Florida State legend Bobby Bowden speaks out, details reason for hospital stay

Bowden was released from the hospital on Friday.

Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden was released from a hospital in Tallahassee on Wednesday after having a pacemaker installed.

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Doctors discovered Bowden, 87, needed a pacemaker installed after he was admitted to the hospital after a case of dehydration and nausea from antibiotics for a swollen salivary gland.

"My heart (beat) had gotten so low, they had never seen it that low on me," Bowden said. "That pacemaker will help solve that. I hope I get to feeling better and I think I am going to be much stronger now. It will mess me up for a little bit, but I hope it solves everything."

(h/t College Football Talk)