Table of Contents
Foreword World B. Free 11
Preface 15
Chapter 1 Collision Time: Otis and the Blond-Haired Buckeye 21
Chapter 2 Otis vs. Da Coach-Da Fight Dat Shoulda Been! 29
Chapter 3 Is That You Out There Buddy Ryan? 33
Chapter 4 You're Being (Alan) Paged. Welcome to the Big Leagues, Kid! 45
Chapter 5 Jones and Cefalo Put the National TV Blade in Otis 53
Chapter 6 Mongo: Born to Be Outrageous, Born to Be a Bear 61
Chapter 7 Todd Bell: the Last Angry Man 67
Chapter 8 Bloodbath: Buddy's Boys Bulldoze Pride and Poise 73
Chapter 9 Hey, Singletary, Do You Remember Otis and Wilber? 81
Chapter 10 Welcome to Mayberry… uh, Green Bay 87
Chapter 11 Big O Says Don't Go Punkin' the Punky QB! 93
Chapter 12 Baby Devin and the Dream Team Offensive Line 101
Chapter 13 Richard Dent: The Sack Man Cometh 107
Chapter 14 Tom Landry: Did He See the Car Coming? 113
Chapter 15 No. 55-Solid as a Rock at 60 119
Chapter 16 The Collection Plate and the Burger Joint 127
Chapter 17 Moe Finkelstein: One Helluva Coach, One Helluva Man 133
Chapter 18 Shuffle Time: Who Says White Guys Can't Dance? We Do! 141
Chapter 19 Butthead vs. Robbie Gould 147
Chapter 20 On the Court 151
Chapter 21 Sweetness Just Couldn't Play Hoops 155
Chapter 22 The Badass Florida Gator 165
Chapter 23 Monsters of the Midway? Ya Gotta Be Kidding! 173
Chapter 24 Big O Does the Big Apple and Lives to Tell About It! 179
Chapter 25 That Moorehead Kid Was a Quiet Winner 189
Chapter 26 Down and Out vs. Dallas 195
Chapter 27 "Handsome" Otis Wilson vs. the Iron Sheik?!? 201
Chapter 28 The Bond: Otis and M.J 209
Chapter 29 From the Knockout in New Orleans to "Night Rangers" 221
Chapter 30 Heart of Gold! Charity Champ! 227
Chapter 31 Bad, Bad Men: Otis, Hamp, and Mongo 241
Chapter 32 Dissecting the Enigma: Wake up, Jay Cutler! 251
Chapter 33 Calling Vince Evans, Michael McCaskey, and Maverick Al 257
Chapter 34 The Conditioning Gene Runs Nonstop 265
Chapter 35 NFL 2016-Bears Crash and Burn Early 271
Chapter 36 'Case and Louisville: The Road to Halas Hall 293
Chapter 37 Late Night, Clipboards, and Tranquilizers-the Coaching Crew 301
Chapter 38 The Dad and the Kid… Learning the A-B-Cs at Halas Hall 311
Chapter 39 Willie Gault: Just How Much Did the Track Man Leave on the Field? 321
Chapter 40 The Doug Flutie Disaster 325
Chapter 41 Colin Kaepemick Dares to Be Different 331
Chapter 42 Defense: Intelligence Collides with the Neanderthal Mindset 339
Chapter 43 Good Night and Good Luck 347
Afterword 351
