Table of Contents
Chapter 8 That day C.R. Roberts integrated Texas-and Southwest Conierence-football 31
Chapter 9 John McKay somehow survives first two years, wins it all in Year Three 35
Chapter 10 "Greatest game ever played" comes down to one play 41
Chapter 11 Sam "Ram" scores for and against Alabama and the Bear 47
Chapter 12 Greatest ever? 1972 Trojans will be in that discussion 53
Chapter 13 "The Comeback" … Nothing like it ever- before or since 57
Chapter 14 A Trojans connection comes back to bite the Buckeyes 63
Chapter 15 When a win is forgotten and a national title is split 69
Chapter 16 Marcus Allen: from fullback to tailback to "magnificent" 75
Chapter 17 Carson Palmer announces Carroll Era arrival against the Irish 79
Chapter 18 Trojans" move back to the top starts again at the other Alabama school 85
Chapter 19 USC makes it official with under-the-radar Rose Bowl win 89
Chapter 20 Not good enough: Aaron Rodgers is almost perfect, but… 95
Chapter 21 Sooners had no idea, Trojans had no regrets 101
Chapter 22 The beat goes on, the offense drops 70 on Arkansas 107
Chapter 23 The Bush Push… Did that really happen? 111
Chapter 24 Reggie wins his Heisman… and does so against Fresno State 117
Chapter 25 Afraid of the big, bad Horseshoe? Not these Trojans 121
Chapter 26 Did that man in the cardinal-and-white ski outfit just walk away from Eugene a winner? 127
Chapter 27 Coach O's dozen defenders do Stanford in, rock the Coliseum 131
Chapter 28 A Rose Bowl for the ages as Sam steps up 135
Chapter 29 Jake Olson, miracle Trojan 139
Chapter 30 At long last, Pac-12 title comes to Troy 145
Epilogue 149