Saint Bobby and the Barbarians: The Inside Story of a Tumultuous Season with the Florida State Seminoles

by Ben Brown

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 competition on the front line. 16 pages of black-and-white photos.

Genres: Sports

384 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

Reviews

[Kareem · Rating 4 out of 5]

Remember seeing a few games of this team that year; they had really high expectations. But the "Wide Right" against Miami ruined their national 'chip hopes. Got a very insightful look into Bobby Bowden and his coaching staff especially. What life's like at a high profile college football program isn't always what's the outside may think it is. As a Georgia fan, I very much liked the author's writing on Bobby Bowden's young quarterback coach, guy named Mark Richt. Obviously he gleaned so much from the master.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Saint Bobby and the Barbarians chronicled the 1991 Florida State Seminoles' quest to capture the school's first ever national championship. Well, that national championship quest died a cruel death when kicker Gerry Thomas hooked his 34-yard field goal attempt to the right of the goalposts versus the Miami Hurricanes. Then that quest was officially dead and buried when they lost to the Florida Gators two weeks later in Gainesville.

By reading this book you could tell that Brown took his subject seriously. This book made you feel like you were there watching this team in practice, listening in on coach and player meetings, and sitting in the stands and watching this team play out their 1991 schedule.

If you want to read a book about the first Florida State team that really had a SERIOUS shot at a national championship, then you need to obtain this book.

[Scott Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's about THE COACH! Go Noles!