Say what you want, but football misses ol' Bobby Bowden. An excerpt from article I just read about him taking Burt Reynolds on a recruiting trip. Enjoy.
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.....Back in the early days of Bowden's tenure at Florida State, it was still OK to bring boosters on a recruiting trip, so Bowden pitched Reynolds on a plan. There was a kid from Ohio that Bowden wanted to sign, the son in a single-parent home. So the pair flew up for a visit, with Bowden selling the kid on Florida State while Reynolds wooed the mom.
Bowden's punchline: "The kid ended up going to Notre Dame, and the mother came to Florida State."
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.....Back in the early days of Bowden's tenure at Florida State, it was still OK to bring boosters on a recruiting trip, so Bowden pitched Reynolds on a plan. There was a kid from Ohio that Bowden wanted to sign, the son in a single-parent home. So the pair flew up for a visit, with Bowden selling the kid on Florida State while Reynolds wooed the mom.
Bowden's punchline: "The kid ended up going to Notre Dame, and the mother came to Florida State."
