Out of the pocket : football, fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays

Out of the pocket Football, fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays

Kirk Herbstreit

Book - 2021

The face and voice of college football, in this riveting and revealing memoir, takes readers behind the scenes, describing how a combination of hard work, perseverance and a little luck landed him on the set of ESPN's iconic College GameDay.

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Subjects
Herbstreit, Kirk.
College GameDay (Television program)
Sportscasters > United States > Biography.
Football players > United States > Biography.
Football > United States.
Fathers and sons.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Genres
Autobiographies
Biographies
Published
New York : Atria Books 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Kirk Herbstreit (author)
Other Authors
Gene Wojciechowski (author)
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition
Physical Description
xiii, 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781982171018
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. My Dad, the Superhero
  • Chapter 2. The Pact
  • Chapter 3. Elk Pride ... and the Art of the Puke
  • Chapter 4. The Best Damn Fan in the Land
  • Chapter 5. Nobody's All-American
  • Chapter 6. End of the Misfit
  • Chapter 7. Worth the Wait
  • Chapter 8. Now What?
  • Chapter 9. The Decision
  • Chapter 10. The Sweat-Stained Miracle
  • Chapter 11. The Rookie
  • Chapter 12. A Father's Day to Remember
  • Chapter 13. Transition
  • Chapter 14. My Second Dad
  • Chapter 15. The Diagnosis
  • Chapter 16. Moving On
  • Chapter 17. "He's Gone"
  • Chapter 18. Bill Murray, Katy Perry, and Dark, Cold Buses
  • Chapter 19. The Herbstreit Method
  • Chapter 20. Perspective
  • Chapter 21. A Proud Father
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Credits
Review by Booklist Review

Herbstreit, who as a longtime cohost of ESPN's College GameDay is one of the more recognizable faces in sports broadcasting, delivers a rich, heartfelt, gratitude-filled account of his life. As a kid in a dysfunctional home in suburban Dayton, Herbstreit finds salvation in Ohio State football, where his father starred as the undersized, overachieving co-captain of his team and where Herbstreit himself would languish for four years, then take over as quarterback, and co-captain, his final season. Herbstreit's story here is deeply personal--absent father, impoverishment, conflicts with fellow broadcasters--while also sharing enough insights into the college game, and into the broadcasting world, to gladden the heart of any college-football geek. Expect high demand this coming season.

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