A review by bandralynn
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football by Armen Keteyian, Jeff Benedict

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, despite the fact that it took me forever to finish it. This was my gym book, so I pretty much only read it at the gym. That should tell you how often I went to the gym during that time. Regardless, I thought the inside look on college football was fascinating. Benedict looked at the good and the bad of the programs he looked at, including BYU. He went into the rape scandals that happened under Gary Crowton, looked at how Bronco Mendenhall ended up getting the head coaching job, and followed the careers of both Ezekiel Ansah and Kyle Van Noy. I was quite surprised at how many of the chapters had some tie to BYU. The first page of the book occurs at BYU, in fact, in looking at where Mike Leach started and how he got into coaching. I also really enjoyed learning about Nick Saban and the rise of Alabama to college football greatness. If you're a fan of college football, this is a definite must-read.