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The Tide that binds

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Bobby Bowden reached into the credenza behind his desk in his office and pulled out what was left of an old, black, three-ring binder. The front cover had not survived the trip from his boyhood, leaving behind frayed wisps along the edges. The back cover carried pennant stickers for the southern powers of his day: Georgia Tech. Alabama. Tennessee. Sewanee. The lined notebook paper had yellowed, although not as much as the newspaper clippings taped to it. "This is my Alabam ...

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