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Author : Ron Christ
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Penn State University National Championship, 1986 written by Ron Christ and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. G. Missanelli
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271045078
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Perfect Season written by M. G. Missanelli and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1987 NCAA championship football game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the University of Miami Hurricanes is often considered the most memorable championship game in all of college football history. Both teams were undefeated going into the game, but the Hurricanes were heavily favored, as they had demolished each of their opponents during the regular season. Penn State pulled off of the most surprising upsets on January 2, 1987, by handing the University of Miami team its only loss of the season. The Perfect Season, with help from the Penn State players involved, Missanelli retells the story not just of this championship game but also of Penn States entire season. Beginning with its Orange Bowl loss in 1985, Missanelli recounts the glorious 1986 season through the eyes of those Penn State athletes. The book also focuses on the medias buildup of the national championship, explaining why the University of Miami team was considered the villain in this battle.
Author : Brian Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947402911
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Penn State's Championship Seasons written by Brian Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This championship book is written for those of us who love Penn State Football. Others can find their missing information from the bookshelves of those PSU fans who have this book. Maybe!Despite so may great season records, the last time the PSU Nittany Lions won a national championship was in 1986 and it was against Notre Dame, whose last big national win was in 1988. ND fell hard that year and it was because of the Paterno "Boys" JoePa coached for eight thousand years so he should have had more than just two national championships (50 years of coaching) but somehow, PSU was not as respected as a lot of other teams. Besides the two national championship seasons, JoePa brought in five undefeated and untied seasons which Linos' fans call championships. In 1982, the Nittany Lions were 11-1 and they defeated big back Herschel Walker and Georgia to give Penn State a long-awited NC. Just 3 yrs later, the Nittany Lions came up short in the Orange Bowl v Barry Switzer's Oklahoma Sooners. But the next year, PSU would be back to play for a NC for another big win. John Schaffer got the job done for PSU by the running of DJ Dozier, and the D was better than ever. PSU has always been as good as it gets and still is.The book first tells the story about Penn State's founding in 1855 and it covers a lot of ground in football stories before George Hoskins in 1892, and the great immortal Penn State coaches-Hugo Bezdek, Bob Higgins, Rip Engle, Joe Paterno-and now James Franklin.This book captures the many championship moments in Penn State Football. You won't believe all that is in this book and there is still a lot to say. You will not be able to put this PSU championship book down.
Author : Ken Rappoport
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1616731044
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)
Download or read book Penn State Football written by Ken Rappoport and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an AP sports writer and author, a history of Pennsylvania State University’s Nittany Lions, with personal stories from coaches and players. In Tales from Penn State Football, Ken Rappoport puts you on the fifty-yard line and sometimes gets you a seat on the bench or a stall in the locker room. From the first team in the 1880s to the celebrated Joe Paterno teams of the 20th century, Penn State’s most entertaining—and legendary—football stories are chronicled here. And there is plenty to tell, considering the history of the Penn State football program. Penn State football started in 1881. These early pioneers could hardly envision the future popularity of the game, where crowds of more than 100,000 would fill Beaver Stadium to see Paterno’s nationally ranked powers play in the second-largest football stadium in America. In between, there have been plenty of colorful stories and characters at Penn State to fill a book. There was a coach who held up a Rose Bowl game over a violent argument and another who credited a mule for his success. Also, a player who impersonated the legendary Jim Thorpe and another nicknamed “Riverboat Richie” for his gambling instincts on the football field. For many of the stories in this book, Rappoport went right to the source. In an earlier interview at the Nittany Lion Inn, Joe Paterno talked about his famous “Grand Experiment.” At about the same time, Rip Engle discussed his most treasured moments at Penn State. Football aficionados will relish every tale. The perfect gift for college football buffs and Penn State fans.
