num_pages: 528
description: "Woody's Boys" Is a collection of first person stories, as though the fan could meet Archie Griffin or Rex Kern at a neighborhood bar, and just talk. It spans the entire Hayes era, and it includes Hayes making quarterback Tom Matte return from the east coast to finish his college degree, Hayes explaining to Champ Henson that the carpet in the locker room would make the players soft, and continues through the Gator Bowl incident -- told from a dozen different perspectives -- that led to Hayes' firing.The voices of these men -- Jim Parker, Tom Cousineau, Cornelius Greene, Archie Griffin, Rex Kern, Ken Kuhn, to name a few, become powerful echoes of great deeds, valor, dedication, and loyalty -- echoes of greatness.Drawing on his own background as an All-American linebacker, Natali's brilliant, incisive and unpredictable interviews elicit a behind-the-scene candor seldom revealed about the sport, and never revealed about Hayes' autocratic, media-suspicious program. If there is a single sports book that encapsulates what is great about sports, Woody's Boys may be that book.
language: English
title: Woody's Boys: 20 Famous Buckeyes Talk Amongst Themselves
titlecomplete: Woody's Boys: 20 Famous Buckeyes Talk Amongst Themselves
genres: Sports
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Orange Frazer Pr Inc