This book is excellent. The author not only cheers the team on but also shows that the Fighting Irish can be a team that many want to lose. He is very partisan in the fact that he wishes for the reader to get the whole story of the creation of a team that would be a major factor in the history of football. It is all about Americas ability to love the team but also to hate it.

Sperber went to the University of Notre Dame to conduct all of his research. He was warned that he would not be welcomed at the school, but when he arrived he saw the truth to be the exact opposite. They allowed him to dig deep into the history of the game and how he Fighting Irish fit into that game. He bases most of his writing on papers that have been held in the library written on the ups and downs of the many years of football and Notre Dame.

The game of football became a major outlet for Catholic pride, but with this was brought much American scorn. In this book the author tell

Kunte Rockne was the head coach of the Fighting Irish, and he became a star in his own right. He was a great coach and leader, but suffered an untimely death in a plane crash in 1931. He built winning teams on step at a time, and often used ruthless tactics to get a winning season. He was not afraid of breaking the rules, but for some reason this man at the time of his death was turned into an almost saint like character. The priests and the administrators tried to keep Rockne in line, and often fought with him, but they usually decided to turn their heads so that the team could continue its winning streak. When Rockne died it returned the control of the football team back over to the administrators and the priests.

problem of finding and educating good players, but to keep the image of the high esteemed school in check.

I really liked this book. I love football and the history of a great team like the Fighting Irish was a great insight into the misdealing and legend of a team. In the 1920's they encountered problems that we do not deal with in everyday life. They had to build a t

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