Books on the Vols and CFB

#26
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Stephen, if British universities can access American university and/or public libraries via interlibrary loan, you should submit interlibrary loan requests for the following:

Southern Fried Football (Revised): The History, Passion, and Glory of the Great Southern Game: Tony Barnhart, Keith Jackson: 9781600780936: Amazon.com: Books

Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the American South (Sports and Religion): Eric Bain-Selbo: 9780881461558: Amazon.com: Books

Third Saturday in October: The Game-By-Game Story of the South's Most Intense Football Rivalry: Al Browning: 9781581822175: Amazon.com: Books

What It Means to be a Volunteer: Ray Glier, Phillip Fulmer: 9781600780691: Amazon.com: Books

Neyland: The Gridiron General: Robert Gilbert: 9780932958105: Amazon.com: Books

Legends of the Tennessee Vols: Marvin West: 9781582618890: Amazon.com: Books

The Big Orange: A Story of Tennessee Football: Russ Bebb: 9780873970327: Amazon.com: Books

Game Day: Tennessee Football: The Greatest Games, Players, Coaches and Teams in the Glorious Tradition of Volunteer Football: Athlon Sports, Peyton Manning: 9781572438781: Amazon.com: Books

Tennessee Football: The Peyton Manning Years: Tom Mattingly: 9780943860138: Amazon.com: Books

Sports Illustrated Presents 13-0 Perfect! Tennessee Volunteers 1998 National Champions: N. Pearlstine: Amazon.com: Books

ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game: Michael MacCambridge, Dan Jenkins: 9781401337032: Amazon.com: Books

The USA TODAY College Football Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Modern Reference to America's Most Colorful Sport, 1953-Present: Bob Boyles, Paul Guido: 9781616082253: Amazon.com: Books


For statistical and historical data, one of the best resources is the Media Guide/Record Book for Tennessee football, which you can access online at: UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics - Football.
 
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#27
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You might take a look at Third Saturday in October by Al Browning. You can pick it up on Amazon. It is one of my favorite books on history of University of Tennessee football. Good luck with your research.
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#28
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One I've seen is: Southern Fried Football : The history, passion, and glory of the great southern game. Another is: Football Saturdays in the South. Good luck with class. If you gp to utsports web site, look for the media guide. It has the complete history of UT Football.
 
#29
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stephenk24 said:
Never been to Tennessee sadly. I plan to make the trip, maybe next year, if not the year after. I am currently saving but it depends on the schedule.
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You'll be able to drown a toddler in girls panties with your accent.
 
#30
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Perhaps the single most valuable resource for understanding the intellectual and strategic roots of Tennessee football is Football as a war game: The annotated journals of General R.R. Neyland (Football as a war game: The annotated journals of General R.R. Neyland: Andy Kozar: 9780972674904: Amazon.com: Books). This scholarly work was written by Dr. Andy Kozar, fullback of the 1951 National Championship team and long-time faculty member at UT. Kozar thoroughly mined the "handwritten journals of General Neyland's entire career at the University of Tennessee."
 
#31
#31
The ESPN College Football Encyclopedia is awesome. I got it as a gift 8-9 years ago and still look at it on the throne everyday.
 
#34
#34
Second the Southern Fried Football book.

I travel to London a couple of times each year for work. I'll have to touch base next time and we can talk some TN football.
 
#36
#36
The Sports Illustrated College Football Book is very good as well. Also has some astounding images of the game.
 
#39
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stephenk24 said:
Hey VN

As part of my Sports Journalism course which I have just started at Uni, we cover the history of sport - in which we have to write two essays this year on a topic of our choice... One of my essays will likely be cantered around college football... (This may sound familiar to those who read my essay on Race and Sports in the USA which I did for my History A-Level qualification at school earlier this year)

I was just wondering if you guys could give me some recommendations for books on the history of UT and/or College Football in general (maybe even on Tennessee as a state), as I need to be selective with what I read, especially as importing books which are not available for kindle can get expensive very quickly!

This will help greatly in selecting the topic I wish to pursue.

Thanks guys!

British Vol Stephen :hi:
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This is the best UT sports and local sports history book I've ever seen for pre mid 70's anyway. Anybody else have a copy of this book?
 
#42
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The Third Saturday In October. Start with that one as mentioned earlier by Rex.
 
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stephenk24 said:
Hey VN

As part of my Sports Journalism course which I have just started at Uni, we cover the history of sport - in which we have to write two essays this year on a topic of our choice... One of my essays will likely be cantered around college football... (This may sound familiar to those who read my essay on Race and Sports in the USA which I did for my History A-Level qualification at school earlier this year)

I was just wondering if you guys could give me some recommendations for books on the history of UT and/or College Football in general (maybe even on Tennessee as a state), as I need to be selective with what I read, especially as importing books which are not available for kindle can get expensive very quickly!

This will help greatly in selecting the topic I wish to pursue.

Thanks guys!

British Vol Stephen :hi:
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Couldn't you use ILLIAD for getting access to texts in libraries at other universities? In case you aren't familiar with it, it is the inter library loan system.
 
#45
#45
If you are looking for an excellent inside look at the SEC as a whole, "Bragging Rights," published in 1999, is a book you should absolutely get. (I have it.) It is a seriously reported and colorful examination of all aspects of big-time SEC football--recruiting (some great stories), some of the prominent coaches at that time (Spurrier and Fulmer), coaches who got fired (Dinardo), the attrition rate among players, and some of the big games--including UT and Florida in 1999 when both were in the top 5 and the UT-Alabama game in 1999. "Bragging Rights" was the first publication to raise questions about Alabama booster Logan Young and the recruiting of Albert Means--which became one of the biggest scandals ever in college sports, with a federal trial and federal convictions of Young.
 
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