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The Ultimate Retirement Party For Bobby Bowden Can Be This Weekend

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:22:30 +0000

Bobby Bowden has been the ultimate coach for the past several decades. His win/loss record is incredible and the impact he has made on the game, especially in Florida, is beyond astonishing. He built a nothing football school into the ultimate powerhouse for over a decade. No team was feared like the Seminoles of the 90's, and no coach as respected as Coach Bowden. His southern charm and class will never be seen again in the game. Even when critics are everywhere and the love is turning into angry love, Bowden has taken it all in and done his best at all times. FSU is still rebuilding, and has had yet another season that has Seminole supporters everywhere shaking their head in sadness. Bowden has been asked several times this season what the problem is, why have they not been able to win more games? His response has mostly been the same all year, "... we're really close." Fact is, he is right. The Noles are really close, but how close? Not once this entire 2009 season was FSU blown ...

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Conference Call: Tar Heels torrid in ACC

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:50:26 +0000

Each week, Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranks the Division I-A conferences—and the teams within each league. 4. ACC 1. Georgia Tech 2. Clemson 3. North Carolina 4. Virginia Tech 5. Miami 6. Boston College 7. Florida State 8. Duke 9. Wake Forest 10. N.C. State 11. Virginia 12. Maryland Rising North Carolina: How in the world did this team lose its first three league games? Unthinkable home losses to Virginia and Florida State will keep Tar Heels from playing in their first BCS bowl. Falling N.C. State: Tom O'Brien's teams at N.C. State (and Boston College) always have played well in November. After blowout losses to Clemson and Virginia Tech, you can scratch that. Matt Hayes covers college football for Sporting News. E-mail him at mhayes@sportingnews.com .

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Meyer: I'll be at Florida 'as long as they'll have me'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:20:13 +0000

Florida coach Urban Meyer says he plans to coach the Gators "as long as they'll have me." With rumors swirling about Charlie Weis' future at Notre Dame, Meyer squashed any potential speculation about leaving Gainesville for South Bend. Meyer's news conference Monday was his most emotional in five seasons at Florida, with the coach having to pause and compose himself several times while talking about quarterback Tim Tebow and other seniors' final home game Saturday against rival Florida State.

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Fly: As the college football coaching carousel turns

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:37:26 +0000

Hey, didn't you used to be a beloved college football coach? Which coach gets fired first: Charlie Weis, Ralph Friedgen or Mark Mangino? Place your bets now. While we're on the subject of the coaching carousel, the Miami Herald spies hear that Florida State president T.K. Wetherell keeps waffling on the Seminoles situation and might want to let Bobby Bowden come back for one more season in 2010. Ever wonder what former football wonder O.J. Simpson's up to in prison ? Lifting weights and reading James Patterson novels. "O.J. works out every day. He's lost a lot of weight and he's in great shape," Simpson's longtime producer, Norman Pardo, tells The New York Post. "He says that's one of the benefits of not being able to go out and party all the time like he used to." Who knew you could get healing via text ? Fly gets new-age medicine, but this is sort of different. Ricky Williams practices pranic healing. Here's how practitioner Daniel O'Hara tells the Miami Herald it ...

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Florida State secures bowl bid by rallying past Maryland

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:28:19 +0000

Freshman Lonnie Pryor ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a 3-yard run with 32 seconds left, and Florida State beat Maryland ...

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Florida State Beats Mercer 89-50

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:20:24 +0000

MACON, Ga. (AP) -- Deividas Dulkys scored 14 points to lead Florida State to an 89-50 win over Mercer on Saturday.

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Florida could be without LB A.J. Jones vs. Florida State

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:20:14 +0000

Top-ranked Florida likely will be without starting linebacker A.J. Jones against rival Florida State next week.

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FSU bowl eligible for 28th straight year (AP)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:01:32 +0000

Freshman Lonnie Pryor ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a 3-yard run with 32 seconds left, and Florida State beat Maryland 29-26 on Saturday to become bowl eligible for the 28th straight year. Pryor's winning score was set up by a 48-yard punt return by freshman Greg Reid that gave the Seminoles the ball at the Maryland 44 with 1:35 left.

