Table of Contents
Foreword Dat Nguyen xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
1 Salute Gen. James Earl Rudder for the Best Decision Ever 1
2 Wear a Bow Tie in Honor of Dr. Loftin 5
3 Give to the 12th Man Foundation 8
4 2012 Heisman Winner Johnny Manziel 13
5 Dat Nguyen 17
6 Von Miller 22
7 The Bonfire Game of 1999 24
8 The 1939 Aggies 28
9 The Financial Reward of Winning It All 31
10 The 1998 Big 12 Championship Game 33
11 The 2012 Upset of Alabama 36
12 TexAgs.com 39
13 Stopping Bo in the Cotton Bowl 44
14 1957 Heisman Winner John David Crow 46
15 R.C. Slocum 49
16 The Best Loss Ever in 2011 52
17 A November to Remember in 1985 55
18 John Kimbrough 58
19 Kevin Murray 61
20 Bucky Richardson 64
21 Jackie Sherrill 67
22 Red, White, and Blue Out 71
23 Dana Bible 74
24 E. King Gill 78
25 The 1986 Comeback Against Baylor 81
26 Junction 83
27 Kevin Smith 87
28 Homer Norton 90
29 The 1940 Loss to Texas 92
30 Kiddie Corps 95
31 Ray Childress 98
32 Kevin Sumlin 101
33 Emory Bellard 104
34 Edd Hargett 107
35 Luke Joeckel 109
36 The 1956 Texas Game 113
37 The 1975 Texas Game 115
38 Ed Simonini 117
39 The 1967 Texas Game 120
40 Bear Bryant 123
41 The 1998 Nebraska Game 125
42 The 1967 Texas Tech Comeback 129
43 Quentin Coryatt and The Hit 131
44 Chet Brooks and the Wrecking Crew 135
45 The Rise and Fall of the '57 Aggies 137
46 The 2012 Ole Miss Game 140
47 The 1990 Holiday Bowl 144
48 The 1975 Loss to Arkansas 147
49 Joe Routt 149
50 Ryan Swope 151
51 Lester Hayes 154
52 Darren Lewis 156
53 Greg Hill 161
54 Terrence Murphy 163
55 The Texas Special 166
56 Jack Pardee 168
57 Johnny Holland 172
58 Stay in the Stands for the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band 175
51 12th Man Kickoff Team 178
60 The 2010 Nebraska Game 180
61 Attend Yell Practice 182
62 Shane Lechler 185
63 The Rice Comeback in 1955 189
64 Aaron Wallace 191
65 Tony Franklin 194
66 Jacob Green 196
67 Ryan Tannehill 199
68 Billy Liucci 201
69 Bob Smith 205
70 The 1968 Cotton Bowl 207
71 Jake Matthews and His Brothers 209
72 Dave Elmendorf 213
73 Curtis Dickey 215
74 Sam Adams 217
75 Dave South 219
76 Gene Stallings 222
77 Joe Boyd 224
78 Pat Thomas 227
79 Ray Mickens 230
80 Aaron Glenn 232
81 Larry Jackson 235
82 Alan Cannon 238
83 Homer Jacobs 242
84 Gabe Bock 245
85 Randy Bullock 248
86 Forget the Fran Era 251
87 Beating No. 1 Oklahoma in 2002 255
88 Brent Zwerneman 257
89 Antonio Armstrong 259
90 Dan Campbell 262
91 The McKinney Brothers 265
92 Ty Warren 267
93 John Roper 270
94 Jerrod Johnson 273
95 Corey Pullig 276
96 Charlie Moran 278
97 Stealing Tim Brown's Towel 282
98 Reveille 284
99 The Hurricane Game of 1956 288
100 Billy Pickard 290
Sources 293
About the Author 295
