The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

As the book progresses, it begins to talk more about the life of Michael Oher, and how his football career began. Oher was a poor, homeless African American boy who is taking in by a wealthy white family. While in high school, a big-time recruiter happen to come by one of Oher's football films. He had no idea who he was, but he saw something that nobody else seemed to see in Michael Oher. This recruiter, Lemmings, went to visit thousands of high school prospects and had thousands more begging him to watch their films or meet with them. So, to say the least, he was busy. However we he saw this tape of Michael Oher he knew that he could not just let this kid slip by him; he was the first one to see that Michael Oher had a chance to play professional football.

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

This book is very interesting so far. The beginning of the book does not focus on the life of Michael Lewis and his football career. Instead it talks about before him, how the game of football evolved to become what it is today. It specifically talks about Lawrence Taylor and his career as a pro football player, and the impact he had on the rest of football. Lawrence Taylor used to play linebacker and was well-known for being a lunatic that did not seem to care about anything but getting to the quarterback, and hitting him as hard as he possibly could. He would tell anyone that he spoke to that he preferred to attack the quarterbacks "blindside" (the opposite side which the quarterback was looking). His logic for this was that if the QB doesn't see him coming, its only going to hurt more. Teams began to realize that if they couldn't stop Lawrence Taylor, it was very unlikely they could beat the Giants (the team Taylor played on in the 80's). So teams began to put a new type of player on the line of scrimmage, specifically on the side of the quarterback which became known as his blindside. This became known as the left tackle.

Crackback by John Coy

I completed this book last week. This was a terribly written book. It was a book about a football team, specifically one boy named Miles Manning, who knows they have a shot at winning states. In the last game, Miles make a play to win the game for his team by blocking the other teams field goal. Winning this game puts them in the state finals However, since his coach did not tell him to do this, he gets benched for the state finals' game. Not only was this book completely predictable, but it was also very poorly written. It was an easy read and I would not recommend this book to anyone of our age group.