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by Michael Lewis



I liked this book. It was an easy read and very informative. Bought it Friday evening and finished it last night. I'm sure I missed stuff so I'll reread it in a week or so..:p



I disagreed with some of the ethics displayed. It kinda reinforced the notion that if you are good in sports, behavior doesn't matter - you are entitled to a free pass or two from folks.



I also learned a lot about LT and the position in this book. Probably if they could do an interesting book about a character for each position, non football fans would learn quite a bit about the tactical aspects of the sport. I've watched football my entire life and read stuff I had no inkling of.

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I saw Michael Oher in an interview last week. Interesting kid.

Contain your excitement. I'm off to see the movie now..:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

So was it as good as they are saying?? LT is it about Lawrence Taylor?

The opening scene is Theisman getting his leg broken by LT. The ending is this lady thanking god for LT for making the position so attractive to scouts and providing the opening for her adopted son.



I really liked Bullocks performance and the kids' - wasn't crazy about the fact that the movie version turned his attack while at university that injured a little white child into a fight back in the ghetto with a black woman holding up a screaming black child at the end.:rolleyes: Guess it's more acceptable to crush a brother in the hood for dissing your white family then it is to crush a brother hiding in the study hall of your school for having dissed your white family.... and in the process leave a little child bleeding on the floor.



And for sure if this mother had friends before this, she doesn't now:D Made them all look like a bunch of idiot bigots:rolleyes: