COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NATION : Bobby Bowden Signs 5-Year Extension

Florida State signed Coach Bobby Bowden to a five-year contract extension that will pay him almost $1 million annually. The agreement, which will keep Bowden, 66, at Florida State through at least the 2000 season, will pay him $975,000, including $150,000 of state money. The bulk of the salary includes $275,000 from radio and television appearances, $225,000 for promoting Nike products, and $200,000 from speeches and public appearances. . . . With a bowl game in the balance, Alabama officials appealed to an NCAA panel Thursday to lift its postseason ban on the No. 17 Crimson Tide before final bowl matchups are made next week.