Y-e-a-h. I had to swallow a few times to keep the bile from rising up. We (Gatortalkers) must be the only sane people in the world. J Randy From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:34 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators have admiration for Bowden [Aschoff] Is this a contest to see who is full of the most crap? We're starting to sound as full of crap - as Bowden is. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators have admiration for Bowden [Aschoff] From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> Date: Wed, December 02, 2009 9:57 am To: [email protected]
Gators have admiration for Bowden By Edward Aschoff Gainesville SUN Correspondent Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. Though rivals by school affiliation, Florida coach Urban Meyer has always admired Florida State's Bobby Bowden. Bowden announced his retirement Tuesday after 34 seasons at the helm. "I'm good friends with coach Bowden, and I have a lot of respect for him," Meyer said after Tuesday's practice. "He's great for college football." Bowden, 80, will officially end his 44-year coaching career after FSU's bowl game. Bowden's 44 years of coaching is also something Meyer said he doubts he'll see in his career. Meyer is in his ninth year as a head coach and first started his coaching career as a grad assistant at Ohio State in 1986. "No, that's a long time," Meyer said of matching Bowden's coaching longevity. "Just want to go another week." Redshirt senior linebacker Ryan Stamper said he wasn't heavily recruited by Bowden and never received an offer from FSU, but still has the utmost respect for Bowden and now he transformed FSU's program. "He's a great coach," Stamper said. "He pretty much brought Florida State (up) from nothing and pretty much made them one of the best teams in the '90s. I have a lot of respect for Bobby Bowden and what he did for the program." The rivalry between Florida and FSU has been one-sided since Meyer arrived at Florida in 2005. He boasts a 5-0 record against Bowden and his Gators have outscored the 'Noles 182-58 in those five games. Despite Bowden's recent struggles at FSU, Meyer said his career has been a success and he's earned that success because of the way he conducted himself and the way he ran his teams. "You admire a guy that had the stamina and (did) it the right way," he said. "That's the thing you always admire about coach Bowden, he's done it the right way." -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
