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
anticipate box difficulty guys line running
I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).
anticipate coming defense guys key playing possibly sign strongly
I strongly anticipate some of the guys we sign coming in and possibly playing some key roles, especially on defense the way we did this year.
atmosphere continue divide game liked spring teams today
I liked the competitive atmosphere we had today and as long as we have the depth, I would like to continue to divide the teams for the spring game in the future.
fast good size
Everybody's got pretty good speed, ... get the big fast guys. We get the little fast guys. It's the size of the speed, and more of it.
against biggest came career win
The biggest win in my career came when my back and the team's back was against the wall.
biggest perform
The biggest thing now is how he's going to perform in a game.
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.
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.
battling guys
It's really not open. Those guys are battling for No.2.
anytime excited
I'm probably more excited now than at anytime I've been here.
hoping hospital obviously ready saturday sitting week
I'm hoping he'll be ready Monday. But you're sitting in the hospital Saturday and you're a week away from the game, obviously it's not good.
fall few losing opposed texas throwing virginia
I like what we're doing now as opposed to throwing a few more downfield and losing by 20 to Virginia and losing by 20 to Texas A&M, ... I feel pretty comfortable that I won't fall for the bait.
ball clock drives giving james milk
It was one of those drives where you want to milk the clock as much as you could and giving the ball to James makes it pretty easy.
address best deck full games possibly start win
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.