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Bobby Bowden in No Mood to Celebrate 80th Birthday
Bobby Bowden in No Mood to Celebrate 80th Birthday
by Jim Henry Bobby Bowden turned 80 on Sunday, but he wasn't in the mood to celebrate. Bowden's Florida State Seminoles lost a key ACC game at Clemson and also their starting quarterback, Christian Ponder , possibly for the season with a separated shoulder in the process on Saturday. Talk ...
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youtube.com — Bobby Bowden's Swan Song...whether he likes it or not! (Written & performed by rising star John Radcliff;... photoshops by me!) (more) Bobby Bowden (video)
Bobby Bowden Acts His Age, Forgets Score [College Football]
Bobby Bowden Acts His Age, Forgets Score [College Football]
deadspin.com — Bowden may not remember what happened two quarters ago, but he remembers when FSU was good. That... used to be enough for boosters, but after a mental lapse quite in character with an octogenarian, who knows. Corey Clark of the Tallahassee Democrat ... (more) Bobby Bowden Acts His Age, Forgets Score [College Football]
HLL: “Bobby Bowden’s Swan Song”
HLL: “Bobby Bowden’s Swan Song”
gate21.net — A little video goodness from the one and only, often imitated but never replicated, the man, the... myth, the legend: LSUFreek . This time, it’s all about the Bowdens. Video: Bobby Bowden’s Swan Song HT / via: LSUFreek I’m just glad it’s not Tennessee this ... (more) HLL: “Bobby Bowden’s Swan Song”
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WORST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER FOR LEGENDARY COACH BOWDEN
Unathletic — ... in four overtimes on Saturday, too. And Bowden’s son-in-law, Jack Hines, the defensive coordinator at Colquitt County High (Ga.), opened the weekend with a defeat on Friday. Coach Bowden then lamented to reporters, “Our whole family got whipped. We ain’t celebrating nothing.” Hey! At least his sense of humor is still in tact, if not his football team’s season, which has been as sad to watch as a Lifetime movie. [via Fanhouse]

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