It’s been my amateur opinion that in the game of college football recruiting that barring a massively successful season commitments following a spring game are unlikely until summer camps begin.  Shawn Bodtmann and Thaddeus Randle decided to prove me and several others wrong.  Let’s see what we have with the two newest additions to the 2008-2009 Cornhusker Class.

Name: Shawn Bodtmann Projected position: Linebacker
Height: 6’0" Weight: 205 pounds

As a junior for West Scranton High School, Bodtmann played both sides of the football.  As a running back he displayed a quick burst out of the backfield followed by an immediate trust in his line.  This allowed him to crank things into full gear and speed towards the end zone ready to batter and bruise anyone who got in his way.  Speed and power: two things you look for in a linebacker.  

He has vision and uses it well to watch a quarterback’s eyes.  I’ve seen several highly ranked prospects struggle significantly with that so +1 for Shawn.  He clearly has no regard for his physical well-being or at least that’s what film would indicate.  That’s a negative as he needs to both allow himself to grow and put on added muscle mass before bringing that mentality to the Big XII.  Is Bodtmann quick, slippery and hard-hitting?  Absolutely and I’m anxious to see what he’ll do during his senior season, however no doubt the Nebraska coaching staff is equally as excited to see what teammate and highly rated offensive tackle Eric Shrive does.

Name: Thaddeus Randle Projected position: Defensive Tackle
Height: 6’1" Weight: 255 pounds

We’ll address this up front: Don’t think for a second that Randle hasn’t been measured for the potential of growth.  I’d wager an inch or two is still left in his frame and Glenn Dorsey didn’t seem to have much trouble at 6’2".  I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.  Randle definitely has the "run stuffer" portion of his resume down.  My chief complaint is that he locks up with his man far too much and dances with him in the event he can nab a tackle.  Another year of camps and work will ideally change that up.

What most intrigues me about "Thad" is his frame.  He’s got the tools to play defensive tackle.  I’m not going to argue that.  He has the frame, however, not to be Dorsey but be Dorsey-esque and I think that’s what Pelini saw in this young man.  I do have concerns about Texas A&M with Tim Cassidy on their staff.  Tim knows a thing or two about how to play this chess match and it’s going to be interesting to see if Pelini & Co. can keep Mr. Randle around.  For any worrywarts, look at it this way: At one point David Whitmore was considered by some (myself included) as the least likely to sign with Nebraska.  I was wrong.  Don’t let me down, Thad.

[editor's note, by corn blight] - Bumped from the diaries... we need a basketball update...

It's a week and a half into the late signing period now, and although it has certainly been an eventful week and a half for Doc Sadler and the Huskers, it has not necessarily been good news.

First off, the Huskers have had only a single official visit, when 6-10 huge man Melvin Oliver visited Lincoln during last weekend's Spring football game.  However, the visit was apparently unproductive, as Oliver promptly verbally committed to Seton Hall, pending an official visit there next weekend.

The week continued to get interesting when assistant coach and key recruiter Tony Benford left for Marquette.  Then on Thursday , Doc told the Journal-Star that he would leave the scholarship open if he did not sign a transfer.

Looks like Blankman and I were simultaneously posting the same story...  Be sure to read his take as a former contributor to Scout.

Illinois coach Ron Zook doesn't like the new "Saban Rule" that places restrictions on what head coaches can do during the spring evaluation period currently underway.  He's not alone...  Saban (no duh!) and Pete Carroll also aren't happy about it either.

But Zook didn't stop there in his interview with the Arlington Heights' Daily Herald, telling Lindsey Willhite that some coaches are secretly using recruiting services (such as Rivals & Scout) as an intermediary to communicate with recruits.  The recruiting services can communicate with recruits outside the NCAA's control...and with some schools giving some of these services extra access to the program, that leaves a hole in the system to be exploited.

"We're turning the recruiting over to the so-called recruiting gurus," Zook said. "Now, all of a sudden, just like you've got basketball coaches complaining that it's turning over to the AAU coaches, now we're turning it over to these guys that can call them.

"Well, you know what a lot of them are saying. They're selling their school to these kids, and we're not able to talk to them. To me, we're losing this thing, in my opinion."

