Bobby, Bobby Bobby …

I guess Florida State coach Bobby Bowden really cares about retiring as the all-time wins leader in college football.

How much does he care?

Reportedly enough to look for proof of what he says were 22 victories he earned coaching South Georgia Junior College from 1956-58.

Really.

Bowden, 79, is a single win behind Penn State’s 82-year-old Joe Paterno (383-382) but the NCAA intends to strip FSU of 14 wins over academic fraud involving some of Bowden’s players. With Bowden ostensibly set to step down by 2011, there's no way for him to make up that gap.

Unless ...

Bowden successfully petitioned the NCAA to accept 28 wins he earned from 1959-62 at Samford University, known then as Howard College. But junior college victories, I believe, are bit of a stretch.