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you are a fan of Michigan or Notre Dame football, then this is the perfect book, Every game throughis discussed in detail, and the index with all the stats is priceless, Good history

Well written but a little long in parts, Lurk, an avowed Michigan fan, is very fair to both sides, A professional journalist. This is one of the best books that I have read concerning a sports rivalry, John Kryk's exhaustive research into the Notre DameMichigan football rivalry leaves the reader wanting to devour more after finishing the book, The Natural Enemies's great strength lies within the earlier chapters that talk about the beginnings of this rivalry and the feuds between coaches and athletic directors that ultimately led to both powerhouses not playing each other for decades.
This section of the book is where Kryk's comprehensive research using the Notre Dame and Michigan Archives shines, One of the drawbacks is the lack of an indepth narrative during the coverage of the games fromwhich is rather odd because this is when the majority of the games have been played in the series.
The other negative is that it could use another update because it ends with thegame, However, every Notre Dame, Michigan, and college football fan will thoroughly enjoy this great book, During this year's Notre DameMichigan football game, everyone was saying that it was the "last" time that these two storied teams would ever play, And while it's true that there are no future matchups scheduled at this time and both teams' schedules are set for quite a few years, forever is a long time.
In fact, as I learned from this book, there have been quite a few long breaks

in the history of this rivalry,

Full disclosure: I am a member of the Notre Dame class of, and my little brother is a current Michigan student class of, As a student at ND, I'd heard many stories about our rivalry with Michigan and some of the underhanded things that they had done to us, such as keeping us out of the Big Ten at a time when we wanted to join.
But this wellresearched book really gave me the full story about the relationship between these two schools and their football teams, From Michigan students traveling down to teach Notre Dame students how to play the brandnew game of football, to hotheaded feuds between famous coaches on both sides, to politics and rule changes and heartbreaking losses, this book tells it all.
My overall impression at the end was that this rivalry has gone on for so long, and so many things in the world and in football have changed, that no one can say for sure what the future holds.
But if the past is any indication, these two teams will play again someday, and the whole country will be watching, Called the "definitive history of the rivalry" by the Chicago Tribune, this updated history of the classic tilt is much more than just the recounting of old games.
The fates of Michigan and Notre Dame have been intertwined since that cold November day inwhen the Wolverines literally taught the game of football to an eager group of Notre Dame students.
Richly illustrated and now including games through theseason, Natural Enemies weaves these two chronologies together to produce a college rivalry book like no other, .