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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I'm sitting there looking and saying, 'This could be really exciting,' ... It needs to be exciting this year, though.
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I went with experience, game experience, ... I should've gone with practice experience. That's the lesson I learned.
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I think the most important thing for our team right now is that we have got to find a way to make one more play.
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James will probably want to push it. I seriously doubt it ... depends on how many times he's been to church.
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He's a big, strong physical player, and I was glad he got the opportunity to display his skills.
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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.
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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He's not a normal guy. The fact that he's a professional athlete in one sport means he has some pretty refined skills.
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He's now put three games together that have been really, really impressive. He's putting himself in position right now to do some things Leroy Hill was doing.
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You can't stop him. You can only contain him.
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I decided to cover all angles. ... I sent him chocolate-covered prunes and a box of Depends.
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I can't wait until he knows what he's doing. He doesn't know what he's doing right now. He's a special talent.
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I can't wait until he knows what he's doing.
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We try not to talk much about mental fatigue.