The opening kickoff
Subtitle: the tumultuous birth of a football nation
By: Dave Revsine
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780762791774
Subjects: Football; College sports; History
Description: "By the face of The Big Ten Network, the story of the creation of the college football nation from 1890 to 1915, the intense media coverage, the academic fraud, recruiting scandals, shocking violence, new sports superstars, and the manifest destiny of football out of the Ivy League and to the Great Midwest"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Football day"; title: The Kangaroo Kicker; title: From scrummage to scrimmage; title: Mass plays and mass popularity; title: To Madison; title: The challenge of amateurism; title: "The most mischievous offender of the year"; title: The rise of the football media; title: "Bigger than any of Pillsbury's great mills"; title: "There's murder in that game"; title: Slugball; title: "There's money in it"; title: "They all know Stagg was a sham"; title: East vs. West; title: A premature end; title: "The most disgraceful scandal ever known"; title: "The silent protest of the nineteen graves"; title: Football's new rules.