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Author_Carm Cozza
Author_Rick Odermatt
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Category=SFBD
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Product details
- ISBN 9780300080995
- Weight: 626g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 11 Aug 1999
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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For thirty-two years there was no finer example of excellence in college football than Coach Carm Cozza’s program at Yale University. This engaging book is Cozza’s story, the reminiscences of a caring and principled teacher whose course material was athletic competition, whose classroom was a football field, and whose final exam was The Game against Harvard, with tens of thousands on hand to grade the performance.
Cozza brings us behind the scenes for the famous 29–29 "loss" against Harvard in 1968, he recalls the antiwar protesters in the 1970s who were less than enthusiastic about a combat sport, and he marvels over the courage of 1989 captain Jon Reese, who played a game against Cornell with a broken jaw, enabling Cozza to win his tenth and last Ivy League title. He tells stories about some of the outstanding men who played for him, among them Dick Jauron, Gary Fencik, Calvin Hill, Brian Dowling, Rich Diana, John Spagnola, Rudy Green, John Pagliaro, Kelly Ryan, Stone Phillips, and Jack Ford. He recounts how difficult it was to adhere to the highest standards of academic excellence and amateur purity while major college teams were lowering standards, abusing rules, and exploiting athletes in the quest for victories and revenue. And he offers thoughts on how Yale—and similar elite schools—can invigorate their football programs without succumbing to the excesses of the big-time conferences.
Cozza brings us behind the scenes for the famous 29–29 "loss" against Harvard in 1968, he recalls the antiwar protesters in the 1970s who were less than enthusiastic about a combat sport, and he marvels over the courage of 1989 captain Jon Reese, who played a game against Cornell with a broken jaw, enabling Cozza to win his tenth and last Ivy League title. He tells stories about some of the outstanding men who played for him, among them Dick Jauron, Gary Fencik, Calvin Hill, Brian Dowling, Rich Diana, John Spagnola, Rudy Green, John Pagliaro, Kelly Ryan, Stone Phillips, and Jack Ford. He recounts how difficult it was to adhere to the highest standards of academic excellence and amateur purity while major college teams were lowering standards, abusing rules, and exploiting athletes in the quest for victories and revenue. And he offers thoughts on how Yale—and similar elite schools—can invigorate their football programs without succumbing to the excesses of the big-time conferences.
Carmen L. Cozza is currently special assistant at Yale University. Rick Odermatt, a former newspaper reporter, columnist, and editor, is the owner of October Publications.
