A meeting of the best defensive line and the largest offensive line in college football promises a primal slug fest in the trenches. What's more primal than food on a stick over fire?
Per The Food Encyclopedia by Jacques L. Rolland and Carol Sherman (with other contributors, as noted), shish kabob's "history can be traced to Caucasus Mountain nomads, who would cook small pieces of their meat on the ends of their swords held over an open fire." I may well cook my next meal over an open fire fueled by The Food Encyclopedia by Jacques Rolland and Carol Sherman (with other contributors, as noted).