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What is your favorite book written about your university/coach/player?
Posted on 5/18/15 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 6:47 pm
Mississippi schools need not apply.
My personal favorite is:
My personal favorite is:
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Inspired by a classic essay about a visit to a dying coach, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium explores in gorgeous detail the inescapable pull of college football-the cocky smiles behind the face masks, the two-a-day drills, the emotionally charged bus rides to the stadium, the curfew checks, the film-study sessions, the locker room antics, and the yawning void left in one’s soul the moment the final whistle sounds. To understand why it’s so painful to give up the game, you must first understand the intimacy of the huddle. "It ends for everybody," writes John Ed Bradley, "and then it starts all over again, in ways you never anticipated. Marty Dufresne sits in his wheelchair listening to the Tiger fight song...Ramsey Darder endures prison by playing the games over in his head...Big Ed Stanton never took up the game of golf, and yet he rides the streets of Bayou Vista in a cart nearly identical to Coach Mac’s, recalling the one time the old man invited him for a ride." Far more than a memoir, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium is a brutally honest, profoundly moving look at what it means to surrender something you love.
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 6:52 pm
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Posted on 5/18/15 at 6:49 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Football as a War Game is a compilation of the rarely before seen handwritten journals of General Neyland's entire career at the University of Tennessee. The book offers a very personal look into how he approached the game . It includes his coaching philosophies, practice techniques, play designs and football strategies. Included are over 250 historical photos, 200+ digitally reproduced journal pages, detailed explanations by Andy Kozar which give the reader better insight into the mindset of General Neyland, early football innovations, diagrams of plays and practice regiments, psychological strategies employed both in game preparation and on the field, strict rules and guidelines for all players as written by Neyland, and hunting and fishing stories from General Neyland. This book has been created in a manner to allow it to be passed on to future generations. The author, Dr. Andy Kozar, is considered to be one of the greatest fullbacks in UT history, All-SEC in 1952, and was an integral member of the 1951 National Championship team. Dr. Kozar spent six years researching and annotating the handwritten journals. As Dr. Kozar states, "this is the origin of Tennessee football in the General's own words, his thoughts on a day to day, game to game basis, as he wrote them on paper."
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:10 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
This should be on everyones reading list. How to win with integrity
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:14 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
There was this one written by Eli Gold but I can't remember what the frick it was. That was a good book.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:15 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:15 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Forrest Gump
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:17 pm to FourThreeForty
Crimson nation or Bear's Boys?
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:30 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Based on Eric Hyman, and his mental deficiencies.
:nb4junctionboyz:
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:32 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
"Bear"
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:36 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
RammerJammer, Yellow Hammer, Warren St.John
Classic
Classic
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:36 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
The Bible
Posted on 5/18/15 at 7:41 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
It's a classic.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 8:58 pm to nc14
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Even if you aren't a Bama fan, this is an awesome read - an interesting account of fandom in general and gives a snapshot of each of the fan bases of the teams Bama played that season (99 I think)
Posted on 5/18/15 at 9:02 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
The Confederate States Constitution
Posted on 5/18/15 at 9:04 pm to CCTider
I agree. The pumpkin owned bama, on and off the field
Posted on 5/18/15 at 9:09 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Posted on 5/18/15 at 9:13 pm to HaveMercy
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Was required reading in a lit course at Furman.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 9:16 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
Posted on 5/18/15 at 10:29 pm to Tuscaloosa
Go Gators published in 1973 and written by Tom McEwen (rip) the sports editor supreme of the Tampa Tribune and whose brother played QB at UF during the 1940s.
He longed for the day the Gators would win their first official SEC title and his book was written 14 yrs too soon.
He longed for the day the Gators would win their first official SEC title and his book was written 14 yrs too soon.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 11:37 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
The Missing Ring.
Keith Dunnavant is a great writer.
Keith Dunnavant is a great writer.
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