (and reenact) the stories you choose to tell are immensely entertaining and informative. I feel like this video did an excellent job of, in a matter of just under 35 seconds, imposing how important Heisman was to modern-day football to someone who has never actually watched a full game of the sport in his life.

[@GeraltofRizziaa]

John Heisman be like "Bill Belichick? Never heard of her".

[@doomxtreme]

Him*

[@doomxtreme]

Also I feel like this is an OverSimplified joke but I don’t think it is.

[@smaxsiegel]

r/wooosh

[@doomxtreme]

I really got r/wooshed there.

[@jakejohnson6193]

DoomXtreme r/whoosh

[@DontFretAboutIt]

I always come back to this video every couple years and it never disappoints

[@Logan-dp6uw]

Same

[@tommyfresh675]

Wow, I never knew that after Vishy Woods blocked that punt he flew straight into the sun.

[@KC-zi7pw]

Well now you do

[@EddezADog]

He became Icarus real quick.

[@priruss357]

If I had a time machine, this would be one of the first past historical events I would use it for to witness and videotape.

[@selfishstockton6123]

If Heisman were alive today, he’d laugh at the “point per minute” offenses in use today

[@tiggerpete]

For some reason, I keep coming back to watch this. Such a good story, and even older Jon Bois videos are fantastic.

[@Logan-dp6uw]

Jon bois the goat

[@brodyjohnson6800]

Disclaimer: Don't watch while high

[@seymourglass26]

Why? You're not the one facing Georgia Tech, mate.

[@tharedpotatowwhale]

I’m having a great trip tbh

[@BlakeNix]

YeH that got weird

[@DJsocial7102]

Thats a good rule of thumb for most of jons content.

[@savagevlogs1013]

Brody Johnson why

[@anonimousemouse111]

The thing that stood out to me fewer first downs then touchdowns

[@SavageGreywolf]

The Cumberland players did not deserve the ass-stomping they got, but the coaching staff did. Note to self: never piss off John Heisman, even though he's been dead for nearly a hundred years.

[@1320crusier]

...that is one hell of a grudge..

[@jliller]

The story behind this game is so utterly bizarre I can barely believe it actually happened.

[@billmilligan7272]

I went to Georgia Tech (many years ago). I would walk past the statue of Heisman in front of Bobby Dodd stadium on Grant Field just about every day from my dorm or later my apartment on my way to classes for years. There is a "222-0" inscription on the base of his pedestal and I always used to wonder about it. But I never knew the story of the game, though I did ask around and nobody seemed to know. Thank you for filling in this mystery from my past! Also: This should be made into a live action Hollywood movie.

[@pat2rome]

As a Georgia Tech alum, this video gives me an indescribable amount of joy.

[@worthythaneofross3925]

If only we were this good today

[@pat2rome]

@@worthythaneofross3925 if only we were any good today

[@AoDahRoh21404]

@@pat2romewell we’re bowl game away from being 7-6

[@TheAndrewsAve]

"Sometimes a weak expression of pity, is the deepest act of cruelty" - Jon Bois

[@PaulSoth]

Real life Breaking Madden.

[@taipeijoey101]

This isn't breaking madden, this is kicking it, stabbing it in the chest, continuously beating it, throwing it in a bag, tying the bag to the ceiling, and hit it repeatedly with a baseball bat.

[@bradrev1779]

TaipeiJoey101 you forgot the fire

[@rafavalls3395]

I bet the Cumberland team could still beat the browns

[@imperialistgondola3488]

ouch

[@envy8441]

i hope thats a joke, but ok.

[@28-3-u8l]

Quirky of course it's a joke, the players hid behind fences. God even modern Alabama state would get brutally slaughtered by the Browns.

[@aero8230]

nooo

[@16ktsgamma]

No the Browns don't suck that bad.

[@Jbot123]

I've seen this a few times, and I still start laughing uncontrollably when you get to "this is Vichy Woods' face before the play" because I know what's coming up.

[@_pimes_]

11:57: "Sometimes, a weak expression of pity is the deepest act of cruelty." Could not be more true

[@douglasthompson1724]

This is the funniest f'ing video I have seen in a while. Jon Bois is definitely deserving of his own series.

[@Brickertown]

Absolutely brilliant using a steam engine losing traction at 1:52 as an audio metaphor for the football game being a ridiculous blowout.

[@taipeijoey101]

Or a steamrolling

[@MrSourceMan]

The sound is a diesel locomotive, and its not derailing. Its just moving forward, passing over the mic/camera. Much like Georgia Tech just moved forward through Cumberland.

[@HappyTime08]

It's also what we (Georgia Tech) play after every touchdown so it's even more appropriate.

[@nxght6694]

i think it was supposed to mean getting hit with a freight train

[@davidbondy2250]

When the 2016 Cowboys offense faces the 2013 Cowboys defense

[@Govgrav506]

@VideoHacker101 our team this year man

[@KC-zi7pw]

Now it's the 2020 Cowboys defense lol

[@Govgrav506]

@@KC-zi7pw Honestly, it's hard to admit that I'm still a cowboys fan

[@ztrevvy]

Seeing this in my inbox made me so happy

[@pats4lifebb]

same here, go Dortmund!

[@saxonthedan]

go Dortmund :P

[@A_Wild_Protoyeen]

I love how you picked a photo of John Heisman that makes him look like Julius Caesar

[@derrbow]

It’s amazing that Cumberland never gave up a safety. I guess john heisman hadn’t invented the safety yet.

