TERRY BOWDEN, CYCLOLNE?

The real question is why was Bobby talking to the Des Moines paper in the first place? There’s no way they call him, so he must have contacted the paper just to stump for one of his kids. And what does Terry think about this? You know he wants a job, and Iowa State getting a fired Auburn coach would be ironic, but could he possibly appreciate the smell of desperation and urine that Bobby’s putting out there?

Is the NCAA coaching game turning into the pros?

By that I mean, is it getting to a point where all you have to do is get one coaching job and you are automatically qualified for any coaching job, regardless. I get tired of seeing re-tread coaches come up for for jobs that obviously need a CHANGE (not to get all Barack or anything).

If you look at the caoches that have had the most impact and done the most with the least amount of talent over the past few years, I would bet that most of them are doing something a tad bit outside the box .
Urban Meyer, Mike Leach, and this year Paul Johnson all come to mind.

I know Urban has talent galore at Florida, but he turned had success at BGSU and Utah before.

short people got…. no reason….

I can’t wait to order a Bowden Nickel.

If you’re Terry Bowden right now, do you feel like a miserable, pathetic human being for needing your father to publicly campaign for you to get a job, but not just any job, an absolutely pitiful excuse for a head coaching job? Isn’t this the college football coaching equivalent of letting your mom set you up on a blind date with the “nice girl” she sees every Wednesday at her bingo games?

Orson, you sure you aren’t still suffering from last weekend’s illness? Agreeing with Coach Bowden on anything, well, except his form of “disipline”, could lead to premature bouts of “misremembering”.

“cycLOLne”

Brilliant!

Terry Bowden was fired from AU for many reasons, and none of them were because he had one bad year. He had stocked the roster with criminals. Even worse, criminals who could not play football.

@9:

Wasn’t there also something about a rumored affair with a relative of Bobby Lowder?

@ Tide Druid:

Short people got, no reason to live…

I actually saw Tater Tot in ATL for the SECCG. He is actually shorter, somehow, in person…

karlhungus—

That may be true, but from an outsider’s perspective: why would one believe anything said about the reasons for the firing of an Auburn coach now?

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Bowden:

                 
1993 11-0 8-0
1994 9-1-1 6-1-1
1995 8-4 5-3
        
1996 8-4 4-4
        
1997 10-3 6-2
        
1998 1-5^ 1-4^ (fired mid-season)
Auburn: 47-17-1 30-14-1

Winning percentage for Bowden: .723.

Dye:

1981 5-6-0 2-4-0
1982 9-3-0 4-2-0
        
1983 11-1-0 6-0-0
        
1984 9-4-0 4-2-0

1985 8-4-0 3-3-0
1986 10-2-0 4-2-0

1987 9-1-2 5-0-1

1988 10-2-0 6-1-0

1989 10-2-0 6-1-0

1990 8-3-1 4-2-1

1991 5-6-0 2-5-0

1992 5-5-1 2-5-1
Auburn: 99-39-4
 
Winning percentage for Dye: .697.

Tuberville:

1999 5–6 2–6
2000 9–4 6–3
        
2001 7–5 5–3

2002 9–4 5–3
        
2003 8–5 5–3

2004 13–0 9–0
        
2005 9–3 7–1
        
2006 11–2 6–2
        
2007 9–4 5–3
        
2008 5–7 2–6

Auburn: 85–40 52–30

Winning percentage for Tuberville: .680.

I am not sure about the affair thing, but I have heard that as well. Like I said, there were lots of reasons.

Terry Bowden should go to Iowa State, where he can hire Tommy as his offensive coordinator (remember, he did great things under Terry at Auburn!) and Jeff as his DC. Yes, I know Jeff’s background is in OCing as well, but if there’s anyone in that family who’s figured out a sure-fire way to keep teams from scoring, it’s Jeffy.

They could be like the 2nd-Gen Bowden Family Mafia, wreaking havoc and revenge on a college-football world that mocked and disrespected them. Do not taunt the Bowden Cyclone!

@10,

See #11.

@11,

Yep.

“Being out of (the profession) for so long, everybody’s scared of him, (but) it’s not because he’s lost any of his knowledge of the game.”

So everyone is scared of him because he melts opponents minds from the sidelines, cuz he’s hung like Reggie f’n Nelson and coming for our wives/daughters, cause he reminds everyone it’s “time to make the doughnuts?”

1. - Terry Bowden is only available in Pennies

I’ve been out of the advertising industry for 8 or 9 years, but I still read Advertising Age-so let me back in!

Bowden’s been pitching Terry for the last several years for any job that comes open. Of course, the fact that Terry was living with his Dad during the 2007 season may have something to do with it. The Bowden brand name is down there with the Bush-brand name at this point. 2nd all-time winningest coach and still radioactive.

Bubba Spurrier is still current with USC running the 1988 Duke offense, though, and would be a great candidiate for Ames.

Isn’t the name “Bowden” radioactive at this point? I mean, all of ‘em are anathema…even Blobby, but he just doesn’t know it yet and no one at reFSU has the balls to tell him…except for an ex-girlfriend of mine…she asked Bowden when he was gonna retire and he said he can work there as long as he doesn’t have to drive there! Two younger guys with him started walking him away really quickly…

I really thought that was funny…Weekend At Bernie’s-style.

Terry Bowden is the best munchkin-voiced coaching talent available. The best.

“Follow the yellow brick road.”

If Bowden failed at ISU who would notice?

Ahhh! You forgot one little thing. Terry’s recruiting left a lot to be desired. The level of talent he brought to Auburn decreased every year. In the opening game of 98, we played Virginia and lost. We lost because there wasn’t any game plan. We were clueless. As 1998 went on and the losses piled up, things did not go well and Coach Bowden bailed out mid season. I’ve never forgiven him for that.
War Eagle!

Terry came into a friend of mine’s bar , Harry’s Bar , it was a real dive. He seemed like a real nice guy, we swapped a few rounds of beer and BSed about everything except football. He would stop in occasionally, I can’t say anything bad about the guy. He was just like one of the guys when I was around him. But, who knows.

9 and 23,

Nice spin, but Terry was never in charge of recruiting at Auburn. Pat Dye, Wayne Hall and Joe Whitt ran the pay-for-play machine until Tubby forced them out in 04.

This same machine is being reinstalled under Chizik. Look for Auburn to beef up their talent level in the coming years.