Georgia vs Georgia Tech

Author:

By John Griffin

Format:

Hardback

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Price:

£20.99

Tagged with:

American Football, College Football, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Oct 2000
• ISBN: 1892514966
• Pages: 352
• Photos: 1240

From Word of Sport:

The complete history of the century old rivalry between Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, looking back to their first ever game in 1893 and tracing their history to the present day. Richly illustrated, the book offers a 50-yard-line-seat to the most thrilling plays, the crucial TDs and the greatest players.

From the Publisher:

It has been said that football is the secular religion of the South. If so, then the gridiron grudge between the football teams of the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology is nothing less than the genesis myth. John Chandler Griffin, one of the nation's foremost writers of sports histories, gives us a play-by-play in the annual brawl between these two Southern powerhouses in his definitive Georgia vs. Georgia Tech: Gridiron Grudge since 1893.

Coincidentally both universities fielded their first teams in 1892 -- the fledgling Georgia team called themselves the Wildcats and the players of Georgia Tech were known as the Blacksmiths. Their grudge, which has lessened not a bit in more than a century, has achieved legendary national status. Griffin gives us a fifty-yard line seat to the best games and the most thrilling plays. He presents a colorful roster of players including the pigskin-helmeted Iron Men with nicknames like Bully and Big Six, the turn-of-the-century legendary coaches Joe Heisman (Georgia Tech) and Pop Warner (Georgia), and the phenomenal Herschel Walker. Although styles of play have changed from the time when players wore no helmets -- but were never without their rubber nose guards -- Georgia Tech and Georgia have always had the necessary roughness and trash talking to make the game exciting. Griffin's book is equal parts meticulously researched history book and play book, and is fun to read.