[@AgusSimoncelli]

Greatest match of any sport ever! (at least for someone who doesn't watch sports) I wonder how is this not a movie

[@silenius19]

Too depressing

[@AgusSimoncelli]

It will make a great comedy I think

[@Red-Wolf-Ben]

Zack Snyder should direct it. :D

[@AgusSimoncelli]

wildcatxmgr Yeeeeah.. Not really seeing how Snyder could ever make a comedy, but if we-re for real, Edgar Wright should direct it. No one can match him when it comes to visual/action comedy

[@Red-Wolf-Ben]

That's what I meant, not for a comedy but for something dark.

[@NinjaPaperMario]

I really shouldn't have watched this before going to bed...

[@NinjaPaperMario]

Or it's just that the music at the end is a little unsettling.

[@royalpalm_941]

I wish there was footage of this game😂💯

[@Destroyer83]

alas, even the early video cameras were a few years down the road (1918 at the VERY earliest)

[@lancecombes]

@@Destroyer83 there are movies from 1914 and the earliest moving pictures were made in the 1890's, but unfortunately there were none there that day.

[@hunnerd4566]

Destroyer831642 there’s footage of the First World War (1914-1918) Some of that footage predates this game.

[@blarneystone38]

There is a single photograph of the game

[@ElderPrinceShroob]

4:07 Look at the other scores during Georgia Tech’s 1916 season. They beat Mercer *61-0* the week before the Cumberland game, which as we all know, Georgia Tech won 222-0. The week after the Cumberland Massacre (As I like to call it), Tech won 9-0. Davison held Tech to their second lowest point total by letting them only score 9 points. By week 4, Tech had outscored each of their opponents by *302 to 6* . The season saw Tech go 8-0-1, with the only tie being a 7-7 draw with Washington and Lee. Tech shutout their opponents in six of the 9 games, with them giving up points in the 10-6 win over North Carolina in week 4, the aforementioned 7-7 tie with Washington and Lee the following week, and the season finale, which saw Tech beat Auburn 33-7. In all, Georgia Tech outscored their opponents by a combined *421 to 20* . And about 52 percent of those points came in the Cumberland game. Edit: The scores at 6:08 say that Georgia Tech beat Mercer 68-0. I’m not sure if Tech scored 7 more points in that game, however.

[@moss_yt]

Showing that one dude’s face before and after TERRIFIED me. This video is scarier than most horror movies I’ve seen!

[@kobeversus1772]

Anyone else get a creepy vibe from this vid?

[@buttfart12]

Johnny Patrick me I'm watching at 10:40 pm :(

[@ayjay23]

Finn222 try 5 AM bruv 😳😳

[@j_knight3]

I do

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

The music and stylization of the stop-motion evokes Hitchcock and Kubrick a bit.

[@bubblerman]

when you set madden to rookie

[@tannerwilson4843]

Brian Hanrahan s This would be setting Madden to Pee Wee!

[@clark2501]

Brian Hanrahan more like when you set madden to rookie, put all your sliders to 100 and put all the CPUs sliders to 0.

[@marcuswolfer9770]

And arcade

[@Puvwilmo00]

This was like Madden '03 with maxed out players, all human sliders set to 100, and all Madden cheats on...

[@brilliantlysplendid]

oh my god I'm drunk watching this and now I'm terrified of Heisman's face

[@j_knight3]

I’m bot drunk BUT THATS STILL FUCKING CREEPY

[@dolphinsneu]

Cumberland actually had five plays that went for positive yardage. The first play, the two plays that led to the third and one, a ten yard pass completion to Johnny Dog, and a play in which two Cumberland players grabbed Johnny Dog and threw him over the line of scrimmage for a two yard gain (he fumbled on the play, too).

[@Redpandaspy]

Is it weird that to me the funniest part is that baseball was paying for football😂

[@n-kris1820]

Love how an almond was the football

[@DJsocial7102]

It is very similarly shaped.

[@AIex8000]

You should do one of these on soccer games. Like when Australia beat American Samoa 31-0 or when AS Adema scored 149 own goals against SO l'Emyrne

[@sokota6861]

Personally I'd go for Arbroath's 36-0 win over Bon Accord in 1885. Bon Accord was formed in 1884, so they only were existing for a year, while Arbroath was existing for 7 years. Bon Accord arrived to the pitch without any form of kit or uniform, referee Dave Stormont disallowed 7 goals, Arbroath's keeper didn't touch the ball for the full match and for a couple of minutes sheltered from the rain under a spectator's umbrella, and 18 year old John Petrie scored 13 goals. And at the same time across town, Dundee Harp beat the Aberdeen Rovers 35-0. Really worthy of a Pretty Good episode.

[@asd36f]

There was also an Australian rules football team that won a game 400-0.

[@vjm3]

BRA7-1L

[@BrandonRaimo11]

the best one to do would be vanuatu 46 micronesia 0 because the entire game is on youtube

[@badtotheappendixx]

@@sokota6861 and only one of these four teams still exist

[@Videowatcher10p]

when you have 0 pass yards ans win by 222

[@Laxor204]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin ever

[@analytical768]

In late 2018 I found this video in my recommendations. I watched and loved it. It’s now 2021 and I have now watched almost every Jon Bois video ever made. Every pretty good, chart party, and dorktown. To this day I still love him. Thank you Jon.