<![CDATA[Dave Revsine - Blog]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:21:30 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[op-ED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]]>Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:07:52 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/op-ed-in-the-wall-street-journalCheck out my historical take on the O'Bannon case, as it appeared on the Wall Street Journal's Op-Ed page on August 12, 2014
]]><![CDATA[GREAT PRESS]]>Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:57:15 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/great-pressThe Opening Kickoff has received some very positive press in its first couple of weeks.

A few links:

Forbes Magazine calls The Opening Kickoff a "must-read book for fans of college football."

ESPN.com calls The Opening Kickoff "terrific."

A thrill to talk about writing with one of the all-time great sportswriters, John Feinstein


]]><![CDATA[PUBLICATION WEEK]]>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:43:10 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/publication-weekExciting times - The Opening Kickoff is officially on sale!

The early feedback for the book has been fantastic.  It got some really nice press today in both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune.

More to come later in the week, I am told. 

]]><![CDATA[GOODREADS REVIEWS]]>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:36:58 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/early-reviewsWelcome - I'm glad you've stumbled upon the site.  There won't be all that much here until the weeks before the book's August 1st release, but I did want to share some early reviews.

My publisher did a giveaway on Goodreads, a fantastic social networking site for book enthusiasts, and the reviews have been incredibly positive.  You can read those here.




]]><![CDATA[Pictures from the opening kickoff]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 04:07:58 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/the-1876-yale-football-team1
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Captain Eugene V. Baker emphasized strenuous training methods with his men and instilled in them a desire not just to compete, but to win. This change set intercollegiate athletics on a new path, one that it continues to follow to this day. Baker is seated, holding the football. Walter Camp is standing with his arms crossed, over Baker’s left shoulder. (Courtesy Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library).
]]><![CDATA[The (Madison) Capital Times celebrating Pat O’Dea’s return to Wisconsin for the 1934 Homecoming celebration. (Courtesy Dave Vitale)]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 04:00:30 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/the-madison-capital-times-celebrating-pat-odeas-return-to-wisconsin-for-the-1934-homecoming-celebration-courtesy-dave-vitale
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]]><![CDATA[Pat O'Dea 1934 Homecoming Souvenir Program]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:56:45 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/pat-odea-1934-homecoming-souvenir-program
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Pat O’Dea on the cover of the 1934 Wisconsin Homecoming program, the day O’Dea made his return to Madison.
]]><![CDATA[The Princeton team that upset Yale on Thanskgiving Day, 1893]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:50:47 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/the-princeton-team-that-upset-yale-on-thanskgiving-day-1893
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Captain Phil King is standing in the center row with his left hand on his hip. William Ward, who scored the winning touchdown, is reclining in the front row, with his right arm on a teammate’s knee.
]]><![CDATA[Northwestern’s Sheppard Field during an early-season game in 1898]]>Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:47:06 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/northwesterns-sheppard-field-during-an-early-season-game-in-1898
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Later that season on this field, Wisconsin’s Pat O’Dea would unleash his record dropkick, variously reported at between 60 and 62 yards. (Courtesy Northwestern University Archives)
]]><![CDATA[University of Wisconsin Football Team 1899]]>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:43:21 GMThttp://www.daverevsine.com/blog/university-of-wisconsin-football-team-1899
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The 1899 Wisconsin football team. Pat O’Dea is in the middle row, fourth from the right as you face the photograph. Phil King is standing towards the back in the brimmed cap. Andrew O’Dea is seated in the front row, with the cap and the mustache. Given that the number of men in the photograph matches the number of men in the traveling party, it is possible that this picture was taken en route to the Yale game. (Courtesy University of Wisconsin Archives)
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