Dent, Jim

Chronicles the history of the Mighty Mites high school football team from their early twentieth-century origins within a Freemason orphan-and-widow home, to their dominant status in the 1930s and 1940s, to their prestigious state-champion competitions.

Explains how Paul "Bear" Bryant used unconventional methods to help turn the losing Texas A&M football team of 1954 into a winning team.

Traces the story of the late-1960s University of Texas college football star who lost his life to bone cancer after a promising start with the Longhorns, recounting the team's legendary win that marked his final game.