Prologue Game on 1(6)
1 THE COACH Part I, Mike Leach after midnight
7(14)
2 THE CLOSER The life of a college football hostess
21(18)
3 THE BRAND Going all in at Michigan
39(13)
4 BIG MAN ON CAMPUS A pretty awesome asset
52(6)
5 THE VICTIM "They had suffered enough. They lost their scholarships"
58(18)
6 THE COACH Part II, Terminated
76(22)
7 THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB Towson University plays with the big boys
98(10)
8 OHIO STATE V. MICHIGAN The return of "The Senator"
108(11)
9 THE JANITOR "I fix shit"
119(14)
10 REBUILDING A PROGRAM "There is no gray with Bronco"
133(13)
11 THE BOOSTER What $248 million will buy you
146(16)
12 THE TUTOR Friends with benefits
162(21)
13 THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Part I, "We have no money. Nobody is giving money. We are not on TV"
183(13)
14 THE INVESTIGATORS Big-game hunting
196(19)
15 THE SYSTEM AT WORK Ohio State and the consequences of $3.07
215(22)
16 THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Part II, "It's going to be expensive"
237(16)
17 THE WALK-ON "I want to play football"
253(7)
18 SABAN'S WAY The New Testament of college football
260(10)
19 THE WOUNDED Pain is relative
270(11)
20 THE BLUE-CHIP RECRUIT The Ricky Seals-Jones sweepstakes
281(14)
21 THE COACH Part III, "The starting lineup is voluntary, too"
295(10)
22 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT The SEC leads the nation
305(19)
23 THE GAME "I hate losing more than anything"
324(8)
24 THE COACH Part IV, The letter
332(17)
25 THE DRAFT PICK To go pro or not to go pro
349(6)
26 GAMEDAY The genius of ESPN
355(19)
27 BUILT BY BAMA In a class by itself
374(13)
Acknowledgments 387(2)
Notes 389(14)
Index 403