Bobby Bowden Forced Out

Look I'm very excited for Florida State this year. I'll love Florida State forever. I'm looking foward to what Jimbo Fisher can do as a coach. But I hated how last year ended. Bobby Bowden should have gotten one final year to coach. This should have been his final season as coach. He should have gone out on a farewell tour to remember. He built Florida State out of nothing. I mean there is a statue outside the stadium of him. The field is named Bobby Bowden Field for goodness sakes! So this video below hurts. That 2009 season will always have hurt feelings for me. The Gator Bowl brought emotions I have never experienced watching a football game. I wanted Florida State to win, but I did not root the way I usually would. I did not go crazy. I just sat back and let the emotions go. When Bowden threw the flaming spear to the ground the tears started and would not stop. I cried before the game. I cried during the game. I cried after the game. It was saying goodbye. And no matter how it's done saying goodbye is never easy. I will never forget January 1, 2010 and that Gator Bowl. I know I will never experience watching a game like that ever again. It did bring some closure. But the force out forever tarnishes Florida State. Not Bobby Bowden, but Florida State. I only hope Penn State learns this lesson with Joe Paterno. So when I heard Bobby Bowden this week talk about his departure it reopened those December 2009, January 2010 wounds. It hurt. Watching the begining of this video hurts. But I think by typing all this, and getting it off my chest I can finally let go in a sense. Certainly never forget, but let go as much as I can. So good luck Jimbo Fisher. I hope 2010 is a dream season to remember for Florida State. Because 2009 was certainly not.


Kofod