At the same time, various coaches take an interest in Michael's athletic ability and he begins to play on the basketball team.Ĭoncurrently, Michael is noticed by the Tuohy family. He still struggles in class, but teachers believe he has the potential to improve over time, as he shows some aptitude for working through course material but lacks a solid foundation. After a brief period of homeschooling, Michael is accepted. He also tries to get Michael enrolled as well, despite his poor academic track record. At the behest of his dying mother, Tony enrolls his son in Briarcrest, a Christian private school.

They all reside in the Memphis housing project known as Hurt Village. The third chapter goes into Michael's story, beginning with a description of Big Tony, the father of one of Michael's friends. Befuddled, Lemming plans to follow up, despite the oddity of their encounter. Lemming has a strange meeting with Michael in which Michael doesn't answer any of his questions and seems entirely uninterested in him. In many other instances, he has a sense of who the players are before he meets them, but Michael appears to be an enigma. He is baffled by the lack of background information about Michael, as well as the fact that he is a Black player on an almost entirely white team. In the present timeline of the chapter, Lemming is going to meet Michael for the first time after having seen a tape of him playing. This windfall allowed him to expand his operation, hiring additional employees and cutting down on his travel schedule. After a few years, Lemmings work paid major dividends and began to receive attention from college coaches all over the country. He used this information to compile a book of the top prospects in the high school division.

Lemmings would drive out to every state and watch hundreds of games, in an attempt to have the most comprehensive possible view of the talent pool. Lewis writes about Lemmings' rise to prominence as a scout, focusing on his exhaustive approach to seeking out notable players. The second chapter is about the work of Tom Lemming, a talent scout for high school football players. In the final scene of the chapter, Taylor leaps up from the scene, seeming to feel the gravity of what has just occurred. During the game, Taylor tackles quarterback Joe Theismann, leaving him with a career-ending compound fracture in his leg. His reputation signals a coming shift in the game, as coaches are unable to protect their quarterbacks from being viciously 'sacked' by Taylor. It begins with the description of a game between the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins, focusing on the fear inspired by Taylor.

The first chapter of the book details the initial rise of the left tackle position, as it formulated a response to the vicious offense of linebacker Lawrence Taylor.

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