God and Football: Faith and Fanaticism in the SEC »

Chad Gibbs found football at the age of eight, found God one year later, and has spent the rest of his life worshiping one of the two. He and his wife currently live in Auburn, Alabama, with their dogs Bob Vance and Harper.

What happens when Chad Gibbs, a renowned comedy editor and die-hard football fan, travels to the twelve Southeastern conference schools during game-day weekend in order to discover if football fanaticism in the South qualifies as idol worship? You get God and Football ... an illuminating, laugh-out-loud look at the place where fanaticism, faith, and football meet.

Preseson

God and Football 11

Other Gods Before Me 15

The Quest 31

The Season

Week 1 Vanderbilt University 37

Week 2 Auburn University 53

Week 3 University of South Carolina 71

Week 4 University of Tennessee 85

Week 5 Louisiana State University 99

Week 6 University of Florida 115

Week 7 University of Alabama 131

Week 8 University of Kentucky 147

Week 9 University of Arkansas 161

Week 10 University of Georgia 173

Week 11 University of Mississippi 187

Week 12 Mississippi State University 201

Postseason

Sweet Home Alabama 217

Epilogue 227

Afterword 230

Glossary 231

Acknowledgments 235