Tribal : college football and the secret heart of America /

"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Diane, 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Cover image
Table of Contents:
  • Pregame
  • First quarter. Tribal boundaries ; Who the hell are we? ; At the creation ; Clean, old-fashioned hatred ; Big game
  • Second quarter. Old-time religion ; Consecrated ground ; God is my offensive coordinator ; Muscular Christianity ; Gator Galahad
  • Halftime. Death of a drum major
  • Third quarter. The gender bowl ; The ladies auxiliary
  • Fourth quarter. Jaboo wins ; The plantation ; Fighting the war all over again ; The Southern way of life ; The fall of the House of Bowden
  • Postgame.