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This summer, St. John’s funny and engaging first book, Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania (New York: Crown, 2004) was released to favorable national reviews and wide distribution. Named after a UA victory song, it chronicles Alabama’s 1999 run to an SEC Championship, focusing less on what happened inside the stadium and more on what happened in the parking...
Gathered at midfield under a cold metal sky, middle-aged and young silently passed a football down the line, from history into history. From David A. Ignacio `71 to current Captain Brian D. Rammer '94 and finally to their venerable leader: Coach Joe Restic...
Restic received Rammer's hand-off; the hushed halftime crowd burst into cheers, and the band, which had spelled a great crimson "Joe," launched into "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard." The rest of the team rushed the field to congratulate...
...Quincy defense, led by Dave "Rammer" Ramsey and Steve Nicholas, played even more impressively, allowing Winthrop only one sustained drive all afternoon...
...fighter. Other Japs pressed in for the kill, but the staggering bomber fought them off and righted itself 3,000 feet below the formation, only to be crashed by another fighter. The Cabin pulled out again at 5,000 with one machine gun still firing; a third Jap suicide rammer sent it plummeting into Tokyo Bay in a pall of black smoke. In its seven-minute agony the Cabin had shot down eight other attackers. Air Force officers recommended posthumous decorations for all the crew, and the Medal of Honor for the Cabin's commander, Major John E. Krause...