Game Time: Inside College Football [Hardcover]

Ted A. Kluck (Author)

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From the Back Cover

Ted Kluck wants to love college football, but arrests, recruiting violations, brawls, and game days that look more like major donor cocktail parties than football games are making it difficult.

 This book, which started as a series of interviews with college athletes, is a year inside his attempt to love the college game again. In it he encounters a Big Ten walk-on who is the son of Harvard graduates; a former Heisman Trophy winner working in the inner city of New Orleans; an All-American dealing with the loss of his brother; a running back who put the future of a program on his broad shoulders; the winningest quarterback in college football history; a linebacker who played in the Game of the Century; and a recruiter with ethics.

 Game Time also bring readers face to face with coaches struggling to stay afloat, a draft guru, and a handicapper who eats, sleeps, and breathes college football, as well as providing an inside look at events like the Senior Bowl and NFL Pro Day, which make or break the futures of college players.

 What started as a collection of interviews ended as a journey through many of the good people who still make their living in college football. It’s not an exhaustive history, nor is it a survey of college football’s biggest stars—but it just might help fans love the game again.

About the Author

Ted Kluck is author of Facing Tyson, for the Lyons Press (2006).

His work has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Sports Spectrum Magazine, Cyberboxingzone.com, and several small literary journals. A bi-monthly column for Sports Spectrum Magazine entitled “Pro and Con” won the Evangelical Press Association award for best standing column. Additionally, he has written two WGA registered screenplays and an award winning short film.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599211998
• ISBN-13: 978-1599211992
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,496,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ted's work has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Sports Spectrum Magazine, and ESPN.com Page 2.

His first book, Facing Tyson: 15 Fighters, 15 Stories, was published by the Lyons Press in October 2006, and published internationally by Mainstream Publishing in 2007. His next two books, Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football and Game Time: Inside College Football released in September, 2007. Why We're Not Emergent (by Two Guys Who Should Be) was released by Moody Press in 2008 and won a Christianity Today award for Book of the Year in the church/pastoral leadership category. The follow up title, Why We Love the Church, won the same award in 2009.

Ted's collection of sports essays, entitled The Reason for Sports, released in 2009 (Moody) and his book on international adoption, called Hello I Love You, drops in 2010 (Moody).

In 2010 Ted founded Gut Check Press, a small publishing house, where he holds the title Co-Founder and Secretary of the Interior. The company released its first title, Kinda Christianity, in 2010. Read more at www.gutcheckpress.com.

Ted has played professional indoor football, coached high school football, trained as a professional wrestler, served as a missionary and taught writing courses at the college level. He lives in Grand Ledge, MI with his wife Kristin and son's Tristan and Maxim. He's a frequent speaker at conferences and events. Book Ted at www.tedkluck.com.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good College FB Book, June 5, 2009

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KF aka "Kool Frank" (Southern NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Game Time: Inside College Football (Hardcover)

Good read about the college / NFL transition. The book is a series of short stories giving an inside look at player situation from first round draft picks to walk ons. Good easy reading for the college fan waiting for the season to start.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ted Kluck is the greatest writer on earth., December 19, 2008

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Dean Jackson "Sportscaster" (Fort Wayne, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game Time: Inside College Football (Hardcover)

Whoever wants to know the heart and soul of America, should know the heart and soul of Ted Kluck.