Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
1 See Alabama Win a National Championship 1
2 Paul W. "Bear" Bryant 5
3 Attend the Iron Bowl 8
4 Nick Saban 11
5 Joe Namath 15
6 Derrick Henry 18
7 Derrick Thomas 22
8 2009: 'Bama's Back 25
9 The Bear's 315th Victory 29
10 The First Black Players 31
11 Wallace Wade 34
12 Lee Roy Jordan 36
13 Mark Ingram Wins the Heisman Trophy 39
14 Attend a Game at Bryant-Denny Stadium 43
15 1961: The Beat's First 45
16 Tailgate on the Quad 47
17 The Shutout 50
18 1926 Rose Bowl (First Championship) 54
19 Ozzie Newsome 56
20 1992: The Return co Greatness 59
21 The Beat Returns 61
22 Gene Stallings 63
23 See Alabama Win the SEC Championship 67
24 The Goal-Line Stand 71
25 Frank Thomas 73
26 The Perfect Onside Kick 76
27 Smoke a Cigar on the "Third Saturday of October" 80
28 1930: Wade's Send-Off 83
29 Harry Gilmer 85
30 1979: The Bear's Last 88
31 John Hannah 90
32 Kenny Stabler 93
33 Dixie Howell 98
34 Amari Cooper 100
35 The Greatest Play That Sort of Never Counted 104
36 Don Hutson 106
37 Cornelius Bennett 108
38 Got Crimson? 112
39 Visit the Paul W. Bryant Museum 114
40 Pooley Hubert 118
41 The 1966 Undefeated Team 120
42 Johnny Musso 122
43 1934: Thomas' Turn 125
44 Take Lots of Photos at the Walk of Champions 127
45 2011 National Championship 129
46 The Block 133
47 Billy Neighbors 136
48 1964: Namath Stopped Short 139
49 Go Bowling 141
50 Dr. George Hutcheson Denny 144
51 1926: Back Co the Rose Bowl 146
52 No Wardrobe Is Complete without Houndstooth 148
53 Johnny Mack Brown 151
54 Family Traditions 153
55 The First Game 157
56 The First Player Drafted to Play in the NFL 159
57 1978: Split Title with USC 162
58 Johnny Cain 165
59 2012: Domination Secures Dynasty 167
60 The Kick 171
61 Tyrone Prothro's Catch 173
62 The 41-Year Feud 175
63 Visit Legion Field 178
64 Attend A-Day (If You Can Get In) 180
65 Don Whitmire 183
66 The 1965 National Title 185
67 Marty Lyons 188
68 Tommy Lewis' Tackle 192
69 Be Buddies with Big Al 194
70 Alabama's Version of the Trojan Horse 197
71 Fred Sington/Barrett Jones 200
72 Shaun Alexander and Chris Samuels 203
73 Bart Starr 206
74 Visit Bear Bryant's Grave 208
75 Dwight Stephenson 210
76 Mal Moore 213
77 Alabama Is the New Linebacker U 218
78 Woodrow Lowe 221
79 Alabama vs. Ole Miss' Archie Manning 225
80 David Palmer 227
81 Julio Jones 230
82 Dr. Robert Witt 234
83 Check Out Denny Chimes 237
84 The Tornado 239
85 The 1973 National Title 244
86 Ray Perkins 247
87 The Talking Bear 250
88 The War Baby Tiders 252
89 Trent Richardson 254
90 Hank Crisp 259
91 Hootie Ingram 262
92 The Heart-Attack Trifecta, the Tuscaloosa Diet 264
93 Xen Scott 267
94 Jay Barker 270
95 The Bear Playing on a Broken Leg 272
96 Mike Shula 274
97 The RV Experience 278
98 Pat Trammell 280
99 The Million Dollar Band 282
100 1941: The Two-Loss Title 285
Appendix 289
Sources 291
About the Author 295
