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College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy
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by John Sayle Watterson
Sales Rank: 863000
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$6.09
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 528 pages
Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press October 3, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0801864283
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0801864285
Book Dimensions:
10.1 x 6.6 x 1.7 inches
Weighs: 2.6 pounds
From Library Journal
Since its rude beginnings in 1875, college football has become a vivid icon linking students, alumni, and the general public. Watterson (Thomas Burke, Restless Revolutionary ) painstakingly details the development from an overly rough, rugby-like battle to the highly organized, semi-professional game of today. (A disastrous 0-0 Yale-Princeton championship game in 1881 resulted in the first-down rule.) In the sport's early years, Harvard president Charles Eliot wanted it banned, but it was defended by Princeton's Woodrow Wilson. From the 1920s on, well-paid celebrity coaches like Knute Rockne made football big business. The years after World War II brought real integration, professional football's impact, TV, and more scandals. This frank account is a good fit for most academic and large public libraries.DMorey Berger, St. Joseph's Hosp. Lib., Tucson, AZ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
In this carefully researched and thoroughly documented examination of college football, Watterson, an assistant professor at James Madison University, resurrects long-forgotten scandals and controversies that are amazingly similar to today's headlines. Current debates over "spearing"--using the head as a weapon--resemble outrage over the "flying wedge" in the game's early days. Overzealous recruiters in the twenties would entice young prep school phenoms to leave school a year early to enter a university and play football. Sound familiar? As Watterson meanders through a century of college-football history, readers will realize that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Through the years, ineffectual attempts have been made to reform the sport, but to no avail. In that spirit, Watterson offers his own solutions, but they are too radical to ever be implemented. This is a thoughful, intellectually challenging historical examination of college football that places today's headlines in the context of a century of controversy. Wes Lukowsky
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Reader Reviews
A useful book for everyone who has a long-lasting interest and knowledge on the College Football, but it can be a little bit dazy and hard-to-understand for the beginners. College Football by Watterson is an analytical book which also solves the past-time football's problems according to the periods national crisis' and situations with huge acknowledgements. If you already have a good knowledge on College Football, then you will find a lot of interesting things in this book; if you have no or a little knowledge, then I will suggest you to read easier books to prepare yourself for this book. I really liked reading and learned a lot from this book though.
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