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Title: New Book about Coach Bryant: "The Titan of Tuscaloosa" Post by: Chechem on April 25, 2012, 05:17:54 AM http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/4/24/2827723/the-rbr-reading-room-the-titan-of-tuscaloosa
Quote Paul W. Bryant once famously described tie games as being "like kissing your sister." Which couldn't possibly be an accurate statement since it doesn't quite capture the degree he despised tie outcomes. Bryant played in or coached college football for a half century and over a span of 536 total games there were just 26 ties, barely 5 percent. Those games are the subject of David Shepard's 2002 book The Titan of Tuscaloosa: The Tie Games and Career of Paul Bear Bryant. While most accounts of the legendary coach's career focus on key matchups and standout games, the ties offer a peek into the oft-overlooked regular season contests that made up the bulk of his impressive record. Shepard gives an account of each game and describes a coaching "lesson" each offers. He then provides a number of extremely interesting statistics about both Bryant's career as well as Alabama football in general.... Title: Re: New Book about Coach Bryant: "The Titan of Tuscaloosa" Post by: lstephen on April 25, 2012, 06:33:12 PM I'd never seen this one either but the publication date is 2002.
Title: Re: New Book about Coach Bryant: "The Titan of Tuscaloosa" Post by: Chechem on April 25, 2012, 08:13:02 PM I'd never seen this one either but the publication date is 2002. Maybe that's because it's self-published and hardly edited. Title: Re: New Book about Coach Bryant: "The Titan of Tuscaloosa" Post by: XBAMA on April 25, 2012, 08:28:12 PM and this sentence makes me want to read it now really bad ... :dunno:
Quote That's a shame since there are some extremely interesting details contained in this effort that are begging for further examination. |