When I saw this game on Saturday night and watched the play unfold with Ponder trying to make a tackle after his interception, I said to myself, “Damn, he’s a gamer.” Now I’m thinking his display of tough guy wasn’t such a good idea after hearing that he separated his shoulder on the play. Watch the video of Christian Ponder’s separated shoulder caused by his hit on Clemson DB DeAndre McDaniel:
When they say turnovers are painful it really applies in this situation. It’s too bad Ponder got hurt on that play because he was having a good season and starting to emerge as a top quality quarterback. What’s worse is that that turnover and the ensuing hit may have ended not only Ponder’s season, but also Bobby Bowden’s tenure at Florida State. The Noles are now 4-5 and at Wake Forest and Florida in two of their last three games. A 5-7 season is likely the recipe for Bowden’s firing and that’s where they’re heading.
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I cannot believe that Bobby Bowden will be fired by Florida State. If it comes to pass, they will be most ungrateful. The guy is old and their program is not what it used to be, but he deserves to go out on his own terms, and maybe he can even bring the program back up. Look at Joe Pa at Penn State. He had quite a few worse seasons than Florida State has had and people were calling for his head. Now, Penn State is back near the top, even if Joe isn’t doing it by himself anymore.
Bobby Bowden has done more for Florida State than Joe Paterno did for Penn State. The latter had a pretty decent program under Rip Engle before he took over. The former had virtually no program when Bobby Bowden took over. His string of top four finishes will be difficult for anyone to duplicate. He has earned the right to go out on his own terms.
The injury to Christian Ponder, who is a gamer, should not be a deciding factor in the removal of Bobby Bowden. It should be a nonfactor.