Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden has had a year from college football Hell. It’s been so bad for the Seminoles that alumni have been calling for the firing of the legendary coach, despite his remarkable history. Things just kept piling on this weekend for Coach Bowden (and his family!) with his 80th birthday on the horizon. Don’t expect any birthday cakes, though, for the old man.

Bowden’s Florida State Seminoles lost a key ACC game at Clemson and also their starting quarterback, Christian Ponder, possibly for the season with a separated shoulder in the process on Saturday.

Not for the icing on the proverbial birthday cake…

Bowden’s son, Terry, whose coaching staff includes younger brother Jeff, saw his undefeated and top-ranked Division-II North Alabama Lions tumble in four overtimes on Saturday, too. And Bowden’s son-in-law, Jack Hines, the defensive coordinator at Colquitt County High (Ga.), opened the weekend with a defeat on Friday.

Coach Bowden then lamented to reporters, “Our whole family got whipped. We ain’t celebrating nothing.” Hey! At least his sense of humor is still in tact, if not his football team’s season, which has been as sad to watch as a Lifetime movie.

[via Fanhouse]