Reviews
"How do you build an elite college football program? Joel Gunderson digs deep to answer that question in Boise State of Mind . Richly written and deeply reported, this is a must-read for every college football fan. Heck, they may just make a movie out of this." -- Lars Anderson, New York Times bestselling author "Boise State football sprang upon the national consciousness with its breathtaking victory over Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Joel Gunderson covers that defining moment in depth in Boise State of Mind . But he also takes us back to the beginnings, when Boise Junior College had a program that was mostly irrelevant, and delusions of grandeur at the FBS level weren't even possible.Through the eras of such as Lyle Smith and Tony Knap and Jim Criner and Pokey Allen and Dan Hawkins to the recent years under Chris Petersen and Bryan Harsin, Gunderson details the guts and the glory of everything that is Big Blue." -- Kerry Eggers, award-winning author and journalist for the Portland Tribune and author of Jail Blazers "Joel Gunderson has written a captivating and definitive book about one of the most interesting underdog tales in the land." -- Monte Burke, author of Saban: The Making of a Coach "This is a must-read for any fan of college football wanting to know the inside story on how Boise State became the nation's most famous underdog." -- B. J. Rains, Idaho Press
