FSU

For a team that isn’t even bowl eligible yet Florida State is sure receiving a ton of press on the week of the biggest non-bowl game that I can remember in the 24 years of my life. Saturday they will play against Western Michigan for their sixth win to make them bowl eligible to continue a streak that started in ‘82. But that’s not the biggest news coming out of Seminole nation this week. Offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden, and son of head coach Bobby Bowden, has announced his plans to resign at the end of the season which leads to more distractions that the team doesn’t need. He apologized for the distraction, but I’m sure the $537,000 buyout doesn’t distract him much. The early talk is that Valdosta State head coach Chris Hatcher is the leading candidate to take over the job next season. He has had 68-10 record in his six years at Valdosta which is a .870% win percentage, which is tops in the nation at any level. Since his arrival at Valdosta the offense has been potent and has also won a Division II national championship. His resume is very deep including stints at Kentucky (coaching Tim Coach) and UCF. With this experience and the potential of heading up the FSU offense next season it could be said that he might be the leading candidate to overtake Bowden when he decides to step down or is booted after having a few more seasons like this one.