The Bowden Dynasty
A Story of Faith, Family & Football An Insider's AccountBy Charlie Barnes, Bobby Bowden
Length14h 17m
About this audiobook
From 1987 to 2000 the Florida State Seminoles won the hearts of America and thrilled their fans with fourteen consecutive ten-win, top-five seasons. In seven of those seasons they lost only one game. More often than not, the players' quest for a perfect season came down to one play where mere inches or seconds determined the outcome.
This special collection of essays spotlights the extraordinary strength of Coach Bobby Bowden's leadership and character, providing entertaining insight into the national landscape surrounding Florida State football in the fourteen-year dynasty era.
Author Charlie Barnes served as executive director and senior vice president of Seminole Boosters until his retirement in 2012. He and Coach Bowden traveled together on the annual Seminole Booster banquet-and-golf circuit (The Bobby Bowden Tour) for more than thirty years. Charlie Barnes was also the voice of the boosters, and his articles appeared in the
Report to Boosters,
Unconquered Magazine, the
Florida State Times, the
Tallahassee Democrat, and more.
Coach Bobby Bowden and his son Steve also teamed together to provide Bobby's insights on each of the fourteen years of the dynasty for this book, which is a companion to the feature documentary film
The Bowden Dynasty.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.6 (26)
Includes Goodreads
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length14 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 15, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Better Than the Most Wonderful Time
4A Lasting Legacy
51987 Season
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61 In the Beginning
72 Bernie and the Bandit
83 Miami, Auburn, and Florida
94 Magic in the Desert
101988 Season
115 Summer Dreams and Fantasies
126 Miami and the Rap Video
137 Clemson and the Puntrooskie
148 South Carolina, Florida, and Auburn
151989 Season
169 A Dreadful Beginning
1710 The Fooler from Paskagooler and Other Stories
1811 The Stretch Run
191990 Season
2012 The Decision: Should FSU Join a Conference?
2113 “You’ll Pay, FSU! You’ll Pay!”
2214 We Are What We Are
2315 It’s Not 1966 Anymore
2416 Pat Dye Drops the Seminoles
251991 Season
2617 Seminoles and the Conference Mentality
2718 On Fan Behavior: Who Do We Want to Be?
2819 In Praise of Unreasonable Fans
2920 False Controversy at the Cotton Bowl
301992 Season
3121 Sportsmanship: Shake Hands with a Blue Devil
3222 Real Seminole Spirit
331993 Season
3423 Attack on the Seminole Name
3524 University Center Symbolizes the Seminoles’ Rise
3625 “We’re Going to Assault This University!”
3726 Building on Tradition: The Loss of Bill Peterson and Bill McGrotha
3827 “We Would Be Lesser Men …”
3928 Seminole Ambush in the Swamp, the Trap at Notre Dame, and the Speech No Cornhusker Gave
4029 Charlie Ward: The X-Factor
411994 Season
4230 Foot Locker and the Media Storm
4331 Bobby Bowden and Sandy D’Alemberte
4432 The Emergence of the Dynasty
4533 Life at the Top of the Pyramid
4634 Clemson’s Lost Generation: The Seminoles Prosper
4735 Fifth Quarter in the French Quarter: Gators Consider Dropping the Seminoles
4836 For Your Amusement: A Reprise of the 1994 College Football Season
491995 Season
5037 Life after Bowden: FSU vs. the ACC
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