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Tebow, Gators roll to 21st straight win (AP)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:52:54 +0000

Top-ranked Florida moved another step closer to perfection with a 62-3 rout of Florida International. Tim Tebow accounted for three touchdowns and Brandon Spikes returned an interception for a score to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 21 games Saturday. Florida improved to 11-0 for just the second time in school history and needs two more wins -- against Florida State and Alabama...

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Florida State edges Maryland on last-minute TD

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:41:36 +0000

Freshman Lonnie Pryor ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a 1-yard run with 32 seconds left, and Florida State beat Maryland 29-26 on Saturday to become bowl eligible for the 28th straight year.

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What We Learned: Hawkins back on the hot seat

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:51 +0000

Sporting News' Dave Curtis analyzes what Friday's buzz means to college football. Where the Buffalo roam The buzz about Dan Hawkins getting dismissed (and bought out) at Colorado grew hot not because the Buffs lost by three on the road to a ranked team Thursday night. The bad vibes are back because of how things went down. Colorado's final four offensive possessions ended with a missed 49-yard field goal, a turnover on downs (incomplete pass on fourth-and-2 at the Oklahoma State 28), a fumble near midfield and a punt with 2:45 remaining. The Buffs either led by four or trailed by three points on each occasion yet ended with another loss, sending Hawkins' record at CU to 16-32 (and 2-20 on the road). Missed opportunities such as Thursday's have plagued the Hawkins era, and the sum of them will inspire deep-pocketed boosters to fund his removal and replacement. Hawkins inherited an out-of-order program when he arrived from Boise State—some folks at CU didn't realize how much effort would ...

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How To Ruin a Legacy It Took 35 Years To Build

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:04 +0000

When Bobby Bowden was hired to be the head football coach at Florida State, I was about 12 years old. In my short lifetime, I didn't recall Florida State doing anything. I don't think they ever beat anybody to speak of. I don't recall them ever playing in a bowl game. If they were ever on TV, it was rare. They didn't seem to have any fans. Nobody I knew was a fan of the Seminoles. The year before he was hired, I don't think they even won a game. Not only FSU, but Miami and Florida were pretty insignificant also. None of them ever competed for championships or played on TV. None ever appeared in Bowl games. Not any big Bowls anyway. Florida had that whole,"never won the SEC" thing going. Miami was thinking of dropping football altogether. In school, all my friends and I would have out favorite teams, if you rooted for a Florida team, you also had to have a "Real" team to root for. You know, one you might see on TV, play on New Year's Day, compete for the National Title, etc. Some of my friends ...

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Bowden eyes 2010 return, but Florida State won't tip hand

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:31:22 +0000

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has won two national championships and more games than all but one other major-college coach. ...

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Florida State Crushes Stetson 80-38

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:20:32 +0000

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Deividas Dulkys led four Florida State players in double-figures with 13 points in an 80-38 rout of Stetson on Wednesday night.

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Florida State crushes Stetson 80-38 (AP)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:08 +0000

Deividas Dulkys led four Florida State players in double-figures with 13 points in an 80-38 rout of Stetson on Wednesday night. The Seminoles (2-0) held the Hatters (1-2) to just three first-half field goals and used a balanced scoring attack to enter halftime with a 36-point lead. FSU held Stetson without a field goal for the final 11:37 of the first half.

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Florida State crushes Stetson 80-38

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:08:06 +0000

Deividas Dulkys led four Florida State players in double-figures with 13 points in an 80-38 rout of Stetson on Wednesday night.

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Fla. governor: Bowden should return to 'Noles

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:34 +0000

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Embattled Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has a high-profile alumnus on his side -- Gov. Charlie Crist.

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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist a supporter of FSU's Bobby Bowden

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:29 +0000

Embattled Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has a high-profile alumnus on his side -- Gov. Charlie Crist.

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Fla. governor wants Bowden back as coach (AP)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:09:44 +0000

Embattled Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has a high-profile alumnus on his side -- Gov. Charlie Crist. The Republican governor said Wednesday the Seminoles coach has been great for the school and the 80-year-old Bowden deserves respect. Some of Bowden's critics have called on him to retire at the end of the season.

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Fla. governor wants Bowden back as Seminole coach

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:09 +0000

Embattled Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has a high-profile alumnus on his side - Gov. Charlie Crist.

