Game Day: Alabama Football: The Greatest Games, Players, Coaches and Teams in the Glorious Tradition of Crimson Tide Football [Hardcover]

Triumph Books (Author), Mike Shula (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Game Day | Publication Date: August 1, 2006

The names are oh, so familiar to fans of college football. Bear Bryant. Joe Namath. John Hannah. Lee Roy Jordan. Don Hutson. Those names and countless others have given Alabama football an unmatched tradition and legacy of greatness.

In this book, we’ve attempted to distill that tradition into words and pictures. It’s a daunting task. Few programs inspire the loyalty and passion that Alabama football exacts from its fans, and with good reason.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Coach Bryant always taught us we were special and never to accept being ordinary. I think that is one thing that has sustained Alabama through the years. Players with ordinary ability feeling somehow, someway they would find it within themselves to make a play to help Alabama win a football game. There is no way to describe the pride an Alabama player feels in himself and the tradition of the school." —Alabama legend Kenny Stabler

From the Inside Flap

The numbers are impressive. Twelve national championships (and counting). Fifty-three championships in the greatest conference in football, the SEC. Dozens of All-Americans. Countless statistical milestones.

But the numbers alone don’t do justice to the impact that Alabama football has had and continues to have on its legion of fans. What takes place within the storied confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium is more than simply a game; it’s a way of life.

From the days of Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas and the Tide’s six Rose Bowl appearances to the epic era of the peerless Bear Bryant, the 1992 national championship under Gene Stallings and a new era of superior football under Mike Shula—Alabama has become synonymous with college football excellence.

Coach Shula puts it this way: "There is a sense of pride that seems to weave its way into the personality of the players. I’m sure it was that way when I was here as a player, but now as a coach, it is much easier to see. I can see it in their eyes, what it means to wear the Crimson jersey. They are proud to be a part of this football team."

Game Day: Alabama Football is a celebration of the pride that all Crimson Tide players and fans share and of the decades of gridiron excellence that have inspired it.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 146 pages
• Publisher: Triumph Books (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572438800
• ISBN-13: 978-1572438804
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,308,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)