I think you should just tell the story in reverse chapters like Harold Pinter's Betrayal, or Momento, or Irreversible. Irreversible would be better as the reverse telling robs us of the catharsis of revenge, forces us to suffer through a brutal rape that inspired said revenge, shows us the events that led to the rape, and winds up leaving us incredibly sad when we saw how happily the night began for the rape victim.
In this case, we end with Bill Snyder hoisting the Big XII trophy, then show each game in succession backwards so that by the time we get to the beginning of the season we say, "Wow, I guess they started out as the suck ... and now I feel strangely ungratified to know this ..."