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The Boys from Old Florida: Inside Gator Nation
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by Buddy Martin
Sales Rank: 739807
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 259 pages
Published by: Sports Publishing LLC October 1, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1596702826
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1596702820
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 15.2 ounces
Product Description
In The Boys From Old Florida, Buddy Martin takes the reader beneath the surface of Florida football as, without bias or sugar coating, he skillfully excavates the truths behind "The Gator Nation."In this book, Martin, a Florida native, has chronicled the real stories of Gator coaches and players through their own eyes and in their words over a 55-year period since 1950-and not all are valentines. All but one of the coaches interviewed were asked to leave or move up by the school. Some players became estranged or never really felt appreciated. Yet, others are forever grateful for their experience as Gator players and feel a sense of brotherhood.Liberating moments such as the arrival of Ray Graves come to life through the words of some-body who experienced it firsthand. Martin's fresh investigations have bolstered his sharp memory of those moments as they unfolded, including Graves' firing after a fairy-tale season with his "Super Sophs."
About The Author
Buddy Martin is a veteran journalist who has won more than 100 awards for his writing and editing in newspapers and magazines. The Florida natives distin-guished career has been highlighted by versatility and achievement of excellence, from his current post with the Charlotte Sun, to the St. Petersburg Times, Florida Today, New York Daily News, and Denver Post. He appears regularly on radio in Ocala-Gainesville and Denver, and he won an Emmy Award for his work at CBS Sports in the early 1990s. Buddy is also the co-founder and co-director of The Sports Journalism Summit at Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Boys from Old Florida: Inside Gator Nation (Hardcover)
I got this book for Christmas and by the time I read it (Feb) it was totally outdated. Gators-National Champs 2006!!! Too bad for Buddy Martin that he didn't wait till after the 2006 season to write this thing. The book is an interesting and in-depth look at Gator football over the last 50 years. Being born in 1980, I didn't really have much of an appreciation for the history behind the UF football program even though I've been a Gator fan for my whole life. This book takes you through the years of trials and successes that lead to the powerhouse that is now Gator football. Basically the history is broken into "era's" under each of the coaches from the last 50 years [The first 50 years are briefly discussed in the intro to the book, but not much info there]. So, divided up into chapters such as "The Bob Woodruff Era" through the "The Urban Meyer Era" the book tells the tale of what made each period special. The one complaint I have is that not enough information on a lot of great players (Emmitt Smith) was included in favor of more information about the character and idiosyncracies of the coaches. Even though each phase of Gator football has been somewhat defined by the coach of the time (Steve Spurrier), I thought more about some of the players and teams should have been included. Also, simply including some tables with the starting offense and defense for each year would have been really nice. Most players of the past weren't mentioned at all in the book. Martin talks a lot about how it is going to be so hard for anyone to ever live up to the excitment of the 1996 season in the book. As I said, its too bad he didn't wait until after the 2006 season to write this!
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