- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: Alpha; 2 edition (Jan 23 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0028641671
- ISBN-13: 978-0028641676
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 567 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #549,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football, Second Edition, provides new and intermediate football fans with all the information they need to understand and enjoy football. From high school to the NFL, coverage includes the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies and even what to wear! New coverage for this edition includes: the draft - how it works for teams and players including parity, new technology on the field including instant replay, dangerous referee flags and rules changes for college and pro ball, XFL, arena league, expansion teams and NFL Europe, and the changing business and team strategy for professional football today.
About the Author
JOE THEISMANN was the winning quarterback in Super Bowl XVII, a two-time Pro Bowl player, and the most productive quarterback ever for the Washington Redskins. In 1983, he was voted MVP of both the NFL and the Super Bowl. He co-hosts ESPN’s popular NFL Countdown and Primetime. He has been in-ducted into the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame and the Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey.
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The best part of the National Football League (NFL)-if you don't get to play-is acting like you know something about it. Read the first page
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Fantasy Player's Best Resource,
By Chris Brand (Black Rock, CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
This book has helped me go from first to worst in my fantasy league. Growing up in W. Virginia, we did not much about this American Football. My sporting endeavors tended mostly to the classic sports like discus and Greco-roman wresting. It was very informative, but I was hoping to read more about some of the great figures in Football history. Lyle Alzado, Al Davis and Marv Levy.
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the complete idiots guide to football 2nd edition,
By Lakaya M. Peeples (Cincinnati, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
if you know NOTHING about football from lack of interest or comprehesion, and the love-of-your-life knows EVERYTHING about football from the time he could speak...this book is a great help. you come away from this book knowing more than a little SOMETHING, and it becomes an excellent referrence guide. don't let your love see it until you are done...this is such a great read...you may not get it back for a while if you allow it to leave your hands. there's no boring, classroom type format-just clear fun info.
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A football-lover's lover's dream,
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
I started reading this book with no base knowledge about football at all when I started dating a Redskins fan. It was a fantastic introduction to the sport, to fandom, and to Redskins fandom specifically (Theismann *is* a little biased). It's well-organized, giving great overviews initially and gong into more depth further along. One caveat (of one big omission): there is no discussion of what a down is. At all. The book is best accompanied by a friend who already knows football and is willing to fill in the gaps. For the complete idiot, it provides not only a great look at the basics, but a good opportunity to impress friends who are fans with knowledge of some of the nuances of the game.
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