Rating: Summary: Clueless in Gridiron Review: Anyone that understands the modern game should understand that unless a game is viewed in it's entirity and thoroughly analyzed, no worthwhile evaluation can be derived. I would pass on this offerring and defer to a real expert on the subject. You wanted some exposure, you got it.
Rating: Summary: Watch the Game Review: Anyone who has never played competitive sports nor even watch a particular game should not be spouting off stupid remarks just to increase readership. That is exactly what Gregg Easterbrook did. How can he possible spew out that the Oklahoma Sooners ran up the score against Houston with a score of 63-13 while in the same breath say that Western Illinois did not run up the final score of 98-7 against Cheyenne. Our starting quarterback only played the first series of the entire second quarter as did most of the rest of the starting team. Easterbrook's fervent jealousy and/or dislike of the Oklahoma football program is pretty evident in his ill conceived column. Like Mike Lupica of last year, it is quite obvious that Easterbrook did not watch the game or even the highlights, but simply wrote his nonsensical diatribe based on preconceived prejudices against Oklahoma. How someone who has never been nothing more than a "couch potato" write a book on football and expect anyone to take it seriously is a mystery to me. Personally, I believe his latest attempt at writing, "Tuesday Morning Quarterback..." is a horrible and elementary written book, and like Easterbrook, I came to this belief without reading the book, like he did not watch the game.
Rating: Summary: Football follies Review: For those fans of Easterbrook's TMQ column at slate.com, this book is right up their alley. A Brookings Inst. Fellow writing football haiku's? What took so long? A great survey from the edges of football with plenty of humor thrown in. Definitely going to buy a few copies as stocking stuffers for the lads who rejoice in every Giant victory. The Heidi game and blitz strategies. Only Easterbrook.
Rating: Summary: A great book--but too short Review: Gregg Easterbrook (aka Tuesday Morning Quarterback) has been my favorite columnist since I first found him on Slate a while back. When the football season concluded this year, I knew I had to get this book to fight withdrawal over the season.However, I soon found one major flaw--the only one I ever found: It's far too short. I read it in one sitting. While I truly enjoyed it, it seemed that, if the pictures and such were removed, the remaining text would be no longer than one of his columns. The insights are still great, and the concept of football haiku--not to mention its excellent execution--is something that I still love the idea of.
Rating: Summary: Gregg Easterbrook could have put together a much better book Review: I am a pretty avid fan of Gregg Easterbrook's writing for Slate and now ESPN. I bought this book expecting it to be of the same quality as the columns. Quite honestly, I would have settled for simply the material given in the columns with no improvement. Instead this book takes same material that is so interesting in the columns (the importance of fake kicks, proper sideline attire for cold weather, unusual college mascots) and presents them so quickly that they lose both their humor and informativeness. Part of the problem is that Easterbrook's observations seem much keener in the column, applied to last weekend's games, but I think Easterbrook still could have written a much better book, and I hope he does.
Rating: Summary: Gregg Easterbrook could have put together a much better book Review: I am a pretty avid fan of Gregg Easterbrook's writing for Slate and now ESPN. I bought this book expecting it to be of the same quality as the columns. Quite honestly, I would have settled for simply the material given in the columns with no improvement. Instead this book takes same material that is so interesting in the columns (the importance of fake kicks, proper sideline attire for cold weather, unusual college mascots) and presents them so quickly that they lose both their humor and informativeness. Part of the problem is that Easterbrook's observations seem much keener in the column, applied to last weekend's games, but I think Easterbrook still could have written a much better book, and I hope he does.
Rating: Summary: There is no credibility in this offering. Review: I am of the opinion that authors should know a little something about their subject. Call me crazy, but I do. This collection of pages was clearly written by a person who has never stepped foot on a football field in his life. This putz clearly has not.
Rating: Summary: absolutely horrible Review: I don't even have to read the book to know it is horrible, just look who wrote it. I am guessing he commented on certain games without actually watching them. Just a moron trying to throw around his opinion.
Rating: Summary: I like football but not this book Review: Lets put it this way, i was selling it on ebay within 2 hours
Rating: Summary: Easterbrook is a clown Review: The football gods will punish this dufus for "writing" this tripe. He wouldn't recognize a football if it hit him in the nutz.
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