No. 1 at the dinner table. He got the football bug out of his system in college. For the record, Steve, the oldest son at 46, is a financial planner. Tommy can't be here because he's got work to do. The old man can laugh about it now.
Competition is part of every business.
Knowing that, unfortunately, didn't make it easier for Julia Bowden to take. While her husband was building football programs, first at West Virginia and then at Florida State, she found herself raising six kids, at times almost a single parent. Then, the moment they were all out of the house and on their feet, her husband and three of her sons wound up in the Southeastern Conference, competing against each other. Talk about divided loyalties. Next season, that will be Tommy.