Author : Lou Prato
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1623683335
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)
Download or read book We Are Penn State written by Lou Prato and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No college football program has ever had to deal with the obstacles, hostility, and challenges encountered by the players and coaches of the 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions, and this book is an account of that unforgettable season in which the team rebounded from a disillusioning 0-2 start to surprise everyone and finish with an 8-4 record, third best in the Big Ten Conference. The turmoil at Penn State began in early November 2011 with the shocking arrest of retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky for multiple charges of sexual child abuse, and within days legendary head coach Joe Paterno was fired in what would be termed the biggest scandal in college football history. By the end of January, Paterno was dead from lung cancer and a new head coach without any Penn State connections, Bill O’Brien, began putting together his staff while finishing up his job as offensive coordinator of the Super Bowl bound New England Patriots. We Are Penn State tells the story of how this team overcame unprecedented NCAA sanctions, including a four-year bowl ban and the loss of 45 scholarships over the same period, the transfer of several of its star players, and overwhelming predictions that the 2012 season would be a disaster to put together a successful season and restore some dignity to what was once considered one of the elite programs in college football.
Author : Ryan Murphy
Publisher : First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN 13 : 1622870115
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Ring the Bell written by Ryan Murphy and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2012-06-23 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With each win, the victory bell rings for Penn State football. Ring The Bell captures the 22 greatest victories of the past four decades--remembering the greatest players, reliving the greatest plays, recalling the greatest opponents. The stories you've heard told and the stories you've shared with others all can be found in this one thrilling volume of Penn State history.
Author : Tommy A. Phillips
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476643504
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Penn State Bowl Games written by Tommy A. Phillips and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With play-by-play coverage of every Nittany Lion bowl game, this book chronicles Penn State football's vibrant history all the way back to the 1923 Rose Bowl. The team broke the color barrier at the Cotton Bowl in 1948, finished undefeated after back-to-back Orange Bowl victories in 1969 and 1970, and reigned over the college football world with national championships in the 1983 Sugar Bowl and 1987 Fiesta Bowl.
Author : Thomas E. Range II
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439657416
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Penn State University written by Thomas E. Range II and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penn State University was founded in 1855. Then known as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, the 400-acre campus had only one main building. With almost 100,000 current students (including students at the Commonwealth Campuses) and having the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world, Penn State continues to be a world leader in education. Since its founding, picture postcards have been published to showcase the buildings and highlight the student activities while documenting the school's narrative.
Author : John U. Bacon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476706441
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Fourth and Long written by John U. Bacon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author and Michigan football expert John Back, an analysis of the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it. In search of the sport’s old ideals amid the roaring flood of hypocrisy and greed, bestselling author John U. Bacon embedded himself in four college football programs—Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, and Northwestern—and captured the oldest, biggest, most storied league, the Big Ten, at its tipping point. He sat in as coaches dissected game film, he ate dinner at training tables, and he listened in locker rooms. He talked with tailgating fans and college presidents, and he spent months in the company of the gifted young athletes who play the game. Fourth and Long reveals intimate scenes behind closed doors, from a team’s angry face-off with their athletic director to a defensive lineman acing his master’s exams in theoretical math. It captures the private moment when coach Urban Meyer earned the devotion of Ohio State’s Buckeyes on their way to a perfect season. It shows Michigan’s athletic department endangering the very traditions that distinguish the college game from all others. And it re-creates the euphoria of the Northwestern Wildcats winning their first bowl game in decades. Most unforgettably, Fourth and Long finds what the national media missed in the ugly aftermath of Penn State’s tragic scandal: the unheralded story of players who joined forces with Coach Bill O’Brien to save the university’s treasured program—and with it, a piece of the game’s soul. This is the work of a writer in love with an old game—a game he sees at the precipice. Bacon’s deep knowledge of sports history and his sensitivity to the tribal subcultures of the college game power this elegy to a beloved and endangered American institution.
