Saturday Shrines: Best of College Football's Most Hallowed Grounds | 
 enlarge | Author: Sporting News
Publisher: Sporting News
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 328378
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0892048069
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780892048397
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Book Description
College football—that combination feast-party-competition-celebration-tent revival—has at its very core, The Stadium. That's where the converted go to stock the passions that stir the soul—or, at the very least, threaten the eardrum. The Sporting News' football experts select the 40 best stadiums in which to watch—no, experience—college football. The stadiums were chosedn based on their settings, their structures, their fans, their mascots, the magnitude of the games played there, their marching bankds, their traditions. Vivid photos throughout the book give it a special ambience. See the Golden Dome at Notre Dame, the Coliseum peristyle at Southern California, the orang-and-white checkerboard end zones at Tennessee; walk between the hedges at Georgia, past Howard's Rock at Clemson. Saturday Shrines will offer four regional cover options featuring the SEC/ACC (ISBN: 089204795X); Big Ten (ISBN: 0892048042); Big 12 (0892048069); and Pacific 10 (ISBN: 0892048069).
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 I've seen many of stadiums described in this book December 13, 2006
Overall I've give this book a fair rating.
I've seen most of the most famous and biggest college football stadiums. In about 85% of them I've been able to walk out to the fifty yard line mid field and look around at the stadium. Stadiums are usually open nearly every day of the year. Probably the nicest and most interesting that I've seen are Notre Dame Stadium & the Rose Bowl. I was surprised at how many stadiums that one wouldn't suspect being the nicest or greatest were included (Army, Navy, Air Force) in this book, while Rice's & Boston College's were not and Michigan State's was one of those allowed only a one page review. The book also omits Baylor's and Texas Tech's stadiums. In my mine all football stadiums are bland compared to baseball parks.
There is a small section which includes stadiums no longer around: Syracuse, Minnesota (seen that one), and a few others.
I did enjoy the history of the expansion of the stadiums.
 great gift for the sport enthusiast! July 5, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great gift for someone who loves college football and the little facts that everyone doesn't know. I even enjoyed looking through it!
Saturday Shrines! May 20, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
OK, I don't understand the guys who didn't like this book. The pictures are great and there is tons of useful and interesting information. What a great book on college football! One of my favorites.
greatness February 7, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is the best. I got the chills just reading it. I felt like i was in Bryant Denny Stadium or Michie Stadium and I felt like I was in the locker room at the Cotton Bowl. this book is the best.
 WORST BOOK EVER December 17, 2005
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is the most slanderous, ridiculous book I have ever seen. DO NOT BUY, unless you want to be ripped off. Or unless you're from West Lafayette, in that case, buy it because it's the only time you'll see your stadium get any pub. - Jeff
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