We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

Bowden eager to get started at UNA

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Thursday, July 16, 2009

FLORENCE, Ala. -- It was late afternoon Monday, still more than a month away from the start of the 2009 college football season. Yet, Terry Bowden was in a hurry. The former Auburn coach was cramped between his mother, Ann, and a close family friend in the backseat of a dealer-provided SUV, and a police escort was driving nearly 90 mph down a two-lane highway in rural northwest Alabama. When the SUV and its police escort finally came to a stop in tiny Russellville, Bowden climbed out of the ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.