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The most comprehensive reference book ever assembled on the history of college football, from South Bend, Indiana, to Lincoln, Nebraska, Palo Alto, California, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Tallahassee, Florida, college football attracts the most dedicated fans in all of sports....

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Corporate Author: ESPN (Television network)
Other Authors: MacCambridge, Michael, 1963- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : ESPN Books, ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • [Pt. 1.] The game
  • The history of College Football / Chuck Culpepper
  • Ten days that shook the sport / Beano Cook
  • From 1984 to the BCS / Gene Wojciechowski
  • The cult of coaches / Andrew Bagnato
  • The history of recruiting / Bud Withers
  • Sportsmanship / Vahe Gregorian
  • Born to run : requiem for the option / Joe Posnanski
  • Integration and college football / Mark Wangrin
  • College football at the movies / Ed Krzemienski
  • The game today / with Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit
  • [Pt. 2.] The schools
  • Air Force to Wyoming
  • Special insert : the helmets
  • Essay : the Ivy Leagues / Bruce Wood
  • Brown to Yale
  • Essay : pride and the passion / Michael Hurd
  • Grambling
  • Alabama A & M to Texas Southern
  • [Pt. 3.] Annual review
  • Who's no. 1 : history of the polls / Joe Posnanski
  • The history of mathematical ratings / Richard Billingsley
  • A practical guide to a college football playoff / Michael MacCambridge
  • Year-by-year overviews 1869-2004
  • [Pt. 4.] The bowls
  • The history of the bowls / Todd Jones
  • Current bowls : Rose to Fort Worth
  • Defunct bowls : Alamo to Silicon Valley
  • [Pt. 5.] Postgame wrap-up.