The Republic of Football

Legends of the Texas High School Game

Nonfiction, Sports, Football, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book The Republic of Football by Chad S. Conine, University of Texas Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Chad S. Conine ISBN: 9781477310472
Publisher: University of Texas Press Publication: September 6, 2016
Imprint: University of Texas Press Language: English
Author: Chad S. Conine
ISBN: 9781477310472
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication: September 6, 2016
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Language: English
Anywhere football is played, Texas is the force to reckon with. Its powerhouse programs produce the best football players in America. In The Republic of Football, Chad S. Conine vividly captures Texas’s impact on the game with action-filled stories about legendary high school players, coaches, and teams from around the state and across seven decades.Drawing on dozens of interviews, Conine offers rare glimpses of the early days of some of football’s biggest stars. He reveals that some players took time to achieve greatness—LaDainian Tomlinson wasn’t even the featured running back on his high school team until a breakthrough game in his senior season vaulted him to the highest level of the sport—while others, like Colt McCoy, showed their first flashes of brilliance in middle school. In telling these and many other stories of players and coaches, including Hayden Fry, Spike Dykes, Bob McQueen, Lovie Smith, Art Briles, Lawrence Elkins, Warren McVea, Ray Rhodes, Dat Nguyen, Zach Thomas, Drew Brees, and Adrian Peterson, Conine spotlights the decisive moments when players caught fire and teams such as Celina, Southlake Carroll, and Converse Judson turned into Texas dynasties. Packed with never-before-told anecdotes, as well as fresh takes on the games everyone remembers, The Republic of Football is a must-read for all fans of Friday night lights.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Anywhere football is played, Texas is the force to reckon with. Its powerhouse programs produce the best football players in America. In The Republic of Football, Chad S. Conine vividly captures Texas’s impact on the game with action-filled stories about legendary high school players, coaches, and teams from around the state and across seven decades.Drawing on dozens of interviews, Conine offers rare glimpses of the early days of some of football’s biggest stars. He reveals that some players took time to achieve greatness—LaDainian Tomlinson wasn’t even the featured running back on his high school team until a breakthrough game in his senior season vaulted him to the highest level of the sport—while others, like Colt McCoy, showed their first flashes of brilliance in middle school. In telling these and many other stories of players and coaches, including Hayden Fry, Spike Dykes, Bob McQueen, Lovie Smith, Art Briles, Lawrence Elkins, Warren McVea, Ray Rhodes, Dat Nguyen, Zach Thomas, Drew Brees, and Adrian Peterson, Conine spotlights the decisive moments when players caught fire and teams such as Celina, Southlake Carroll, and Converse Judson turned into Texas dynasties. Packed with never-before-told anecdotes, as well as fresh takes on the games everyone remembers, The Republic of Football is a must-read for all fans of Friday night lights.

More books from University of Texas Press

Cover of the book The Poetic Edda by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book The Zoot-Suit Riots by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book The Wanano Indians of the Brazilian Amazon by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Yesterday There Was Glory by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Living with Lupus by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Guatemalan Indians and the State by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book The Road to El Cielo by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book A Journey Around Our America by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book LULAC by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Digital Ethnography by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Obliging Need by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Mexican Women and the Other Side of Immigration by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Plants for Houston and the Gulf Coast by Chad S. Conine
Cover of the book Popular Cinema of the Third Reich by Chad S. Conine
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy