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Bayou Classic : The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry.
Title:
Bayou Classic : The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry.
Author:
Aiello, Thomas.
ISBN:
9780807138021
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Happening -- 1 Competitive Disadvantages -- 2 The Direction of Depression and Progress, 1932-1939 -- 3 The Birth and Death of a Legitimate Rivalry, 1940-1948 -- 4 Civilities and Civil Rights, 1959-1965 -- 5 Black Power, White Power, 1966-1971 -- 6 The Greatest Game Never Played, 1972 -- 7 The Second Battle of New Orleans, 1973-1974 -- 8 The Mother Ship Lands, 1975-1979 -- 9 Last Night of the Tiger Dynasty, 1980-1986 -- 10 Winters of Discontent, 1987-1992 -- 11 Southern Renaissance, 1993-2000 -- 12 And the Flood Waters Drove Them Away, 2001-2007 -- Epilogue: Yes We Can, 2008 -- 1. The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry, Annual Results (1932-2009) -- 2. The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry, Cumulative Totals (1932-2009) -- 3. All-Star Teams -- 4. Team Statistics -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
The annual clash in New Orleans between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars represents the fiercest and most anticipated in-state football rivalry in Louisiana. The most significant national game to feature historically black colleges and universities is more than a contest; the Bayou Classic is a lavish event, featuring celebrities, a fan festival, and a halftime "Battle of the Bands" that offers an intensity equal to that of the gridiron. "To appreciate the rivalry," Coach Eddie Robinson once noted, "you have to realize Grambling and Southern fans are close friends, as well as relatives." In Bayou Classic, Thomas Aiello chronicles the history of the game and explores the two schools' broader significance to Louisiana, to sports, and to the black community.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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