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With Florida State’s 33-21 victory over West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Friday, Robert Cleckler Bowden — a.k.a. Bobby Bowden — rides into retirement as major college football’s second-winningest coach with a 389-129-4 record. Joe Paterno, who earned his 394th victory in the Capital One Bowl as Penn State beat LSU 19-17, could win No. 400 next season. By his own math, Bowden is already beyond that benchmark. “How about them 22 wins I got at South Georgia College? How come that don’t count?” Bowden said, talking about where he was from 1956-58 before heading to Samford. “I know it doesn’t count NCAA, but will somebody mention, please, that I have 400 wins during my lifetime?” Consider it done, Coach.
