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Byline: Dave Hyde
"Draw yourself a circle," Bobby Bowden says.
He waits in the office he's worked for 34 years.
"You got it drawn?" he asks. "That's what it's all about. That circle."
Forrest Gump had his box of chocolates. Bowden has this circle.
"Put your finger on top of the circle," he says. "You're up on top for a while the way Miami was from, oh, 1983 to 1993. They were just like we were in the '90s and for those 14 straight years (of being ranked in the top 5).
"Now run your finger down around the circle. Stop at the bottom. You got it there? That's where both our programs were a bit ago. It happens to everyone. You're …