The backyard brawl : stories from one of the weirdest, wildest, longest running, and most intense rivalries in college football history / by John Antonik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antonik, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football--United States--History--Miscellanea.

Football.

College sports--United States--History--Miscellanea.

College sports.

Sports rivalries--United States.

Sports rivalries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The West Virginia University Mountaineers and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, separated by less than eighty miles of highway, have battled it out on the football field for more than one hundred years. Now, with Pitt announcing its departure from the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and West Virginia becoming a member of the Big 12 Conference, this intense rivalry has come to an abrupt end. Thousands of players and dozens of coaches - some among the very best to ever play the game - have been a part of this famous series known as the "Backyard Brawl." With fantastic tales about this feud's star-studded rosters, including White, Slaton, Harris, Luck, Huff, Nehlen, and Rodriguez for West Virginia and Fitzgerald, Marino, Dorsett, Green, Majors, and Sherrill for Pitt, The Backyard Brawl celebrates the tradition, heritage, and pride of two outstanding universities. With unparalleled access, John Antonik, a 20-year West Virginia University athletic administrator and WVU alumnus, unearths the fascinating and humorous stories that make up this revered, colorful, and cherished football game-and more importantly, the great passion and pride these schools exhibit every time they take the field.

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Prologue""; ""1943�1955 The Rivalry Resumes""; ""The Long Shadow of Sutherland""; ""Finally!""; ""Pappy Makes �em Happy""; ""The Power of Positive Thinking""; ""Pass the Sugar""; ""1957�1965 Wild Times""; ""West Virginia Survives""; ""A “Pitt-iful� Performance""; ""The Garbage Game""; ""The Battle of the Brothers""; ""Points Galore""; ""Color Photo Section A""; ""1967�1979 The Birth of the Backyard Brawl""; ""“Jusk� for Kicks""; ""Bobby Blows It""; ""McKenzie Kicks the Hell Out of Pitt""; ""Tony D Gets Tossed""

""Farewell, Old Mountaineer Field""""1982�1991 A Changing of the Guard""; ""A Classic Comeback""; ""“Let�s Do It!�""; ""A Tie and a Sigh""; ""Kissing Your Sister; Clubbing Your Neighbor""; ""Color Photo Section B""; ""1991�2011 The Big East Years""; ""A Big East Blowout""; ""E-I-E-I-O, Tractors and Corncob Pipes""; ""For the Love of Pete""; ""Collins Steals the Show""; ""Miracle in the Mountains""; ""Down to the Wire""; ""Epilogue""; ""Backyard Brawl Complete History""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Bibliograhpy""; ""About the Author""; ""Index of Names""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781935978831

1935978837

9781935978848

1935978845