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""From his first words until his last Burke has crafted a spellbinding tale of the rise and fall of a college football dynasty that slips into your head and heart and never lets go. Men of Troy may seem like ancient history to some but in the brave new world of NIL the portraits of Pete Carroll, Reggie Bush and Matt Leinhart alone serve as rich, revealing (and oh so ironic) reminders of a system one court called a ""classic cartel."" In writing, reporting and truth telling a book destined to become a classic.""--Armen Keteyian, 11-time Emmy Award-winner and 6-time NYT bestselling author ""If you love college football, Men of Troy is your ticket to the story of Pete Carroll and the most fascinating era of USC football--not to mention to one of the greatest games ever played. It's a story right out of Hollywood but all true, detailing how Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Carroll became the biggest celebrities in a city full of them. There's enough drama in this book to keep you reading through the fourth quarter.""--Heather Dinich, Senior College Writer, ESPN

""At the heart of Monte Burke's latest offering into the ruthless subuniverse and lavish subculture of college football is a universal question, for fans and CEOs alike: What's left if you're a great team that fell just short of greatest-ever? The answers are fascinating, funny, and sad, but most of all, epic.""--Seth Wickersham, ESPN Senior Writer and New York Times bestselling author ""From his first words until his last Burke has crafted a spellbinding tale of the rise and fall of a college football dynasty that slips into your head and heart and never lets go. Men of Troy may seem like ancient history to some but in the brave new world of NIL the portraits of Pete Carroll, Reggie Bush and Matt Leinhart alone serve as rich, revealing (and oh so ironic) reminders of a system one court called a 'classic cartel.' In writing, reporting and truth telling a book destined to become a classic.""--Armen Keteyian, 11-time Emmy Award-winner and 6-time NYT bestselling author ""In the tradition of Rick Telander and Roy Blount Jr., Monte Burke has written an essential book in the canon of football writing. The best stories from America's greatest team sport aren't about stars or coaches but rather about teams. The USC Trojans, once upon a time, sat atop the mountain. This is the story of how they climbed up and how they fought to stay there-a battle no team ever wins. I think it was Bear Bryant who once said that 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction' and 'what comes up must come down.' This book is about the going up and the coming down.""--Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Barn and Pappyland ""If you love college football, Men of Troy is your ticket to the story of Pete Carroll and the most fascinating era of USC football--not to mention to one of the greatest games ever played. It's a story right out of Hollywood but all true, detailing how Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Carroll became the biggest celebrities in a city full of them. There's enough drama in this book to keep you reading through the fourth quarter.""--Heather Dinich, Senior College Writer, ESPN

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Monte Burke is the New York Times bestselling author of ""Lords of the Fly,"" ""Saban,"" ""4th and Goal,"" ""Rivers Always Reach the Sea"" and ""Sowbelly."" He has been chosen for Barnes and Noble's ""Discover Great New Writers"" program and has won an Axiom Award for biography. His books have been named to ""best of the year"" lists by Sports Illustrated, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, the (London) Times and Amazon. After a 14-year stint as a reporter, staff writer and editor at Forbes, he is now a contributing editor at the magazine. He is also a contributing editor at Garden & Gun and The Drake. You can reach him via Twitter (@monteburke), Instagram (@monteburke13) or through monteburke.com.

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