Book by Mandel Stewart
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The Sports Illustrated columnist tackles ten controversial issues affecting modern college football as well as their implications for the game, in a study that addresses the recruiting of athletes, overpaid head coaches, conference expansion, the BCS, and the NCAA's futile efforts to control cheating, among other hot-button topics.
"Sports Illustrated" columnist Stewart Mandel tackles the ten issues that confound college football fans
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 getbehind-the-scenes insights on how the issues evolved and why some are almost impossible to resolve.
You'll see how tradition, politics, and money influence college football today. You'll discover that, while the rules of the game are hard and fast, the rules governing college football are blurred and pliable. And you'll find a book that's as entertaining, passionate, and thought-provoking as the game itself.
"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 Jammer Yellow 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"
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