List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: A Man Ahead of His Time
1. Something Stirring on the Prairie
2. Frantic Francis
3. The Man from Nowhere
4. The Open-Game Movement
5. Razzle-Dazzle
6. The Game
7. The Immovable Object
8. Slingin' for Dollars
9. On the Edge
10. Spreading the Message
11. The Magic Remains
12. The Cost of Odd
13. The Final Act 000
14. The Schmidt Effect
Epilogue: Schmidt from the Players' View
Appendix: Schmidt's Coaching Record
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography of Francis Schmidt, legendary coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Brett Perkins is a full-time writer living in Bonita, California.
"An interesting and fascinating book. . . . Brett Perkins' work
convincingly shows that Schmidt's career at TCU and OSU in the
1920s and 30s, and his approach to football tactics, hypomanical or
not, deserves more serious consideration . . . Perkins has
certainly made a valuable contribution to the history of football
in the twentieth century."—Julian Meldon D'Arcy, Sports Literature
Association
"Perkins does a fine job of explaining how Schmidt came to
influence many future offensive-minded coaches and helped change
the game from a plodding, low-scoring affair to the immensely
popular spectator sport it is now. Schmidt is a unique character in
the history of football and his story has now finally been
told."—Bryan Yurcan, ForeWord
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