re: Bobby Bowden started head coaching in 1959. From 1959-2020 where does he rank all time.

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Beating Miami before the 80's was like beating an in state directional school. Florida football started with Charlie Pell and really started with Galen Hall. Not like the Gators were a football powerhouse before that. Heck before the 80's the Wildcats were better at football than the Gators.

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I guess good thing this isn’t about how good FSU was before the 80s. None of the Florida schools were good before then, but all three were powerhouses within the next 10 years. So Bowden doesn’t get credit for having those two on his schedule every single year when he was dominating and both of those teams were also elite programs? Seriously? Whether not he had a choice is kind of irrelevant. The games were still played. From 1987-2000, Bowden was 11-4-1 against Florida and 7-7 against Miami. He was 85-60-1 against ranked teams in his career at FSU. So 146 of his 417 career games at FSU were against ranked teams. He was 22-8-1 in bowl games. That’s fricking strong