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A friend of mine brought me this December 25th, 1939 issue of the Los Angeles Times. It includes a pic of several players including Sam Bartholomew and George Cafego. It also includes a good picture of (at the time) Major Robert Neyland. I have lots of great stuff, but this is one of my favorites.
 

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smittysmitt3434 said:
A friend of mine bring me this December 25th, 1939 issue of the Los Angeles Times. It includes a pic of several players including Sam Bartholomew and George Cafego. It also includes a good picture of (at the time) Major Robert Neyland. I have lots of great stuff, but this is one of my favorites.
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Cafego was awesome. I used to wait tables in Gibbs back in the '70s. One of my regrets in life was not to chat him up. He would eat in there on occasion. Great punting coach. He was mean as hell as a player. There was a reason they called him "Bad News".
 
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Awesome! It is hard to see it well on my screen, mail it to me so I can really see the detail :)
 
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Hacksaw said:
Too bad we lost the game.
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I can't imagine having to travel across the country by train in the early 1900's and then playing a good and well rested opponent in what is essentially their home stadium.

If memory serves, the trip took weeks and included stops in Texas, and one of Tennessee's key players was injured and out of the game entirely.
 
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Same here PTCarter. I waited tables at Gibbs Hall in 1981 when Johnny Majors was coach. George Cafego was the kicking coach then. My impression of him was that he was running the show. He carried himself in such a way that you knew the buck stopped here. Great man!! :rock:
 
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daj2576 said:
I can't imagine having to travel across the country by train in the early 1900's and then playing a good and well rested opponent in what is essentially their home stadium.

If memory serves, the trip took weeks and included stops in Texas, and one of Tennessee's key players was injured and out of the game entirely.
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You're OLD if you remember that! :p
 
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daj2576 said:
I can't imagine having to travel across the country by train in the early 1900's and then playing a good and well rested opponent in what is essentially their home stadium.

If memory serves, the trip took weeks and included stops in Texas, and one of Tennessee's key players was injured and out of the game entirely.
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'tis interesting you should bring that up. Although it is not current, I once looked up USC's record in the Rose Bowl (i.e. their proverbial back yard) vs. their bowl record elsewhere. Even when you take into consideration the fact that their best teams usually played in the Rose Bowl, their record at that venue was something like 21-7 and their record in all other bowls was below .500. It always struck me as an extraordinarily unfair advantage for USC in the pre-transcontinental air era. And, yes, Cafego missed the 1940 Rose Bowl due to a knee injury.


P.S. USC is now 24-9 in Rose Bowl games. Overall, they are 9-8 in bowls not played in Pasadena, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_USC_Trojans_bowl_games
 
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smittysmitt3434 said:
A friend of mine brought me this December 25th, 1939 issue of the Los Angeles Times. It includes a pic of several players including Sam Bartholomew and George Cafego. It also includes a good picture of (at the time) Major Robert Neyland. I have lots of great stuff, but this is one of my favorites.
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Loved Cafego, he was one of my coaches at UT's All Sports Camp back in the 70's.
 
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daj2576 said:
Ha. I remember that I read about it a few summers ago.

I think it is in Gilbert's book "Neyland: The Gridiron General". Neyland was an interesting man and the book is certainly worth a read.
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You're the second person now to recommend that book to me. That or you have done so twice now. I don't remember ha. Was there never a paperback printing run? Because all I ever see on Amazon are hard back. I have found where I could get it as an E-Book but I'd rather have a physical book. $50 just seems like a lot for a book I will read and probably just pass along to the next person when I'm done
 
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Give_All_Vol said:
You're the second person now to recommend that book to me. That or you have done so twice now. I don't remember ha. Was there never a paperback printing run? Because all I ever see on Amazon are hard back. I have found where I could get it as an E-Book but I'd rather have a physical book. $50 just seems like a lot for a book I will read and probably just pass along to the next person when I'm done
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It is one that deserves to be in the permanent library of any hardcore Tennessee fan. Keep your eye peeled for used copies through Amazon.com, Alibris, Abebooks.com and other distributors of out-of-print books. You may eventually find a more reasonably priced copy if you aren't terribly picky about its condition. Another must for any big Orange buff is "Football as a war game: The annotated journals of General R.R. Neyland" by Andy Kozar. Considering the fact that it is leatherbound and gilt-edged, it is actually a good value at $50.00, if copies are still available. For details, see https://www.facebook.com/pages/Football-As-A-War-Game/137345443024532.
 
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Give_All_Vol said:
You're the second person now to recommend that book to me. That or you have done so twice now. I don't remember ha. Was there never a paperback printing run? Because all I ever see on Amazon are hard back. I have found where I could get it as an E-Book but I'd rather have a physical book. $50 just seems like a lot for a book I will read and probably just pass along to the next person when I'm done
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I bought it on Amazon a couple of years ago. My copy is a very nice but used hard back edition. It cost me about 15$.

Keep your eyes peeled for it, it's worth reading.
 
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