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re: Bobby Bowden started head coaching in 1959. From 1959-2020 where does he rank all time.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 7:50 pm to Cheese Grits
Posted on 8/9/21 at 7:50 pm to Cheese Grits
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#1 Bowden had pretty soft schedules so had he been in a Power Conference he probably has 1 or 2 more losses a year. Still a good coach but would not have been in the MNC hunt with that extra loss or two
What? Bowden scheduled brutal games, mostly on the road for years. Go look at their schedules. They were anything but soft
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Posted on 8/9/21 at 7:55 pm to lsufball19
bunch of old geezers in here 
Posted on 8/9/21 at 8:02 pm to lsufball19
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What? Bowden scheduled brutal games, mostly on the road for years. Go look at their schedules. They were anything but soft
He gets full credit for the schedule when they were Independent.Not so much for admittedly dodging the SEC and taking an easier path to a NC by joining the ACC.I believe they went 4 years w/out losing conference game.
There's no way that happens in the SEC
Posted on 8/9/21 at 11:58 pm to lsufball19
1995 Florida State was 10-2. One of the wins was 1-AA UCF. So the nine teams they beat had a record of 51-51. The two teams they lost to had a record of 21-5.
1996 FSU was 11-1, going 1-1 vs Florida. Take UF out and their opponents were 57-57.
1997 They went 11-1. Their regular season wins had a combined 58-55 record. It's 68-58 when you include the bowl win over Ohio St. (lost to 10-2 UF)
1998 they actually had pretty good non conference games against Big 12 Champion A&M, Miami, Florida, and a decent USC team. Opponents they beat had a record of 77-54.
1999. The other 8 ACC teams had a combined record of 45-48. With Florida, Miami, and Louisiana Tech their opponents record was 71-59.
2000. ACC opponents were 45-47. Overall the teams they beat were 70-59.
While they played really hard schedules in the 80s and early 90s, once they joined the ACC they played Florida/Miami, a couple of decent ACC teams, 5 or so garbage ACC teams, plus one additional regular season game most years. Sometimes good, sometimes average.
1996 FSU was 11-1, going 1-1 vs Florida. Take UF out and their opponents were 57-57.
1997 They went 11-1. Their regular season wins had a combined 58-55 record. It's 68-58 when you include the bowl win over Ohio St. (lost to 10-2 UF)
1998 they actually had pretty good non conference games against Big 12 Champion A&M, Miami, Florida, and a decent USC team. Opponents they beat had a record of 77-54.
1999. The other 8 ACC teams had a combined record of 45-48. With Florida, Miami, and Louisiana Tech their opponents record was 71-59.
2000. ACC opponents were 45-47. Overall the teams they beat were 70-59.
While they played really hard schedules in the 80s and early 90s, once they joined the ACC they played Florida/Miami, a couple of decent ACC teams, 5 or so garbage ACC teams, plus one additional regular season game most years. Sometimes good, sometimes average.
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