The following is based on a profile in the new book “How ‘Bout Them Dawgs” published by the University of Georgia Press, available now where books are sold and on the UGA Press website. This is the first in a series of excerpts from “How ‘Bout Them Dawgs.
Football got its start in the 19th century, mostly for energetic boys to enjoy a release of pent-up energy. There were no scholarships, no big coaches’ salaries, no team doctors, no smartly dressed cheerleaders, no season ticket plan, and no reserved parking.
All that would change as football gradually replaced baseball as the premier sport on campus.