So raise your hand if you thought Florida State was bound for 2-5. Raise your hand if you thought the Seminoles, down 17-6 against North Carolina here at halftime, and down 24-6 early in the second half, were finished. I did. I was writing my “FSU...

Jim Smith is the chairman of the Florida State Board of Trustees. Earlier this week, he made some comments to the Tallahassee Democrat. You might have heard about those comments. He said this should be the final season for Bobby Bowden. He said “en...

There was no Breakfast with Bobby Bowden this morning, as is customary after Florida State home games. But there is a Lunch with Bobby. I am there now. And he just talked about the final play of his team’s 38-34 loss last night against Miami. After...

I was talking with Bobby Bowden after Florida State’s practice today, and I threw a random question at him that has relevance to something I’m working on: Who’s the greatest player he has coached at Florida State? He thought about...

Florida State has suspended wide receiver Richard Goodman, who was arrested last night and charged with aggravated battery, a second-degree felony, for his involvement in an on-campus fight last November. Here’s the statement from Florida State...

These aren’t the best players Bobby Bowden has coached at Florida State, though some of them happen to be. These aren’t the most physically gifted, the most talented or the ones with the best numbers, though some of them happen to be. These are the...

A couple pieces of information for fans headed here to Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl on Friday: -First, get here early. As in, preferably, now (whaddya waitin’ for!). Or the day before the game. Or at least several hours before the game. There’s...

Bobby Bowden figured he’d stay at Florida State a while and then go to Alabama. He grew up in Birmingham. Bear Bryant was his coaching idol. Bowden’s dream was to coach the Crimson Tide. It nearly happened after the 1986 season. Alabama was looking...

There was a one minute, 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Florida State was at Clemson in 1988. The score was tied at 21. The Seminoles had a 4th-and-4 on their own 21-yard line. Then Bobby Bowden made the gutsiest play call of his career: a fake...

Bobby Bowden knew what was coming in October 1981. He’d seen the schedule plotted out years before. And he wanted no part of it. Bowden would play anyone anywhere, but this was silly. This was ridiculous. The Seminoles spent all of October ’81 on...