Prologue: Peyton's final pass -- Desperate for a hero -- The pee-wee QB -- "My boy will be there" -- The redheaded show-off -- The cerebral signal caller -- A storm gathers -- Why now? -- The birth of a folk hero -- The best I ever saw -- The fear of failing -- What might have been -- A married man becomes a saint -- "I'll always be from Dew" -- The beat-up quarterback -- Archie one and Archie two -- The commuter QB -- Teaching life--and football--lessons -- The most magical fall -- A note for Peyton -- "The bad thing happened to the right guy" -- The decision -- The Mamma's boy -- Easy rider -- "I only had dogs and cats named after me" -- A coach just like Archie -- The past is never dead -- A combination of Archie and Peyton -- The thinking man's QB.