The Ultimate Football Survival Guide

American football is a great sport, but if you didn't grow up eating and breathing it, it can be really hard to figure out. When you try to watch a game on tv the commentators seem to be speaking Martian, and the jumble of players on the field is totally confusing. Unlike many sports that you can watch for a few minutes and pretty much understand, football needs someone to explain it to you. The Ultimate Football Survival Guide: Demystifying This Great American Pastime does just that. In plain English -- in a friendly, conversational style as if a friend were sitting on the couch next to you - it tells you how the game is organized, who the players are and what they do, diagrams how the players are positioned to start plays, talks about officials, penalties, and coaching staff. It also touches briefly on recent controversies, college and high school football, women and football, and American football overseas. Annexes include fun statistics, Super Bowl results, and members of the NFL Hall of Fame. An easy-reference glossary of nearly 400 terms is also included.The purpose of the book isn't to make you an expert on every nuance of every rule, but to give you a solid understanding of the game so that you can enjoy watching it.Football is fun, and a book about it should be fun to read, so the Survival Guide includes dozens and dozens of hilarious anecdotes, some of which were contributed specifically for this book by NFL coaches and players.