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These are the folks that buy motorhomes and travel from game to game, setting up little villages on school campuses across the south. Rammer jammer yellow hammer was named one of sports illustrateds best books of the year in 2004, and it ranked number one on the chronicle of higher educations list of the best books ever written about collegiate athletics. Big als peanut butter bars and some yellow hammer will have the fans cheering in no time. Rammer jammer yellow hammer the chronicle of higher education named this the best book about college sports ever written.
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