The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Modern Reference to America's Most Colorful Sport, 1953-Present | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bob Boyles, Paul Guido
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 11643
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 3.5
ISBN: 1602393311
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33263
EAN: 9781602393318
ASIN: 1602393311
Publication Date: August 4, 2008
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Product Description
The definitive statistical and factual reference for everything related to college football in the past 50+ years.
The result of fifteen years of exhaustive research, The USA Today Encyclopedia of College Football is without question the most comprehensive resource on college football ever set to type. Authors Bob Boyles and Paul Guido love college football with a passion, and undertook to pore through more than 4,000 media guides, watch thousands of hours of game films, and read through just about every book ever published on the game to bring this massive reference to fruition.
In these pages you will find information unavailable in any other single publication:
• Recaps of more than 7,000 games.
• Detailed reviews of fifty-five college football seasons.
• Complete season-by-season lineups and records of seventy major programs.
• Personality profiles of some of the game's biggest stars and coaches.
• Season-by-season award winners, All-American teams, and NFL drafts.
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 A must-have for serious fans of college football November 20, 2008
I'll never read this entire book but that's not the point. It is a definitive reference for the last 50+ years of college football. Although only the major (70 or so) programs are covered, I have discovered facts I never knew. It's also a great book if you just have 10-15 minutes to read as you can browse a season or a few key games & then just leave it. Additionally, it makes a wonderful gift for the younger fans who can find a storehouse of information on why some of the greatest rivalries exist. Thorough, yet concise; reverent, yet with nuggets of humor. I recommend it without reservation.
Excellent reference October 23, 2008
For the college football fan, this is an excellent reference work. It covers the game for each year from 1953 with game recaps, poll standings, and conference standings. There is also a year by year lineups and records for 70 major colleges. I recommend it highly.
 Where are the coaches polls? September 14, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed the book but I do have one problem. The USA Today currently is the home for the weekly USA Today Coaches Football Polls, yet this book only published the weekly polls from the Associated Press. If USA Today is going to put their name on it, the least they could do is include the past weekly polls from their own newspaper.
Awesome Resource August 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book simply has a stunning amount of information on college football -- 1400 pages of facts and figures that you won't find anywhere else. If you're interested in the history of the college game, this book is a must have.
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