The college football world lost one of its legendary head coaches over the weekend, as Bobby Bowden -- the Hall of Fame coach who led Florida State for over three decades and turned the program into a national powerhouse -- died on Sunday, the school announced in a statement. He was 91.
CBS Sports HQ analyst and former Florida State quarterback Danny Kanell joined the Tiki and Tierney show on Monday to discuss Bowden's storied career and legacy in Tallahassee.
"It's a sad day for college football fans, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Bowden family. But if there was ever a life to celebrate, Bobby Bowden's life is the one to do it with," Kanell said. "He lived such a full life. And the amount of lives that he touched is really in the thousands -- not just the players, but people he came into contact with on a daily basis. It absolutely should be a time to celebrate his legacy, and man, does he deserve it...
"When I was at Florida State, he was in his 60s, so he had already established the program. We were up-and-running, we were challenging for national championships. And what that allowed him to do was really focus on being the face of the program for the media, boosters, and most importantly, recruiting. And if you go look at the talent we had on those rosters, I mean, he was amassing NFL talent, left and right..."
During the 1990s, Florida State was one of college football's most dominant teams. Under Bowden's stewardship in that decade alone, the Seminoles won nine consecutive ACC conference titles, and two national championships in 1993 and 1999. Bowden also won 21 of 31 bowl games with Florida State.
From 1987 to 2000, Bowden led the program to 14 straight 10-win seasons, and when he retired at the end of the 2009 season -- after 44 years with Florida State -- he had the second-most wins (357) in Division I history.
The entire conversation between Kanell and Tiki and Tierney can be accessed in the audio player above.
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