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Ahhh, fall. When the air turns crisp and
cool, the leaves start turning red and orange and yellow, and a
persons fancy turns to one thing-college football! And theres not
much better in college football than the Big Game, the rivalry that
can make or break your season. Your rival is the school where even
if youre 1-10, if that one win is against Them, your season is a
success. BIG GAMES celebrates the biggest of the big games in
college football and looks inside ten of the greatest rivalries the
sport has to offer. Michael Bradley puts you in the stands to
witness the history and the heroes of each rivalry. There are the
in-state clashes of Auburn-Alabama, Miami-FSU, and Cal-Stanford;
the border wars of Georgia-Florida, Texas-Oklahoma, and
Michigan-Ohio State; lower-level but still passion-evoking scraps
like Harvard-Yale and Lehigh-Lafayette; and nationwide rivalries
like Notre Dame-USC or the service rivalry of Army-Navy. With fans
of the schools numbering in the millions nationwide, these tilts
are often given national television exposure, lending an even
greater air of importance to the events. Each rivalry gets its own
chapter, and Bradley takes an in-depth look at why its participants
are rivals and how the rivalry manifests itself each year. In each
chapter he gives the history of the rivalry overall; takes a look
at the five greatest games and their historical context; presents a
feature on a player, coach, or single-season team that stands out;
highlights a collection of anecdotes on pranks, family feuds,
famous participants, and wild celebrations; singles out heroes from
each school and superb individual performances in the rivalry game;
and includes a game-by-game list of scores. BIG GAMES brings the
traditions, thrills, and passion of gridiron grudge matches to
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| ISBN-10: 1574889087 ISBN-13: 9781574889086 |
Hardback - July 2007 |
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