On Rocky Top: A Front-Row Seat to the End of an Era
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
On Rocky Top: A Front-Row Seat to the End of an Era
By (Author) Travis Clay
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
1st September 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
796.33263097
Physical Properties
Paperback
368
Width 135mm, Height 203mm
Description
The best book on college football Ive read in a generation....If you love college football, youll love this book.
Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won!
Part Season on the Brink, part Fever Pitch, On Rocky Top is a rollicking, all-access pass to the rough-and-tumble world of University of Tennessee football. The book chronicles the 2008 season, during which the team suffered its second worst record ever and Head Coach Phil Fulmer, the most beloved and recognized man in Tennessee, was fired. Author of Dixieland Delight, Clay Travis offers a fascinating inside look at the inner workings of a major college sports program, and chronicles a season of promise that went terribly wrong, ending a long, fabled era.
Reviews
"Clay Travis's On Rocky Top is the best book on college football I've read in a generation. A truly masterful look at the passion, intensity and--quite often--insanity of America's unofficial national pastime. If you love college football, you'll love this book." -- Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won!
"On Rocky Top combines the fan's passion of Fever Pitch with the inside access of A Season on the Brink. The result is a compelling portrait of one of the SEC's premier football programs--and one of college football's most beloved coaches. A must-read for every sports fan." -- Warren St. John, nationally bestselling author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer and Refugees United
Author Bio
Author of Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern Conference, Clay Travis is a writer for FanHouse.com. A former columnist at CBSSports.com and editor at Deadspin.com, he has also written for Sports Illustrated and The Oxford American, and taught creative writing at Vanderbilt University. He cohosts the daily "Midday Madness" radio show in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and son.
