Fighting Like Cats and Dogs

Kyle King

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Through detailed game-by-game accounts and period photographs, Fighting Like Cats and Dogs faithfully chronicles the most storied chapters in the long-running rivalry between Clemson and Georgia, from the early clashes between Vince Dooley and Charley Pell to the two teams’ back-to-back national title runs in 1980 and 1981, from the game-winning field goals by Kevin Butler and David Treadwell through the present day. You will finish reading Fighting Like Cats and Dogs feeling as though you were in the stands for every game in the greatest period of this classic college football rivalry!

First published in 2013

1977: Charley Pell Leads a Tiger Revival 1
1978: Upstart Underdogs Prevent Pell from Achieving Perfection 15
1979: Marvin Up the Middle 31
1980: “We’re No. 1!” (Part One) 45
1981: “We’re No. 1!” (Part Two) 61
1982: The Night the Lights Went on in Georgia 81
1983: Fit To Be Tied 95
1984: The Butler Did It 107
1985: Go You Red Britches, Action Jackson, and Little Makes a Big Difference 123
1986: A Great Opportunity 135
1987: Treadwell, Take Two 149
1990: No Vince Dooley, No Danny Ford, and No Contest 165
1991: Dogs Win With D, Zeier 179
1994: West’s First Season Goes South 189
1995: Kirtsey Takes a Bow 203
2002: Shocked! 217
2003: (Throw) Up, (Fourth) Down, and (Shut) out in Death Valley 233

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Pages: 254 pages

Published: August 2024

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Paperback
ISBN: 9781638041528
PRICE: $19.95

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General Interest

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Clemson University Press (Independent)

Fighting Like Cats and Dogs

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