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College Sports Traditions

Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others
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Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years, fans attending a University of Maryland football game rubbed the bronze statue of their terrapin mascot, Testudo. Traditions like these are visible statements of school loyalty, and they are part of why college sports are unforgettable. College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others details not only the well-known traditions of major universities, but also the obscure customs of smaller schools. Approximately 1,200 traditions are captured, covering almost every college sport. It depicts such traditions as The Ohio State University’s “Script Ohio,” University of Kansas’s “Waving the Wheat,” Linfield College’s “End Zone Couches,” and even a list of traditions that involve streaking. The wide variety of traditions covered in this book are grouped thematically, including: ·Before the game ·During the game ·After a score ·After the game ·Mascot traditions ·Preseason traditions ·Traditions probably not university sanctioned ·Rivalries ·Yells, cheers, and chants From the crazy and eccentric to the touching and meaningful, these traditions connect fans and athletes across generations. The first of its kind, this comprehensive volume encompasses hundreds of universities and colleges throughout the U.S. Featuring 75 photos that bring many of these events to life, College Sports Traditions will be an entertaining read for every sports fan.

Author Biography:

Stan Beck has built a unique reputation as the preeminent expert on college sports traditions, and has been interviewed on the subject by numerous publications and radio broadcasts, including ESPN Radio. Jack Wilkinson is the author or coauthor of eight books, the most recent of which include Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball (2010) and 100 Things Braves Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die (2011). A three-time Georgia Sportswriter of the Year, Wilkinson has worked for such publications as Newsday, the Miami News, the Chicago Daily News, the New York Daily News, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Associated Press.
Release date Australia
September 19th, 2013
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
436
Dimensions
161x233x35
ISBN-13
9780810891203
Product ID
21420773

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