Review: 50 Years of College Football
This thing is a behemoth. Over 1300 pages and a lot of it is in small type. So, what is 50 Years of College Football? Authors Bob Boyles have compiled something that has to be the most inclusive...
This thing is a behemoth. Over 1300 pages and a lot of it is in small type. So, what is 50 Years of College Football? Authors Bob Boyles have compiled something that has to be the most inclusive...
The legend of early college football goes as follows: In 1905, there were many injuries and several deaths heavily related to the use of the flying wedge. Teddy Roosevelt stepped in and told the...
Football has often been compared with war, which is especially noticeable when it comes to terminology. Touchdown passes are called bombs, the linemen are "in the trenches", quarterbacks are "field...
A while back I reviewed 'Nebraska Cornhusker Football' by Mark Fricke from Arcadia Publishing. Pretty cool book. I'd recommend it for Husker fans interested in Husker football history.'Nebraska...
Author Ted Mandel puts a book together that is perfect for people like me. I'll be blunt. I literally suffer from somewhat of a depression when it's not football season.'Heart Stoppers and Hail...
I figured I'd cheat on this book like a lot of reviewers do, and only read parts of it then write the review. It didn't work out that way. The more I got into the book and Bud Wilkinson's life, the...