At the Kick-Off of College Football Season, Auburn Tigers Insider Offers Play-by-Play on the Power of Faith and Prayer in One of the Country's Top Football Teams
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AUBURN, Ala., Aug. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- In the Southeastern Conference, where some claim football to be a religion of its own, God is expected to be a season MVP for at least one team. When the Auburn Tigers kick off their season this fall, Head Coach Tommy Tuberville and Spiritual Coordinator Chette Williams will lead the team onto the field with two playbooks-one for a winning season and the other, the Bible, for a victorious life.
"We're serious about football and we're serious about God and one doesn't have to be benched for the other," said Coach Williams who, in his new book Hard Fighting Soldier: Finding God in Trials, Tragedies, and Triumphs, gives readers an insider look at the role of faith in one of the country's powerhouse football programs. "Undefeated is our goal for the season—both on the gridiron and in the bigger game of life where God, the Creator of the universe, offers to take the field with us."
Williams' own miraculous comeback story is included in Hard Fighting Soldier, which chronicles his life as a tough young Auburn football player who went from being feared and rejected-his own teammates said he "wasn't worth praying for"-to becoming one of the most influential mentors in college football today.
"Boys become men-that's the biggest thing Chette facilitates at Auburn," said Heath Evans, former Auburn Tiger who now plays for the New England Patriots. "We were boys when we arrived. We were men when we left."
Hard Fighting Soldier also includes the touching stories of Auburn players who, when blocked from their goals by the tragedies of life-the Katrina disaster, the sudden death of a parent, family drug addiction-lock arms and march back onto the field as brothers, united by a common goal of victory in football and, more importantly, in life.
In stores now, Hard Fighting Soldier: Finding God in Trials, Tragedies, and Triumphs is published by Looking Glass Books. Hardback: $19.95.
Media materials, including book summary and excerpts are available at here.
