But Bowden won their last meeting, in 1990 at the Blockbuster Bowl in Miami, 24-17.
Stallings' 1991 squad finished the season with an 11-1 record, including a 30-25 victory over Colorado in the 1991 Blockbuster Bowl.
But so is the Blockbuster Bowl.
He led the Eagles to a 31-13 victory in the 1993 Blockbuster Bowl.
He did come back and played in the Blockbuster Bowl.
Known last year as the Blockbuster Bowl, the event is a collegiate football championship game.
For the third consecutive season with Johnson, Florida State won a bowl game, the Blockbuster Bowl.
The Blockbuster Bowl was a coalition bowl in 1992, but not in 1993 or 1994.
If Miami is defeated, the Hurricanes are expected to stay close to home and play in the second Blockbuster Bowl, on Dec. 28.
But officials from bowl games and major conferences across the country are more concerned with what will happen as the Blockbuster Bowl prepares for its third game.
