This is an updated version of a previous blog post.
It it has been played in Columbus more times than anywhere else, 38 games, according to Wikipedia. It was played in Columbus from 1920 to 1958, with the only break being when it was played in Athens in 1929. Memorial Stadium (now A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium), I am told, was larger than the stadiums at Georgia and Auburn in 1920.
Not only was the game the largest sports event in Cweolumbus, it was also arguably the biggest social even of the year. Parties were held all over town. Men wore business suits and women their Sunday best when going to the game.
When I was a boy, no one I knew went to parties or the game because we were in the depths of the Great Depression. My dad would drive the family by the stadium so we could see the well-dressed crowds going into the game, then we would…
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