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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football (2nd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joe Theismann, Brian Tarcy
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 37319
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0028641671
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332
UPC: 021898641670
EAN: 9780028641676
ASIN: 0028641671
Publication Date: June 2001
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Condition: Cover shows some wear. Spine and corners frayed/bent. No obvious writing or highlights. Pages good. tk
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Product Description
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football, Second Edition, provides new and intermediate football fans with all the information they need to understand and enjoy football. From high school to the NFL, coverage includes the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies and even what to wear! New coverage for this edition includes: the draft - how it works for teams and players including parity, new technology on the field including instant replay, dangerous referee flags and rules changes for college and pro ball, XFL, arena league, expansion teams and NFL Europe, and the changing business and team strategy for professional football today.
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About the Author Joe Theismann was the winning quarterback in Super Bowl XVII, a two-time Pro Bowl player, and the most productive quarterback ever for the Washington Redskins. In 1983, he was voted MVP of both the NFL and the Super Bowl. He co-hosts ESPN's popular NFL Countdown and Primetime. He has been inducted into the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame and the Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey. Brian Tarcy has authored or co-authored six books on both sports and business, including a biography of Mario Lemieux for Chelsea House.
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Great book for someone who knows nothing about football. February 19, 2008
This book has helped me a lot. I did know some things, but it was extremely helpful to me.
 not for the beginner September 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I knew a little about football to begin with so the first part of the book was helpful, but the rest of the book got too technical, completely lost me. If you know nothing of the game the first part might even be a challenge.
 Even worse than 'Dummie' Howie Long's book, Pro Football for Dummies June 13, 2007
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
The One sentence in this book that proves
Thiesmann has become an idiot and dummie
is the one "Anybody who thinks the NFL
isn't the best Football League out there
is an idiot." - Joe Thiesmann. No wonder
they fired Mr broken leg from Monday night
Football and replaced him with Jaws Jaworski!
The Best Football League out there is (take
your pick, the Arena Football League of the
CFL. The NFL sucks now! And Thiesmann star-
ted in the CFL! And Tom Robinson of the
VirginiaN Pilot with his recent a**licking
Pro-NFL piece is an idiot too. Bleep the
NFL!
 Great Book March 24, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love football and i know some things about this sport, but this guide gives you a complete step by step explanation.
Great for all fans
Good for football culture, kinda weak and jargony on actual rules August 20, 2005
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I like the straightforwardness of the writing, and the insight into the appeal of the game. Alas, if you're an outsider hoping to learn the game from scratch, you're going to have a lot of trouble--after teaching you rudimentary terms, the writers start describing the game as if you've been watching it all your life, tossing barely-introduced jargon around all over the place. I was really disappointed that the one aspect of the game I was most interested in (the actual GAME) was so poorly rendered.
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