Football season is almost upon us. Tomorrow Lincoln will be one giant tail gate with fans in red running the city with high excitement for the Huskers to play the season opener. In the spirit of college football season, the University of Nebraska Press is looking into a more scandalous side of the pigskin sport.

 
Scoreboard, Baby: A story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry is a true story about the University of Washington’s 2000 football season. It puts together interviews, articles and thousands of documentation on the season that brought them a victory in the Rose Bowl, but a defeat in college football morals. The book explores what happened off the field, in between practice and even in the classroom for Husky football players. A player was accused of rape, another was under investigation for robbing and shooting a drug dealer and another had history of beating his wife. Scoreboard, Baby begs to ask the question: How much is winning worth?

Scoreboard, Baby will be featured tomorrow on NPR’s sports show, “Only a Game” and the two authors have been interviewed about the book on insidehighered.com. So as you are painting your face and putting on your home jersey tomorrow, check out “Only A Game” to find out more about Scoreboard, Baby.