On Solid Ground (Hardcover)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 266 pages
• Publisher: Cross Training Publishing (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964899213
• ISBN-13: 978-0964899216
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,275,684 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This great coach sets a high standard for all of us., September 24, 1998

By	E. Sheldon ([e-mail]) (Lady Lake, Florida) - See all my reviews

Nothing is held back by this unique, wonderful, spiritual, brilliant and humble Coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. In this book Tom Osborne talks openly about the many problems facing the team during the 1995 season. Problems which would have driven most coaches out of the profession. Coach Osborne and the team took a real beating from the Media that year. A Media which went for sensationalism rather than truth. The Media owes this fine gentleman an apology. If I were a parent of an outstanding football player who was being highly recruited, I know where I'd want my son to go to school. Coach Osborne set an example that will remain at Nebraska for decades, no matter who coaches. The book covers one year of football, but a lifetime of experience.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Defense attorney time, July 3, 2001

By	woodrow locksley "tdlockwood" (lINCOLN NE) - See all my reviews

This book is disappointing in that Osborne does not reflect very much on the 1995 seaso except in aknee jerk defnse attorney manner. He is more thoughtful about this controversial season in his later book FAITH IN THE GAME.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good first-person account of Nebraska football., July 24, 1998

By A Customer

This is a good book because you hear from someone in the program what it is like. That is, you don't have to trust the media and the biased sportswriters to let you know what is going on at Nebraska. On the down side, the book is only about one season, 1995. While it gives this book clarity and focus, the book is dated by now. It would be great to see a book covering more of Coach Osborne's career.

I have also read: "I played for Coach Osborne," By B. Schaller "One final pass," By Arthur Lindsay