Week 7 Reading Post

This week I read The Blind Side by Michael Lewis for 2 hours and 5 minutes.

The book starts with the story of how Lawrence Taylor changed the left side of the offensive line from just another position to the blind side because because the quarterback never saw him coming. Teams had to double or triple team him to protect their quarterback. This set the stage for a demand for talented left tackles in the NFL.
The book continues by outlining the poor childhood that Michael Oher endured. With the help of a man called Big Tony, he was enrolled in Briarcrest Christian School-even though he had a grade point average of .6. He was a challenge for tutors until they realized that he remembered information when tested orally. He picked things up easily by watching someone else do it. He did this to learn how to throw discus.
Michael was huge. He could move dummies around the football field like they were weightless. When it came to letting people get close to him, he didn't find that very easy. There was one woman, however, Leigh Anne Tuohy who took Michael shopping one day and was the only person he would talk to. This was evident when he cut his hand in a football game and Leigh Anne was the only person who could convince him to get treated. The Tuohy family eventually took him in to live with them.
Michael soon began to be coveted by college coaches across the nation. He had incredible size and clearly was someone who could protect a quarterback's blind side. First assistant coaches assembled at Briarcrest, but soon after seeing Michael, they were on the phone with their head coaches to come see Michael for themselves.

Totals: 41 hours and 33 minutes/ 1785 pages