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Jimbo Fisher Shows His Head Coaching Skills

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:59:23 +0000

Admit it. When the word came out that Christian Ponder was out for the season the Monday following Florida State's 40-24 loss at Clemson that left FSU with a 4-5 record, the season seemed hopeless. Backup quarterback E.J. Manual played only in mop-up duty against BYU, one option run versus USF and the last few minutes against Clemson and looked arguably unimpressive in those. So when the news broke that Manual would be starting his first game as a Seminole as a redshirt freshman at Wake Forest with the Seminole's bowl streak record on the line, many fans felt the season was lost. But future FSU head coach and offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher had other plans. Instead of just plugging Manual into his playbook, Fisher tailored the playbook to Manual to ensure he was comfortable with the situation. And when Florida State scored on its first four offensive possessions to take a 24-7 lead, Fisher showed he has the skills and mentality to lead the 'Noles when head coach Bobby Bowden steps ...

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Alabi's 17 lead Florida St. in rout (AP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:44:25 +0000

Solomon Alabi's 17 points led a balanced Florida State offense in an 87-61 win over Jacksonville on Monday night in the season opener for both teams. The 7-foot-1 Alabi helped the Seminoles take advantage of their height in the rout. Five Seminoles finished in double figures with highly-recruited freshman Michael Snaer adding 14 in his collegiate debut.

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Conference Call: Georgia Tech is rolling

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:44:56 +0000

Each week, Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranks the Division I-A conferences—and the teams within each league. 3. ACC 1. Georgia Tech 2. Clemson 3. North Carolina 4. Virginia Tech 5. Miami 6. Boston College 7. Florida State 8. Wake Forest 9. Duke 10. N.C. State 11. Maryland 12. Virginia Rising Georgia Tech: Jackets have won eight in a row, and by beating Georgia in two weeks and then winning the ACC championship game, can tie the school record for wins in a season (12). Falling Wake Forest: Five straight losses ended any hope of extending bowl streak to four seasons. How close has this season been? Wake has lost five games—two in overtime—by a combined 13 points. Matt Hayes covers college football for Sporting News. E-mail him at mhayes@sportingnews.com .

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FanHouse: Florida State appeals case to NCAA

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:18:43 +0000

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Sooners Nabbed As One of 11 Elite Teams to Wear New Nike Uniform

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:55 +0000

Nike announced Thursday that Oklahoma is one of 11 elite programs that will wear Nike's new Pro Combat uniform during the month of November. Oklahoma "will take the field wearing the Nike Pro Combat uniform, a new system of dress and the lightest football uniform Nike has ever created," Nike's press release stated. The Sooners will unveil the new uniform on the road against Texas Tech (Nov. 21) or at home against Oklahoma State (Nov. 28). "Nike designed the Nike Pro Combat uniform to address the evolution of the game: Today's players are stronger and faster and the collisions are more violent and explosive than ever before," Nike's press release stated. "Nike also worked closely with coaches and administrators at each university and took great care to bring inspiration to the Nike Pro Combat uniforms that each team will wear. Nike designers gave a nod to teams' past national championships, drew upon the heritage of the universities' traditions, and combined these cues into the design ...

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Women's hoops media guides and web sites getting sexier

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:21:03 +0000

Florida State unvieled its new women's basketball web site today and -- whoa! -- didn't know this was the direction we were headed. This blog pays attention to the No. 15 Seminoles because of Seattle native Sue Semrau, FSU's head coach since 1997 and three-time Coach of the Year.

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Forecasting the ACC: North Carolina still rules

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:16:45 +0000

Sporting News college basketball expert Mike DeCourcy makes his predictions on how everything will unfold in the six major conferences. Today we preview the ACC and the Big Ten , with the Big East and Pac-10 coming on Thursday, and the SEC and Big 12 on Friday. Bold Predictions 1. North Carolina will have trouble accomodating all the available frontcourt talent. There are five starting-quality players for three spots. Of course, that's Roy Williams' kind of math problem. 2. Maryland 's biggest challenge will be finding a winning formula now that its lineup is more conventional. It might take more time than Terps fans would like. 3. North Carolina will win the ACC. Duke has the kind of experience that wins league titles, but the Devils could be in trouble if backcourt issues arise. North Carolina has players to throw at any problem. The Best of the ACC Freshman: Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech Rebounder: Trevor Booker, Clemson Passser: Greivis Vasquez, Maryland ...

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