It's all about the record

JoePa is one win behind Bobby Bowden for the all time Div 1 record.  Is this the reason why both stay.....so they can end up on top.  It looked like Bowden was going to run away with it, but JoePa has made up ground, and could catch him this year.

Does anyone else think this is a driving force behind the decision?

While I realize that the argument is often made that he is simply hanging around so he can hold the all-time victories record...I don't buy it.  Joe is going to leave on his own terms and this has always been the case.  This is not the first time in Joe's career that there has been a large amount of people urging him to go.  If Bowden were to retire at the end of this season I really don't think that it would affect Joe's decision to try to extend his contract or not.  Chances are that Joe will tie or pass Coach Bowden by the end of this season. 

I don't know how sold I am on the idea of a succession plan or not.  This is certainly becoming a more common notion in football but does it really help?  Has FSU seen improved recruiting last year since Bowden and FSU named Fisher the successor to the Seminoles thrown?  Have recruits actually avoided PSU because of Paterno?

I'm sure that Joe has a plan in place that will ensure that the University that he has devoted his career to will not fall apart when he leaves.  By why do we feel he has to share that plan with us?