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Bowden hopes to keep wins

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden isn't ready to give back those wins the NCAA wants to remove from his record due to an academic cheating scandal.

The 79-year-old Bowden said Tuesday he still hopes the NCAA-vacated wins will be restored after a university appeal, keeping his race with Penn State's Joe Paterno going.

Paterno's 383 wins is currently one more than Bowden.

Bowden's legacy at stake

By July 26, when preseason ACC football activity officially begins with two days of gloating in Greensboro, Bobby Bowden could arrive as the sort of news subject the league would just as soon forgo and forget.

Throughout the offseason, Bowden and Florida State have been under orders from the NCAA to surrender the 14 wins recorded in 2006 and '07.

Those back-to-back 7-6 records hardly reflect the high-wire winning that has marked the majority of Bowden's 31 seasons at FSU. But if the NCAA denies the school's appeals to leave those wins alone, Bowden's match-race for most career victories against Penn State's Joe Paterno is over.

Bobby Bowden ending his 44-year career

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Bobby Bowden says he hasn't done as well as he wanted these past few seasons at Florida State, "but I've had wonderful years, no regrets ... nothing lasts forever, does it?"

Bowden will end his 44-year coaching career after the Seminoles play in a bowl game, bringing a close to one of the greatest runs in major-college football.

A relaxed-looking Bowden was interviewed by school officials and a video was made available Tuesday.

Spurrier backs Bowden

Steve Spurrier is on Bobby Bowden's side when it comes to vacating victories.

Spurrier said Sunday that Bowden and the Seminoles should not have to give up 14 victories as part of the NCAA penalties because of an academic cheating scandal at Florida State.

Spurrier also said Florida State's track team should not lose its NCAA championships that took place during the time in question.

Florida State introduces Fisher as new coach

Florida State officially introduced Jimbo Fisher as the new head coach of its football program on Wednesday.

The 44-year-old was introduced as the ninth head coach in the program's history at a press conference.

He has been the offensive coordinator at the school over the past three seasons and was named the coach-in-waiting as Bobby Bowden's replacement two seasons ago.