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The Greatest Plays in Alabama Football History
By Kirk McNair
Game Changers
SPORTS & RECREATION
160 Pages, 8 x 9
Formats: Cloth, PDF, Mobipocket, EPUB
Cloth, $24.95 (US $24.95) (CA $27.95)
ISBN 9781600782602
Rights: WOR
Triumph Books (Oct 2009)
Overview
For serious football fans wanting to relive the most unforgettable, extraordinary, and gut-wrenching moments in Alabama's history, this account explores the team's greatest plays, providing context, back story, relevant circumstances, and comments from those directly involved in each play. Photos help reanimate memories, including offensive lineman Jerry Duncan's unlikely catch to help beat Nebraska in the 1966 Orange Bowl, the goal-line stand against Penn State that preserved the 1978 National Championship, George Teague ripping the ball away from Miami's Lamar Thomas in the 1993 Sugar Bowl, and Tyrone Prothro's miraculous 2005 catch in a come-from-behind victory against Southern Mississippi.Author Biography
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Alabama Crimson Tide fans are at their best on beautiful fall days in Tuscaloosa when more than 92,000 pack an electric Bryant-Denny Stadium. Countless memories have been etched in the minds of Alabama fans, and the best of the best of them are accounted for in the brand new book, Game Changers: The Greatest Plays in Alabama Football History.
Game Changers by Kirk McNair (foreword by Doug Layton) was created for serious football fans and those who want to look back on the most memorable games ever while enhancing their Crimson Tide IQ. It reveals special stories and experiences over the decades and memorable moments from the players and coaches who made them happen. Author and Alabama football fixture Kirk McNair shares what's really important and chronicles the most famous plays in Crimson Tide history including:
• The goal-line stand against Penn State that preserved the 1978 National Championship
• George Teague ripping the ball away from Miami's Lamar Thomas in the 1993 Sugar Bowl
• Offensive lineman Jerry Duncan's unlikely catch to help beat Nebraska in the 1966 Orange Bowl
• Tyrone Prothro's miraculous catch in a come-from-behind victory in 2005 vs. Southern Miss.
Crimson Tide fans should be aware of all these incredible games, plays and stories that have created such a legacy for Alabama over the years. Joe Namath, Ken Stabler, Cornelius Bennett, Shaun Alexander, Jay Barker, Steve Sloan, and many more memorable Crimson Tide players are featured throughout the book.
So whether your favorite memory came in 1973 or 2008, whether it happened in Tuscaloosa or in a bowl game, you know you are part of something special as an Alabama fan. If you want to call yourself a true Crimson Tide aficionado, increase your knowledge of the program, and experience the full extent of Alabama football, then Game Changers: The Greatest Plays in Alabama Football History is a must read.
About the author:
Kirk McNair is editor of 'Bama, Inside the Crimson Tide magazine, which he founded in 1979 after serving as sports information director at Alabama. He also publishes the Alabama website BamaMag.com. He went to Alabama in 1970 from the Birmingham Post-Herald, where he was assistant sports editor. He has won national awards for both sports information and for sportswriting. He is the former president of the National Collegiate Sports Publishers and of the Alabama Sports Writers associations. He is also the author of What It Means To Be Crimson Tide.
Contact: Josh Williams, Triumph Books, 312.252.1261, j.williams@triumphbooks.com
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