Tom Osborne was head coach of the University of Nebraska football team for twenty-five years, during which time the Huskers won three national championships. After he retired from coaching in 1997, Osborne served Nebraska¿s third district in the House of Representatives for six years. He now works as the athletic director at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln.

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John E. Roberts is the executive director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and has also served as the executive vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Introduction

Foreword

Preface

Prologue: Coming Up Short Again

1. The Effect of Fine Persons

2. Growing Up

3. Discovered in the Mineral Water Bowl

4. Survival

5. Getting off the Fence

6. Following a Legend

7. Silenceing the Critics (a Little)

8. Getting the Monkey off Our Back . . . and on It Again

9. Staying Put

10. The Quarterbacks

11. The Ideal Athlete

12. The Linemen

13. The Heisman Trophy Winners

14. The Booker Brown Affair

15. Slowing Down

16. More Than One Person

17. A Crash Course in Flying

18. National Championships and Other Vagaries

19. The Nebraska Cycle

20. More Than Winning

21. A Difficult Road to Walk

Epilogue: Honoring Him

Tom Osborne was head coach of the University of Nebraska football team for twenty-five years, during which time the Huskers won three national championships. After he retired from coaching in 1997, Osborne served Nebraska's third district in the House of Representatives for six years. He now works as the athletic director at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

John E. Roberts is the executive director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association and has also served as the executive vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.