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John Feinstein can really get into the heart of whatever he's covering. He's shown that with the many books he's already written about college football, basketball, golf, pro quarterbacks, et al. This time, he takes on the Ivy League conference in football.

I am a huge football fan, poring over college scores and stats each week, but I tend to skip over the Ivy League games because they aren't that relevant to me. (I'm a Big 10 fan). But this book does get into the story and drama of the season and shows the true heart of college football. These guys don't have much hope of following into the pros, yet they play each week for the pride of their school,

I did find that Feinstein tended to repeat himself often in this short book. There were times when he referred to Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevin's bicycle accident and subsequent death several times as if they were the first reference to the incident. He also on at least five occasions, referred to the 1968 Harvard-Yale game that ended in a tie and wrote about the headline appearing "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29".

There were also repeated quotes from coaches and game recaps throughout the book. The book was short, only about 240 pages. Maybe he had to add that to make the printer's quota for pages.

But, still, this is a Feinstein book so the reader will learn new things. It was a quick read and the sports recaps were fun to read. I'll be sure to check out the Ivy League scores in the paper and online with more interest this coming fall.