Bowled Over: Big-Time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era

by Michael Oriard

Book Overview

In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard--who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame--explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete.

Oriard considers such issues as the politicization of football in the 1960s and the implications of the integration of college football. The heart...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807833290
• ISBN13: 9780807833292
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"