falcons On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:07 AM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]>wrote:
> So, what is Bowling Green's mascot called? > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Shane Ford <[email protected]> > *Date:* August 27, 2012 9:57:29 AM CDT > *To:* GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[gatornews] [Gainesville SUN]: Clawson, Bowling Green Look > To Turn Corner [Dooley]* > *Reply-To:* [email protected] > > Clawson, Bowling Green look to turn corner**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Bowling Green head coach Dave Clawson, right, was Tennessee's offensive > coordinator under Phil Fulmer for one season. (The Associated Press) under > Phil Fulmer in 2008. (The Associated Press)**** > > By Pat Dooley <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/dooleyp> > Gainesville SUN Staff writer**** > Published: Monday, August 27, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.**** Last Modified: > Monday, August 27, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.**** > > ** ** > > You think 2010 was a rough year for Florida's football team.**** > *Season opener* > > *Who:** Bowling Green vs. Florida > When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday > Where: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium > TV: ESPN > Radio: 103.7-FM, AM850 > Series record: First meeting* > > For Dave Clawson, it was brutal.**** > > The Bowling Green coach was in his second year on the job and he inherited > a mess. Because of Academic Progress Rate deficiencies, the program was > docked a dozen scholarships. He had a plan for the future, but it would > mean sacrificing a season.**** > > Clawson decided to redshirt 20 players. At times, in part because of > injuries, his team had only 45 scholarship players available. Not > surprisingly, Bowling Green went 2-10.**** > > It got better last season and should be even better this season.**** > > “The numbers got right last year, but we were super young,” he said. > “There were times we had 10 freshmen on the field on defense. What we went > through the last two years was a struggle, but we look like a Division I > football team now.**** > > “I'm excited about this team.”**** > > Bowling Green will come to The Swamp on Saturday with what is probably the > best team Clawson has had in his four years at the school.**** > > After last year's 5-7 record, he believes his plan has worked to get the > program back on track.**** > > “We played 34 freshmen and sophomores last year,” Clawson said. “We have > 20 starters back. We're a year older, a year more mature. We're improving. > It might not have helped us to play all of those players who redshirted, > but I like where it puts us now.**** > > “We don't have a lot of seniors, but it's a team that listens. What I did > is a luxury to have in this conference (The Mid-American Athletic > Conference) that you don't have in (the SEC). When I was hired, I was given > a 6½-year contract. They knew it would take time. They knew it would be a > developmental program.”**** > > Florida fans will remember Clawson from a short stint he had as offensive > coordinator at Tennessee after successfully turning around programs at > Fordham and Richmond. Clawson was hired by Phil Fulmer, but the staff was > terminated before the season was over.**** > > Tennessee writers called the Vols' attack the “Claw-fense”, but it > finished the season ranked 116th in the country in total offense and the > Vols went 5-7. Florida beat Tennessee that year in Knoxville 30-6.**** > > “But I have no regrets. I learned a lot. Mostly, I learned about > recruiting. It was intense. You go against Urban Meyer and Mark Richt and > Steve Spurrier and it's going to be extremely competitive.”**** > > This is Clawson's first trip to Gainesville as a head coach, but he did > make a trip to Gainesville when he was the offensive coordinator at > Villanova to watch the Gators practice in the spring.**** > > “It was in the mid-1990s and we watched practice and I went over to The > Swamp to see it,” he said. “Steve Spurrier was down on the field riding his > stationary bicycle working up a sweat.**** > > “We'll find out a lot about our team (Saturday). We know we're going to > play an excellent team in the premier conference in a difficult > environment. Our players always get excited about these games. It's an > opportunity our players dream about. I don't think we'll have any guys back > down.”**** > > ** ** > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
