According to Michael Oriard, Author of Reading Football, Which of the Following

According to Michael Oriard, author of Reading Football, which of the following is true?

A) Students at American colleges rarely played "football" before the first intercollegiate football game between Harvard and Yale in 1859.
B) The game that most students played during this time resembled a primitive form of basketball than modern football.
C) In 1876, representatives of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia held a meeting to formalize rules for football which essentially morphed the existing game, a combination of rugby and soccer, into American football.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.