True Blue
eBook - PDF

True Blue

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

True Blue

About this book

For thirty-two years there was no finer example of excellence in college football than Coach Carm Cozza’s program at Yale University. This engaging book is Cozza’s story, the reminiscences of a caring and principled teacher whose course material was athletic competition, whose classroom was a football field, and whose final exam was The Game against Harvard, with tens of thousands on hand to grade the performance.

Cozza brings us behind the scenes for the famous 29. 29 "loss" against Harvard in 1968, he recalls the antiwar protesters in the 1970s who were less than enthusiastic about a combat sport, and he marvels over the courage of 1989 captain Jon Reese, who played a game against Cornell with a broken jaw, enabling Cozza to win his tenth and last Ivy League title. He tells stories about some of the outstanding men who played for him, among them Dick Jauron, Gary Fencik, Calvin Hill, Brian Dowling, Rich Diana, John Spagnola, Rudy Green, John Pagliaro, Kelly Ryan, Stone Phillips, and Jack Ford. He recounts how difficult it was to adhere to the highest standards of academic excellence and amateur purity while major college teams were lowering standards, abusing rules, and exploiting athletes in the quest for victories and revenue. And he offers thoughts on how Yale, and similar elite schools, can invigorate their football programs without succumbing to the excesses of the big-time conferences.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. CHAPTER ONE: The 29-29 "Loss"
  4. CHAPTER TWO: Proud Italian Stock
  5. CHAPTER THREE: First Time East of Pittsburgh
  6. CHAPTER FOUR: The War Years
  7. CHAPTER FIVE: Hooked on Coaching
  8. CHAPTER SIX: A Few of the Brightest
  9. CHAPTER SEVEN: As Tough as They Come
  10. CHAPTER EIGHT: Fred the Dog, Etc.
  11. CHAPTER NINE: Just One Miracle Short
  12. CHAPTER TEN: Broken Jaw and All
  13. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Unlikely Hero
  14. CHAPTER TWELVE: The Last Best Years
  15. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The So-Called Decline
  16. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: No Regrets
  17. Honor Roll Cozzas Thirty-Two Seasons
  18. Index