The young fellow of 86 years sat or at least tried to sit next to me at the bar. He needed a little assistance getting on the high chair at the bar. I helped him up and he started the conversation about where I was from. I provided the answer and he said he's been there many times, recruiting football players. As the conversation moved along, he revealed that he coached under Bobby Bowden at WVu. We discussed Penn State and he said " We had a clue when they would run a particular play that was very effective for PSU". They practiced all week and had it down pat. Just as PSU got into the alignment and the tip off was provided, WVu players all gave the signal. Bobby Bowden said "We got this one" PSU QB took the snap and handed off to the back and he slammed into the line. 47 yards later it was TD for PSU. Bowden, who never cussed, said dad-gummit, what went wrong? It was a great conversation and I noticed his ring. It was extremely large and diamond studded. He said yes, I got that with the Denver Broncos for the AFC championship. He also coached for Seattle and we had a nice discussion on Curt Warner. It's easy to see why these guys coach, they are very people oriented. Sure glad he sat down next to me at the bar! We had about 30 minutes of football talk during a great vacation.
