Bowl Games

Bowl Games
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Publisher : Westholme Publishing
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105114174993
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Book Synopsis Bowl Games by : Robert M. Ours

Download or read book Bowl Games written by Robert M. Ours and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bowl Games: College Football's Greatest Tradition, historian Robert M. Ours shows how these games established college football as a national sport. Bowl games were also used as charity events and morale boosters during the Great Depression and both world wars, and were among the first public forums that challenged segregation in the South. In addition, Ours traces the steady march toward using bowls to determine a national championship as well as the increase in payouts. The book includes period photographs, year-by-year bowl game summaries, and a complete list of every major NCAA-sanctioned bowl played up to 2005.


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