Why would Zook call them "so-called" gurus?  Well, in Terry Bowden's online column this week on Bo Pelini, he compared 2007 Nebraska with the rest of the Top 10 (PDF) (and boy, was it ever ugly except for Nebraska's passing numbers.)  But at the same time, he pulled out the Top 10's recruiting rankings for 2003 to 2007 from Rivals, which should have ranked nearly every player in each program.

What did he find?  Well...some of last season's best teams had highly ranked recruiting classes...and some didn't.

1. LSU (1, 2, 22, 7, 4; average 7)

2. Georgia (6, 6, 10, 4, 9; average 7)

3. USC (3, 1, 1, 1, 2; average 1.5)

Wow, sounds like these recruiting services are rock solid!

4. Missouri (28, 29, 39, 47, 33; average 36)

Whoa!  Well, Missouri was a bit of a surprise.

5. Ohio State (41, 9, 12, 12, 15; average 18)

A little closer.  Not bad, though.

6. West Virginia (46, 47, 31, 52, 23; average 40)

7. Kansas (39, 51, 48, 38, 50; average 45)

Ummm... Something doesn't look right.

8. Oklahoma (4, 8, 3, 9, 14; average 8)

Nailed that!

9. Virginia Tech (27, 41, 14, 32, 29; average 28)

10. Boston College (24, 24, 49, 37, 46; average 36)

Hmmm...

Nebraska (42, 27, 5, 20, 13; average 21)

Hmmmm...  So four teams in the top ten (LSU, Georgia, USC, Oklahoma) had great recruiting.  Of course...they've been top programs in recent years.

A couple of teams (Ohio State, Nebraska) had good recruiting.  One team made it to the National Championship game.  The other had a season to forget.

Virginia Tech didn't show any signs of being a top ten program in their recruiting, but still made it into the top 10.  Boston College and Missouri rode rather ordinary recruiting rankings into the top 10.  And West Virginia and Kansas won BCS bowl games with the worst ranked recruiting classes of the bunch.

In other words...sometimes the recruiting rankings get it right...sometimes they don't.  And at least in 2007, they got it wrong a lot more than they got it right, it seemed.  And that's why they are merely "so-called" gurus.

Turns out that Illinois Head Coach Ron Zook ain’t that big of a fan when it comes to recruiting sites.  Said Zook via the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald,

"We're turning the recruiting over to the so-called recruiting gurus," Zook said.

"Now, all of a sudden, just like you've got basketball coaches complaining that it's turning over to the AAU coaches, now we're turning it over to these guys that can call them.  Well, you know what a lot of them are saying. They're selling their school to these kids, and we're not able to talk to them. To me, we're losing this thing, in my opinion."

[ED - Bumped from the diaries....]

Doc Sadler has been busy lately on the recruiting trail.  Nebraska has two scholarships currently available (Aleks Maric is graduating, and Shang Ping is transferring) and rumors suggest that another player may announce the intent to transfer soon.  Nebraska signed two players in the early signing period -- 6'5" Wing and California JuCo player of the year Roburt Sallie (who will be coming in with three years left, and was originally signed to come to NU), as well as German 6-11 big man Christian Niemann.  However, Niemann's eligibility is in doubt, mostly due to his playing for a German club team that paid some of its players.

So with potentially 2 scholarships left to give, who is Doc out recruiting?

Merlene Ottey - Greatest Husker Woman Athlete Ever?

Former Husker Merlene Ottey was named the best collegiate woman sprinter of the past 60 years by 'Track and Field News'.

Look at this list of accomplishments:

If memory serves, Ottey didn't lose a single race during her time at Nebraska. Maybe that's legend, but she was there when I was there and that's what I remember about her. That and she is a babe.

Poster Woman For Fitness Indeed

Want the reasons why the 2007 team failed so badly at defense? Look no further, especially with this quote:

Let's see.... Defensive Team Speed, Excellent Open Field Tacklers, Gap Responsibility and Pursuit Discipline. Three strikes, we're out! Go read the article already!

Jeffie Husker at DXP provides the most comprehensive reviews of new Husker recruits I've seen to date, so comprehensive it requires three parts. (1) (2) (3)

Great News! You can still get your "Protect Your Willie" t-shirt from the Kansas State Sexual Health Awareness Peer Educators group if you pre-order.

Who doesn't want one of those???

