Table of Contents
Foreword Lou Nanne xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Herbie 1
2 Murray Warmath 13
3 Bronko Nagurski 18
4 Bruce Smith 21
5 On to Pittsburgh 26
6 "We Want the Pig!" 29
7 From the Cellar co the Penthouse 33
8 Spitting Mad 36
9 End of an Era 41
10 Mychal Thompson 44
11 "Defeat Is Worse Than Death, Because You Have to Live with Defeat" 47
12 The Brawl 54
13 Take In "The Barn" 61
14 Mr. Everything 67
15 The Grey Eagle 71
16 Jerry Kill 75
17 Paul Molitor 83
18 Dave Winfield 86
19 The Chief 88
20 John Anderson 91
21 Ponder the Wizard of … Dinkytown? 92
22 Lou Holtz 95
23 Sandy Stephens 100
24 Bobby Bell 102
25 The Godfather 105
26 John Mayasich 108
27 Fire in the Hole…er, Hall! 111
28 Home Cooking 112
29 Shock(ed) the World 116
30 Bob McNamara 119
31 Charlie Sanders 122
32 Bud Grant 124
33 The Sun Also Rises 126
34 Maize and Blues 129
35 Déjà Blue 134
36 Baggage Unloaded 137
37 The Little Brown Jug 140
38 Tony Dungy 143
39 Carl Eller 145
40 Darrell Thompson 146
41 Bob Stein 148
42 Juice on the Loose 149
41 Bert Baston 153
44 Glen Mason 155
45 Thunder and Lightning 156
46 Dan Nystrom 158
47 Rhys Lloyd 161
48 Eric Decker 163
49 Adam Weber 164
50 Bud Wilkinson 167
51 P.J. Fleck 168
51 Pug Lund 173
53 Mr. Patriot 175
54 Yell "Yay … Gophers!" 177
55 Paul Bunyan's Axe 180
56 Floyd of Rosedale 181
57 Trent Tucker 183
58 Randy Breuer 185
59 Jim Brewer 186
60 Kevin McHale 188
61 John Kundla 190
62 Flip Saunders 192
63 Dick Garmaker 194
64 Jim McIntyre 195
65 Neal Broten 197
66 Thomas Vanek 199
67 Pat Micheletti 201
68 Glen Sonmor 203
69 Lou Nanne 205
70 Reed Larson 207
71 Jordan Leopold 208
72 Mike Crowley 209
73 Jack McCartan 210
74 Robb Stauber 212
75 Brian Bonin 213
76 Salute Lindsay Whalen 215
77 Janel McCarville 218
78 Rachel Banham 221
79 Jerry Kindall 223
80 Jim Rantz 225
81 Terry Steinbach 227
82 Glen Perkins 229
83 Greg Olson 232
84 Dan Wilson 234
85 Bobby Marshall 236
86 Hannah Brandt 237
87 Amanda Kessel 239
88 Natalie Darwitz 242
89 Krissy Wendell-Pohl 244
90 Noora Räty 246
91 Laura Halldorson 247
92 Brad Frost 249
93 "From the Graveyard to the Champion's Circle" 251
94 John Harris 254
95 Tom Lehman 257
96 P.J. Bogart 258
97 Ray Christensen 260
98 The Man with the Golden Voice 262
99 Cheer "Ski-U-Mah!" 264
100 Governor's Victory Bell 266
Sources 269
