Jeff Bowden Resigns.

Terry O'Keefe · Nov 14, 2006

I'm shocked as hell, but maybe even the Bowdens could no longer stand the heat in the Kitchen after getting shutout by Wake Forrest. That last sentence about "skirting the nepotism rules" sort of says it all about the cheating culture at FSU football, they even cheat on their own rules.

Jeff Bowden steps down as FSU offensive coordinator
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden resigned Tuesday, just three days after the Seminoles were shut out for the first time in 233 games.

His resignation will be effective at the end of this season, athletic director David Hart Jr. said.

Bowden, the youngest son of Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden, replaced now-Georgia head coach Mark Richt as the Seminoles' offensive coordinator in 2001.

Florida State (5-5, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) has its homecoming game Saturday against Western Michigan followed by the season finale on Nov. 25 against intrastate rival Florida.

Bobby Bowden has stood by his son's performance as offensive coordinator despite a notable decline in scoring and yardage gained in the past half dozen seasons.

At his booster luncheon Monday, Bowden said he decided a couple of weeks ago to quit responding to critics seeking his son's ouster. The 77-year-old Bowden said he had reached the point where he was upset enough to punch somebody over the criticism his son was taking.

The school had skirted a nepotism policy by having the younger Bowden report to another coach on the staff other than his father.
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Gator Bill · Nov 14, 2006

That upsets me, I wanted him to stay a long time.

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

JO'Co · Nov 15, 2006

8)
I hope Lorenzo Booker is enjoying his "opportunity" to win a NC at Florida State...

Shut out by Wake Friggen Forest... Kinda gives you that warm fuzzy feelin' all over doesn't it? Booker wins the unofficial CJ Leak Cut&Run Award for 2006 in a close one over Olsen at Miami...

Terry O'Keefe · Nov 15, 2006

Jeff Bowden receives $537,000 buyout
Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden received a $537,000 buyout from the school's boosters to resign.

The settlement was revealed Wednesday when the school released a copy of the agreement Bowden's attorneys reached with the university and its boosters. The resignation takes effect Nov. 26, a day after the season finale against Florida.

Bowden -- youngest son of head coach Bobby Bowden -- retains his present $141,000 salary until his contract expires next August. He will then receive annual payments of $107,500 until August 2012.

The agreement, dated Nov. 14, was signed by Jeff Bowden, whose legal first name is George, and Andy Miller, president of Seminole Boosters, Inc.

Bowden had been under fire for the past several years as Florida State's offense declined and his dad defended his performance.

But with Bobby Bowden's contract expiring in January of 2008, it was uncertain how the university was willing to negotiate an extension while Jeff Bowden remained on staff.

"It's just amazing," Bobby Bowden said Wednesday. "When things go wrong the first thing they blame is the offensive coordinator. That's kind of the game we Americans play."

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
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Interesting that it is the Boosters who are footing the bill to buy him out of the contract. At ND since we don't have that kind of oraganization, the University if responsible for the buyout of Ty Willinghams contract.

I wonder is this the norm with regards to buyouts/firing of coaches? Boosters pay???

Sid · Nov 15, 2006

It certainly keeps the issue of using taxpayer money out of the equation.

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