Big Play : Barra On Football

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barra, Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football--United States--Anecdotes.

Football players--United States--Anecdotes.

Local Subjects:

Football--United States--Anecdotes.

Football players--United States--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dulles, : Potomac Books Inc., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a follow-up to his Clearing the Bases ù Sports IllustratedÆs book of the year for 2002ùsyndicated columnist Allen Barra turns his eye from AmericaÆs pastime to AmericaÆs passion. In this collection of essays, Barra delves into the gridironÆs all-time greats, some of the sportÆs enduring controversies, and suggests new ways to think about the game that holds our attention from August through January, every year. Barra turns his aggressively intelligent writing to the Heisman Trophy and its controversies and demonstrates why the Bowl Championship Series has not and cannot work. He explains ho

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Photographs; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Rule That Changed Football (As We Know It); 2 Bart Starr vs. Johnny Unitas-A Distant Replay; 3 Three Pieces about Bear Bryant (And One about Vince Lombardi); 4 The '69 Super Bowl Revisited; 5 The Best QB: Young or Elway?; 6 Herschel Walker-Neglected Superstar; 7 The Four Horsemen and the Story That Changed Football; 8 Two Pieces about Tim Brown; 9 Yank Grid Grips Brits-An American Football Game in London; 10 Carmen Policy-King of the Cap; 11 Johnny Unitas: The First Pro Football Player; 12 Joe Montana: Tarnished Hero

13 Nostalgie de la Blue: Y. A. Tittle and the Giants Who Almost Were14 Super Bowl '02-The Biggest Upset Ever; 15 The Bear Would've Dug It; 16 I Love Joe Paterno Too, but . . .; 17 Mark Bavaro-Rambo at Tight End; 18 Heisman Trophy 1985-The Smearing of Bo Jackson; 19 Lou Holtz Kisses His Sister; 20 Super Bowl '03-What Makes a Team Go Flat; 21 The 1987 Strike-Ten Strike Stories the Media Has Fumbled; 22 No Grumbling at Grambling; 23 Ronnie Lott: Road Warrior; 24 Sack Athletic Scholarships; 25 NFL Owners Pass on Free Market; 26 Heisman '03: College Football and the Politics of Trophies

27 Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Jim Brown, and the Myth of the Running Back28 Rush Limbaugh, Donovan McNabb, and Me; 29 The Father of Pro Football Analysis; 30 Super Bowl '04: The Worst Game I Ever Loved; 31 Polls 'n' Bowls and the BCS Mess; 32 Willie Morris and the Courting of Marcus Dupree; 33 The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Notre Dame; 34 Cloning Walter Payton; 35 If Don Shula,Why Not George Allen?; 36 Why NFL Coaches Get Sacked; 37 Bronko Nagurski: Epitaph for Football's Babe Ruth; 38 1966: Notre Dame vs.Michigan State (vs. Alabama)-The Game of Three Centuries; About the Author

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781612342979

1612342973

OCLC:

755577279