Three and Out Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football

Name: Three and Out Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football
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ISBN: 9781250016973

ISBN-10: 1250016975

ISBN-13: 9781250016973

Edition: 2012

Authors: John U. Bacon

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"Like the Moneyball of college football, Three and Out blows the lid off one of the sports world's most perplexing mysteries.' - Entertainment WeeklyThree and Out tells the story of how college football's most influential coach took over the nation's most successful program, only to produce three of the worst seasons in the histories of both Rich Rodriguez and the University of Michigan. Shortly after his controversial move from West Virginia, where he had just taken his alma mater to a number one ranking for the first time in school history, Coach Rich Rodriguez granted author and journalist John U. Bacon unrestricted access to Michigan's program. Bacon saw it all, from the meals and the…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 8/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 0.022

John U. Bacon has won numerous national writing awards & now freelances for "Sports Illustrated", "Time", "ESPN Magazine", & the "New York Times", among others.



Prologue



Leaders and Best



Man in a Hurry



Changing Overnight



Spreading the Spread



A Strange Season



A Strange Search



Honeymoon from Hell



The Eve of a New Era



Woken up By the Echoes



Celebrate Good Times



While they were Making Other Plans



Facing Little Brother



Playing for Pride



Sharpening the Sword



Big Storm Coming



Bad News on the Doorstep



Meet the Press



Starting Over



As Good as it Gets



Cockroaches



Big Ten, Big Rings, Big Games



Coaching on the Side



In Search of Paul Bunyan



Bright Lights, Big Stage



Of Slaughters and Summit Meetings



The Continental Divide



The Last Best Chance



Trying to Keep Trying



Humbled



Meet the New Boss



Jimmys and Joes



Rallies and Reports



Making it



Straw Polls and Big Bets



Reconsidering Everything



Breakfast Club



Grand Reopening



Eleven as One



Fighting Back the Ghosts



Life's Not So Bad



They Left Us Too Much Time



Big Week? We Know!



Denard's Day



Little Brother, Big Game



Fighting for his Team



Into the Lions' Den



A Pyrrhic Victory



Shoot-Out



Playing for Pride-Again



The Final Bust



Out of Gas at the Gator Bowl



A Michigan Man


Epilogue


Afterword to the 2012 Edition


Acknowledgments