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
display glad opportunity physical strong
He's a big, strong physical player, and I was glad he got the opportunity to display his skills.
curse eventually
I didn't do anything different ... So I think the (Thursday night) curse will eventually turn.
draw game positives until
So you draw from the positives (of getting the game to overtime). I don't know how we'll regroup. We won't find out until Saturday.
bear bryant gave lucky statement team
Bear Bryant made the statement that it's better to be lucky than good, and I think you have to be lucky. We weren't lucky. That's one thing about this year's team - we never, ever gave up.
help south state strong ties
I see that as a strong asset. Also, he has strong ties to the state of South Carolina, and that should help us in recruiting.
exciting looking needs sitting
I'm sitting there looking and saying, 'This could be really exciting,' ... It needs to be exciting this year, though.
patience patiently seven
It's been six, seven years. I think I understand, but I'd like them to have patience, too, as I patiently wait.
battle figured odds run
I just figured the battle on the odds had run out
fast good size
Everybody's got pretty good speed, ... get the big fast guys. We get the little fast guys. It's the size of the speed, and more of it.
guys playing possible simply
It will simply be different preparation for the guys playing more because of possible suspensions,
charlie good hurt last looked problem took
He's looked good for a while in practice. I don't think his problem is going to be inconsistency in practice. That's one of the things that jumped out last year. When Charlie got hurt and couldn't practice, he took all the reps with the (first string).
charlie good last messed productive responsibility sole talent
I think I messed Charlie up last year, and he's too good of a person, too good of a talent not to be more productive than he was last year. I take sole responsibility for him not being productive.
extremely proud quit
There's no quit in them. I told them I was disappointed they lost, but extremely proud of the effort.
ability enthusiasm good hungry jury lead learn stayed
He's had a very good spring. He's stayed healthy. He's hungry to learn the position. His enthusiasm is good. He's been a really good leader, and that's something the jury was kind of out on ? his ability to lead a team.