Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book
Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book

Author: Editors of Sports Illustrated

Publisher: Sports Illustrated

Published: 2008-10-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781603200332

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Continuing its series of spectacular coffee-table books for the holiday season, Sports Illustrated presents The College Football Book, the ultimate gift for America's most passionate fans. SI launched this series in 2005 with The Football Book, devoted to the professional game. A New York Times best-seller that year, the book has taken root as a perennial, selling more than 200,000 copies to date. Now the editors of Sports Illustrated return to the gridiron, this time to serve the most avid football fans of all. With the best words and pictures SI has to offer, The College Football Book, brings to life the game's unparalleled excitement and pageantry, its legendary players, historic teams and epic rivalries. In 288 pages of the greatest photography and writing available anywhere, The College Football Book spans the sport's history, from its infancy in the 1800s right up to the postseason showdowns of 2008. The book is packed with stunning pictures, award-winning stories, original stats, decade-by-decade all-star teams and iconic artifacts photographed exclusively for this book at the College Football Hall of Fame--the same exciting mix of elements that makes each book in the SI series a must-have for sports fan.

ABC Sports College Football
ABC Sports College Football

Author: Keith Jackson

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 2000-09-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786867103

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Now, with this book fans can find out whos on top as a team of blue ribbon athletes, coaches, and journalists in the field come together to choose their favourites. With the tremendous increasing popularity of college football a devoted and large audience of college football lovers are sure to embrace this book for themselves and give as a gift to friends and family alike.

Sporting News Presents Saturday Shrines
Sporting News Presents Saturday Shrines

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Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Company

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780892048045

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College football-that combination feast-party-competition-celebration-tent revival-has at its very core, The Stadium. That's where the converted go to stock the passions that stir the soul-or, at the very least, threaten the eardrum. "The Sporting News' football experts select the 40 best stadiums in which to watch-no, experience-college football. The stadiums were chosen based on their settings, their structures, their fans, their mascots, the magnitude of the games played there, their marching bands, their traditions. Vivid photos throughout the book give it a special ambience. See the Golden Dome at Notre Dame, the Coliseum epistyle at Southern California, the orange-and-white checkerboard end zones at Tennessee; walk between the hedges at Georgia, past Howard's Rock at Clemson. Saturday Shrines will offer four regional cover options featuring the SEC/ACC (ISBN: 089204795X); Big Ten (ISBN: 0892048042); Big 12 (0892048069); and Pacific 10 (ISBN: 0892048069).

The System
The System

Author: Jeff Benedict

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2014-08-26

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0345803035

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A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year NCAA football is big business. Every Saturday millions of people file into massive stadiums or tune in on television as "athlete-students" give everything they've got to make their team a success. Billions of dollars now flow into the game. But what is the true cost? The players have no share in the oceans of money. And once the lights go down, the glitter doesn't shine so brightly. Filled with mind-blowing details of major NCAA football scandals, with stops at Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Missouri, BYU, LSU, Texas A&M and many more, The System explores and exposes the complex, and perhaps broken, machine that churns behind the glamour of college football. With a New Afterword.

Bowled Over
Bowled Over

Author: Oriard

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07-13

Total Pages: 606

ISBN-13: 1458782352

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In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard--who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame--explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete. Oriard considers such issues as the politicizati...

Integrating the Gridiron
Integrating the Gridiron

Author: Lane Demas

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0813547415

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Even the most casual sports fans celebrate the achievements of professional athletes, among them Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis. Yet before and after these heroes staked a claim for African Americans in professional sports, dozens of college athletes asserted their own civil rights on the amateur playing field, and continue to do so today. Integrating the Gridiron, the first book devoted to exploring the racial politics of college athletics, examines the history of African Americans on predominantly white college football teams from the nineteenth century through today. Lane Demas compares the acceptance and treatment of black student athletes by presenting compelling stories of those who integrated teams nationwide, and illuminates race relations in a number of regions, including the South, Midwest, West Coast, and Northeast. Focused case studies examine the University of California, Los Angeles in the late 1930s; integrated football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright incident; the southern response to black players and the 1955 integration of the Sugar Bowl; and black protest in college football and the 1969 University of Wyoming "Black 14." Each of these issues drew national media attention and transcended the world of sports, revealing how fans--and non-fans--used college football to shape their understanding of the larger civil rights movement.

