The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

~ Brian Tarcy Joe Theismann (Author) "The best part of the National Football League (NFL)-if you don't get to play-is acting like you know something about it..." (more)
Key Phrases: smashmouth football, blitz adjustment, possession guys, Super Bowl, Joe's Record Book, Joe's Gridiron Talk (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 2 edition (January 1, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0028641671
• ISBN-13: 978-0028641676
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,724 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You will know football even though you are not an American, January 29, 2005

By	J. Murphy (Louisiana, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm a Chinese girl and never watched any American football games in Hong Kong until I married to an American and moved to United States one and half years ago. He is a football fan and he keeps track his team every day, not to mention especially during the regular season every Sunday.

I started to watch football games with him, and I liked it a lot. Now, I understand why so many American like football. I asked many questions while I was watching the game, because I wanted to understand it more. Therefore, I read this book last year and it gave me a lot of basic information in an easy way. More interesting is the book gives many statistics and facts that I was impressed by the football business. Anyone has no idea about football, this book can help.

Now, my husband was surprised that I knew football so well and we discussed football a lot during the regular season this year. This book helps us to have more conversation topics.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the complete idiots guide to football 2nd edition, September 15, 2002

By	Lakaya M. Peeples (Cincinnati, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

if you know NOTHING about football from lack of interest or comprehesion, and the love-of-your-life knows EVERYTHING about football from the time he could speak...this book is a great help. you come away from this book knowing more than a little SOMETHING, and it becomes an excellent referrence guide. don't let your love see it until you are done...this is such a great read...you may not get it back for a while if you allow it to leave your hands. there's no boring, classroom type format-just clear fun info.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, June 15, 2004

By	Kathy "Kathy" (Westminster, MD United States) - See all my reviews

I have been an NFL fan for 20+ years but, never having played the game, I didn't completely understood all the different player positions and their responsibilities. Joe Theismann did an outstanding job explaining the rules, positions, history and everything else about the game. I knew most of the basic rules but not all of them. For example, Joe explains which rules change in the final two minutes of each half. I believe anyone interested in football would benefit from reading this book, including beginners. I have started reading it a second time, there is so much good information.

P.S. I would rate this book 5 stars even if I wasn't a Joe Theismann and Washington Redskins fan!