Carlen came to this conclusion after sitting in Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd’s office and listening to Dodd and Alabama coach Bear Bryant talk about the passing game like it was some sort of disease.
Carlen figured if two legendary coaches felt that way about throwing the football, then it might be worth doing one day when he became a head coach. So when Carlen came to Morgantown he sought out a guy named Bobby Bowden from Florida State, the same Bobby Bowden who coached a guy named Fred Biletnikoff - today the namesake of the college football award presented to the best wide receiver in the country.