Signing Day 2008 has come and gone so we'll take a look at Bo Pelini's first recruiting class.

There are 28 total scholarship players, 26 are freshmen with only two JUCO transfers. Nebraska picked up a late recruit in safety Mason Wald as a high-school teammate of defensive back Justin Rogers. One of those JUCO's is offensive lineman Ricky Henry, originally from Omaha Burke. The other is tight end Tyson Hetzer who is already enrolled and on campus.

The low number of JUCO's indicates Pelini's belief that there is no quick fix for the program and that he is going to develop these players from the ground up. He said as much during his press conference today:

One thing that surprised me was that Pelini and his staff didn't go out and recruit a ton of defensive players and forsake the offense. Given the positional rankings, things are balanced with 14 players on the offensive side, 12 on the defense and Courtney Osborne being officially listed as an "Athlete". It is another indication that there will be no quick fixes.

Interesting his statement "We don't even know what we have on campus" as it could be taken in different ways. Reviewing all of the film of the 2007 Cornhusker defense would not given you any indication of what those players are capable of. It was a defeated, listless team. The new recruits are on the same level with Pelini as the upperclassmen, everyone is starting from scratch. If that isn't enough competition, they'll also be pushed by more new guys beyond the schollies.

The Walk-Ons

Pelini acknowledged during his press conference that there are now about 30 walk-ons who will be coming to Nebraska, with only 18 being announced due to paperwork not being complete on the others.

Not surprising is the vast majority of the players coming from Nebraska. Two others, David Pillen of Sugar Land, Texas, and Steve Spratte, have family ties to the program. David Pillen is the son of former linebacker Clete Pillen who played '74-'76. Spratte is from Waukesha, Wisconsin, ranked by ESPN as the 15th best player from that state. He is the son of Todd Spratte who played linebacker in 1981.

Another Makovicka joins the Huskers as Jordan walks-on to join his brother Justin who is already on the team. Older brothers Jeff and Joel both played fullback for the Huskers in the mid-90's.

The Biggest Disappointment

The biggest disappointment for 2008 is the loss of in-state lineman Trevor Robinson to Notre Dame. Say what you want about Blaine Gabberts or Jonas Gray but whenever you lose a highly-rated in-state player it's a disappointment. Robinson would have made a nice match playing with Baker Steinkuhler on the line, but it was not to be. I wish Mr. Robinson good luck at Notre Dame.

Conclusion

I'm sure most Husker fans would like to have seen a higher-ranking class, but as Pelini and Tom Osborne have emphasized, there are no quick fixes. The concept is difficult to accept given our "I want everything now" society. It's the reason we pour over the recruiting rankings and determine success before it's been achieved.

Will David Whitmore and Will Compton live up to their four-star Rival rankings? Will Baker Steinkuhler have the career that his father Dean did? There is a whole lot of hard work, coaching and good old-fashioned luck needed for this class to become successful. We should know how they're doing in about three years.

During the 2007 mid-season I reviewed the book 'Meat Market - Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting" by ESPN the Magazine's Bruce Feldman. The book detailed a year spent with Ed Orgeron and his staff at Ole Miss as they went through the recruiting process.

'Meat Market' is an excellent book, a must-read if you have any interest in college recruiting. I decided to follow-up with Feldman and ask him a few questions about the aftermath of 'Meat Market' as the book has been on the market for a few months and we're getting into the prime time of the recruiting season:

- CN: How did it happen that you ended up using Ed Orgeron and Ole Miss? Were they your preferred choice or were there other schools under consideration before you chose Ole Miss?

BF: I was looking for two vital elements to pull this off: I wanted a coach who had had a lot of success as a recruiter, and obviously having been the recruiting coordinator at USC (and having also worked under Jimmy Johnson) Orgeron was ideal from that standpoint. I’d also felt that in order to drive this book to really become a story, it needed to have a very interesting and dynamic central figure, which Orgeron certainly is. He is this high-energy, rough around the edges guy who is a recovering alcoholic and has essentially traded in one addiction (alcohol) for another (recruiting). On top of that, he would not only be going through this emotional roller coaster ride to signing day but also doing so, not selling a powerhouse program like USC, but rather an underdog where he was competing against the likes of Florida, LSU, Georgia, Notre Dame and even USC. It was a very ripe situation for such a book.

