Cumberland

Download or read book Cumberland written by Scott Larson and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some disasters don't make the front page. They make the sports page. On October 7, 1916, nineteen unfortunate souls set off on an ill-fated trip to Atlanta to face the mighty Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets led by legendary coach John Heisman. Set in the burgeoning days of college football riddled with violence and controversy, Cumberland: The True Story of the Highest Scoring Football Game in History is the story of one small law school's date with gridiron infamy. A hundred years later, the game that has been called the Little Bighorn of football is regarded as the blowout of the ages. Many sports fans have heard about the game but this book dives into the unscrupulous world surrounding the game and what took place behind the scenes to make this would-be footnote in history unforgettable.