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
bring five six
Bring 'em on about five or six more times. Let's play two for one: two down there, one up here.
football good guy
There is a lot on a young guy like that and to get the catches that he did that was very impressive. ... I think he is really going to be a good football player.
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.
both face games including last seven teams three top virginia within won
We will face seven teams that won at least seven games last year, including two of the top teams in the ACC, within our first three games, both on the road. Plus, we have to go to Virginia Tech, who won more games than any other ACC team last year.
best last year
Last year was our best and this year was better.
fact game gave keys tennessee
One of the keys to this game was the fact that when Tennessee scored and we answered, and then we scored and it was not answered. That gave us confidence.
good half improvement shown split worried
I wouldn't be too worried. He's done too many good things and has shown too much improvement to be worried about half a day with split teams.
concerned good happened improvement split today worried
I wouldn't be too worried because he has done too many good things and showed so much improvement to be concerned about what happened today with split teams.
confidence gonna high
My confidence is really gonna be high in about two years -- if I'm still here.
concern confidence media pressure
My concern is how he handles the pressure and the media attention. We have a lot of confidence in him.
defensive positions
There's still some defensive positions open, for sure.
extremely proud quit
There's no quit in them. I told them I was disappointed they lost, but extremely proud of the effort.
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.
ball bear bounce bryant coach fortunate head lucky undefeated year
I've been very fortunate as a head coach to go undefeated one year and the ball has to bounce the right way. You have to be lucky. I think Bear Bryant said that it's better to be lucky than good. We just weren't lucky this year.