When the first email came almost two years ago, the first thought was long shot.
Mark McDonald, a former sports writer for the Dallas Morning News, was touching base and sharing the news of his new project — a book on The Big Shootout, 50 years later.
Another trip through that 1969 epic of a game between the University of Arkansas and Texas, which was a heartbreaking 15-14 loss on national TV that was attended by President Richard Nixon and covered by newspapers from coast to coast.
ABC had moved the game to the season finale, and the nation got No.