He grew up in Birmingham following his crimson idols. He almost played for the Tide except school policy at the time would not allow married students to play on the team, so he played at Samford instead. 

He looked to Coach Bryant for advice and Bryant steered players he wouldn't be able to use Bowden's way. 

As recently as 2007, when his Florida State team played Alabama in Jacksonville, Fla., he referred to Alabama as "we" in an ESPN interview. (For more information on Bowden and Bama, see http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/feature/featureVideo?page=bowden/bama)

Perhaps fittingly, although Bowden's Seminoles beat Nick Saban's Tide 21 - 14 on the field, a victory by either team ...

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