100 Things Cardinals Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resources guide for true fans of the Arizona Cardinals. Whether you're a die-hard booster from the days of Jake Plummer or a new supporter of Carson Palmer, these are the 100 things all fans need to know and do in their lifetime. It contains every essential piece of Cardinals knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom. Kent Somers covers the Arizona Cardinals and NFL for the Arizona Republic and AZCentral sports. He has covered the Cardinals since 1994. He lives in Glendale, Arizona. A nine-time Pro Bowler, Larry Fitzgerald has played for the Cardinals since 2004. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona. 100 Things Cardinals Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die By Kent Somers Triumph Books LLC Copyright © 2016 Kent Somers All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-62937-183-2 Contents Foreword by Larry Fitzgerald, Introduction, 1. Pat Tillman, 2. Super Bowl XLIII, 3. Larry Fitzgerald, 4. 1947 Title, 5. Kurt Warner, 6. Charles Bidwill, 7. University of Phoenix Stadium, 8. Larry Wilson, 9. 1948 Title Game, 10. Moving to the Desert, 11. Jake the Snake, 12. Two Hail Marys and a Hail, Larry, 13. Mario "Motts" Tonelli, 14. The 1998 Regular Season Finale, 15. Bill Bidwill, 16. The Pottsville Curse, 17. The 2015 Season, 18. Jimmy Conzelman, 19. Memorize Dennis Green's Monday Night Meltdown, 20. Charley Trippi, 21. Dan Dierdorf, 22. Cardiac Cardinals, 23. Bruce Arians, 24. Back-to-Back NFC East Champs in 1974 and 1975, 25. Moving to St. Louis, 26. Anquan Boldin, 27. Patrick Peterson's Happy Returns, 28. Million Dollar Backfield, 29. Roger Wehrli, 30. Carson Palmer, 31. The Honey Badger, 32. The Genius, 33. McCown to Poole, 34. Aeneas Williams, 35. Buddy Ryan, 36. Ernie Nevers, 37. Jim Hart, 38. The 2005 Game in Mexico City, 39. Adrian Wilson, 40. Participate in Pat's Run, 41. A Comeback for the Ages, 42. "Night Train" Lane, 43. "Gateway" Joe Willie Namath?, 44. "Paddy" Driscoll, 45. Matt Leinart, 46. Whiz, 47. Marshall Goldberg, 48. Neil Lomax, 49. Jackie Smith, 50. Larry Centers, 51. Tour University of Phoenix Stadium, 52. Packers-Cardinals Wild-Card Game, 53. Dennis Green, 54. The Car-Pitts, 55. The Stadium Vote, 56. The Stan Mauldin Tragedy, 57. J.V. Cain, 58. Michael Bidwill, 59. Rolle's Returns, 60. Simeon Rice and His Contract Dispute, 61. 2004 Draft Class, 62. 1984 Finale, 63. Trading Places in the 1998 NFL Draft, 64. Dress Up as Bruce Arians for Halloween, 65. Waving Bye to "Flag", 66. Running to Retirement Plan, 67. Inglorious Endings, 68. Ottis Anderson, 69. Jetstream Green, 70. Oh, No, Bono, 71. How the Cardinals Got Their Name and Colors, 72. Conrad Dobler, 73. The Big Swap, 74. Darnell Dockett, 75. Keim Time, 76. Mr. Reliable, 77. Passing on A.P., 78. Luis Sharpe, 79. The Post-Warner QB Debacle, 80. When Hardy Threw Eight Interceptions in a Game, 81. Duke Slater, 82. Coach Mac, 83. Eric Swann, 84. Passing on a Local Pass Rusher, 85. Boomer's Big Day, 86. Q's Debut, 87. Palmer Tears His ACL, 88. Arians' Wit and Wisdom, 89. Gramatica's Bad Leap, 90. George Boone, 91. Fitzgerald Moves to the Slot, 92. Jen Welter, 93. Take a Road Trip, 94. Tailgate on The Great Lawn, 95. Listen to Dave Pasch and Ron Wolfley, 96. Monday Night(mares), 97. Visit the Pat Tillman Memorial, 98. Visit Training Camp, 99. Attend the "Big Red Rage", 100. Watch "Jerry Maguire", Acknowledgments, Sources, CHAPTER 1 1. Pat Tillman On that spring day in 2002, Cardinals safety Pat Tillman walked into coach Dave McGinnis' office and informed McGinnis that he intended to be an ex-safety and an ex-Cardinal. "I'm joining the Army," Tillman told McGinnis. McGinnis smiled, but he knew it was no joke. Tillman wasn't the type of player to visit Coach Mac's office. And McGinnis knew that once Tillman made up his mind about something, there was no reversing the decision. "You know there's going to a media shitstorm," McGinnis told Tillman. "How are you going to handle that?" "I'm not," Tillman replied. "You are." So McGinnis did. Three beat writers were summoned to a small room at the team complex. McGinnis met them and broke the news in six words. "Pat Tillman is joining the Army," he said. In retrospect Tillman's decision to leave behind an NFL career to join the Army in the spring of 2002 should not have surprised us. He loved football, but Tillman's interests were varied. He loved reading, discussing social issues, traveling, and taking on new challenges. In his rookie season with the Cardinals, he rode a bike to work on many days. During one offseason he ran a full marathon just to see what it was like. He completed a triathlon the next year. "This is very serious with Pat," McGinnis told us in 2002. "It's no