Saint Bobby and the Barbarians

by Ben Brown

Book Overview

The most intimate look ever at a top college football program--over the course of a season in which high hopes mingle with bitter disappointment and a coach's idealism meets the harsh realities of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385424078
• ISBN13: 9780385424073
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The 2nd best coach in college football(1 BEAR BRYANT)

This was a very intrestling book about the 2nd best coach and the incredible story of the 1991 season. This is a must read book for FSU Fans everywhere. I thourghly enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves college football.

Excellent, as seen from the inside!

As a freshman at Florida State in '91, I worked with the football team as a student athletic trainer. I remember Ben Brown, and how he spent almost every minute with the team, nearly becoming a part of it. Take it from someone who was there: Ben Brown got it right. If you want to know what a season at the top of college football's elite feels like, read this book. Even today, reading passages takes me back to memories I will never forget. I just wish Ben could have been with us in '93, when we won the National Championship, so he could have written a happier ending.

saint bobby and the barbarians

I felt this book reached deep down into college football. I was thrilled when names such as Edgar Bennet, Charlie Ward, Amp Lee, and Danny Kanell. I felt the boos of the opossing fans and felt the cheers of ours. Until I read this book, I never realized the preparation it takes to coach a college football team. This was a well planned, well thought, documentation of Florida State Football.