- CN: 'Meat Market' presents a contrast of craziness between Oregon and his staff and the recruiting process. Was this how you envisioned the book before you started?

BF: I had some ideas on what I thought I might see and hear, but I never expected there to be as much drama as there was as the year unfolded. There are just so many highs and lows. I was really amazed at just how many soap operas played out there. One of his assistants, Hugh Freeze, had like four of them himself, and observing him while he’s on the phone with these kids was fascinating.

And, from a character standpoint, it felt like almost every stone I overturned had some fantastic—and perhaps heart-breaking -- back story.  By the time I was about half-way through my reporting, I’d realized that no matter how many books Meat Market sold, the experience was really worth it for me.

- CN: What was Orgeron's reaction to the book?

BF: The book actually came out the week of their season opener so he never had a chance to read it right away. I think his wife and some of his office staff did though, and I guess they told him it was fair, and he was OK with it.

I had really wondered how he was going to react given that he had been very open with me about a lot of things, and you never know how someone is going to respond when you write about them. He’d also never given me parameters about what and where I could be or what was off-limits. Sometimes I wondered if he or his assistants would read something in Meat Market and get angry that something made it into print. I’d heard there were a few things coaches weren’t thrilled about (things they’d said about other staffs or about a recruit) but no one ever said they were misquoted.

- CN: Were you surprised by Orgeron's firing this year?

BF: A little, but I knew he had a bad relationship with the AD there and that wasn’t helping when you have a win-loss record as bad as they did. I was surprised though given that he only got three years, and while I know they went 3-9 this season, he’d won 10 games in his first three years at Ole Miss, which is more than Slyvester Croom did at Mississippi State. Then in year four, Croom’s team breaks through. It took Greg Schiano a lot longer before he got Rutgers moving. I just don’t think you can expect a first-time head coach to come out and make a significant impact in his first three seasons. They’re gonna make a lot of mistakes. It’s different when a Dennis Erickson takes over a program. The staff he has at ASU is pretty much the same guys he worked with at other coaching stops. The first-timer really has to learn on the fly. If MSU had fired Croom last year, people would’ve wrote that he was a nice guy but the experiment failed. No one was predicting them to go 7-5 this year. But it worked out great.

People can point to some bad moves Orgeron made, and of course, they were bad and it cost him, but lots of coaches make bad moves. I would’ve liked to have seen what he could’ve done in Year 4 when he had Jevan Snead at QB, but that won’t happen. I do think he left the program better than when he got it in terms of the talent.

- CN: Are there any reader reactions to the book that stand out that you'd care to relate (including any recruiting stories)?

BF: I’ve done readings in a few places around the country where I’ve had a bunch of kids from a high school football team show up saying how their coach says they have to read Meat Market. I’ve had mothers come to book signings to say they can’t get their kids to read, but they’d finished my book in a week.

One of the coolest things I had was when a buddy who covers college hoops e-mailed me and goes "Tom Crean, the Marquette basketball coach, can’t stop raving about your book. Here’s his cell number. He wants you to call him." So I did, and Crean couldn’t have been nicer. He said how he learned so much from the book and bought it for all of his staff. He also said that his brother-in-law is Jim Harbaugh and he told him he’s gotta read Meat Market and he’s gonna tell all his friends they have to read it. And then, sure enough, I got some emails from college basketball coaches about the book.

- CN: Even though you focused on Ole Miss, 'Meat Market' includes quite a cross-section of young athletes and the programs they're interested in. Do you believe that 'Meat Market' is a fair representation of the recruiting process as it exists at most schools or it is easy for readers to dismiss the mania as isolated to Ole Miss and Ed Orgeron?

I do think it’s very representative of the recruiting process because the process and the parameters all college staffs worked under is the same so that’s why I think it works across the board. It’s really more of a recruiting book than anything else, about how coaches evaluate and chase players. Regardless of the program, they all go out on the road in the spring to evaluate juniors. They all conduct summer camps to get a clearer picture of how good—and how coachable—these prospects are. They all try and woo these kids and their families and coaches right up to signing day. Now, do cockfights take place on all home visits? Probably not.

- CN: Is there anything you'd change to make the college recruiting process less insane or is chaos a natural state when it comes to big-time college recruiting? In other words, should we just accept the process for what it is, or can it be fixed somehow for the benefit of everyone involved?

