ACC championship-favorite Clemson fired football coach Tommy Bowden on Monday, four days after the Tigers fell to Wake Forest and dropped to 3-3. Assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Dabo Swinney was named interim coach for the final six regular-season games.
Clemson never seemed to recover from a 24-point opening game loss to Alabama. After the loss to Wake, senior QB Cullen Harper was benched as the expected high-powered Tigers offense never materialized. An inexperienced offensive line troubled Harper all season along with the Thunder and Lightning pairing of James Davis and C.J. Spiller.
Bowden, who signed a huge extension after the 2007 season, was in his tenth season at Clemson, and many expected the Tigers to contend for the ACC title. Ranked ninth in the AP preseason poll, the Tigers were routed by Alabama 34-10 in the Georgia Dome. The Tigers then lost to Maryland at home and again to Wake Forest to drop its record to 1-2 in the ACC.
Bowden finished 72-45 and coached in eight bowl games at Clemson.
On the NFL beat, Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo broke his right pinkie on Sunday and could be out for up to four weeks. The injury occurred on the first play of overtime in Dallas' 30-24 loss at Arizona. Romo, who has started 30 consecutive regular-season games for the Cowboys, will not need surgery. 40-year old Brad Johnson will assume the starting quarterback duty for the 'Boys. Romo, who has thrown for 14 TD's with 5 INT's on the season, should actually only miss three games as Dallas has an upcoming bye. Johnson, in his second year with the Cowboys, has seen only mop-up duty in Dallas, going 7-for-11 for 79 yards.
By the way, are Brian Urlacher and Tommie Harris still playing for the Bears?
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