From the ESPN.com article, Ann Bowden had this quote:
“Eat your heart out, Florida State,” Ann Bowden, the coach’s wife, said afterward. “Eat your heart out.”
I’m not exactly sure what that means. Nevermind…I take that back. She thinks because everyone was so nice to Bobby at the Gator Bowl, they’re going to regret him leaving. Ann, dear lovely Ann, the only reason everyone was so nice to him was because they knew he was leaving. It gives them one last chance to say goodbye. And they were winning. Do you think the FSU faithful would be yelling BOB-BY, BOB-BY if they were losing (as they should have been)?
Also, it became obvious that Bowden was just sticking around to beat Paterno. In his postgame conference, he had this to say:
“How about them 22 wins I got at South Georgia College? How come that don’t count?” Bowden said, talking about where he was from 1956-58, before heading to Samford. “I know it doesn’t count NCAA, but will somebody mention, please, that I have 400 wins during my lifetime?”
Bobby, those wins don’t count. And how about those 14 wins that should be stripped from your record because of the cheating scandal at Florida State? Why are we still counting those? I’m not sure if you saw the Outside the Lines report about FSU and the cheating scandal, but it was pretty blantant and, from what they were saying, probably continues. And Bobby Bowden was fully aware of what was going on.
Yes, Bobby Bowden probably deserves better than being forced into retirement considering what he has done at Florida State. But Bobby is also far from an angel. Remember that Steve Spurrier labeled Florida State as “Free Sneakers University” for a reason. And Bowden was in the middle of all of that. He deserves the tribute and he deserves some accolades but don’t pretend Bobby Bowden was the most honorable and terrific coach ever. He was great but far from perfect. Now I’m going to go back to being pissed off at Bill Stewart for losing…thank you.
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