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The Maisel Report: College Football's Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Coaches, Teams, and Traditions | 
 enlarge | Author: Ivan Maisel
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 17637
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 160078092X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33263
EAN: 9781600780929
ASIN: 160078092X
Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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Product Description
Whether you saw winning national championships in the 1983 Orange Bowl or 2001 Rose, Ivan Maisel says there's only one true nickname for the Miami Hurricanes - the No. 1 most overrated program in college football history. Who's his most overrated Heisman Trophy winner? Only the star of Michigan's 1997 national championship team, the Wolverines' Charles Woodson. Michigan fans will join the rest of the Big Ten in lamenting Maisel's assertion that the conference is the most overrated in the NCAA. The Maisel Report:College Football's Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Coaches, Teams, and Traditions by Ivan Maisel pulls no punches and takes no prisoners. With more than 20 years of sports journalism under his belt - including six with ESPN - Maisel has seen, talked to and worked with the best in the business. But he is setting the record once and for all about what are probably the biggest sports debates ever argued between fans. Football fans will be stunned when they see where he ranked the following stadiums, coaches and players: * Nick Saban
* Frank Beamer
* Eddie George
* Tim Tebow
* Charlie Weis
* Phillip Fulmer
* Bill Walsh
* Michigan Stadium
* Orange Bowl Nobody is left out. Maisel goes through the best of college football's history, including sections on the most over/underrated moments, national champions, Heisman Trophy winners, stadiums and more. The Maisel Report is not a fans' opinion of college football history, it is a detailed, highly-researched thesis that will make even the most die-hard fan of a team admit that their feelings have muddied their opinions and weakened all previous arguments about the who and what is the most overrated and underrated ever .
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 Great subject, but misses the mark a bit. October 1, 2008
Bill Hayes (Richmond, Virginia USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not bad, but not great. It really states the obvious too much. Maisel will not bowl you over with any revelations here, but I would recommend this book to the fan that is not too familiar with the college game. Maisel is a witty writer, but his book concentrates mostly on the big names in college football. The SEC, Big Ten, and Notre Dame seem to take up most of the book's pages. Overall I liked the book, but I think the author missed a good opertunity to write a really great book.
 A Fun Read for College Football Fans September 18, 2008
Jan S. Hilton (Atlanta, Georgia)
I enjoyed this book very much. I am a lifelong college football fan (SEC especially). Not only is it extremely entertaining, one can also learn a few things along the way. If you have a strong allegiance to a particular school's football program, you will be extremely gratified in some instances and take exception with Mr. Maisel's opinion in other instances. But that's just the nature of the college football beast. A very fun read, and I thank Mr. Maisel for writing it.
Everything You Thought You Knew, But Were Wrong September 9, 2008
Jeffrey L. Jacobs (Westport, CT, USA)
Like many Amazon readers, I love college football. And I consider myself a very well informed fan. However, I recently picked up (and couldn't put down) "The Maisel Report." I found out how much I didn't know about college football - or, more accurately, how much I thought I knew that was wrong.
The author, Ivan Maisel, is a journalist who blogs on college football for ESPN, so I wasn't surprised by the quality of the writing or by the level of detail included in the book. But it's incredible the way he ties history into an analysis of today's game - if you don't believe me, just read how the history of the Confederacy led up to the primacy of today's Clemson-South Carolina rivalry.
Absolutely a Phenominal Read August 26, 2008
Brian F. Ridgeway AIA (Fairfield, Connecticut)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like the quote on the cover, once I started, I just couldn't put it down. I started reading it at 10pm and, sure enough, before I knew it, it was well past midnight (very late for me on a Sunday night). I kept on finding more and more fascinating material sprinkled with witty interjections, I completely lost track of time. Therefore, I highly recommend NOT reading your book before bed...this book is just too darn good.
Being a Clemson grad, I thought I'd have issues with several of Ivan's opinions, but his thoughts are well organized and very convincing...I no longer consider them mere "opinions". I completely understand why Ivan Maisel is called the dean of college football. This book is a MUST read for anyone interested in collegiate athletics...
Sports Book of the Tear August 19, 2008
Deep Threat (Texas)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Maisel Report: College Football's Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Coaches, Teams, and Traditions
By Deep Threat (Texas)
Those who love college football and good writing must have The Maisel Report. Ivan Maisel's latest book is full of opinions grounded in fact, not myth, that are guaranteed to pump up or piss off (maybe both) fans of every major program. Maisel gets it: the passionately held opinions of college football fans are what sets our favorite sport apart. Maisel also understands that opinions on college football are rooted in traditions as old as a century or events as fresh as last season. As Ole Miss fan William Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." If you can't start an argument with The Maisel Report, you're not trying.
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