It’s hard to tweak the process because there is so much stuff that realistically can’t be regulated. Too many things are open to interpretation and too many people who can factor into the recruiting process in one manner or another, aren’t under the NCAA rules umbrella. The one thing I would like to see the NCAA do is not restrict players who would like to transfer in the wake of a coaching change. It’s nice to think players pick a school because of the school itself, but really the system is the key for many of them, and when you’re talking about the impact on their careers, it’s tough to force their hands.

- CN: Any next-book projects you'd like to tell us about at this time?

BF: Honestly, I’ve been so burned out from Meat Market and the subsequent marketing of the book, I’m not ready to jump into anything right away.

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Along with Stewart Mandel's 'Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls', 'Meat 'Market' was one of the best books I read this past season. Thanks to Bruce for his time and wish him the best on his future endeavors.

If you've followed Corn Nation much, you'd know that I don't follow recruiting very closely. I don't have a lot of faith in recruiting service rankings and there are too many things that can happen to a recruit before he becomes a true asset to your team. Still, you can't help but notice the names that are committing to your school and look at their rankings.

Prior to reading Tom Lemming's story, "Football's Second Season - Scouting High School Game Breakers", my impression of Lemings was that of a snake-oil salesman. I always thought he was one of those guys who looked at high school prospects, then arbitrarily gave them a rank based on what school was recruiting them rather than anything based on reality.

Given my ignorance, it's a good thing Lemming decided to tell his story. In "Football's Second Season" Lemming details his life story, including the process he uses for evaluating high school prospects as part of the college football recruiting process. We learn the hows and whys of how Lemming got into recruiting. He does his damnedest to distance himself from the online recruiting services like Scout.com and Rivals.com by making it clear he outworks them. In 2005-2006, he totalled 55,000 miles and met with over 1,200 recruits. He continually evaluates film, working with college and high school football coaches.

The book is littered with Lemming talking about recruits he found, missed, and stories throughout his career which he started in 1978. Like Bruce Feldman's book, "Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting", Lemming reveals some of the shady aspects of college recruiting (more on this below).

Lemming offers chapters of advice to recruits, high school football coaches, and parents of recruits. If you're in one of those positions, it would be worth your while to read the book. Lemming also spends some time talking about his Christian faith and its relationship to his work as a recruiting analyst, although he doesn't present it as a personal crusade. You do get the idea that Lemming cares about the kids, and he responds to critics who complain that he favors specific schools. After reading the book I have a great deal more respect for Tom Lemming, although it didn't cure my skepticism about the recruiting process.

The book isn't as entertaining as Feldman's, but the two together make for interesting perspectives on college recruiting. As Lemming is part of the process, his insight is more bubbly than the damning tones found in "Meat Market". As an example, he fairly discusses  Jimmy Clausen's Hollywood-style announcement to attend Notre Dame, and then concludes:

Fact is, you can penalize them, as the book includes a key point about how these recruits are handled by the media:

Such is Lemmings' book - presents a fair picture of recruiting even if you and I think it's plain wacky most of the times.

Both books reveal that there is a seedy underside to recruiting that we'd rather not know about or admit. Lemmings reveals he's aware of several programs that will do anything to get a recruit, including systems in place where alumni are paying players with the coaches aware of what's happening.

Other problems contained in both books:

• The arbitrary nature by which recruiting sites rank the prospects, including Feldman's revelation that a recruit lied about his stats after a high school football game.
• While there are restrictions on coach's contacts, there are no such limits to Internet recruiting services. Feldman points out that these services call players day and night.
• Text messaging was eliminated by the NCAA this season. Feldman points out that a recruit's text messaging and phone bill ran up to $268 per month when he was being recruited.
• Both books contain numerous references to recruits who switch commitments at the last minute or simply lie about where they're going. Some are having fun. Some crave publicity. Lemming tries to point out that these are just kids, but warns about them making good decisions during the recruiting process.

"Football's Second Season - Scouting High School Game Breakers" isn't about pure entertainment - it's about Tom Lemming telling his side of the recruiting story. It won't get as much publicity as "Meat Market", but it's still worth reading if you want to learn more about the recruiting process.

