Table of Contents
Foreword Rick Pitino xi
Introduction xiii
1 Darrell Griffith 1
2 Denny Crum 5
3 The Doctors of Dunk 10
4 Luke Hancock Shoots Louisville to the 2013 Title 12
5 Tom Jurich 16
6 Rick Pitino 21
7 The Louisville-Kentucky Basketball Rivalry 25
8 The Dream Game 31
9 Lamar Jackson 35
10 Johnny Unitas 38
11 Freedom Hall 42
12 What Did Freedom Hall Smell Like? 44
13 Kyle Kuric Saves Freedom Hall's Send-Off 47
14 Six Weeks of Glory for Louisville Football 51
15 Learn the Words to Louisville's Two Fight Songs 57
16 Westley Unseld 59
17 Wiley Brown's Thumb 62
18 Angel McCoughtry 65
19 Don't Jump on the Bird 70
20 Charlie Tyra 71
21 The First Family of Louisville Football 73
22 ACC Jubilation 79
23 Bobby Petrino 82
24 The Inventors of the High Five 85
25 The KFC Yum! Center 87
26 The Hiring of Rick Pitino 89
27 Reece Gaines' Miracle Against Tennessee 93
28 Visit the U of L Hall of Honor 95
29 Teddy Bridgewater: The Ultimate Nice Guy 96
30 "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison 100
31 Louisville's Greatest Nicknames 103
32 Lee Corso's Greatest Hits 106
33 Eliminate These Rivalry Words and Phrases from Your Lexicon 108
34 The Doctors of Dunk vs. Phi Slama Jama 112
35 The Greatest Upset 116
36 Peck Hickman 118
37 The Dunk Heard 'Round the Derby City 121
38 Howard Schnellenberger 122
39 Howard Schnellenberger Meets Mick Jagger 126
40 Louisville's Fiesta Bowl Thrashing of Alabama 128
41 Louisville's Ail-Americans 130
42 Go! Cards! Beat! Purdue? 137
43 The Dream Game That Almost Was 138
44 Papa John's Cardinal Stadium 141
45 Kevin Ware's Injury 143
46 Attend the Louisville Football Card March 146
47 The Keg of Nails 147
48 Muhammad Ali and U of L 148
49 Louisville Honors Ali, Destroys Florida State 150
50 The Power of the InfraReds 151
51 Louisville's Greatest Football Wins over Kentucky 155
52 Battle for the Governor's Cup Traditions 156
53 Louisville's 2005 Final Four Run 157
54 Louisville's First Bowl Win 162
55 Kelsi Worrell Wins Gold 163
56 Tom Jurich and Bobby Petrino's Secret Meeting 167
57 Youth, David Letterman, and the Louisville-Cincinnati Basketball Rivalry 169
58 Lenny Lyles 171
59 Russ Smith, Louisville's Most Unlikely Ail-American 172
60 Russ Smith's Best Quotes 175
61 Louisville Blacks Out West Virginia 178
62 Crawford Gymnasium 180
63 Samaki Walker's Triple-Double 183
64 Eric Wood's Favorite Stories 185
65 DeJuan Wheat 188
66 The Miracle of Dan McDonnell 191
67 U.S. Reed's Half-Court Shot 194
68 Railroad Roots 197
69 The Curse of the Black Uniforms 198
70 The Billy Minardi Classic 201
71 Doug Buffone 203
72 The Legend of Juan Palacios' Goggles 204
73 The Exodus of Wade and Allan Houston 207
74 The Original White Suit Game 209
75 The Top 10 T-Willisims 213
76 Kenny Klein 216
77 Louisville and Marquette's Fantastic Games 218
78 "Louie" the Cardinal Bird 225
79 The National Dominance of the U of L Spirit Groups 226
80 Louisville's 1948 NAIB Tournament Title 227
81 Never Wrong Poncho Wright 229
82 Paul Rogers, "the Voice of the Cardinals" 231
83 Pitino-Speak 233
84 Chris Redman 235
85 The 2001 Liberty Bowl 238
86 Denny Crum Court 239
87 Louisville's Second Bowl Appearance Ends in a Tie 241
88 The 2013 Dream That Did Not Die 243
89 Bill Olsen 246
90 Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime 247
91 The Louisville-Memphis Rivalry 250
92 Rick Piano's Championship Tattoo 251
93 Charlie Strong 253
94 Louisville's 1956 NIT Title 255
95 Ken Lolla and the Rise of Louisville Soccer 256
96 The Shot Heard 'Round the Commonwealth 258
97 Sing Along to "My Old Kentucky Home" 259
98 Preston Knowles and "Louisville First" 261
99 Attend a Louisville Baseball Game at Jim Patterson Stadium 264
100 Snow Days with Everyone's Favorite Walk-On 265
Acknowledgments 269
Sources 271
