 George Cole, an undergraduate, is generally given credit for organizing the first intercollegiate team at Ohio State, although more recent scholarship has put that claim in doubt.Agreed by all is that by the fall of 1890 Cole persuaded Alexander S. Lilley to coach the squad.Lilley brought in a renowned Princeton fullback and soon-to-be coach of the Purdue Boilermakers, Knowlton L. "Snake" Ames, to familiarize the team with fundamentals.