Paul Burka, a former Schwartz aide, remembers the diminutive Schwartz standing toe-to-toe with the bear-sized Moore, shouting insults and jabbing his finger upward.

All 120 pounds of Romeo rolled sideways, and there he was, balanced on his back, four furry, bear-sized paws up in the air.

There were hugs and bear-sized claps on the backs of letter jackets that reverberated like yells in a tunnel.