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    Forward Progress.   Bill Connelly. The Definitive Guide to The Future of College Football.  There is no question that college football has changed dramatically over the years especially just in this decade alone.    One may wonder how the current state of college football has arrived in its current plight.   If so, author and ESPN writer, Bill Connelly, tries to set the record straight in his latest book, Forward Progress .  Connelly does in fact also provide his attempt at how he would fix or steer the direction of college football in the near and perhaps distant future as well.    The major and influential topics of this book include a brief history of college football dating back beyond a century of football’s early days.   In addition, Connelly discusses how conferences came about in the formative years, how they have changed and emerged to where they are now but also how the power among the conferen...

  Never Stop.     Dan Hurley.    Life, Leadership, And What It Takes to Be Great.    Dan Hurley and Ian O’Connor.     A fear of failure can be a powerful motivator as can a relentless attitude to be achieve greatness.     It can help a competitor, such as a coach, from falling behind the competition.     It can enable the coach to stay on top of his players, his job and the game they aspire to conquer.      The rewards are immense including fame, fortune, championships and eternal honor among peers and admirers.     The risks, however, of adopting this potentially dangerous attitude can be just as steep but in the other direction, including self-doubt, exhaustion and even mental breakdowns.      Current Connecticut head basketball coach has written about the incredible heights and crippling lows during his experience as a most successful basketball coach...