The Playing Grounds of College Football
The Playing Grounds of College Football

Author: Mark Pollak

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-12-12

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1476673624

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College football teams today play for tens of thousands of fans in palatial stadiums that rival those of pro teams. But most started out in humbler venues, from baseball parks to fairgrounds to cow pastures. This comprehensive guide traces the long and diverse history of playing grounds for more than 1000 varsity football schools, including bowl-eligible teams, as well as those in other divisions (FCS, D2, D3, NAIA).

Sports for Dorks
Sports for Dorks

Author: Ferhat Guven

Publisher: Sports Dorks Cfb, LLC

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 9780615484976

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Reviews "What do you get when you combine an astrophysicist, a world champion backgammon player, some respected economists and a few other brilliant minds? This fascinating book and the reason I'm hoping to watch Mike Leach on Saturdays instead of coach against him on Sundays." -REX RYAN, Head Football Coach, New York Jets "Sports for Dorks is an exciting collection of ideas and trends shaping the world of college football. Mike Leach proves, once again, that he is a step ahead of the rest." -GIL BRANDT, former Vice President of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys, current Senior Analyst for NFL.com "One man's dork is another man's intellectually curious, envelope pushing pioneer. Mike Leach is the most original thinker I've met in three decades as a sportswriter. With this provocative, nourishing, all-you-can-eat buffet of intriguing ideas, Leach reminds us why football needs him more than he needs football." - AUSTIN MURPHY, senior writer, Sports Illustrated About Sports for Dorks Sports for Dorks College Football provides ground-breaking, innovative content to readers seeking unique insights into the world of college football. Co-edited by National Coach of the Year Mike Leach and Ferhat Guven, Sports for Dorks aims to address the information needs of college football fans who seek a deeper understanding about the game and its intricacies. Sports for Dorks looks inside the mind of Mike Leach, asks why football coaches deserve to be paid more than the governors of their state, offers a solution that would make the BCS system actually work, and examines the rise of college football in Great Britain, of all places. Readers learn why going for it on fourth down generates wins and why punting is, in most cases, a fool's errand. The book also reveals how the no-huddle offense makes conventional defensive statistics irrelevant, why Davids pick on Goliaths, and how teams can improve recruiting outcomes "simply" by looking a prospect in the eye. Intriguing, complex, cutting-edge, and provocative, this unique compilation is one ofthe smartest sports books to hit the market this year.

Game Time
Game Time

Author: Ted A. Kluck

Publisher: Globe Pequot

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781599211992

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In Game Time, you'll meet a Big Ten walk-on who is the son of Harvard graduates, a former Heisman Trophy winner working in the inner city of New Orleans, an All-American dealing with the loss of his brother, and a running back who put the future of a program on his broad shoulders. You'll meet the winningest quarterback in college football history, a linebacker who played in the Game of the Century, and a recruiter with ethics.You'll meet coaches struggling to stay afloat, a draft guru, and a handicapper who literally eats, sleeps, and breathes college football. And you'll get an inside look at events like the Senior Bowl and an NFL Pro Day, which literally make or break the futures of college players.What started as a collection of interviews ended as a journey through many of the good people who still make their living in college football. It's not an exhaustive history, nor is it a survey of college football's biggest stars, but, like our author, it just might help you love the game again.In addition to writing for ESPN Magazine and Sports Spectrum, Kluck will get broadcast media coverage during game season, adding his refreshing color commentary to game days. No fan can be without this up-to-date insider's look at the nation's favorite sport.

The Playing Grounds of College Football
The Playing Grounds of College Football

Author: Mark Pollak

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-11-16

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 147663260X

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College football teams today play for tens of thousands of fans in palatial stadiums that rival those of pro teams. But most started out in humbler venues, from baseball parks to fairgrounds to cow pastures. This comprehensive guide traces the long and diverse history of playing grounds for more than 1000 varsity football schools, including bowl-eligible teams, as well as those in other divisions (FCS, D2, D3, NAIA).