In "Meat Market - Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting", Bruce Feldman takes you inside the insanity that is college recruiting while simultaneously taking you inside crazy Cajun Ed Orgeron's head, whom you know from reading the EDSBS parodies.

Author Bruce Feldman spent a year with Ed Orgeron and his staff as they went through the recruiting season up to National Signing Day 2007. Feldman is the author of the bestselling book Cane Mutiny: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment. He is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, and has a college football blog. He's also tied for the lead   in the Pick 'Em game currently going on at In The Bleachers, where yours truly isn't doing so well.

The further along the book you go, the more you realize that Ed Orgeron is a stand-up guy. He represents what is good about college football coaches. He sets academic plans for his recruits. He tells his coaches that they are not to break any rules, even though tempted. He works with his compliance officer, and the number of times he states "We can't take a kid like that" make it clear that Orgeron, for all his bluster, has a fairly high standard for doing the right thing by his recruits.

For all of the nuttiness that's happened throughout the recruiting process (simply too much to name here) you think it can't get much worse. Then you get to Signing Day and you realize that the rest of the book is just a warm-up for complete madness.

At first I wondered why Feldman would have chosen such a nutball of a coach to follow through the recruiting process, but by the time you get through the entire book, you find yourself wondering whether Orgeron might well be the sanest part of it. The contradictions between the craziness of the coaches, the process, and the recruits why the book is worth reading, and a great read it is. I'd strongly recommend this book to any college football fan (with the possible exception of those who put complete faith in recruiting sites, maybe you're better off in your delusions).

More information about Feldman's book can be found in the review of "Football's Second Seasion - Scouting High School Game Breakers" by Tom Lemming and Taylor Bell.

Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated's "College Football Mailbag" offers up "Bowls, Polls And Tattered Souls" covering the biggest issues in college football.

Say what you want about Mandel. Call him an idiot because he doesn't rank your team high or has a different point of view, but he knows how to kick-start a conversation.

Consider "Bowls, Polls And Tattered Souls" as a highly concentrated version of his 'Mailbag" column.  Combine solid explanations of the issues with Mandel's penchant for sarcasm and the result is a book that's required reading for any college football fan.

A list of the chapters in the book (in no particular order):

• One Nation, Under The BCS

A rational explanation of how the BCS works (or doesn't, depending upon your point of view). The best chapter of the book as it completely explains the dynamics of the different interests at work who together created the current environment of post-season play that we all enjoy.

• Pulling Rank

A trip through the schizophrenia of polls and rankings.

• "He" won the Heisman?

Why the guy that wins the Heisman wins it, and the Heisman Trophy's demise as sports greatest award

• What's the deal with notre dame?

Why Notre Dame is special, whether you love or hate them.

• Firemycoach.com

How web sites such as this blog are changing how we see college football and the insanely high expectations placed upon today's coaches. Frank Solich and Steve Pederson (Mandel refers to him as an egomaniac) are highlighted here as is SB Nation's own UCLA blog, "Bruins Nation".

• Invasion of the Recruiting Geeks

Why does that guy get five stars? The question is answered.

• How Boston College and Clemson became neighbors

Conference re-alignments, centered around the Big East and ACC as examples of how and why these happen.

•  That's Great, now run a 40

A review of the stupidity of the NFL draft. My favorite chapter because I could never understand how general managers in the NFL can be so blind yet keep their jobs. Now I do.

• Everybody Cheats, Just Not My School

Cheating in college football - why some schools get nailed and others don't get so much.

• Tonight, it's the MPC Motor City Car Care Credit Union Bowl.

Why the bowls are what they are.

Mandel reveals the chaos that is college football and then asks that we embrace that chaos and enjoy it. "Bowls, Polls And Tattered Souls" is a great read, even if you spend part of your time infuriated at him for skewing your school.  The good news is that as you keep reading, someone else's school is next up on the menu. That's the beauty of Mandel's writing - he has the ability to yank your chain so hard you want to punch him in the face while at the same time having difficulty in disagreeing with his reasoning. Unless you're irrational, and who would ever say such a thing about college football fans?

Bowls, Polls And Tattered Souls is a book that every college football fan should own. Understanding the issues will give you a leg up on those guys at the office and the next time they bring something up about college football, you can crush them into the ground. Who's not for that?

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