Football Books

This book does an exceptional job of honouring the 2005/6 New York Giant superbowl champions.

It follows in detail all 16 regular season games, the awesome 23-0 demolition of the Carolina Panthers in the wild card game as well as the Giants defeat of fellow wild card entry Pittsburgh Steelers in a game that featured several contentious refereeing decisions.

Most importantly it is one of the few literary works on this subject to fully examine the role of fan site 'BigBlueInteractive' in the wondrous season.

Buy this book now, it'll be the perfect thing to show your grandchildren when your old and senile and forget that the Giants didn't actually win the superbowl at all.

Excellent football encyclopedia. Gives all information on the history of the teams and schedules.

As Jim Logan points out in the introduction to this Inside the NFL volume, the "NFC South" are the younger brothers of the NFL family. That is because when the league went from three divisions to four in 2002 the new divisions were the ones representing the South. But the oldest teams in the division, the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans (New Jersey/San Antonio/Baton Rouge) Saints have only been around since 1966 and 1967 respectively. That explains in part why collectively this division has produced one Super Bowl champion (pay attention to what in on page 4-5 and not the chart on page 42). But because these teams are relative newcomers to the NFL young fans will find that this book provides a solid introduction to the history of each team.

The teams are arranged in alphabetical order and for three of the four teams the stories are pretty similar, beginning with season after season of losing. The exception is the Carolina Panthers, but after their surprising initial success they had some dark years as well. Consequently for most of these team histories the emphasis is on coaches and key players. Young fans who already know about Michael Vick, Julius Peppers, Deuce McAllister, and Derrick Brooks will know find out about Steve Bartkowski, Kevin Greene, Chuck Muncie, and Lee Roy Selmon (I would think they already know about Archie Manning). The history of some of these teams is so short that it seems like every head coach they have ever had gets mentioned. These teams have played very few big games, but Logan accounts for most of them so that if you root for one of these teams and your father or somebody else starts going on about what happened to the Falcons in 1981 in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Cowboys you will have something to contribute to the conversation (assuming, for the sake of argument, they allow you to talk on the subject).

In the back of the book there is more evidence of how young these teams are in NFL terms. The Stat Stuff section includes Team Records, the seven Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame that have played for these four teams (where Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell and Jim Taylor all earned their places because of their accomplishments with other teams), and NFC South Career Leaders (through 2002). There is also a Glossary, a Time Line, and a list of books and sites on the web where young fans can go For More Information About the NFS South and the NFL, where Logan gets a two point PAT because there are books about each of the four teams so fans of any one of these four franchises can learn a whole lot more about them. There is a black & white photograph of older stars like Tommy Nobis and Tom Dempsey, and color photographs for more recent ones like Deion Sanders and Mike Alstott. Yes, this 2004 volume is slightly out of date already when it comes to where Muhsin Muhammad and Keyshawn Johnson are playing today, but the value here for young fans are the histories Logan provides for these four teams.

We got this book for our son when he was two. We're big NFL fans and figured he would enjoy it. He quickly learned all kinds of football words. And when football season hit, he was thrilled to see goal line markers and end zones and referees and all the other things he had seen in the book. It continues to be one of his favorite books. At 3 years old, he now "reads" the book himself and loves it.

It is so good to come across a fitness/workout book that addresses the needs of so many different kinds of people. This book is an encouraging find for the overweight, middle-aged, inexperienced, or injured person who seeks the physique of a football player. Whether the athlete is a "weekend warrior", an occassional player, a scholastic beginner, or a pure professional; this is an excellent training manual. This book can be an excellent tool for people coaching youth, adult independent league, and professional-level football. Of course, it is adviseable to go at your own pace when training and incorporating these techniques into your own workout. It was given a five star rating because of the extreme rarity of finding such an all-encompassing book. Enjoy!

Everyone I know who has had any recipe from this book loved it. I know that sounds ridiculous but kids and adults have enjoyed it. The recipes are not extremely difficult most of the ingredients are things you probably already have in the house. If you happen to be an NFL fan it just seems cool to have this cook book but really anybody should check this cookbook out.

This is the best Strategy Guide ever. Its shows you all the 32 teams in the NFL. they also show you in-deph passing attack. There is about 100 pages only on the plays of the teams. Shows you how to manage your team in the franchise mode. It shows you all the controls in the game. Makes the game much more fun! Buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In this book you can read about all 30 NFL teams, 20 of the best NFL players, and a review on the first 31 Super bowls. This is a great book for all football fans.

the player's reactions to being an ordinary kid are swell.

this is a nice change of pace from Gordon Korman's earlier books, but still just as enjoyable.