It’ll take more than a measly ol’ infection to take down Bobby Bowden, dadgummit.
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Bobby Bowden suffered a health scare unrelated to COVID-19. According to Jim Henry of the Tallahassee Democrat, the 90-year-old Bowden was hospitalized for four days last week because of an infection in his left leg.
The Democrat wrote that “Bowden was given antibiotics and his left leg was placed in a soft cast.” The legendary former Florida State head coach is now recovering from home. The cast is supposed to be removed this week, if it hasn’t already.
“I didn’t realize when I got to be 90 it would be this tough,” Bowden jokingly told the paper. “Getting old ain’t easy. ...
"[Wife] Ann keeps telling me getting old ain’t for sissies.”
Bobby Bowden spent 24 seasons as the head coach at FSU. He was unceremoniously forced out in 2009. In 2013, Bowden returned to Doak Campbell Stadium for the first time since his dismissal.
During his time in Tallahassee, Bowden went 304-97-4. from 1987 through the 2000 season, the Seminoles won 10 or more games every year. Includes stints at West Virginia and Howard, Bowden went 377-129-4 as a head coach. The last of those wins? Against WVU in the 2010 Gator Bowl.
In 2006, Bowden was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Two years earlier, the football stadium was renamed “Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium.”
And speaking of the Doak, will players be on it this fall?
“I sure hope we get it back,” Bowden said. “We have never seen anything like this in our lifetimes. Every state is different. We just have to continue to isolate ourselves and give each other space.”