Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys chronicles over three decades of astounding, improbable, heart-wrenching, college football finishes in 116 vividly detailed chapters. From east coast to west coast, Division I-A to Division III, all your favorite schools are covered. Each game comes alive as author Ted Mandell sets the scene, recounts the drama of the decisive play, and captures all the post-play emotion and impact.
But it's not enough to just read about the games. Listen to the two-disc audio CD set included with the book! It's packed with the actual broadcasts of the most spine-tingling endings exactly as they were relayed by the great radio voices of college football from around the country. You're right there with the crowd at the thrilling moment of victory or the wrenching pain of defeat.
Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys was a great-selling clothbound work when it was first published in 2000. Now in high-quality paperback for the first time, Mandell has updated the book, adding sixteen new chapters, and a bundle of breathtaking new recordings to the original, plus an index. And one of the best additions is the new Top Ten Heart Stoppers selections, showing the poll results from scores of the most esteemed football journalists around the country. Ten seconds left. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Here we go with the kickoff, the ball comes loose and the Bears have to get out of bounds... David Gordon to win it for Boston College... Flutie takes the snap, scrambles away from one hit... Dropping back McNabb, the heat is on, this is the last play of the game... The snap back to Scott Frost... Time has run out, Stewart throws it for the end zone... Oh, the band is out on the field!... A miracle catch!... Oh my God, Carter scored!... Van Tiffin has kicked a 52-yard field goal and the state of Alabama is crimson!... It's an Iowa touchdown, it's an Iowa touchdown! I can't believe it!... There's a mob scene on the field... Listen to this crowd! Pandemonium!... Colorado has won the game! Can you believe it?!... He did it, he did it, Flutie did it!... Holy cow, Matt Davison!... The Bears have won! The Bears have won! Excuse me for my voice, but I have never, never seen anything like it!
