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Appalachian State Silences the Big House: Behind the Greatest Upset in College Football History

Appalachian State Silences the Big House: Behind the Greatest Upset in College Football History - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:David J. Marmins, Steven K. FeitAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-07-05Pages:276
Languages:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476664972ISBN-10:1476664978UPC:9781476664972Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:FootballSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.61Product ID:SCJTBR55J8

They are known as "cupcake games"--lower division teams get paid to travel to college football Meccas where the hosts make a nice profit from an extra game. On September 1, 2007, the University of Michigan Wolverines, with more wins than any team in history, hosted the Appalachian State Mountaineers from Boone, North Carolina, in the first such game at Michigan Stadium, the largest stadium in the country.

App State was no cupcake. Coach Jerry Moore, in the spirit of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team and other memorable underdogs, assembled his team with two things in mind--speed and character--and conditioned them to the breaking point. "We're fixin' to shock 'em," he shouted at practice, in the locker room, at the dinner table. This book tells the inside story of Moore's legendary team and the Mountaineers' historic win.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476664972ISBN-10:1476664978UPC:9781476664972Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:FootballSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.61Product ID:SCJTBR55J8
David J. Marmins is a civil litigation partner at Atlanta's Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP. He was an award winning college newspaper editor and reporter and is the editor of the legal treatise, Georgia Nuisance Law. He lives in Toccoa, Georgia. Steven K. Feit was an award-winning college sportswriter, whose career in sports has consisted of public relations, merchandising, marketing, logistics, and game-day operations for a variety of clients and teams. He has served in the front office of the Harlem Globetrotters for the past decade. He lives in Duluth, Georgia.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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