Trojans Essential Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!
by Travers, StevenFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-08-01
Publisher(s): Triumph Books
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Summary
That is a question that author Steven Travers asks and answers in the pages of Trojans Essential, a volume that USC fans will find as satisfying as a warm autumn Saturday at L.A. Coliseum. Southern California's recent run of success under the leadership of Pete Carroll is only the latest chapter in an amazing football story that reaches back to 1888. Since the program's inception, USC has amassed 11 national championships, seven Heisman Trophy winners, and a list of star athletes and coaches who rank among the sport's best. Read about all the greatest games, the biggest rivalries, the endearing traditions, and the larger-than-life personalities that make following Trojan football so special. Packed with great stories, trivia, lists, photographs, and statistics-fans will find everything they ever wanted to know about their favorite team. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Steven Travers is a sports historian and sportswriter who is the bestselling author of numerous books—including One Night, Two Teams and Barry Bonds—and has also written for StreetZebra magazine, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Los Angeles Times. He is a former professional baseball player with Major League Baseball teams the St. Louis Cardinals and the Oakland Athletics. He lives in San Anselmo, California.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction: "You're a Bruin for Four Years, but a Trojan for Life!" | p. xiii |
| USC Replaces Notre Dame as the Greatest Football Tradition in History | p. 1 |
| Trojan Excellence in Broadcasting, the Law, at War, in Outer Space, Social Justice, Academics, and Hollywood | p. 7 |
| How Good has USC Gotten under Pete Carroll? | p. 12 |
| USC in the Pros | p. 20 |
| USC's Numbers Don't Lie | p. 24 |
| The Tradition of Troy | p. 30 |
| USC and the All-Time Best Teams | p. 37 |
| A Football Coach Named "Gloomy Gus" | p. 45 |
| The Head Man | p. 48 |
| Gwynn Wilson and the Notre Dame Rivalry | p. 52 |
| The Duke | p. 57 |
| Johnny Baker and the Comeback at South Bend | p. 62 |
| The Thundering Herd | p. 67 |
| Nave-to-Krueger | p. 72 |
| 1939: Jones's Last National Champions | p. 77 |
| The Giffer: Everybody's All-American | p. 82 |
| Mr. Trojan | p. 87 |
| The "Little White-Haired Man" | p. 92 |
| Fertig-to-Sherman | p. 97 |
| Mike Garrett: USC's First Heisman Winner | p. 100 |
| Juice | p. 105 |
| The City Game: "It's Not a Matter of Life or Death. It's More Important than That" | p. 109 |
| Woody vs. McKay | p. 114 |
| Turning the Crimson Tide | p. 119 |
| The Greatest College Football Team Ever Assembled | p. 124 |
| It Wasn't a Football Game. It Was a Sighting! | p. 130 |
| Alabama Redux | p. 134 |
| Anthony Munoz Goes Hollywood | p. 138 |
| "Young Juice" | p. 141 |
| All Right Now | p. 144 |
| The Promised Land | p. 147 |
| Re-Pete | p. 151 |
| Three-Pete | p. 156 |
| The Four Horsemen of Southern California | p. 162 |
| 2005: Quest for History | p. 167 |
| The Ring of Fire and Those Most Worthy of All Foes, the Texas Longhorns | p. 175 |
| Carroll, USC, and the Future | p. 180 |
| All-Time USC Football Team | p. 185 |
| Answers to Trivia Questions | p. 187 |
| Bibliography | p. 192 |
| University of Southern California Football Letterwinners | p. 198 |
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