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Jonathan Rand (Author)
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July 1, 2006
One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim “Rosso” Rossovich, standing there literally on fire. After Sabol knocked Rossovich to the ground and put out the fire, Rosso stood up and (without missing a beat) said, “Sorry, I must have the wrong apartment.”

Pro football has been filled with players like this—loose cannons, rebels and trash talkers. Some players are more likeable than others, and some might even be certifiably crazy…yet what perfectly sane athlete signs up to get belted around by 300-pound behemoths for three hours every Sunday?

Why Dick Butkus claims his reputation for meanness—which includes biting a referee's finger—was blown way out of proportion
How dumping Gatorade on a winning coach became a postseason tradition
Who “He Hate Me” was, and exactly why “He” hated him.
From sideline spats to touchdown celebrations to draft day tales, 300 Pounds of Attitude reveals the true stories of the most entertaining figures that have played the game of professional football.


One fall night in TK, Steve Sabol of NFL Films answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim “Rosso” Rossovich, standing there literally on fire. After Sabol knocked Rossovich to the ground and put out the fire, Rosso stood up and (without missing a beat) said, “Sorry, I must have the wrong apartment.”

Pro football has been filled with players like this—loose cannons, rebels and trash talkers. Some players are more likeable than others, and some might even be certifiably crazy…yet what perfectly sane athlete signs up to get belted around by 300-pound behemoths for three hours every Sunday?

In 300 Pounds of Attitude, author Jonathan Rand takes us into the huddle, on the sidelines, and behind the scenes to reveal the most offbeat and hilarious stories from the NFL.

Why Dick Butkus claims his reputation for meanness—which includes biting a referee's finger—was blown way out of proportion
How dumping Gatorade on a winning coach became a postseason tradition
Who “He Hate Me” was, and exactly why “He” hated him.
From sideline spats to touchdown celebrations to draft day tales, 300 Pounds of Attitude reveals the true stories of the most entertaining figures that have played the game of professional football.




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Professional football is a violent, demanding sport whose players often have short careers. It's little wonder, then, that so many players embrace a live-for-today philosophy that manifests itself in pranks. Rand, who has covered pro football for 35 years, has gathered the most outrageous and funniest pro-football anecdotes and grouped them by the perpetrators. Take Tim Rossovich, a late-1960s phenomenon who would eat glass, cigarettes, and playbook pages and once showed up at a party on fire. Max McGee was named Super Bowl MVP after a night chasing--and presumably catching--stewardesses. There is also a chapter on memorable blunders, on the uniformly whacked-out Oakland Raiders of the early 1970s, and on those select oddballs who went from the NFL into professional wrestling. It's fun reading, but what will strike some readers as curious is the fact that so many of the anecdotes come from the game's past. True characters are in short supply today, as mere selfishness seems to have supplanted genuine eccentricity. Wes Lukowsky
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Steve Sabol of NFL Films once answered the door to see his friend, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Tim “Rosso” Rossovich, standing there literally on fire. After Sabol knocked Rossovich to the ground and put out the fire, Rosso stood up and —without missing a beat—said, “Sorry, I must have the wrong apartment.”
Pro football has been filled with players like this—loose cannons, rebels, and
trash talkers. Some players are more likeable than others, and some might even be certifiably crazy . . . yet what perfectly sane athlete signs up to get belted around by 300-pound behemoths for three hours every Sunday?

In 300 Pounds of Attitude, author Jonathan Rand takes us into the huddle, onto the sidelines, and behind the scenes to reveal the most offbeatstories from the NFL.
 
These include:
• Why Dick Butkus claims his reputation for meanness—which includes biting a referee’s finger—was blown way out of proportion.
• How dumping Gatorade on a winning coach became a postseason tradition.
• Who “He Hate Me” was, and exactly why “He” hated him.

From sideline spats to touchdown celebrations to draft day tales,300 Pounds of Attitude reveals the true stories of the most entertaining figures that have played the game of professional football.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Lyons Press (July 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592289959
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592289950
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,355,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not so pretty good - in fact, lousy!, February 21, 2008
This is supposed to be a funny book with stories by and about the interior linemen and "big" guys in pro football. We are led to believe there will be new, fresh stories about the "off-kilter" sense of humor these guys (Butkus, Kramer, the "hogs" etc.) possess. Instead, the author gets a lineup of all the usual ornery coaches, loud-mouthed prima-donnas, and wide receivers who get written about every day. He then does a decidedly lacking research job, trotting out the same lame stuff we've read about in the papers, SI, etc., and forgets we bought the book to hear the ribald tales that the forgotten interior linemen generated over the years. He makes one good point - whenever old-timers get together, they don't talk about games - they talk about all the funny stuff "so-and-so" and "Billy-Boy" did back then. Trouble is, the author didn't hear those tales, or forgot that's what he's supposed to be writing about. I read it, but I don't know why - maybe I kept hoping he'd eventually get around to the supposed subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read for a Football Novice, January 6, 2008
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I bought this book for my 14-year old grandson, who is a "Football Nut". Before wrapping it and sending it off as a birthday present, my husband (a lifelong Cowboy fan) and I peeked at some of stories, and we both found the stories entertaining, although not always all inclusive of the stars' escapades. Nonetheless, it is very worthy of a full star rating.
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