Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
If you thought for a moment that 79 years, Bobby Bowden, was ready to retire as head coach of State Florida, forget, especially after his Seminoles sent Wisconsin 42-13 in the Champs Sports Bowl Saturday (12-27-08).
For Bowden, the victory over Wisconsin was like a déjà vu, a big play offense – and a tough, nasty, opportunistic defense getting around the Badgers, sending them back into the hole of origin. The Seminoles special teams' has in the face of the badgers.
When Florida State had to punt the player who had right-Graham Gano, the winner Lou Groza Award as the best kicker in the nation. Gano All he did was average 48 + yards on 5 punts and place 3 of them within 4, including 2 at Wisconsin 1-yard line.
Talk about backing your opponent against the goal line, had just the right touch Gano, earning him the MVP award. When, if ever, have you heard talk of a gambler winning a prize of MVP in a bowl game?
On the defensive side, both Derek Nicholson and Dekoda Watson returned fumbles for touchdowns, Nicholson, for 75 yards and Watson, 51. Talk about emotion.
After both teams failed to score in the 1st quarter, Florida State scored 2 touchdowns in each of the 2, 3, and 4 th quarters.
Wisconsin continuously starting deep in their own territory and never really got untracked. PJ Hill managed to gain 140 yards on 15 carries for the Badgers, but quarterback Dustin Sherer completed only 4 of 9 for 55 yards during the first three quarters.
It was an ugly end to the season in Wisconsin. At the beginning of the Badgers were ranked as high as 9th in the AP Top 25 Poll, but Wisconsin has always been overrated in recent years. The loss made it 7-6.
The victory put Florida State at 9-4, the first Seminole to win 9-season since 2004. Bobby Bowden is used at best, having reached a minimum of 9 victories in 17 of the 18 years before tailing off in recent seasons. Many of their key players back next year, without a good reason to quit smoking, even in 80.
The NCAA Champs Sports Bowl was Florida State, leading the 27th consecutive Bowl, personal improvement Bowden Bowl record to 21-10-1. Bowden has 382 career wins, only 1 below 383 in Joe Paterno's Penn State, the major college record. Paterno is 82 years young.
Both Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno likely to take place in a football stadium on a stretcher when they quit training. These guys are icons and extremely competitive. Although they both deny it, every one would like to go down in history with more wins ever, and show every year returning the band.
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Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – 2008 Champs Sports Bowl – Florida State Uses an Mvp Punter & Heads Up Play to Rout Wisconsin, 42-13
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