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A Bowden is picked to win ACC, but it's not Bobby

By TIM REYNOLDS

Published: Jul 21, 2008

For the 17th straight year, a Bowden-coached team is the preseason favorite in the Atlantic Coast Conference. For the first time in that span, it isn't Florida State.

Clemson - coached by Tommy Bowden, the son of Bobby Bowden, major college football's wins leader at Florida State- was announced Monday as the favorite to win the ACC title. It's the first time Clemson has been the league's preseason choice since 1991, the year before the Seminoles entered the league.

"I'd like to see him win every game but one - not us," said Bobby Bowden, whose team was picked third behind Clemson and Wake Forest in the ACC's Atlantic Division. "But it's good. If I can't be there, I'd just rather him be next."

Clemson picked up 59 of 65 first-place votes in the league's Atlantic Division balloting, and was an overwhelming choice - named on 51 ballots - to win the overall ACC title and claim an automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series. Defending league champion Virginia Tech easily picked up top honors to prevail in the Coastal Division, over North Carolina and Miami. More

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