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ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game | 
 enlarge | Creators: Michael Maccambridge, Dan Jenkins
Publisher: ESPN
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 200855
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1632
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.9 x 3
ISBN: 1401337031
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332630973
EAN: 9781401337032
ASIN: 1401337031
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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Product Description
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 Biblea rich and exhaustive reference guide to the games history, tradition, and lore. Based on three years of research by the nations foremost college football experts, the book features: lCapsule histories for each of the Division 1-A programs, the Ivy League schools, and the historically black colleges lYear-by-year schedules and scores for each school lStatistical leaders from each school lFight-song lyrics lBox scores for every bowl game ever played lWeekly AP and UPI polls dating back to 1936 lA four-color insert illustrating the evolution of each schools helmet design lEssays by the games top wordsmiths, including Dan Jenkins, Beano Cook, Chris Fowler, and more. lAnd a lively round-table discussion on the state of the game with ESPNs 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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 A Few Detailed Facts Are Wrong! June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Comprehensive May 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I keep this book chair side throughout the college football season and refer to it other times as well. There is great info on each Div 1 team, and it's great to learn how certain names, traditions, etc. were started. A season by season schedule with scores is great as well. If you love college football, get it today.
 Missing something... February 8, 2008
Filled with good information but could be improved with annual updates which include prior season records, returnees, recruit class and brief overview of coming season prospects.
My son loved this book January 31, 2008
I bought this as a gift for my son, who know everything about football, and he really loved it.
For the armchair quarterback in all of us! December 29, 2007
This thing is what you need during the college football season. If you ever had a problem with a buddy telling you that something happened that you know it didn't, then you definatly would want this.
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