This one kind of surprised me.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson coach Tommy Bowden agreed to a contract extension Tuesday amid reports he was talking with Arkansas about its coaching vacancy.
"I'm very pleased with the contract extension agreement that we reached," Bowden said in a university release.
Bowden was mentioned as a candidate for the Arkansas position in several newspapers published Tuesday. Houston Nutt resigned as the Razorbacks' coach last week and accepted the job at Mississippi.
Details of the contract extension were not immediately available. Bowden and athletic director Terry Don Phillips were out of town, but the coach planned a news conference at the school later Tuesday.
Bowden has a 69-41 record in nine seasons at Clemson. He had three years remaining on his contract, and Phillips said about a week ago that the coach would be offered an extension.
Bowden has been at Clemson for nine years and his name has been floated several times as "on the hot seat". He has never posted a losing season for the Tigers but he has often been viewed as under-achieving and has never won an ACC title.
All three losses this year were against teams that are bowl bound and he did beat in-state rival South Carolina but it still seems strange that he would turn down (if it was ever really offered) a chance to jump to the SEC.
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