Fourth and New Orleans: How Tulane Football Survived the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

by Benjamin Hochman and Chris Scelfo

Just as their season was due to get underway. New Orleans' only college football team was forced by Katrina to evacuate and then relocate several times before settling in the northeast Louisiana town... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596702370
• ISBN13: 9781596702370
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Well told Tulane football story

Thoughtfully written from a variety of perspectives. This story of perserverance in the face of overwhelming odds is an up lifting account of a small piece of the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005. Any Tulane football fan will find this book an entertaining page turner.

Must Read for any College Football and Tulane Fan

I picked up the book and read it in about 2 hours. I attended games as a fan on the sideline during the Katrina season, and watched the ones on TV that were too far for us to get to during that incredibly trying time for those of us trying to piece our life back together after the failure of the federal levees. I continue to bleed olive and blue and attend all the home games and as many road games as I can. Simply watching as a spectator from the sidelines does not do justice to this team and these young men. In reading the book, you forget whether or not you agree with the replacement of Chris Scelfo. You see the players and the coaches for the human beings that they are - their sins, their triumphs, their disappointments. It reminds you that Tulane football is played by young men who try in their own way to do the best that they can on the field, but also in the classroom and more importantly, as in the case of Brandon Spincer, in their lives. You will not be able to get through the chapter on Brandon Spincer's death and funeral without a box of kleenex. And Scelfo's dismissal hours after the funeral just puts the weight of the entire situation squarely into perspetive. Thank you Coach Scelfo and Mr. Hochman for chronicaling this story - I hope every Tulane fan reads this very important chapter in the history of the program. Roll Wave!