Anyone interested in University of Tulsa football will find "The Sixty Year Hurricane: From Dobbs to Kragthorpe" a fascinating read. This is not just a history of TU football, but a highly enjoyable book about those 60 years of football as seen by a person uniquely qualified by experience and insight to tell the story.

The author does not rely primarily on information gleaned from newspaper archives, but from personal observation. Kiper is a University of Tulsa graduate, a former worker in the sports information department, and a successful high school football coach. His many contacts...