Mark Godich, above, of Plainsboro has written “Tigers vs. Jayhawks: From the Civil War to the Battle for No. 1,” a new book based on the 2007 football game between Missouri and Kansas, when both teams went from unranked at the start of the season to playing for the top ranking in the country on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
This is the first book for Godich, a senior editor at Sports Illustrated. He recently returned from a 12-day tour. “I believe this book will appeal to anyone who calls himself or herself a college football fan,” he says.
A Plainsboro resident since 1999, he is a former manager of Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League and a former coach and manager in Babe Ruth with the WW-P league. His son, Steven, a graduate of the Hun School, is a freshman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
His wife, Leigh, is a former teacher’s aide in Princeton. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in August, 2011, she had surgery and 33 radiation treatments. “I am thrilled to announce she is doing fabulously,” says Godich. “We have become advocates in the battle against brain tumors and participate in the Race for Hope, a 5K run/walk in Philadelphia that is held the first Sunday in November. Leigh’s Team has raised more than $40,000 for the cause.”
The book is available on Amazon and at Ascendbooks.com. The paperback is $14.60 and the Kindle edition is $7.69. Godich also noticed a few copies at Barnes & Noble in MarketFair.
