makes no mention of Bowden’s record prior to his stint at Samford.

If this isn’t a hoax, it’s the sleaziest thing I’ve ever heard.

I refuse to believe that he is that dumb. It can’t possibly be true.

Why is Dodd such a joke?

could Fisher be fired as successionist? I just love the concept. It is very George Costanza to be fired from a job you do not actually have yet. At the same time, I am assuming that would be the logical recourse, force Bowden to retire and can Fisher.

they could care less – but, clearly, they choose not to.

I think his point is that he counts all his wins, and that it’s arbitrary that some count, some don’t, and some count more than others. To an extent, I agree. He coached to win, his players played to win, and a win is a win. What’s the difference between 1A and JC, when all your saying is “most wins”. Neither Paterno or Bowden have the most wins, so that’s a bullshit distinction anyway.

I think the relevant statistic should be most Div 1A wins, or at least, most wins coaching D1A program.

This race, such as it is, will determine the most coaching wins by a coach who finished his career at a D1A program, said wins to include lower division and junior varsity games, but not to include junior college games.

What the hell is that? It’s nothing, it’s a meaningless distinction.

In the Dodd article it states that Bowden is beginning his 47th year as head coach. By my count, that puts him back to 1963, not the late 50’s. May not mean anything more than Dodd is too lazy to reconcile this apparent discrepency, but who knows?

“You ever heard of me and Jim splitting it?” Bowden asked, suggesting with his usual charm that the end indeed is not near. “Me and him could make $2.5 million off this deal.”

Um….riiiiight, since Jimbo is guaranteed $5 million solely to himself, he’s going to willingly split that with you AND let you keep on as head coach.

Delusional.

NCAA statisticians would attach that little symbol (shift F8 on your keyboard) to his victory total.

John Gagliardi FTW!!!

Sensible analysis

He says Clark approaches elite status and Pryor is close but still a work in progress.

Oh, and because the Big Ten’s dominate defenses gives its offenses hard times, the “traditionally” weak media punishes them for it because…well…the traditionally weak media doesn’t know a hill of beans about defense.

Every time I see a post about Bobby Bowden and his desperation for the all-time wins record, I thank God Almighty that I did not go to FSU and I went to Penn State.

It’s obvious to anyone who has watched that for years Florida State (like Penn State) has been run by the staff.

Until last year, I would say that JoePa’s coaching staff has been as centralized around the head coach like any other.

During the run-up to the Orange Bowl, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review posted this article:

Bowden, Paterno and the numbers game

Bowden is recognized as the all-time win leader among Division I-A coaches with a career record of 359-106-4. Paterno trails at 353-117-3. But Paterno supporters note that Bowden’s total includes 31 victories in four seasons at Samford University, known then as Howard College.

Samford had competed for 18 years without scholarship football before Bowden arrived for the 1959 season, didn’t play football from 1974 through 1983, went Division III non-scholarship from 1984 through 1987 and moved to Division I-AA beginning in 1988.

But the NCAA has ruled that all coaching wins count if a coach has coached 10 years at a Division I-A school and all the victories came against four-year schools. Bowden has 30 seasons at Florida State.

Bowden is not strident on the matter of his win total. But when Bowden was asked if all his wins should count, he replied softly, “They probably should. It was a college. It’s relative. I wasn’t playing with Penn State material, either.”

“I’ve got 22 wins at South Georgia that don’t count because it was a junior college.”

Bowden understands there are Paterno loyalists who never will accept the Samford wins.

“I know lot of people disagree with that and it’s fine with me,” he said. “It doesn’t bother me.”

Florida State athletic director Dave Hart Jr. doesn’t understand the debate.

“That’s not even a story, nor should it be,” he said. “Absolutely, all the wins should count.”

Do you like my coat? It’s made out of your mom’s pubic hair.

Mike said it best with the most to-the-point title I’ve seen on a post on BSD:

Bobby Bowden is Pathetic

Spencer Hall (aka orson swindle) doles some justice.