Though Bowden has been content with being on air, the fire to coach again is starting to burn. By the way he carries himself in conversation, his passion to coach again started to arise.

“I’ll stay busy doing this for the off-season, but I’m really looking at the possibility of getting back into coaching. I haven’t done that for eight years,” said Bowden. “I’ve been very much involved, but I’m looking very much at broadcasting this year and coming out and looking closely at what jobs start to come up in October or November.

“The possibility of putting my name out there in a hat for the first time, I haven’t decided. There’s a good chance I’ll get back into coaching. I’m 50. If I don’t go back, I’ll never go back.”

Of course, however, Bowden couldn’t leave Valdosta without giving his thoughts on the SEC. As a former Auburn Tiger, Bowden has tremendous knowledge about what he calls, “The best conference in America.”

“Florida’s got enough people coming back that you just have to pick them. That being said, the usual suspects are there. I covered the Hula Bowl and talked to (Georgia coach) Mark Richt. They’re not going to sit back and let Florida win it every year,” said Bowden. “Tennessee is having an incredible recruiting season. On the other side, LSU is loaded again. I’d say LSU and Auburn again are the teams you have to contend with over there.”

As the rest of Bowden’s radio team is in Miami for the Super Bowl, he is traveling to Orlando and San Jose. Since his team is at the big game, who does he think is going to win?

“It’s very interesting in itself that the fact that the SEC has not been known for putting out the top quarterbacks in the NFL, yet you’ve got what many consider the best quarterback and the new young gun in the Super Bowl,” said Bowden. “On the basis of analyzing those two, I do believe you know what you are going to get with Peyton Manning. I think you’ll find the fun comes with trying to decide what Rex (Grossman) will do.

“I think the keys to the game will be if the Colts can stop the Bears’ running attack. Can the Colts shut down the running game of the Bears? The biggest unknown is still Grossman. I’m gonna be one of the many and say the Colts will win because they have the more veteran, stable quarterback. It’s not a genius who goes out and picks that one.”

Coach Terry Bowden can be seen on ABC during the college football season, and you can read his articles on the Yahoo sports Web site. And in 2008, you may even see him on the sidelines again.