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A season in purgatory : Villanova and life in college football's lower class

Title: A season in purgatory : Villanova and life in college football's lower class / Tony Moss.
Author: Moss, Tony (Anthony Lyle)
Publication: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.

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Description

xiv, 311 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

This story of Villanova Wildcats 2005 season is an inside account of a football program wading through the political mire to bring glory to a school largely indifferent to its efforts. Through the Wildcats' experience, Tony Moss explores the inner workings of college football, particularly the chasm between Division I-A, home of the most visible, successful programs, and Division I-AA, where crowds are smaller but competition is just as intense. As alumni and faculty question the cost of funding sixty-three football scholarships and a full-time coaching staff, Moss leaves us to decide whether the struggle is worth the cost to schools outside the spotlight and whether the game has any inherent value apart from the bottom line."--Jacket.

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Contents

Huddling -- The coach -- Gearing up -- The big time -- Lightning striking again -- The fourth estate -- Recovery -- Bitten by the Spiders -- Academically speaking -- Coming home -- The prospect -- Outlaw in charm city -- Reaching for the top -- The rivalry -- Endgame.

ISBN

9780803259591
080325959X

LCCN

2007011371

OCLC

ocn122291321
122291321
SCSB-1446822

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library