📁 NCGA Archive Index — National College Gridiron Association (Master Workspace)

A. League Structure & Rules

• Conferences: Military, Ivy, Industrial alignments
• Championship Selection: top two conference champions by overall record (tiebreakers → win %, strength of schedule, capped point margin, then conference record)
• Liberty Classic: remaining champ vs top large religious program (SoS tiebreaker, min .636 record)
• Tiebreakers (in-conference): head-to-head → points for/against → common opponents → coin flip

B. Canon & Rituals

• Hudson–Severn Trophy (Army–Navy Game): bronzed shield · crossed saber & anchor · motto “On Land and Sea” · victory bell ritual at midfield
• McKenna Medal of Merit: Army–Navy MVP
• March-On Banner: band & brigade pageantry award
• Spirit Drum: student-section cadence award
• Compass Rose Cup (Air–Sea Classic): Air Command vs Coastal Guard (rotating sites; 1949 host = Coastal Guard)
• Shield & Wings Trophy (Command Classic): Western Military vs Southern Flight (neutral site Atlanta, Ponce de Leon Park)

C. Style & Formatting Standards

• Official Template: NGW 1949 Week 6 v1 (locked master layout for all future issues)
• Typography: Cambria 11 pt (tables/text) · Times New Roman 12 pt (Martin Keane prose)
• Layout: Two-page edition — Page 1 cover masthead + photo caption; Page 2 two-column tables and summaries
• House Style: Week 1 v5 spec — light newsprint gray background, Arial 9 pt support text, gray-bordered tables