Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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STUDENT LIFE ZULMA CRESPO between plays, Bowden es instruction to o player. wn for his use of unexpect- Tys, Bowden hias developed eputation as a daring coach. )wden listens to the com- fments of assistant coaches )m the press box. From the assistant coaches see a different perspective so Bowden keeps in constant com- munication with them. 77

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BOBBY BREAKS 200 hen the Universi- ty hired Robert Cleckler Bowden Jj ' i football coach in 19 15; The school was hoping to breathe new life into a dor- mant football program. Little did they know that fourteen years later Bowden would turn the program into a pe- rennial national title con- tender and take his place among the game ' s greatest coaches with his 200th career victory. With a 42-3 victory over Louisiana State on October 27, Bowden became only one of 22 coaches in college foot- ball history to win as many as 200 games. For Bowden, completing that 200th win was probably more difficult than succeeding in the pre- vious 199 games. The semi- noles dropped back-to-back road games at Miami and Au- burn in his first two attempts at this career high. ' Tt doesn ' t seem like a milestone to me when there ' s a guy out there (Eddie Rob- inson of Grambling Univer- sity) with more than 350 wins, so it doesn ' t mean much, said Bowden after the triumph. Victory number 200 came in the 277th game of a 25 year career as a head football at three universities; Samford, West Virginia, and Florida State. For most college football coaches, reaching this goal would be something to savor. Most expected to see a soak- ing wet victor commemorat- ing his achievement with a victory ride on his team ' s shoulders to the fifty yard line. For Bowden, the victory ride ended only seconds after the games final play. Kirk Carruthers chased L.S.U. Quarterback, Jesse Daigle, out of bounds on the game ' s last play, and after a ques- tionable hit, a five-minute free-for-all began, souring what could have been a mem- orable time in Bowden ' s ca- reer. I don ' t know what hap- pened, but I know it shouldn ' t have, said Edgar Bennett. Not even the senseless scuffle could darken what has been a bright career for the tribe ' s all-time winningest coach. He started his coaching ca- reer in 1959 at Samford Uni- versity, in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. His first five wins, all shutout vic- tories, were a telling-tale of things to come. With nine victories in thir- teen bowl games, including a 8-2-1 record at FSU, Bowden ' s 73 percent winning average ranks as college foot- ball ' s all-time best. He joined a very prestigious list of suc- cessful coaches. Only Paul bear Bryant, Joe Paterno, and John Vaught have ex- ceeded his record in total bowl victories. Bowden listed an 18-14 win at Nebraska as his all time favorite victory, You just don ' t beat Nebraska at Nebraska, but we did. Vic- tories over LSU in 1979, Florida in 1987, and Miami in 1989 place high on his list as well. Bowden, who recently signed a lifetime contract to coach at the university, ex- pects to keep coaching well into the 1990 ' s. Craig Rothberg fter defeating the oppo- i?hents, the victor takes the rize. Bobby Bowden holds hy after winning his first fear ' s Day bowl game. Jpjge players show their ap- ' | 9f)reciation and esteem for jwden by lifting him up on ttJfe Xsf)oulders. The Seminoles roufed the LSU Tigers, 42-3. ZULMA CRESPO

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28 LIFE anny Newton throws his I copy of the Orlando Sen- tinel into one of the new - recycling bins at Moore Audrforium. Bins placed near ma- jor buildings made campus wide recycling easier for students i king a part in recycling. S ' ireshman John Living- ' stone, a resident of Kellum Ii- Hail, dumps into the re- cyclfhg bin a month ' s worth of cans. For the fail semester, Kellum residents raised over $300 through recycling. j ,- arah Pagan proves that it ,only takes a little effort to u r make a big difference. ' ' ' ' ?? ' This bin in the Diffenbaugh buifdirig a nd others helped to make campus recycling virtually effortless.