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The Obscene Diaries of a Michigan Fan | 
| Author: Craig Ross
Publisher: First Page Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 782451
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 312
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1928623506
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9781928623502
ASIN: 1928623506
Publication Date: June 2005
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Condition: MINT NEW large format softcover, as shown. UNMARKED. Tiny lower corner bump. "You do not have to be a sports fan to love this book" GMS2 I ship daily
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Product Description
You don't have to be a sports fan to love "The Obscene Diaries of a Michigan Fan." Craig Ross has written a comic gem about college sports and sports personalities in America. Packed with fresh and funny insights, "Obscene Diaries" is the perfect mix of serious analysis, wild imagination and sports lore. The author's obsession with all aspects of sports in our culture is contagious.
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Even If You're Not A Michigan Fan... December 19, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
You will absolutely love this book! Ross is both insightful and humorous as he writes about: Michigan football (why their offense is really neither "conservative" or "too predictable"), Michigan basketball and the player who averaged 15 fouls per game (I remember him), Big Ten basketball officiating (he says it is getting better; I'm not sure), Tommy Amaker (he should have asked him who did kill JFK), why UCLA was so good for so long (it actually has less to do with John Wooden than you've been led to believe), and who was the greatest Michigan quarterback ever (read it to find out; Tom Brady is #3). More than anything else, this book reminded me that college sports are supposed to be FUN, no matter who wins. Ross' final chapter in this book is a classic by itself. Buy this book and savor every chapter. The best sports book I've read since "Ball Four" (yes, it's THAT good).
Though It's Not Really Obscene, It's VERY funny October 6, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This wild comic rant about sports is also startlingly original. For hard core sports fans, the book is packed with the kind of fresh insightful analysis of football strategy that is so completely missing from the work of the paid media pundits. (College coaches are already taking this book very seriously, because it shows why they should go for it on 4th down way more than they do.) But for non sports fans, this is also a great book, because Craig Ross really talks more about life than he does about sports -- and he's a fabulously witty writer.
amaizing grace September 14, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I join my fellow alum Mr. Heston in giving high praise to Obscene Diaries. At college I became quite interested in football, and particularly enjoyed Northwestern's successful skirmishes against the University of Michigan. Mr. Ross successfully reveals football as a particularly American blend of theatre and sport, personal drama and statistical analysis, quarterback thrill and coach agonistes.
M Go Ross! September 9, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
As packed as it is with painstakingly researched sports statistics and wild, wonderful analyses, this book is a humorous and delightful read. Attorney Ross argues the facts, argues the law, AND attacks the opposition, entertaining us all the way.
Obscene Diaries of a Michigan Fan July 22, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
As an alum of Northwestern, a school whose original nickname was The Fighting Methodists, I can appreciate the quasi-religious fervor of Wolverine fans. Craig Ross joins the ranks of Voltaire and Jonathan Swift in effectively (and humorously)skewering this (large) slice of American culture.
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