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For Bobby Bowden and the like, it's win now, slander their upbringing later

Related Topics: Bobby Bowden, Defamation

Who better to tell you what college sports is all about than a college coaching legend? Take it away, Hall of Famer Bobby Bowden.

“During my last days at Florida State, 65 to 70 percent of my boys did not have a daddy at home,’’ Bowden said during an appearance on ESPN Wednesday morning. “They're raised by mommas. Thank God for them mommas, or grandmommas. Or big sister, or aunt. But where's the man?’’

You can see and hear the rest; there’s only so much of that pseudo-sociological claptrap spewed by a out-of-touch octogenarian anyone would want to type, much less listen to.