For the first time in 34 years, a Florida State football season started without Bobby Bowden on the sideline. It's Jimbo Fisher's team now, though against Samford it hardly mattered who was coaching the Seminoles. Fisher began his career as Florida State coach with the easiest of victories as Christian Ponder threw four touchdown passes and the 20th-ranked Seminoles celebrated the start of a new era with a 59-6 victory Saturday against Bowden's alma mater. Florida State scored 35 points during an 11-minute span of the second quarter, including Greg Reid's 74-yard punt return touchdown, to build a 42-0 lead on a sweltering day in north Florida. Ponder, playing for the first time since a season-ending shoulder injury last November at Clemson, completed 12 of 14 passes for 167 yards before giving way to backup EJ Manuel at halftime. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302470052
