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Three and Out by John U. Bacon

Three and Out

Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football

John U. Bacon

Picador · Print & ebook · August 21, 2012

"Like the Moneyball of college football, Three and Out blows the lid off one of the sports world's most perplexing mysteries."—Entertainment Weekly Three and Out tells the story of how college football's most influential coach, Rich Rodriguez, took over the nation's most successful program, only to produce three of the worst seasons in the University of Michigan's celebrated history.

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Who it’s for
A close-access account of coaching ambition colliding with Michigan football’s expectations.
Themes
College football, Rodriguez's troubled Michigan tenure, A coach-program partnership ends
Genres
College Sports, Sports Lives, Football Coaching

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"Like the Moneyball of college football, Three and Out blows the lid off one of the sports world's most perplexing mysteries."—Entertainment Weekly Three and Out tells the story of how college football's most influential coach, Rich Rodriguez, took over the nation's most successful program, only to produce three of the worst seasons in the University of Michigan's celebrated history.

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Coach Rich Rodriguez granted author and journalist John U. Bacon unrestricted access to the Michigan Wolverines' program. Bacon saw it all, from the meals and the meetings, to the practices and the games, to the sidelines and the locker rooms. Nothing and no one was off-limits. John U. Bacon's Three and Out is the definitive account of a football marriage seemingly made in heaven that broke up after just three years, and exposes the best and the worst of college football.

Football Under Pressure

A close-access account of coaching ambition colliding with Michigan football’s expectations.

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  • A view from meetings, practices, games, sidelines, and locker rooms
  • The tensions behind a celebrated program’s turbulent three seasons

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  • Candid, sustained immersion in college football
  • A straightforward look at the sport’s best and worst

Where it sits

Football Coaching66%
Sports Lives45%
College Sports35%

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Publisher categories

  • Sports
  • Football Coaching
Authors
John U. Bacon
Publisher
Picador
Published
August 21, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
College football · Rodriguez's troubled Michigan tenure · A coach-program partnership ends
Reading lane
Sports