FSU coach backs his offensive coordinator and direction of team 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said Monday that team morale is high despite a disappointing season and that he doesn't regret making his youngest son, Jeff Bowden, the team's offensive coordinator.

But fan impatience with the younger Bowden has increased after a half-dozen years of mounting losses and declining offensive production.

"I don't think he'd get half the criticism if his name ain't Bowden," Bobby Bowden said Monday.

"How can I have nine coaches and it's always one guy's fault?" the elder Bowden asked Monday. "We're a team. We win and we lose. We don't point fingers."

Bowden called a meeting Monday of his unity council as well to take the pulse of morale among a half-dozen key players, including quarterback Drew Weatherford, after the Seminoles' 24-19 loss Saturday to Boston College. It was Florida State's seventh loss in its past dozen games dating to last November.

Bowden created the unity council after the 2002 season, when the team split over whether Chris Rix or Adrian McPherson should be playing quarterback shortly before McPherson's removal from the team over gambling questions.

Weatherford had words with quarterbacks coach Daryl Dickey during Saturday's game in the second half when he was warned he could be replaced by Xavier Lee. Read More Here