Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowdenis an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008. He is a son of Bobby Bowden, former head football coach of Florida State University, against whom he has coached in games nicknamed the "Bowden Bowl." He is also a brother of Terry Bowden, currently head football coach of the University of Akron...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 July 1954
dad might miss naps takes
Dad is 76. He takes naps during the game, so he might miss something.
anticipate box difficulty guys line running
I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).
giving good heavy kicking work
He is a pretty good kicker. We are giving him some heavy work right now. He is kicking just as good if not better.
anticipate coming defense guys key playing possibly sign strongly
I strongly anticipate some of the guys we sign coming in and possibly playing some key roles, especially on defense the way we did this year.
continued defense defensive good played work
I thought the defense played well, they (the first team) didn't give up a long play all day. I thought the young defensive linemen continued to show improvement. They got some good work in this week.
comforting far knowing three
That's a pretty comforting feeling, as far as going in there knowing you're probably going to get three points.
couple fifth fourth might next open starter weeks
I think he can be a starter (at cornerback). It might be next year. It might be the fourth or fifth game. It might be a couple weeks after the open date. I could conceivably see that.
opponent tough
They've been an especially tough opponent for us offensively,
background familiar maybe plan teams watched
If I wasn't familiar with Rob's background and watched his teams play, maybe I'd wonder, ... As long as you've got a plan. I feel comfortable with a plan in place.
conference level performed tests
The opportunities he had to perform, he performed well. Those tests he passed, but that's not a lot of tests in this conference at that level of competition.
contact expect hopefully material pick serious
When you play more zone, which we do, you expect collisions. I would have thought we would have had more full-speed collisions and more serious contact for some highlight-film material than we've had in two games. And hopefully that will pick up.
couple decision guy hit last ran short third year
We had a couple of third and longs, and they hit the short guy and the short guy ran for the first down. Last year they didn't make that decision as often as they should have.
environment fun nearly paid
We get paid well to hurt. She doesn't, ... It's a completely different environment. It's not nearly as much fun as it used to be.
run
We're going to get you big enough to run down The Hill.