If you haven't heard already, Bobby Bowden is getting his own documentary and it will have everything from his life in it. His early life in Birmingham, Alabama where he spent an entire year bedridden with rheumatic fever only listening to WWII reports and Alabama football calls on Saturdays. It will explore his rise to playing quarterback at Alabama and his transfer to Howard College (now FCS Samford University).
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In his 44 seasons of coaching he had 40 winning seasons —- 33 of those came consecutively at FSU —- and finished with over 370 career wins between his time at FSU, Howard and West Virginia. In his 33 bowl games he went 22-10-1 and at one point went 14 straight bowl games without —- he did tie in the 1984 Citrus Bowl with Georgia.
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Bowden left a lasting legacy at FSU and never left despite getting job offers from seemingly half the SEC and one from the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. He was the winningest coach in college football history, but that was taken away with the restoring of some Joe Paterno wins and the vacating of Bowden's from the 2006 and 2007 seasons (12 wins including 6 conference wins) that were vacated for use of ineligible players.
The movie is set to hit theaters on January 8, 2017 so make sure you get your tickets.
