Posted on 07/18/2007 11:32:59 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -
Bobby Bowden believes the greatest accomplishment in his Hall of Fame career is he's never been fired.
"I know that sounds odd, but you look around every day at coaches who have been fired - coaches who last two years, coaches who last four years," he said. "I ain't never been fired. But I've nearly been fired."
The 77-year-old Florida State coach also has been successful enough that the National Football Foundation changed its rules so he could be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame while he's still coaching. Instead of requiring a coach be retired, the NFF made any active coach more than 75 eligible for induction.
The move made Bowden and Joe Paterno eligible for the Hall. They were supposed to be inducted together in December in New York, but Paterno's induction was postponed because he was still recovering after breaking his leg during a game in November.
Bowden was inducted in December and will be enshrined this weekend along with Charlie Ward, who led the Seminoles to their first national title in 1993, and other college greats, including Florida's Emmitt Smith, Virginia Tech's Bruce Smith and Minnesota's Carl Eller.
The new Belly Girls.
Well...if you’re not going to post Doak Cambell Stadium...dat’l do it.
I was gonna post a pic of Doak Campbell, but I thought “this one might be better”. :)
So much for the article.
You are a wise man.
Note to self: Don’t post articles after midnight. :)
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