Sidelines and Bloodlines: A Father, His Sons, and Our Life in College Football

Football is a lifelong passion for ESPN's Ryan McGee, who grew up as the son of Dr. Jerry McGee, a highly decorated college football official. In this book, Ryan McGee teams up with his father and brother to share lessons learned between the white lines, featuring a cast of characters from no-name small college athletes to one-name legends. The McGees provide a rare and often hilarious glimpse inside the lives of college officials, detailing the challenges and rewards of their work.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Publisher: Triumph Books

Football has been a lifelong passion for ESPN's Ryan McGee, who was raised as the son of Dr. Jerry McGee, a man who wore stripes for decades as one of college football's most highly decorated officials. In this book, Ryan McGee collaborates with his father and brother to share lessons learned between the white lines, featuring a cast of characters that ranges from no-name small college athletes and coaches to one-name legends such as Holtz, Paterno, Tebow, and Bo. The McGees offer a rare and often hilarious glimpse into the lives of college officials, detailing how a love for the game convinces accomplished professionals from all walks of life to voluntarily endure ceaseless insults, public criticism, and the expressed goal of doing their job on a very public stage in a way that will hopefully NOT draw any attention to how that job is done. From hilarious stories of brawling high school referees and making awkward small talk with George Lucas and Darth Vader at the Rose Bowl to the heart-tugging story of young sons in the stands on a Saturday as a stream of profanity-laden insults directed at their father drowns out the marching band, Sidelines and Bloodlines delivers laughs, tears, and a deeper understanding of a life in stripes.

Weight: 518g
Dimension: 150 x 224 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781629377872