The Backyard Brawl
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The Backyard Brawl

Stories from One of the Weirdest, Wildest, Longest Running, and Most Instense Rivalries in College Football History

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eBook - ePub

The Backyard Brawl

Stories from One of the Weirdest, Wildest, Longest Running, and Most Instense Rivalries in College Football History

About this book

The West Virginia University Mountaineers and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, separated by less than eighty miles of highway, have battled it out on the football field for more than one hundred years. Now, with Pitt announcing its departure from the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and West Virginia becoming a member of the Big 12 Conference, this intense rivalry has come to an abrupt end. Thousands of players and dozens of coaches - some among the very best to ever play the game - have been a part of this famous series known as the "Backyard Brawl."  With fantastic tales about this feud's star-studded rosters, including  White, Slaton, Harris, Luck, Huff, Nehlen, and Rodriguez for West Virginia and Fitzgerald, Marino, Dorsett, Green, Majors, and Sherrill for Pitt, The Backyard Brawl celebrates the tradition, heritage, and pride of two outstanding universities. With unparalleled access, John Antonik, a 20-year West Virginia University athletic administrator and WVU alumnus, unearths the fascinating and humorous stories that make up this revered, colorful, and cherished football game-and more importantly, the great passion and pride these schools exhibit every time they take the field.

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Information

Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781935978824
eBook ISBN
9781935978831

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Prologue
  3. 1943-1955: The Rivalry Resumes
  4. 1947 - Finally!
  5. 1952 - Pappy Makes ‘em Happy
  6. 1954 - The Power of Positive Thinking
  7. 1955 - Pass the Sugar
  8. 1957-1965: Wild Times
  9. 1959 - A “Pitt-iful” Performance
  10. 1961 - The Garbage Game
  11. 1963 - The Battle of the Brothers
  12. 1965 - Points Galore
  13. Color Photo Section A
  14. 1967-1979: The Birth of the Backyard Brawl
  15. 1970 - Bobby Blows It
  16. 1975 - McKenzie Kicks the Hell out of Pitt
  17. 1976 - Tony D Gets Tossed
  18. 1979 - Farewell, Old Mountaineer Field
  19. 1982-1991: A Changing of the Guard
  20. 1983 - “Let's Do It!”
  21. 1985 and 1987 - A Tie and a Sigh
  22. 1989 - Kissing Your Sister; Clubbing Your Neighbor
  23. Color Photo Section B
  24. 1991-2011: The Big East Years
  25. 1994 - E-I-E-I-O, Tractors and Corncob Pipes
  26. 1997 - For the Love of Pete
  27. 2002 - Collins Steals the Show
  28. 2007 - 13-9: Miracle in the Mountains
  29. 2009 and 2011 - Down to the Wire
  30. Epilogue
  31. Score History
  32. Acknowledgments
  33. Bibliography
  34. About the Author
  35. Index