Dixieland Delight A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference

Name: Dixieland Delight A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference
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ISBN: 9780061431241

ISBN-10: 0061431249

ISBN-13: 9780061431241

Edition: 2007

Authors: Clay Travis

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There is no college ball more passionate and competitive than football in the Southeastern Conference, where seven of the twelve schools boast stadiums bigger than any in the NFL and 6.5 million fans hit the road every year to hoot and holler their teams to victory. In September 2006, popular sports columnist and lifelong University of Tennessee fan Clay Travis set out on his "Dixieland Delight Tour." Without a single map, hotel reservation, or game ticket, he began an 8,000-mile journey through the beating heart of the Southland. As Travis toured the SEC, he immersed himself in the bizarre game-day rituals of the common fan, brazenly dancing with the chancellor's wife at a Vanderbilt…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Author of Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference , Clay Travis is a writer for FanHouse.com. A former columnist at CBSSports.com and editor at Deadspin.com, he has also written for Sports Illustrated and The Oxford American , and taught creative writing at Vanderbilt University. He cohosts the daily "Midday Madness" radio show in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and son.



Introduction



The Quest



Tennessee


Eulogy for Jefferson Pilot Sports



Mississippi State


The Shaming of the Southland



Auburn


The Sports Grief Scale



Arkansas


The Bye Week



Georgia


'Bama Bangs



LSU


My Grandfather's Football Career



Vanderbilt


My Life as a Football Player



South Carolina


Why Can't We All Just Get Along?



Kentucky


Tim Tebow Is God



Florida


The Great Bad Punter



Alabama


Women of the SEC



OLE Miss


Lessons from the DDT



SEC Championship


Epilogue


Acknowledgments