College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy
- ISBN-10
- 080187114X
- ISBN-13
- 9780801871146
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 528
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-11-14
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- John Sayle Watterson
Description
Ultimately, however, Watterson concludes that the history of college football is one in which the rules of the game have changed, but those of human nature have not.
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