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Article: Bowden hopes to hang onto wins: ; Ohio State picked in Big Ten poll; COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- July 28, 2009
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - Bobby Bowden is approaching his 80th birthday,
and he's asking for quite the present.
The soon-to-be octogenarian hopes to hang on to the 14 victories
the NCAA wants to remove from his record due to an academic cheating
scandal.
"I'm still thinking they'll come to their senses," the Florida
State coach said Monday with a laugh during the Atlantic Coast
Conference's media days.
The 79-year-old Bowden continued to express his desire to remain
in a chase with Penn State's Joe Paterno to become the winningest
coach in major college football. Bowden enters his 34th season in
Tallahassee with 382 career wins - one fewer than Paterno.
"They're just going to kill a good dadgum ...