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797:, December 26, 1969, pg. 17) The project, introduced in the fall of 1969, involved playing games on computers and determining, twice a week, theoretical Junior Super Bowl top 20 high school football national rankings. The objective was to invite the top two final teams to play post-season for a national championship title in a Junior Super Bowl. If circumstances prevented an actual meeting of the two top finishers, the play-off for the 1969 Junior Super Bowl Championship would be computerized, as was the case.(
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