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Loading... The Undefeated: The Oklahoma Sooners and the Greatest Winning Streak in College Footballby Jim Dent
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. My thoughts on this book have changed from the first time I read it in 2001. The story of the OU football team that went undefeated is a great one. Sadly, this book isn't great. I would love to see someone who can actually write tell this story. The writing is sloppy and chock full of cliches and hyperbole. There are also numerous errors in fact, and those are just the ones that I have noticed. It was sloppily edited, and I'm really not sure if it was even fact checked. I would recommend this book for my fellow die-hard Sooner Born and Sooner Bred, but don't expect to be blown away. The writing leaves a lot to be desired! no reviews | add a review
For three perfect seasons (1954-1956), the Oklahoma Sooners won every football game they played - home or away - and over the course of five years they won 47 straight games. This awesome record was the product of a genius and masterful coach named Bud Wilkinson and the spirited young men he led. The Undefeated will detail all the thrilling action on the field during this record winning streak, but it will also reveal all the behind-the-scenes tumult and pressure swirling around it. Dent presents an absorbing character study of the brilliant, complex coach who engineered it all - Bud Wilkinson, the on-field genius whoses starched-shirt public persona hid a man of many secrets and an in-depth look at a state and its people still suffering from a Depression hangover and an identity crisis, who took up the Sooners football banner almost as a religious cause. Through it all, the young men who accomplished this amazing feat shine in vivid life. No library descriptions found. |
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