ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game

ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game

ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game
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Book Summary Information

Editor: Michael Maccambridge
Introduction: Dan Jenkins
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-01
ISBN: 1401337031
Number of pages: 1632
Publisher: ESPN

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Book Review: A Few Detailed Facts Are Wrong!
Summary: 2 Stars

The book is a good reference but not as accurate as the Internet or Google today. For example, the book has the wrong information on what College actually put numbers on Football Jerseys. According to the History of American Football and Sports Illustrated in 1908, Karl Davis, at the time publicity man for the University of Pittsburgh, first put numbers on college football jerseys.

Davis used that good old sales pitch, "One cannot tell the players without a program!" He quickly added to this service the refinement of switching the numbers each week due to Davis having the program concession. Davis thus became a double pioneer in player numbering and in "dynamic obsolescence". Both inventions have come a long way since.

When I see such errors, I wonder how many other facts the author got it wrong or just did sloppy research. Anyway, the Internet Age has made such books obsolete and mistakes unimportant since they can be corrected easily today with easy research.

Summary of ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game

The most comprehensive reference book ever assembled on the history of college football

From South Bend, Indiana, to Lincoln, Nebraska, Palo Alto, California, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Tallahassee, Florida, college football attracts the most dedicated fans in all of sports. This book is their Bible -- a rich and exhaustive reference guide to the game?s history, tradition, and lore. Based on three years of research by the nation?s foremost college football experts, the book features:

-Capsule histories for each of the Division 1-A programs, the Ivy League schools, and the historically black colleges -Year-by-year schedules and scores for each school -Statistical leaders from each school -Fight-song lyrics -Box scores for every bowl game ever played -Weekly AP and UPI polls dating back to 1936 -A four-color insert illustrating the evolution of each school?s helmet design -Essays by the game?s top wordsmiths, including Dan Jenkins, Beano Cook, Chris Fowler, and more. -And a lively round-table discussion on the state of the game with ESPN?s popular GameDay team (Fowler, Lee Corso, and Kirk Herbstreit).

Packed with tables and charts and designed in an easy-to-read style, the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia is sure to dazzle even the most knowledgeable fan.

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