12-25-2023, 03:32 PM
She found this book on the Walmart website:
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This is a history of ALL college football in the state of Georgia. Just an initial cursory look into the book reveals several very interesting tidbits.
First... I guess we all knew... UGA was the first college football program in the state. But what I didn't know was the second program in the state....
The Mercer Bears.
They actually played (and lost to) UGA in 1892.
The third member of the 19th-century football club in Georgia was the Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta.
In Tech's first-ever football game they lost to Mercer, 12-6. A Wikipedia page says that Tech went by the name, "Blacksmiths". This book says they were the Golden Tornado (??).
Lots of interesting stuff like that. Very cool Christmas gift!
This is a history of ALL college football in the state of Georgia. Just an initial cursory look into the book reveals several very interesting tidbits.
First... I guess we all knew... UGA was the first college football program in the state. But what I didn't know was the second program in the state....
The Mercer Bears.
They actually played (and lost to) UGA in 1892.
The third member of the 19th-century football club in Georgia was the Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta.
In Tech's first-ever football game they lost to Mercer, 12-6. A Wikipedia page says that Tech went by the name, "Blacksmiths". This book says they were the Golden Tornado (??).
Lots of interesting stuff like that. Very cool Christmas gift!
