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If These Walls Could Talk: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Stories from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box
By Reggie Brooks with John Heisler / Foreword by Jerome Bettis
Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312-676-4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
After making his mark in the Notre Dame record books as a running back and later joining the school's athletic department, former All-American and Heisman Trophy finalist Reggie Brooks knows what it means to live and breathe Fighting Irish football.
In If These Walls Could Talk: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Brooks provides insight into the inner sanctum of one of the most iconic college football programs, from The Snow Bowl under legendary coach Lou Holtz to the modern rosters guided by Brian Kelly. Featuring conversations with players and coaches from past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes only Brooks can tell, this indispensable volume is a front-row seat to Notre Dame history, with incredible memories such as:
- Being knocked unconscious while scoring a touchdown against Michigan in September 1992
- Catching a diving, two-point conversion in the end zone to defeat Penn State in the “Snow Bowl” in November 1992
- Returning to South Bend after retiring from playing professional football in the NFL
- Insider stories from more than three decades of Irish football across the Holtz, Davie, Willingham, Weis, and Kelly eras
- Reflections on the unusual yet successful 2020 campaign in the middle of a pandemic
If These Walls Could Talk: Notre Dame Fighting Irish is a behind-the-scenes perspective on Fighting Irish history as told through the eyes of the man who has witnessed so much.
About the Authors:
Reggie Brooks, a former football All-America running back and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, currently serves as executive director of the Holtz's Heroes Foundation. Following his record-setting college career, he played four seasons in the NFL before joining the Notre Dame athletics staff in 2008.
John Heisler spent more than 40 years as a member of the University of Notre Dame athletics staff, including 14 years as senior associate athletics director in South Bend. A foremost authority on Fighting Irish history, Heisler has written several books about Notre Dame athletics, including Mike Brey’s memoir Keeping It Loose and 100 Things Notre Dame Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.
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