Love's Winning Plays

Ever wondered why college football coaches wear visors at night and always chew gum with their mouths open?Though the Southeastern Conference football season is still months away, the fans' obsession is year-round. So head coach Von Driver will take his motivational magic and his Isosceles Triangle of Success on a Pigskin Cavalcade to the small towns in the state. Raymond Love, a young coach unfamiliar with the banquet circuit of big-shot boosters and chat-room gurus, will go along as his wide-eyed errand boy. Also on the trip is the athletic director's daughter, whom Love has tried to win by joining her book club―a dubious strategy at best. The football aspects of the Cavalcade will prove child's play compared to the literary hazards he faces.>"(A) delightful new comic novel about SEC football."WALL STREET JOURNAL "(A) funny, irreverent and savvy sports novel." PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "One of the 20 best books of 2012." BOOKPAGE "A sardonic, fun take on big-time college football, where booster money plays first-team offense." KIRKUS REVIEWS "Love's Winning Plays is witty and razor-sharp throughout. "BOOKLIST "It is a gem of a comedic novel, so laugh-out loud funny that readers might not even notice that if also captures the essence of the sport with humanity and grace." KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL "A fast, fun book. Reads like a mixture of Dan Jenkins and Larry McMurtry." BARRY SWITZER, FORMER COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS "A book that explores the gamut of experiences behind the scenes of collegiate football. Best of all, it's a great read where loyalty still means something in our 'money talks' world." JON GRUDEN, ESPN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ANALYST "I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud this much reading a book." METROPULSE "One of our sharpest, funniest writers." THE CLASSICAL "A rollicking tale of Southeastern Conference gridiron madness." RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH "Majors targets the ridiculousness of hype and hysteria over college football teams and is very funny doing it." BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE "Majors...gleefully skewers the sacrosanct Southern institution of college football...Genuine laughs on nearly every page." BOOKPAGE "Inman Majors has written a great novel about college football." TOMMY TOMLINSON "A suberb read by a fine young writer who understands football." BRENT MUSBURGER, SPORTSCASTER, ABC SPORTS