"Bud Johnson’s The Perfect Season should be required reading for even the most casual observer of the college football scene. For LSU fans, you’ll want to memorize it from start to finish and sleep with it under your pillow at night. This book is that good. Johnson’s tireless research and reporting light up every page, and his careful attention to detail miraculously brings the year 1958 back to life. Johnson gives us the players, the coaches and the games. He also provides a rich historical context that helps us understand why that magical season changed our football-loving world forever. I had to rub the goose bumps off my arms more than I dare to admit. Thanks to Johnson, Billy Cannon once again breaks into open field and sprints for the end zone. Paul Dietzel stalks the sideline. The Chinese Bandits wait their turn to go in."
John Ed Bradley, Sports Illustrated contributor and author of It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium