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
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Defensively, we play like that and we have a chance to win a lot of football games. Offensively, you can get hot and cold. But as long as our defense played like it did, it can keep you close.
chance either five games gives james left lose march pull sitting win
That happens, and you march on. We're sitting here 3-3 with five games left with a chance to either win or lose them all. ... James gives you more aces in your hand. We'll have to pull another hand.
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I wanted to win as many games as I could with a full deck right off the bat, try to get off to the best start that I possibly could, ... Then I would address it after that.
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It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season.
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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.
enthusiasm good looked
He has looked really, really good. He has good enthusiasm.
manages plays time
I want to see some big plays (offensively) and how Will manages the team. This will be the first time we will get to see him do that.
evaluation purpose
From an evaluation purpose, you don't get that much done.
desire help next shows skills
I couldn't help but think he would get better in that aspect. He shows the desire and has the skills to help us out next year.
contain stop
You can't stop him. You can only contain him.
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I think a lot of athletic directors, administrators and teams will drink from the well we dug.
dad might miss naps takes
Dad is 76. He takes naps during the game, so he might miss something.
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I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).
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He is a pretty good kicker. We are giving him some heavy work right now. He is kicking just as good if not better.