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Title: The Undefeated: The Oklahoma Sooners and the Greatest Winning Streak in College Football by Jim Dent ISBN: 0-312-26656-1 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: OU
Comment: A great great football story, but disappointingly written. For starters, Jim Dent misses his audience. Recreated quotes reminisce made-for-grade school stories, yet hollow and stereotypical characters go on big-time drinking binges and grow 'harder than Chinese arithmetic' over the ladies. More disappointing is that one must read between the lines to discover what's most fascinating about 1940s/50s-era football - that the national champion was chosen BEFORE the bowl games (imagine THAT before BCS), that players played on both sides of the ball, that there were no designated field goal kickers, and heaps of other subtleties that have faded away as college football has 'grown.' Perhaps there was a rush to get this out while the 2000 Sooners team was STILL undefeated and national champions. It takes time to make a winner, I guess.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book about a great team.
Comment: Jim Dont's Junction Boys was one of the greatest sports books I ever read, so I couldn't wait for his next one. It's a different kind of story, but this book is wonderful too. Dent knows how to make his characters come alive, from the great coach, Bud Wilkinson, to all those great players, and there were quite a few during the Streak. No, Wilkinson isn't portrayed as a saint here, because he wasn't--he was a human being, and that's how Dent shows him, warts and all. I'd rather read the truth, and if John Herman Bell says "this book is as true as true can be" (that's what he told the Daily Oklahoman), that's good enough for me. The best part of the book is getting to know all those great players, and reading about all those great games they played--and there were some great games. Also, getting behind the scenes is really cool, to see how the players and the coaches prepared (or didn't). There are a lot of funny stories, too. All in all, a great follow-up to the great Junction Boys.
Rating: 1
Summary: Poorly Written
Comment: I try to read every college football book that I can get my hands on. I can honestly say that I have read few books written as poorly as this one. I was expecting much more considering the potential story lines involved in this subject. I simply did not enjoy this book because of the way it was written.
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Title: The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team by Jim Dent ISBN: 031226755X Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 09 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Road to Glory by Josh Heupel, Bob Schaller, Bob Stoops ISBN: 1929478259 Publisher: Cross Training Publishing Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Sooner Century: 100 Glorious Years of Oklahoma Football by J. Brent Clark, Susan Smith, Melinda Brown ISBN: 1885758049 Publisher: Quality Sports Publications Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: Tales from the Sooner Sidelines by Jay Upchurch ISBN: 1582613206 Publisher: Sports Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: I Remember Bud Wilkinson: Personal Memories and Anecdotes About an Oklahoma Sooners Legend As Told by the People and Players Who Knew Him (I Remember) by Mike Towle ISBN: 1581823010 Publisher: Cumberland House Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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