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The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time: The Civil War, the Iron Bowl, and Other Memorable Matchups

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College football is one of the most popular sports in the United States, and rivalry games have an intensity unmatched by any other sporting event. This book showcases the best of these rivalries. With stats, series highlights, and photographs throughout, this book is a must-read for every fan of college football.

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ISBN-13:	9781442229839
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/14/2014
Pages:	354
Sales rank:	1,143,412
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Martin Gitlin is a freelance writer and the author of more than 40 books on popular culture and sports. He has won many awards for his writing, including first place for General Excellence in Journalism from the Associated Press. His most recent books are The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast Got Its Crunch (2012) and The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time (Scarecrow Press, 2013).

Introduction Chapter 1: Ohio State vs. Michigan: Woody, Bo and Beyond Chapter 2: Alabama vs. Auburn: The Iron Bowl Chapter 3: Army vs. Navy: War on the Gridiron Chapter 4: Oklahoma vs. Texas: The Red River Rivalry Chapter 5: Notre Dame vs. Southern California: The Cross-Country Clash Chapter 6: Harvard vs. Yale: The Game Chapter 7: Georgia vs. Florida: The World’s Largest Cocktail Party Chapter 8: Lafayette vs. Lehigh: The First Rivalry Chapter 9: California vs. Stanford: The Big Game Chapter 10: Florida State vs. Miami: The Game without a Name Chapter 11: Grambling State vs. Southern: The Bayou Classic Chapter 12: Utah vs. Brigham Young: The Holy War Chapter 13: Oregon vs. Oregon State: The Civil War Chapter 14: Clemson vs. South Carolina: The Palmetto Bowl Bibliography Index About the Author

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[The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time is] a quick and informative read that helps stimulate new ideas on what it means to be 'great' in college football. The book’s focus on rivalry is one that will certainly resonate with many readers.

Sport in American History

To me there are many college football rivalries. In his new book Martin Gitlin examines what he feels are fourteen of the greatest college rivalries in the game of football. Mr. Gitlin examines each rivalry with interesting moments of the rivalry, traces the history of the series with highlights and statistics. There is also a year by year listing of the scores of the rivalry that is an excellent historical resource for the reader. I was also pleased to see that he included in his list of rivalries the often-overlooked Lafayette versus Lehigh that began in 1884. This chapter to me was a wealth of information for the fan and or the historian. I was also pleased with his development of 'The Game,' the Yale and Harvard battle that began in 1875. Also he also discussed the Grambling State and Southern college rivalry that has been overlooked for many years in my opinion. Overall I enjoyed reading this book, it was well written and developed, looked at both well-known and not as well-known college football rivalries. I highly recommend this book for any football library. It is an excellent read.

Gridiron Greats

College football rivalries can be fun but often turn into bitter contests for players and fans alike. Gitlin, a freelance and sports writer, details fourteen all-time rivalries, from Harvard-Yale to Georgia-Florida (commonly known as the world’s largest outdoor cocktail party). The author covers each rivalry equally in twenty to thirty pages including memorable games, players, and coaches, the rivalry outside the actual game, and concludes each chapter with game results and key facts. Each game has its own name, such as the Red River Rivalry (Texas-Oklahoma) or the Big Game (Stanford-California), but no game is a better rivalry than Army-Navy, like no game is a more bitter rivalry than Alabama-Auburn (the Iron Bowl). The book is a fun read.. . .The book has great merits to recall the Lafayette-Lehigh, the rivalry game first played in 1884, and the Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State. Gitlin concludes with notes on each chapter, a select bibliography, and a brief index. In all, this is a solid little book on the ever growing popular game of college football.

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The Greatest College Football Rivalries of All Time: The Civil War, the Iron Bowl, and Other Memorable Matchups

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