Video 1) I love watching that video, because there are some real haymakers thrown early on. I also love the fact that the band starts to play the National Anthem, and everyone genuinely expects that it will calm the crowd down. Oh, how this country has changed…

Video 2) Unconscious. And I like when they cut to Norm in the stands, and he’s got that grin like, “Yeah, you sonsabitches, he’s MINE.” Classic Norm.

Video 3) Check out old school John Saunders.

Video 4) Perhaps the greatest basketball game I’ve ever been to. It’s my brother’s only Mizzou basketball game, and, well, he saw a good one. Fraschilla said it best: “I’ve never heard an arena that loud in 25 years.” That is the epitome of the roof coming off a joint. It also made me sort of hate Mizzou Arena, with its curved roof. Hearnes is great because the roof is flat, so the noise just amplifies upon itself; Mizzou isn’t that way. Still, I love Christian Moody, now and forever.

When I was putting the book together, the one photo I paid for out of my own pocket was the KC Star’s shot of Clarence burying that last shot even as Boschee shoved him with the left hand (page 255 of True Sons for those interested). That one HAD to be included.

I checked YouTube but couldn’t find the 1987 game at Hearnes where Lee Coward knocked in a three at the buzzer to wn. Pure delirium.

The great thing about the roar as Moody was shooting free throws is that some people had already left a couple of minutes earlier, assuming it was over. I bet a few folks slapped their heads when they picked up the paper the next morning.