Michael Weinreb

Michael Weinreb (@MichaelWeinreb) is a Grantland staff writer and the author, most recently, of Bigger Than the Game: Bo, Boz, the Punky QB and How the '80s Created the Modern Athlete.

College Football's Games of the Century: Tricky Dick's Trick Play
In 1969, President Nixon was the decider of the national championship.
By Michael Weinreb
College Football's Games of the Century: The Tie Will Be Unbroken
In 1966, Notre Dame head coach Ara Parseghian made a decision that would rattle the constituency of the sport.
By Michael Weinreb
College Football's Games of the Century: The Birth of 'The Argument'
In the first of a series examining the NCAA's messy history, we look back at Army and Notre Dame's punchless 1946 showdown.
By Michael Weinreb
The Second Act of Akron Coach Keith Dambrot
The first time I spoke to the current head coach of the Akron Zips, he told me, I'm never coaching Division I basketball again. This was in 2000, an...
By Michael Weinreb, The Triangle
The Kings of Q*bert
Why do we play arcade games for hundreds of hours?
By Michael Weinreb
Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, and the Elements of Style
I have never been to Lubbock, and therefore I have never visited Chrome, the clothing store owned by Texas Tech alum Stephen Spiegelberg, who became t...
By Michael Weinreb, The Triangle
A Proposed Solution to Recruiting Middle Schoolers to Play College Football
Last Saturday, Nick Saban offered a scholarship to an eighth-grader. Saban is the best coach in college football because he is also its most zealous a...
By Michael Weinreb, The Triangle
Hurry Up and Wait
Jim Crutchfield's West Liberty University is the fastest offense in college basketball — and they win. So why isn't anyone else trying to catch up?
By Michael Weinreb
Ole Miss and the Pack Mentality of National Signing Day
1. I should declare up front that I am firmly entrenched in the strata of college football fanatics who find National Signing Day to be a weird and di...
By Michael Weinreb, The Triangle

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Michael Weinreb

College Football's Games of the Century: Tricky Dick's Trick Play

In 1969, President Nixon was the decider of the national championship.

College Football's Games of the Century: The Tie Will Be Unbroken

In 1966, Notre Dame head coach Ara Parseghian made a decision that would rattle the constituency of the sport.

College Football's Games of the Century: The Birth of 'The Argument'

In the first of a series examining the NCAA's messy history, we look back at Army and Notre Dame's punchless 1946 showdown.

The Second Act of Akron Coach Keith Dambrot

The first time I spoke to the current head coach of the Akron Zips, he told me, I'm never coaching Division I basketball again. This was in 2000, an...

The Kings of Qbert*

Why do we play arcade games for hundreds of hours?

Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, and the Elements of Style

I have never been to Lubbock, and therefore I have never visited Chrome, the clothing store owned by Texas Tech alum Stephen Spiegelberg, who became t...

A Proposed Solution to Recruiting Middle Schoolers to Play College Football

Last Saturday, Nick Saban offered a scholarship to an eighth-grader. Saban is the best coach in college football because he is also its most zealous a...

Hurry Up and Wait

Jim Crutchfield's West Liberty University is the fastest offense in college basketball — and they win. So why isn't anyone else trying to catch up?

Ole Miss and the Pack Mentality of National Signing Day

1. I should declare up front that I am firmly entrenched in the strata of college football fanatics who find National Signing Day to be a weird and di...

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