No, Bonnie Bernstein, Bobby Bowden is not Florida State

Bonnie Bernstein responded to the news that Bobby Bowden has agreed to reconnect with Florida State University by writing this on the Twitter machine:

@BonnieBernstein Great to see the legendary @TheBobbyBowden re-engaging with FSU. The 2 really are 1 and the same ...

And this on the Facebook machine:

So great to see the legendary Bobby Bowden re-engaging with FSU, especially considering he was unceremoniously shoved out the door after 34 seasons, 2 National Championships and a Hall of Fame career. Despite the uncomfortable parting of ways a few years back, the 2 really are one and the same!

No they're not.

Florida State University is an institute of higher education, with students, some of whom are athletes, but most having nothing at all to do with sports; professors; and faculty, some of whom are coaches, but most having nothing at all to do with sports.

Bobby Bowden was one of those faculty members. He was the most famous faculty member. His work probably brought the university more attention than anyone else's. His name is probably the first one people think of when they think of Florida State University, especially if they have no connection with the university otherwise.

But Bobby Bowden is not ... let me repeat, is NOT ... Florida State University.

Let me be clear that the academic fraud at Florida State committed while Bowden was coach is in no way close to comparable to doing nothing about a child molester walking on campus, much less the actual child molestation itself, it's that attitude of the coach being synonymous with the university, taken to its worst extreme, that led to the reaction at Penn State when Joe Paterno got fired.