True Blue / Kristina Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Kristina, Author.

Contributor:

Odermatt, Rick, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cozza, Carm, 1930-2018.

Cozza, Carm.

Yale University--Football--History.

Yale University.

Football coaches--United States--Biography.

Football coaches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For thirty-two years there was no finer example of excellence in college football than Coach Carm Cozza's program at Yale University. This engaging book is Cozza's story, the reminiscences of a caring and principled teacher whose course material was athletic competition, whose classroom was a football field, and whose final exam was The Game against Harvard, with tens of thousands on hand to grade the performance.Cozza brings us behind the scenes for the famous 29-29 "loss" against Harvard in 1968, he recalls the antiwar protesters in the 1970s who were less than enthusiastic about a combat sport, and he marvels over the courage of 1989 captain Jon Reese, who played a game against Cornell with a broken jaw, enabling Cozza to win his tenth and last Ivy League title. He tells stories about some of the outstanding men who played for him, among them Dick Jauron, Gary Fencik, Calvin Hill, Brian Dowling, Rich Diana, John Spagnola, Rudy Green, John Pagliaro, Kelly Ryan, Stone Phillips, and Jack Ford. He recounts how difficult it was to adhere to the highest standards of academic excellence and amateur purity while major college teams were lowering standards, abusing rules, and exploiting athletes in the quest for victories and revenue. And he offers thoughts on how Yale-and similar elite schools-can invigorate their football programs without succumbing to the excesses of the big-time conferences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER ONE: The 29-29 "Loss"

CHAPTER TWO: Proud Italian Stock

CHAPTER THREE: First Time East of Pittsburgh

CHAPTER FOUR: The War Years

CHAPTER FIVE: Hooked on Coaching

CHAPTER SIX: A Few of the Brightest

CHAPTER SEVEN: As Tough as They Come

CHAPTER EIGHT: Fred the Dog, Etc.

CHAPTER NINE: Just One Miracle Short

CHAPTER TEN: Broken Jaw and All

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Unlikely Hero

CHAPTER TWELVE: The Last Best Years

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The So-Called Decline

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: No Regrets

Honor Roll Cozzas Thirty-Two Seasons

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300185683

0300185685

OCLC:

1024041506