Author : Lou Prato
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781600782596
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)
Download or read book Game Changers written by Lou Prato and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For serious football fans wanting to relive the most unforgettable, extraordinary, and gut-wrenching moments in Penn State's history, this account explores the team's greatest plays, providing context, back story, relevant circumstances, and comments from those directly involved in each play. Photos help reanimate memories, including Gregg Garrity's diving catch to win the 1982 National Title, Pete Giftopoulos' interception of Vinny Testaverde to clinch the 1986 National Championship, the 96-yard drive late in the fourth quarter to help the team win its first Ben Ten Title, and the last-minute blocked field goal in 2001 that made Joe Paterno the winningest coach in college football history.
Author : Lou Prato
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781571671172
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (711 download)
Download or read book The Penn State Football Encyclopedia written by Lou Prato and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penn State Football Encyclopedia traces the legacy of Penn State football,
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Century of Penn State Wrestling written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tommy A. Phillips
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476685266
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Penn State Bowl Games written by Tommy A. Phillips and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With play-by-play coverage of every Nittany Lion bowl game, this book chronicles Penn State football's vibrant history all the way back to the 1923 Rose Bowl. The team broke the color barrier at the Cotton Bowl in 1948, finished undefeated after back-to-back Orange Bowl victories in 1969 and 1970, and reigned over the college football world with national championships in the 1983 Sugar Bowl and 1987 Fiesta Bowl.
Author : Gordon Owens
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1791100821
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Penn State Nittany Lions written by Gordon Owens and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the Penn State Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten Conference in 1990? In 2018, the Nittany Lions were the top team in the Big Ten East Division. Learn more about this college team’s history, traditions, uniforms, team records, coaches, and legendary players in Penn State Nittany Lions, part of the Inside College Football series.
Author : Greg Woodman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737025313
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Why Penn State written by Greg Woodman and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lou Prato
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617490296
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (174 download)
Download or read book What It Means to Be a Nittany Lion written by Lou Prato and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What It Means to be a Nittany Lion: Joe Paterno and Penn State's Greatest Players" explores what seems to be a simple question: What does it mean to be a Nittany Lion? One person or one phrase cannot answer that question because so many emotions encompass the true Nittany Lion spirit. The greatest Penn State players and coaches from the past eight decades were called upon to express why they are so proud to be a part of the storied tradition that is Nittany Lion football and give fans an inside look on their college careers at Happy Valley. "What It Means to be a Nittany Lion" brings together all of their stories, as told by the most outstanding voices of the Penn State program, guaranteed to enhance your passion for Nittany Lion football. It's not just one tradition, one season or one particular game--it's the stories coming from the players who experienced the magic over the decades that capture the true essence of the Nittany Lion way.
Author : Dave Zirin
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595588159
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)
Download or read book Game Over written by Dave Zirin and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it "rule number one of the jockocracy" sports and politics just don't mix. But in Game Over, celebrated alt-sportswriter Dave Zirin proves once and for all that politics has breached the modern sports arena with a vengeance. From the NFL lockout and the role of soccer in the Arab Spring to the Penn State sexual abuse scandals and Tim Tebow's on-field genuflections, this timely and hard-hitting new book from the "conscience of American sportswriting" (The Washington Post) reveals how our most important debates about class, race, religion, sex, and the raw quest for political power are played out both on and off the field. Game Over offers new insights and analysis of headline-grabbing sports controversies, exploring the shady side of the NCAA, the explosive 2011 MLB All-Star Game, and why the Dodgers crashed and burned. It covers the fascinating struggles of gay and lesbian athletes to gain acceptance, female athletes to be more than sex symbols, and athletes everywhere to assert their collective bargaining rights as union members. Zirin also illustrates the ways in which athletes are once again using their exalted platforms to speak out and reclaim sports from the corporate interests that have taken it hostage. In Game Over, he cheers the victories but also reflects on how far we have yet to go. Combining brilliant set pieces with a sobering overview of today's sports scene in Zirin's take-no-prisoners style, Game Over is a must read for anyone, sports fan or not, interested in understanding how sports reflect and shape society--and why the stakes have never been higher.
