Sports, Politics, and Music by Ryan Kantor

2019 Clemson Football Season Preview: Evaluating Potential College Football Playoff Opponents

In a previous post, I broke down Clemson’s regular season schedule and discussed the challenge each opponent could present the Tigers. The season starts with a bang as Clemson an ACC team – Georgia Tech – on a Thursday, then faces Texas A&M in Week 2, and then takes a road trip to Upstate New … Continue reading →

2019 Schedule Breakdown: Clemson Tigers

The Tigers enter 2019 at the peak of their dynasty, fresh of the first 15-0 season in modern college football history. They lose some great juniors and seniors, but return a ton of key players and are projected to return to the college football playoff. What stands in their way? We break it down their … Continue reading →

2019 ACC RB Landscape

Clemson brings back arguably their best running back since CJ Spiller with Travis Etienne returning for his junior season. He’ll co-headline one of the nations best offenses alongside QB Trevor Lawrence. He’s the obvious top of the list for RBs in the ACC entering 2019. Two other stars will push him throughout the season. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

2019 ACC QB Landscape

“It goes in cycles.” It was only a few years ago that the SEC hardly had a good passer and we wondered how Alabama’s defense would handle Deshaun Watson. Meanwhile, the ACC boasted Watson, Lamar Jackson, Mitch Trubisky, Brad Kaaya, Daniel Jones, Ryan Finley, Eric Dungey, Jerod Evans, and Nate Peterman in the same season … Continue reading →

NCAA to Consider Letting Players Profit off Name and Likeness: Implications and Obstacles

The NCAA has begun looking into rule changes that would grant players more freedom. This is good, but it’s not without some major challenges they’ll have to solve first. Continue reading →

Clemson vs. Notre Dame – Cotton Bowl Preview Video

As the Cotton Bowl nears, I synced up with Mark Rogers, proprietor of the popular YouTube Channel MarkRogersTV to preview the matchup. We looked at matchups with the four common opponents (Wake Forest, