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
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.
state
You like to see the state be a success.
against few games lots people played shaping tough wish won
We've played a tough schedule, and when you play against people like that, you get lots of games that go down to the wire. Sure, I wish we could have won a few more, but I like the way things are shaping up.
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.
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.
backs balls blocked dropped hard line ran stood today
Today the line blocked well, but the play of the backs and receivers stood out. We didn't have any dropped balls that I could remember, the backs ran hard and the quarterbacks were accurate.
careful changing effort guaranteed guy level lose mean older talent younger
We're changing the talent level and you really need to be careful about your effort every day and you can lose (your spot). A lot of our talent is younger talent and just because you're an older guy doesn't mean you're going to be guaranteed a slot.
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.
last mistakes problems red year zone
Too many mistakes in the red zone by the offense. That's kind of is going back to last year with some of the same problems we had.
appeal girlfriend kid mom personal stone talk turn whoever
You have to turn over about every stone you can. Usually, you talk to a kid about his mom up there watching, or his grandparents, or his girlfriend or whoever is up there watching. You appeal more to personal pride.
control defense prefer side success tempo
You'd like to see one side control the day -- I'd prefer defense -- control the whole tempo and the whole success of the offense.
control establish honest line offensive running sort
You'd like to see the offensive line kind of take control of the scrimmage to be honest with you. You like to see them come out there and establish some sort of running superiority.
ball front hard offense running starts time
We are having a hard time running the ball on offense so that's where it starts is up front defensively.
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.