Longest Tenured Coaches without a BCS Bid (2008 Edition)

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CURIOUS INDEX, 3/13/08
Published 3/13/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... Paul’s got a list of the coaches with the longest tenure without a BCS bid, and number one with a bullet is Tommy Bowden. Eight years without a BCS bid, nosepicking on national television, and a clumsy diplomatic snafu with the departure of media darling Ray Ray McElrathbey from the team: the first three things coming to mind when the name Tommy Bowden gets pulled from the hat. Oh, wait: nepotism, too. You can’t forget good old-fashioned toxic nepotism. ...

Which BCS coaches have longest BCS drought?
Published 3/13/2008 at Fanblogs.com
Once again, the noble and esteemed paulwesterdawg from Georgia Sports Blog has assembled the 2008 list of BCS conference college football coaches with the longest BCS game droughts. So who is the longest tenured head coach without a BCS game appearance? Clemson's Tommy Bowden. Bowden became the head coach of the Tigers for the 1999 season, but has never taken a team to a BCS bowl. Bowden replaces last year's drought leader Houston Nutt, who fell back off the list because he left Arkansas and is now working on a new drought run at Ole Miss. ...