Great Moments in Football Halftime

Book sales have concluded. Individual copies of the books are available only by personally contacting Rocky Clark or Rob Komosa who each have a few left. They can be reached by calling Deacon Don and leaving a message at 847-549-0160. There are no plans to reprint the book at this time.

SPECIAL THANKS
We wish to thank the people of Metro Chicago and others for embracing this project. We wish to thank the Bears organization, Coach Lovie Smith, Caroline Guip, and John Bostrom, Virginia McCaskey and the McCaskey family and all the Chicago Bears for making this project possible, also Coach Pat Fitzgerald and Coach Jamie Walker and the staff at Northwestern Football. Special thanks to Tammy Walker, Randy's dear wife. We thank countless volunteers who sold books at Bear's game and more. We thank the more than 50 college and pro coaches who supported and believed in this project.

Attention now is placed on new fund raising ventures to support future paralyzed athletes via the newly formed Gridiron Warriors Alliance (GWA). We will continue to work with the Chicago Bears who have made this project a great success.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the medical and financial needs of Rocky Clark and Rob Komosa, two Chicago area athletes near totally paralyzed by catastrophic spinal cord injuries sustained while playing high school football.

 
 

In addition a portion of the The Halftime Book Project proceeds will be allocated to establish a future fund/foundation to assist high school football players who become catastrophically injured.

• Contents
• Preface by Don Grossnickle
• Dedicated to Coach Randy Walker
• Halftime Book Project Participants
• Forward by Jamie Walker
  
  

This fascinating book takes a "fly-on-the-wall" intense and close look into the often secretive events taking place in the football locker room at halftime. It is primarily written from the perspective and insights described by top pro and college coaches. Great Moments in Football Halftime contains eight interviews with: Mike Ditka, Dick Jauron, Frank Beamer, Bill Cowher, Al Groh, Randy Walker, Pat Fitzgerald and Nick Saban. Nearly 50 accomplished coaches contributed turn around stories, anecdotes, and more. Tim Green, best selling author, former NFL player with the Atlanta Falcons describes the player's perspective. Veteran sportswriter, Vic Carucci tells the Halftime Story from the inside of the Superbowl.

The 291 pages include insights into strategies and tactics chosen by coaches to achieve victory. Woven into the tantalizing contemporary stories are classic halftime personalities: Rockne, Madden, Bowden, Schembechler, Shula, Halas, Lombardi, Woody Hayes and more. High school athletes; Rob Komosa and Rocky Clark tell their football stories as they describe their status in rebuilding their lives after catastrophic spinal cord injury placed them in the "halftime" of their lives.

In early 2003, Randy Walker former head coach at Northwestern University and Dick Jauron former head coach of the Chicago Bears-now the NFL Buffalo Bills, and Don Grossnickle began compiling a book publishing project focusing on the “other halftime show”, the one that takes place behind locked doors in the football locker room. The project was initiated to financially benefit former Chicago area high school football players, Rocky Clark and Rob Komosa. The book proceeds can establish a foundation to assist any future high school football player who suffers a catastrophic spinal cord injury. The book is dedicated in memoriam to Randy Walker. The inspirational foreword is written by his son, Jamie Walker.