Can someone confirmed that the thing he wears out to the games is known as a sun hat? I am pretty sure I am right but just want this site to be as legit as possible. If you have heard, another college coach is stepping down, the iconic Bobby Bowden. Now I am not a big fan of Bowden, but you still have to respect the things he accomplished in his 34 years at Florida State.
If you look clearly on statistics, Bowden is the greatest coach in the past twenty-five years. The fact that the Seminoles haven't missed a bowl game since 1981 is absolutely astounding if you think about it. In College Football, every team has their down years where they may miss a bowl game but even when down still have enough to make the bowl games. This is another great stat; Bowden from 1987 to 2001 never had a team finished with more than two losses. Do not forget the two National Championships reeled in by Florida State in six years plus two runner-ups in that span then another one the following year. If you are good at math that means 66% of the National Championships involved Florida State in six years.
People loved playing for Bowden at Florida State in the 80s and 90s BUT...
The 2000s hit. For whatever reasons places like Miami and Florida became more attractive. Miami riddled with problems until the mid-90s finally got their shit together bringing in guys like Andre Johnson, Frank Gore, Willis McGehee, Jonathan Vilma to name a few. Same with Florida once Urban Meyer got there with the spread is the sexy offense right now. Bowden lost the ability to recruit for reasons we still do not know and probably will never know.
The reason why I do not like Bowden is because he never seemed clean. Things that Bowden would do just made you think that the Seminoles just wanted to win, no matter the background of their players. People would call them the CrimiNoles, and questioned Bowden's credibility. Anytime Bowden's players got in trouble, they just slid by like nothing happened and really didn't suffer punishments. Bowden recently got in trouble in an academic scandal, which was not his first either.
COMPLETE SIDENOTE: You may disagree but the Program is a fictitious representation of Florida State. Same colors, same attitude, same sort of coach and you think I am crazy but watch the 1993 movie. The directors chose a team to get inspiration and it was Florida State.
I will never call Bobby Bowden the greatest college coach of the last 30 to 50 years because something isn't right and we do not know everything just like any other coach. But I do not feel the same way about Joe Paterno, Coach K, Bobby Knight even, and any other historic coach in college sports.
-Charlie.
PS: Jimbo Fisher if you do not go atleast 9-3 in your first year, welp see ya later, no doubt about it.
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