>>VIC MICOLUCCI: THIS MORNING FAMILY FRIENDS AND SPORTS FANS ARE REMEMBERING BOBBY BOWDEN A
COLLEGE FOOTBALL LEGEND THE
FLORIDA FLORIDA
FLORIDA STATE COACH PASSED AWAY
YESTERDAY AFTER BATTLING
PANCREATIC CANCER DURING HIS 34
YEARS
COACHING FSU HE LED THE TEAM TO
WIN 377 GAMES AMASSED 315 WINS
WITH ONLY
98 LOSSES ON HIS RECORD AND IS
CREDITED WITH BUILDING.
FLORIDA STATE INTO A
NATIONAL POWERHOUSE IN 2006 HE
ENTERED THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
HALL
OF FAME. FLORIDA STATE
PRESIDENT JOHN THRASHER SAYS
BESIDES HIS INCREDIBLE LEGACY.
BOUGHTON WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR
HIS GREAT FAITH LOVE
OF FAMILY AND HIS MENTORSHIP OF
COUNTLESS YOUNG PEOPLE.
JOINING US THIS MORNING IS ONE
OF THE ATHLETES THAT HE MEANT
TOWARD FORMER FSU FULLBACK
LONNIE PRYOR THANK YOU FOR
COMING ON THIS MORNING LONNIE.
>> OPPOSITE ABSOLUTELY SO LONI I KNOW THAT THIS IS BITTERSWEET FOR YOU, I MEAN YOU’RE TIMES AT
FSU ARE SO GREAT YOU GOT TO GO
IN THERE UNDER COACH BOWDEN AND IT WAS TRULY A SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN THE 2.
>> YEAH, I WAS
DEFINITELY A DREAM COME TRUE
ALWAYS WANT TO GO FOR STAYING
ON BEHALF OF BODIES THEIR OFFER
A YEAR. EITHER FOR HIS LAST FIRST LAST SEASON. TRUTH AGREE, YOU
KNOW ANY OF US SHOULD PLAY OR
WHAT A BODY OR BODIES WILL LET
YOU GO TO SCHOOL THEY’RE NOT SO
THAT WAS THE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PLAY ON ME
FOR US.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YEAH LANI I
MEAN YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER. AND A
BIG PROSPECT
IN COLLEGE. YOU HAD A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES YOU COULD HAVE
GONE REALLY JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
IN
THE SOUTH. YOU CHOSE FSU WAS IT
BECAUSE OF COACH OTHER REASONS
AS WELL.
>> IT WAS ON THE MAIN REASONS
ALL WITH US, YOU KNOW THERE’S A
LOT OF SCHOOLS ON WHAT THE
FSU TO LAST MAYBE IT IS JUST SO
I I CAME TO MY HOMETOWN AND
MY FAMILY IN MY HIGH SCHOOL ALL
YOU KNOW JUST GAVE HIM A SMALL
TELL HOW THE
FAMILY BACKGROUND IN JUST A LOT
OF STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS
A GREAT GUY HE WAS DEFINITELY
ONE OF THEM AND WE LOVE WITH
HIM IS BY FAR WAS THE ONE OF
THE MOST BEST DECISIONS I MADE
IN
MY LIFE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YEAH, I LOVE
LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE AND
CERTAINLY HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT
THAT BROUGHT YOU THROUGH AND
JUST MADE YOU AN INCREDIBLE.
ATHLETE TELL ME SOME OF YOUR
FONDEST MEMORIES WORKING WITH
COACH BOBBY.
>> AND I GOT SO STORES ON TODAY
ON
MY INSTAGRAM.
>> SO MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE
OBAMA MODEL REALLY HOLLOW KNOW,
EVERYONE’S NAME SO YOU MAY COOL
TO SEE HIM USE HIS OFFICE AND
NUMBERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT.
