Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas: A Year in the Life of Lone Star Football, from High School to College to the Cowboys

by Nick Eatman

Overview

A veteran Texas sports writer offers a lively, up-close look at football in Texas—the fullest portrait ever conceived—viewed through the interwoven stories of three teams, Plano Senior High School, Baylor University, and the Dallas Cowboys, during one season.

In Texas, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mean one thing: football. Dallas Cowboys’ writer Nick Eatman follows three teams in three leagues throughout the 2015 season blending their stories into a unique, eye-opening chronicle of Lone Star football. Eatman highlights the ups and downs and even the parallels that these teams experienced over the course of the year. Granted unique access to every level of the three teams, and drawing on his invaluable connections, he follows key players and coaches, including stars from Baylor and Plano, Tony Romo, Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, and head coaches Jason Garrett, Art Briles, and Jaydon McCullough.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas reveals the inextricable connections between the three teams and the players as the season unfolds. As high school athletes strive to win a spot at colleges like Baylor, college players fight for the chance to go pro, while Cowboys teammates reflect on their rise to the NFL. Though their challenges may differ—prepping for the SATs or Homecoming, working to get noticed by NFL scouts, or trying to prove themselves for that next contract in the pros—when the lights come on and they hit the field, they share one goal: to win.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas features sixteen pages of color photos that capture the highs and lows of the 2015 season. Combining the power of Friday Night Lights and the inspiring insight of Remember the Titans, it offers a fresh perspective on this beloved sport, and is a must for football fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062433329
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/19/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	420,521
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Nick Eatman is the author of Art Briles: Looking Up, and If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys. He writes and manages DallasCowboys.com, the club’s official website, and has been with the Cowboys organization since 1999. He has written for CBSSports.com and the Associated Press, and has been a three-year host of The Jerry Jones Show. He lives in The Colony, Texas, with his wife, Julie, and their children, Marisa, Olivia, and Jacob.

Editorial Reviews

★ 10/01/2016
One state, one sport, three teams—a perfect setting for a book about football in Texas. Veteran sportswriter Eatman (If These Walls Could Talk) closely chronicles the 2015 season of a high school (Plano Senior High School), college (Baylor University), and professional team (the Dallas Cowboys). In a passionate narrative, Eatman shares his insights into the wins and losses of all three teams. Along the way, readers are rewarded with a rare view of football on three levels. Only Baylor had a successful season that year, but the off-the-field issues of the Bears' program proved to be a disaster. The author does not dodge Baylor's problems of domestic violence which led to the dismissal and departures of head football coach Art Briles and university president and chancellor Kenneth Starr, among others. The ups and downs experienced by the players and coaches of all three teams reflect the attitude of the sport in a state where football is dominant. VERDICT With near unlimited access to players, coaches, and others within the various football programs, Eatman crafts an excellent narrative that parallels the sports books of John Feinstein, offering a unique glance into the minds of those involved in high school football.—Boyd Childress, formerly with Auburn Univ. Libs., AL

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