College Nicknames: The Ultimate Guide (Volume 1)

Buy this book! Why? Because it's awesome! No fan of college sports should be without COLLEGE NICKNAMES: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE. Not merely a listing of college nicknames, the book offers their comprehensive history, myths and lore. Chock full of anecdotes, stories, dozens of lists and trivia galore, even the biggest fan of college sports will find something new and interesting on every page. Chapters Include: The Nicknames: The Nickname of every four year college in the United States and Canada. Colleges: A cross-reference of Colleges and their nicknames. The Definitive Lists: Every nickname is categorized into one of 39 different lists. Didja Know?: Fun and entertaining lists, facts and trivia. How They Got Their Nickname: How over 575 schools got their nicknames. Defunct Schools: Nicknames and stories for dozens of schools that are no more. The Best and Worst: No book of this type would be complete without Best and Worst lists. This is what some people would say about COLLEGE NICKNAMES--if they were still around to do so: Knute Rockne: "COLLEGE NICKNAMES is Gipperific!" Wilt Chamberlain: "I score COLLEGE NICKNAMES a 100!" Red Grange: "This is one Galloping Ghost of a good book." Paul "Bear" Bryant: "I'd trade in my houndstooth hat for a copy of COLLEGE NICKNAMES." Lou Gehrig: "These boys have hit one out of the park!"

Cullen Vane attended Marquette University when they were still known as the Warriors. He is the father of two sons, Tyler and Zachary, and lives in California's Sierra foothills. Jim Gragnola is a San Jose State Spartan. He is the father of a son and a daughter, Dominic and Giada, and is married to Yvonne. He lives in the Santa Clara Valley. The two authors met when they played on the same Little League team in Saratoga, CA. COLLEGE NICKNAMES started with the question, "What the heck is a Billiken?" in reference to the St. Louis University Billikens and grew from that simple question into the most comprehensive book on college nicknames ever published.