Just as their season was due to get underway. New Orleans' only college football team was forced by Katrina to evacuate and then relocate several times before settling in the northeast Louisiana town of Ruston for the balance of their season. For four months, the team battled doubt, fear, and uncertainty, playing "home" games on the road while they pondered if New Orleans would ever feel like home again. While each of Tulane's players dealt with a distinct sense of loss that season, several of the players native to New Orleans were hit the hardest as family homes were left uninhabitable and families were scattered across the South. Led by their strong-willed head coach, Chris Scelfo, the team learned the definition of perseverance as they struggled to stoke their competitive fires on the field while their lives remained in disarray off it. Benjamin Hochman, an award-winning journalist for The Times-Picayune, spent the 2005 Tulane season on the road with the team. Book jacket.