Who knew they could read ?Fresh off the release of Coach Jim Tressel's book The Winners Manual comes a brand new addition to the Buckeye library collection: The Troy Smith Story.
Written by Dave Biddle (from Bucknuts.com) this book promises an uncensored look and a riveting tale about an athlete that overcame all odds because of an unshakable faith in himself.
The book is scheduled for a mid-August release, but you can order your copy now and beat the rush of rabid buckeye fans looking to meet their G.E.D. reading goals.
A quick search of amazon.com identifies that there are 892 different books focused on Ohio State Football available for purchase. This impressive list includes the classic work: B Is For Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet.
With that many books available, you could fill an entire wing of TUOS's Library System as long as the patrons understand that they are only supposed to read in the library.Personally, I think Mr Biddle's choice of title is a bit underwhelming. Such an important manuscript deserves something special. Calling this book THE TROY SMITH STORY is like calling Michigan "just another game". Here is my top ten suggestions for Mr. Biddle to spice up the title and get a couple of more copies sold. Your suggestions are also welcome.
10. Tuesdays with Tressel
9. BMOC : It’s Pretty Good to Be Troy
8. The Elbows of St. Edwards
7. My friend Maurcie
6. Ted Ginn's Dad loves me more than his own son
5. How I turned Robert Baker's $500 into a Heisman Trophy
4. 3 AND 1.... Bitches
3. Gator Bait: It is all Roy Hall's fault
2. Tarblooder to Buckeye: The Glenville goldmine
1. Wolverine Hunter: 316 yards and a clump of Turf
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Oh, that big green monster.
interesting....
a quick search of amazon.com reveals 1238 books about michigan football - guess we're not so obsessed after all :)
this includes a book about football's fiercest rivalry.... michigan and NOTRE DAME??
also includes a great book about Bo - apparently before he learned how to wear a headset
uhh bo, what's that weezing sound, we're trying to tell you what play to run
and this great list of course includes M is for Mitten, a children's alphabet book
because apparently M is for Ed Martin didn't test well in focus groups
Well, Sru, what do you expect with the best, most storied program in all of CFL? Of course UM is going to have that many books about it.
I was shocked that an also-ran like uos had that many books. I wonder what percentage of them are mostly just pictures?
"I wonder what percentage of them are mostly just pictures?"
I'm sure it's proportional to the number of orders out of AA. The team's version of "Know Your Foe."
Sru:
I did the same amazon search for "Michigan football"
The 1238 total includes Michigan State (and other directional MAC schools).
Never let data get in the way of a good blog post.
andy - right back at you - most of the 892 you found have nothing to do with the buckeyes
;)
unfortunately, just a mention anywhere in the book of the phrase you search on will make it show up in the amazon search :(
oh, whet, don't make that mistake.
this is tatamount to discovering tosu fans buy 10 times as many cans of PBR than Michigan fans do.
we're laughing at you, not w/ you.
and it's not just books.
tosu operates its own, ongoing "ebay" site:
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sell/SellHome.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=17300&_MODE_=AUCTION
there's nothing they won't do for a couple of "bucks"...
"oh, whet, don't make that mistake."
SiC, SiC, Tsk, Tsk.
C'mon now. I tied in "AA", "Know Your Foe", and a quadrisyllabic word. It doesn't get better than that unless one could fit "chocolate milk" in there.
ummmmm SIC.....
Michigan also has it's own auction site. But there isn't anything available now. {insert no one cares about Michigan joke here...}
I do love the fact that the buckeye auction site is selling a piece of concrete from the 'shoe. Classic.
andy,
i've never studied this, but i thought the M auction site was typically used w/ a specific fundraising campaign in mind. the few times i have looked at it in the past (and the new format of mgoblue.com has thrown me, so i may be off)the items for sale were part of a focused promo.
unlike the tosu site which has "stuff" for sale (autographed NY Jet's footballs?) pretty much 24/7.
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