Florida Gators Legend Steve Spurrier Remembers Hula Bowl as First Time with Black Teammates
By Mark Schipper Steve Spurrier played three brilliant seasons at the University of Florida in the middle 1960s, quarterbacking the...
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Mark Schipper
- Jul 30, 2021
Fear Came for College Football: NCAA's TV Takeover Created Conditions for Conference Re-Alignment
By Mark Schipper Within the next four years, whenever the universities of Texas and Oklahoma are allowed to fly from the Big 12 and...
Mark Schipper
- Apr 7, 2021
University of Texas Defied Trends by Stepping Back to Consider Merits in "Eyes of Texas" Controversy
By Mark Schipper The Eyes of Texas, a cultural pillar at the Lone Star State's flagship university, and a song with tenuous linkages to...
Mark Schipper
- Mar 18, 2021
Hayden Fry and Jerry LeVias Made the Southwest Conference Black and White and Shook Up the Old Order
By Mark Schipper THEY ALWAYS MADE GOOD The young head coach Hayden Fry, and his even younger player, Jerry LeVias, had trust in their...
Mark Schipper
- Oct 8, 2020
Georgia Tech's Destruction of Cumberland College in 1916 Wasn't Exactly As It Seemed
Georgia Tech beat Cumberland College 222-0, but there's more to the story than the mind-bending final score.
Mark Schipper
- Oct 8, 2020
Auburn and Pat Dye is a Real College Football Story
Auburn University is honoring their old football coach Pat Dye in simple fashion, and that's a beautiful thing.
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