Bowden Named Emperor Of Florida State

I say this realizing that news of this sort isn't going to detract from the Les Miles situation, the ACC championship or even the fact that on the west coast, "That's So Raven" is placed directly before said ACC championship. But just so you don't make any plans to trash Bobby Bowden's lawn if the Seminoles lose in the Music City Bowl or whatever, be forewarned that the only person who's going to fire him from the FSU coaching gig is Death himself.

According to Bowden's Birmingham-based attorney (pronounced "law-yuh"), the venerable ballcoach and Florida State have reached an agreement that will have him on the sidelines not just next year, but for pretty much however long he wants. Such is the case with these things, it's more of a handshake agreement than anything, but you can imagine neither party's going to court with the details of this.

While Bowden has two more wins than Joe Paterno and three fewer years, the more striking number is $2,023,689.15. That's Bowden's 2006 salary, which is amazing considering that it's about four times what Paterno's "official salary" is...and then there's the whole "what's a 78-year old man going to do with over $2 million new dollars?" thing.