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Cbl62, you sure "Purple and Gold" wasn't more common than "Methodists" in 1928? We should consider the whole pre-"Britons" era for Albion and figure out when "Purple and Gold" and "Methodists" were most common. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:45, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jweiss11 Yes, I checked that before moving to main space, and "Methodists" was more common than "Purple and Gold" during the 1928 season. Using the time period for the applicable season (9/1/28-11/30/28), and limiting the search geographically to newspapers in Michigan, I came up with 471 hits for (albion + "methodists") and only 24 hits for (albion + "purple and gold") Cbl62 (talk) 06:20, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Albion didn't have any other undefeated seasons between 1892 and 1960, so I don't have any current plan to create season articles in that period. (I may or may not take a shot at 1891 -- haven't checked yet to see if there's enough SIGCOV to support a stand-alone article).Cbl62 (talk) 07:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many (most?) of those 471 hits for albion + "methodists" have nothing to do with football or any other sport. For example, the first search result, from the Battle Creek Enquirer on November 3, refers to the Albion Methodist church. Jweiss11 (talk) 13:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I realize that, but even factoring that in, it appeared from my survey that there were far more hits for Albion being referenced as "Methodists" than as the "Purple and Gold". If your review suggests otherwise, let me know. Cbl62 (talk) 14:08, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jweiss11 To allay your concern, I re-ran the search limited to contexts involving "football" and still came up with the same overwhelming conclusion that "methodists" was more common, this time by a factor of roughly 10 x 1. E.g. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. Cbl62 (talk) 23:08, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
