MarvLevy's Novel:"Behind the Lies"

[trapezeus]

He wrote a book about the superbowl being fixed...it's a novel and the team's QB is Kelly James. Naturally.

Below is a link with an interview with Marv supporting his new book out in September. I might pick it up if there is a kindle version.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1189176/index.htm

within this article, i thought it was interesting that he was asked if he follows football anymore. he said, "When I ask if he watches football anymore, he shrugs. "I watch some," he says. "But I don't follow it like I did."

the question becomes did he really watch any while he was GM? because his draft record and coaching selection suggest he didn't watch any football.

[Ed]

Re: MarvLevy's Novel:"Behind the Lies"

Yeah, I think he did watch as a GM and realized that being a spectator isn't as exciting as being right in the thick of it as a coach and having some control over the game. So he lost interest and quit.

[DraftBoy]

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Not sure about this one.

[TMu11]

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This excerpt turned me off -

"There's also a love story, various inside football tidbits and quirky character names that Levy loved inventing—movie mogul and team owner Cedric B. Medill, quarterback Q.T. Pye, a cheerleader named Angela (Yum Yum) Baklava and, yes, a quarterback named Kelly James, whom Levy concedes might have been inspired by Bills quarterback Jim Kelly."

I would be far more inclined to read/buy his book if I felt there was even a minute chance of it being non-fiction. Harvard or not, I'd feel dumb reading about characters named QT Pye, Baklava, etc.

[Tiburon1724]

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There's a great link under the Related Articles heading. Well, a really cool article to read from 1988 anyway.

[Typ0]

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Would you watch if you knew it was fixed?

[The Jokeman]

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Would you watch if you knew it was fixed?

If it was fixed for the Bills to win? Hell yeah because that's the only way I see them ever winning one in my lifetime and I'm 34.

[SabreEleven]

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this must be about the Pittsburgh-Seattle Superbowl

[Hogwasher]

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I think it is fixed, and that makes me less likely to watch.

[Johnny Bugmenot]

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This excerpt turned me off -



I would be far more inclined to read/buy his book if I felt there was even a minute chance of it being non-fiction. Harvard or not, I'd feel dumb reading about characters named QT Pye, Baklava, etc.

Just remember, "If I Did It" was fiction, too. Not that anyone believed OJ, but it was nonetheless at least publicly a work of fiction.

[Mr. Pink]

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LOL

Am I the only who thinks this comes across as him whining about losing 4 straight superbowls like it wasn't because the Bills weren't the better but because the league decided they would lose.

[trapezeus]

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kind of but then you read that goodell didn't let vick come to buffalo and you see them not punish the patriots for cheating...wouldn't surprise me. they don't give two ****s about the game anymore.