>> I
DON’T WANT TO PRY THIS MAN WAS
TO KILL MY FIRST PRETTY GOOD
PRACTICE, THE ENTIRE WAY TO
GO IN. THEY ALSO CALL PLAYER
BUT HE WILL HAVE GENERAL RIGHT
NOW SAID THERE OUGHT
TO BE IN HIS LIFE. HE WAS THAT
A LOT OF BREAK IT DOWN
BE A
HOW ABOUT
THE CALDER LAME BUT THAT HE NOW
JUST IN THE FIRST US ABOUT THAT
FOR GAME. SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY GREATEST JOYS I CAN SAY OH. >> YEAH
AND CERTAINLY HE RETIRED AS YOU
ARE PLAYING FOR THE SEMINOLES
BUT HIS LEGACY LIVED ON
THROUGHOUT
YOUR CAREER. AND IT STILL
CONTINUES TO LIVE ON
AT FSU.
>> YES ALL YOU KNOW WOULD BE
NOT IN THE 20 YEARS ON THE ROAD
A 100 YEARS FROM NOW YOU KNOW
MOM’S ALWAYS WILL BE THE FACE
OF THE PROGRAM HAS GOT A STATUE
OUT FROM ALL THIS AND WITH THE
LAW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE WITH
THE FIRST THING YOU
AND I’M LIKE I SAID IT’S BLESS
US ALL SO GOT TO PLAY ON
THE PHONE. TREE HIM ON YOU
KNOW JUST THIS IS SURE YOU
KNOW.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND YOU ENDED
UP GETTING AN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
WITH WHAT YOU LEARNED
FROM HIM. YOU ARE OF A BOWL
GAME. I MEAN CERTAINLY
HE REALLY HELPED YOU OUT
THROUGHOUT
YOUR JOURNEY.
>> LIKE I SAY I’LL SHOW YOU A
BETTER BET.
>> A
BETTER PLAYER. LET’S JUST ALL
AROUND THERE. HE WAS DEFINITELY
A GREAT PERSON LIKE I SAID THE
TRUE
THE ARMY FROM A LOT OF ALL
TREATED BE THEIRS LAST YEAR.
>> AND YOU KNOW SEE HIM
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING HE’S DONE
TO ME THAT IS LAST SEASON’S
OVER AND CERTAINLY SO MANY FOND
MEMORIES LONNIE
PRYOR FORMER FSU FULLBACK THANK
YOU FOR COMING ON THIS MORNING
AND I KNOW THAT IT’S GOING
TO BE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: A BITTER SWEET
WITH A BITTER SWEET WEEK AS YOU
REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES AND
ALSO MOURN THE LOSS OF
LITERALLY. A LEGEND HERE IN THE
SUNSHINE STATE THANKS LANI.
>> YOU’VE GOT THE GOALS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ON BEHALF OF
BOUNDS. FAMILY FLORIDA STATE
UNIVERSITY RELEASED A SCHEDULE
OF SERVICES FOR THE HALL OF
FAMER. THIS FRIDAY FROM 00:00AM
IN THE MORNING UNTIL ONE IN THE
AFTERNOON. HE WILL BE LAID WITH
HONOR IN THE
CAPITOL ROTUNDA FROM 2 UNTIL 7
HE WILL LIE IN REPOSE IN THE
MORE ATHLETIC CENTER LOCATED AT
DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM THAT IS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THEN ON SATURDAY, THE FUNERAL
WILL START AT 00:00AM IN THE
MORNING, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE
TUCKER CIVIC CENTER AT FSU IT
IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YOU CAN
ARRIVE AT 9.30 IN
THE MORNING. STARTING FRIDAY
MORNING AT 8 NEWS 4 JAX SPORTS
REPORTER JAMAL SAINT CYR WILL
BE LIVE IN TALLAHASSEE AS
MEMORIAL SERVICES GET UNDERWAY
THERE. WE WILL HAVE A LIVE
REPORT FROM THE CAPITAL BOTH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PAY YOUR RESPECTS
INSTEAD OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY
IS ASKING THAT CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO THE
FELLOWSHIP OF
CHRISTIAN ATHLETES THAT’S 8, 7,