Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Arkansas Razorbacks Football | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Schaeffer
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 302526
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1582619883
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781582619880
Publication Date: August 1, 2005
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Product Description
Catch an inside glimpse of the 24 greatest games in Razorbacks football history as remembered by key figures in each contest. Authored by Rick Schaeffer, who publicized Arkansas athletics for more than two decades as sports information director, this book provides mini-biographies of many of the most highly respected names in Razorbacks football. Ron Calcagni gives an inside look at the mammoth upset of Oklahoma in the 1978 Orange Bowl. Bobby Crockett recalls the heart-stopping victory over Texas in 1965. J.J. Meadors and Anthony Eubanks made last-minute touchdown catches to help the Hogs beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa twice. Matt Jones chronicles the seven-overtime win at Ole Miss. Gary Anderson recounts his career that ended with Most Valuable Player honors in a Bluebonnet Bowl win over Florida. Preston Carpenter details the 1954 Ole Miss game, a contest that put Razorbacks football on the map. Chuck Dicus, Ken Hatfield, Madre Hill, Joe Ferguson, Clint Stoerner, and many others tell their stories, many of which have never been published, that give the reader a sense of being in the huddle with Arkansas' all-time greats. If you call the Hogs first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed at night or if somehow you are just a casual Arkansas fan, you'll love these recollections of the finest moments in Razorbacks football.
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Schaeffer let's THEM speak. April 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rick Schaeffer grew up in Oklahoma, but he grew up a Razorbacks fan. He's said several times that the hog on the helmet was a main attraction.
Schaeffer loves the Razorbacks. As a long timer in and around the program, he made many relationships. His ability to do so serves him well in this case.
Rick sets the scene, and wraps it up but in the middle of each chapter, a host of Arkansas football players tell their own story of "The Game of My Life".
Razorback fans NEED this book. Especially compelling to me was the story told by Matt Jones (QB in the longest game in NCAA Div I history and now a receiver for the Jaguars) about how it seemed HIS "Game of My Life" would never end.
Schaeffer does something it's hard for writers to do. He let's someone else speak.
This is a great coffee table or waiting room book. Most of the chapters can be read in 7 minutes or less but, if you put it out for others to read, put a rope on it.
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