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
boosts gives helps last lift morale win
It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season.
players sacrifice
That's the one thing you sacrifice when you go with more of a game-type format. But, it's more fan-friendly and the players like it more. If I have the numbers, I'll probably keep doing this, but you've got to have the numbers.
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The rule is made to create equality and it's great equality if you have an airport in town. If you get bad weather, commercial flights can get in while private planes can't fly, so the advantage was already there for larger cities that get commercial flights. It's definitely a disadvantage.
noticed pursuit ran
They ran a lot of pursuit drills. If you noticed they ran a whole bunch. They ran their tails off pretty good. That's while they're dragging.
talented tight understand
He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.
accelerate change guy guys line run straight track wiggle
He is not a track guy. He is not a straight line guy. He has some wiggle to him. He isn't a track guy were you say just go deep. He can run reverses, make guys miss, accelerate and change direction.
course defensive freshmen games great improvement line offensive season strong win
You win games with strong offensive line play, but you win championships with strong play on the defensive line. The play of the freshmen defensive linemen will be important for us. They made great improvement over the course of the season and they will have to keep improving.
hitting level needs team toughness
There's another level this team needs to get to from a hitting and toughness standpoint.
actively involved raising stay
They want me to stay actively involved to raising funds.
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.
build develop good mentality start
That's not good on offense, but that's the kind of mentality you want to develop on defense. If you can start doing it everyday, you build that personality to where everyone (on defense) is going to get one.
capable comments consistency matched next performance potential since tremendous
All of my comments since he has been here is he has had tremendous potential, and his performance had not matched his potential to this point. But I think, potentially, you can see what he is capable of doing. Now consistency is his next step.
confidence gonna high
My confidence is really gonna be high in about two years -- if I'm still here.
guys list short
He would be on our short list of guys that would not be. He's on the play list.