This was a nice surprise ...

Ross Atkin from the Christian Science Monitor made up a list of seven books that football fans (pro and college) should check out this season and Nick Saban vs. College Football was No. 5. It was definitely a thinking-person's sort of list as well, which has me even more excited. Thank you CSM, which has always been a terrific publication.

Here's the description and link:

Football books: from the Seattle Seahawks to Nick Saban
The first wave of football books of 2014 are a mix of memoir, history, and gridiron venting. The subject matter ranges from the Seahawks Super Bowl championship to a Pennsylvania high school team that lifted a small town’s spirits during a long-running 1959 labor dispute. Here are some of the best works with notable excerpts from each.

I consider this a very good omen for tonight's launch party at The Alcove in Tuscaloosa.