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Sto caricando le informazioni... Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls: Tackling the Chaos and Controversy that Reign Over College Footballdi Stewart Mandel
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is a must read for anyone who loves college football. It covers all of the wonderful tradition and blood boiling insanity which is the sport and its followers. ( ) Stewart Mandel - the excellent writer/columnist from SI.com weighs in with his first book, a overview of College Football today. Anyone who reads his columns or his blog over on SI will find similar topics here - with simply more room to expand into historical context. The format also allows him for much more big picture views of the college football landscape. Not a book that needs to be read from cover to cover, he hops around topics like Why ND gets special treatment & Why the Firemyheadcoach.com movement is so rampant so you can pick and choose what topics interest you the most. Topical and up to date. An excellent primer for College Football to scratch that August itch before the first kickoff takes place.
Nevertheless, if you're confused by the world of college football, including particularly the BCS and how the present polls are conducted, then I will recommend to you Stewart Mandel's Bowls, Polls & Tattered Souls. It won't make the system make sense, because it doesn't, but it should give you a better idea of why an outwardly nonsensical system not only exists, but actually makes sense to many of the decision-makers involved. What Mandel does best is walk a delicate line, as the book is sarcastic without being cynical and critical without sounding jaded.
SI.com ""College Football Mailbag"" author Stewart Mandel tackles the ten issues that confound college football fans--with a new chapter on the 2007 season ""An intricate tour through the ills of the college football world (and there are many), but still manages to take on a breezy, airy tone."" ----The Quad, NYTimes.com ""Stewart Mandel writes about college football's major controversies with a wit and depth of knowledge that will impress even the most obsessed fans. And because he's both fair and objective, there is something in this book to infuriate nearly everyone."" ----Warren St. John, author of the bestselling Rammer JammerYellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania ""In a book dripping with sarcasm, Stewart Mandel plays tour guide on an interesting ride through the college football nuthouse."" ----Bruce Feldman, author of Meat Market and senior writer for ESPN the Magazine ""If you're confused by the world of college football, particularly the BCS and how the present polls are conducted, then I will recommend to you Bowls, Polls & Tattered Souls."" ----Football Outsiders ""Presents history and insights on all aspects of the sport, from recruiting to the bowl system to why certain teams play in certain conferences. A great read for fans with thirty days or thirty years of experience."" ----Orlando Sentinel If your heart beats faster on Saturday afternoons as your team takes the field, this book will give you new insight into the fanaticism and chaos that characterize college football today. Stewart Mandel takes a provocative, hard-hitting look at the hot-button issues: the controversial BCS; the polls and their largely arbitrary rankings; the ego-inflating recruiting craze; cheating and recent scandals; the huge pressures and salaries heaped on coaches; the Heisman hype-fest; the NFL draft; the clunky conference expansions; privileged Notre Dame, college football's greatest juggernaut; and the proliferation of bowl games. You'll get behind-the-scenes insights on how the issues evolved and why some are almost impossible to resolve in a book that's as entertaining, passionate, and thought-provoking as the game itself. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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