Characters
Head coach of the football team.
Who is Coach Creed?
Theme often compared with football.
What is war?
The fourth down play when you don't believe you can get a first down.
What is a punt?
Taft Robinson's most impressive athletic attribute.
What is speed?
A tired and worn-out phrasing.
What is a cliche?
Gary's girlfriend.
Who is Myna?
Bloomberg's stated goal for attending school at Logos.
What is to unjew himself?
When the quarterback changes the play at the line of scrimmage.
What is an audible?
Cause of death of Coach Tom Cook Clark.
What is suicide?
The name of the play when you tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
What is a sack?
The exobiology teacher's name or nickname.
What is Alan Zapalac or Zap?
Theme captured by Gary's walks in the desert.
What is alienation?
The football play that led Gary to become a defender and tackle and kill his opponent.
What is an interception?
The three fluids that covered the floor the night of the party.
What are beer, urine, and ketchup?
The study of word origins.
What is etymology?
The teacher who teaches Gary and the cadets.
Who is Major Staley?
The "responsibility" that Myna, as a woman, tries to avoid.
What is beauty?
The teams the take the field for the kickoff.
What are the special teams?
The name of the team that beat Logos
What is Centrex?
The name for the experience of extreme joy in the act of reading.
What is jouissance?
The team's kicker.
Who is Bing Jackman?
Name of the course in which Billy Mast memorizes a German poem.
What is the untellable?
Name of the defensive player farthest from the line of scrimmage.
What is the safety?
Gary's home state.
What is New York?
To object or complain in a minor way
What is to quibble?