Bobby Bowden, college coach that impacted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers [Kelly Jordan, Florida Times-Union]
The Buccaneers would have been a very different franchise without Bobby Bowden. The football world will miss him greatly.
Regardless of the college football team you support, the football world lost an all-time great today in Bobby Bowden. Bowden leaves a legacy that is hard to follow for any coach at any level, and his impact goes far beyond FSU.
During his record-setting years at Florida State, Bowden helped cultivate unparalleled levels of NFL talent, and the Buccaneers were one of the biggest beneficiaries of Bowden’s coaching.