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Fight On! The Colorful Story of USC Football | 
 enlarge | Authors: Steve Bisheff, Loel Schrader
Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 428530
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 1581825412
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332630979494
EAN: 9781581825411
ASIN: 1581825412
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
In recent years the University of Southern California football team has set records, enjoyed winning streaks, won national championships, and produced Heisman Trophy winners at a dizzying pace. For USC fans, it has been a wonderful return to the school's longtime glory.
To help fans appreciate the story and its significance, Steve Bisheff and Loel Schrader, who between themselves have a combined eighty years of covering USC football, have written Fight On! The Colorful Story of USC Football. Here is the definitive story of how the Trojans once dominated college football and are doing so once again. Here also are the glittering history, rich tradition, and remarkable athletes who have marked the USC football program throughout the years.
Coaching legends like Howard Jones, who produced "The Thundering Herd," and John McKay, whose innovations changed the face of college football and introduced us to a long line of Heisman Trophy-winning tailbacks, are examined in depth. The real stories behind the great USC-Notre Dame intersectional rivalry and the number-one crosstown rivalry in the sport, USC vs. UCLA, are told alongside stories of Hollywood's amazing involvement with the program.
All of USC's seven Heisman Trophy winners are profiled, from Mike Garrett to Reggie Bush, providing readers with rare insights into these special players. And the story of how Pete Carroll turned the Trojans into a full-fledged collegiate dynasty begins with him as a teenager growing up in northern California to his present status as the most successful college coach in America.
Also listed are the ten best games and the fifty greatest players in USC history, providing every Trojan fan with something to argue about. Clearly, Fight On! is the definitive book on USC football.
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"Fight On!" college football at it's best!! May 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Conquest,traveler,the thundering herd,student body left,student body right,the rose bowl,"Fight On!" depicts the history and tradition of USC football from the early Howard Jones years to the Pete Carrol era through the guys who covered it and the players who lived it.It shows you USC football's golden era of the 1930s to its low point of the late 90s,and to its resurgences as college footballs dominant dynasties of today's era.Not just as a USC fan,but as college fan period,"Fight On!" is a great book and shows you what college football is truly about on and off the field.
Fantastic Gift January 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book by an even greater author Steve Bisheff. I have purchased and enjoyed all his sports books. I'm not a USC fan, but it made a great gift for all my friends that are.
 Fight On!! The Colorful Story of USC Football November 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good book that captures the Trojan football history. The author has covered Trojan football for newspapers for years. I have always enjoyed his newspaper articles. The book captures a lot of those stories and USC history.
USC is a very interesting football program for many years. They have had many ups and downs over the years and the author does a good job telling the stories. It is always understood that once a Trojan you are a Trojan for life. It is a great University that shines in many thing besides football. Book is a good read.
You don't have to be a USC alum October 19, 2006
"Fight On" is the rare sports book about a particular university that any football fan can enjoy, rather or not you have a relationship with that school. USC football came alive for me as a result of reading this book. Talk about history! It doesn't get any better than USC vs. Notre Dame. The entire history of the football program is here and the authors are to be commended for giving the casual fan, as well as USC alums and supporters, the ultimate read on USC football.
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