Mark Schlabach reports tonight for ESPN.com:
(World’s oldest team mascots meet for the last time)
Legendary Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who built one of college football’s greatest dynasties in 34 seasons with the Seminoles, plans to announce his retirement Tuesday morning, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.
Sources told ESPN.com that offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher, who was named Bowden’s eventual successor near the end of the 2007 season, has agreed to contract terms to replace Bowden after this season. The school’s booster organization would have owed Fisher $5 million if he didn’t replace Bowden by January 2011.
After a meeting with Florida State President T.K. Wetherell earlier today, Bowden was really given no choice to retire.
He was given two options by the school president, retire or basically serve as the team mascot next season. Bowden would retain title of head coach but not be involved in the day-to-day operations of the program. Uh, thanks for that Prez.
Needless to say, Bowden made the best choice under the circumstances. Though FSU’s program has fallen into disrepair, it is nice to see him go out with a least some of his self respect still intact.
Now that he’s essentially been forced out, how soon before those UAB rumors start to crop up again?
10:04 pm on November 30th, 2009
There are several College Football Rivalries that I have always been fond of……for instance, my heartstings are tugged when Notre Dame plays Penn State; basically my two favorite teams….
But the laugher of the year is when the Florida State Semiholes play BYU……..I’ve sat, cracked a few beeers and bags of chips, and watched what I call the “Drugs vs. God Game”…..
Willybee
10:18 pm on November 30th, 2009
BTW, that’s be Joe Pa with Bowden…..I still have from the Penn State Blue Course, a sleeve of Commeriative “Joe Paterero Golf Balls”…..gots a caricature of his face on them……..
When they were being advertised as, “Guaranteed to Go Up The Middle, three or four times”, I cracked up so hard that I shelled out the ten bucks for a sleeve…..
Willybee
12:42 am on December 1st, 2009
is anyone else hearing Bowden to ND rumors?
5:15 pm on December 2nd, 2009
Excuse me?? “(World’s oldest team mascots meet for the last time)” I’m sorry had i known this was Perez Hiltons site I would never of come to this page. Joe P. is a great clean coach. If there is ever a coach that is as clean and honest as him, we will never see it in our time. As for Sports by Perez, this site has just lost another hit and I will send this to PSU to get the rest on your low life self. Why don’t you start drawing little dick on the pictures of your self. Because that is all you are! Perez wanna be.