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"100 Yard War" by Greg Emmanuel

By O-H Kee Pa -18 October 2012
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Currently reading it, and I'm curious to get the thoughts of other people who have read it. While it is a good overview, I find it to be by and large kind of snarky and annoying. It's clearly written from an outsider's perspective as there are multiple instances where Emmanuel says stuff like, "All OSU fans think this, say this, or act like this".

bassplayer7770 on 18 Oct 2012 - 9:01am #

Haven't read this one. I still need to get back to reading War as They Knew It. A couple books I've read and enjoyed were Woody Hayes and the 100-Yard War (thus my confusion by this book's title) and Then Tress Said to Troy (this book covers stories from throughout Buckeye football history, so it was a good overview for me).

O-H Kee Pa on 18 Oct 2012 - 9:08am #

By far and away the best OSU related book that I've ever read was "1968":

http://www.amazon.com/1968-Year-Saved-State-Football/dp/1933197609

Gives an incredible historiographical perspective on OSU football. By far and away the worst OSU related book that I've ever read was "Game of My Life". I don't know if it was my copy, but it was full of typos and was virtually unreadable at times (not to mention that it contained very little substance).

wmbuckeye557 on 18 Oct 2012 - 9:14am #

I highly recommend Chic. It really opened my eyes to why Michgan is the all time winningest program. In the earlier years they kept players for 5-8 yrs.

hodge on 18 Oct 2012 - 9:14am #

Then Tress Said to Troy is awesome. Not really a good cohesive novel, per se; but it's a lot of fun. War as They Knew It is superb. I've been meaning to get a hold of Robert Vare's Buckeye: A study of Coach Woody Hayes and the Ohio State Football Machine, homeboy got completely unfettered access to OSU's football program in 1973--the story behind the book is covered at length in War as They Knew It.

hodge on 18 Oct 2012 - 9:48am #

Just read part of the Amazon preview for 1968. Found the first chapter especially interesting, where he chatted up Jim Stillwagon for hours about the symbolism in Moby Dick.

The irony is that Woody was very much like Ahab, a man who spent the entirety of his life chasing his obsession; only to be undone by it at the end. It's amazing how many coaches share this similarity.