More Wisconsin Pages. Full Site Menu Return to Top. Heisman Trophy Winners: D. Henry , B. Sanders , R. Williams , T. Dorsett , T. All-Americans: A. Cooper , J. Clowney , L. Kuechly , L. Fitzgerald , C. School Streak Finder , Rivalry Finder. It was an uneven season for Bowden and the Seminoles, who had been one of the nation's premiere programs during the late s and throughout the '90s before struggling the past few years.
Florida State has not had a win season since , and is appearing in its third consecutive non-BCS game after a string of 15 straight January bowl game dates. Bowden trails only Penn State's Joe Paterno for all-time wins and bowl victories 20 , but he is coming off a loss in his last postseason game - a defeat to Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.
Florida State was without three dozen players who were inactive, many because of an academic cheating scandal, and the loss was Bowden's first in a December bowl game While Bowden won't likely have to deal with player issues this year, there was some controversy as offensive coordinator - and Bowden's designated successor as head coach - Jimbo Fisher dealt with speculation he was leaving to take over for Tommy Tuberville at Auburn.
The Tigers later hired Iowa State's Gene Chizik, but the controversy again brought up the issue of how much longer the year-old Bowden will remain at Florida State. For now, Fisher will be focused on improving an offense that struggled in losing three of its last five games. The Seminoles rushed for 2, yards - their most in six years - mostly because of Antone Smith, who had yards and 14 touchdowns. Florida State, averaged The Seminoles need an efficient running game because of the inconsistencies of quarterback Christian Ponder, who threw for more interceptions 13 than touchdowns Florida State ranks 87th in the nation with While the Seminoles have to make only a four-hour trek to Orlando, the location isn't exactly unfamiliar for Wisconsin , which is making its fifth straight appearance in a Florida bowl game.
As disappointing as the season was for Florida State, which was ranked as high as 16th in the polls, it may have been even more so for the Badgers, who had high expectations after returning 15 starters from last year's team. They climbed as high as ninth in the polls before losing four straight and five of six.
The Badgers have won three in a row heading into this game, but needed overtime to beat Cal Poly - an Football Championship Subdivision team - in their season finale.
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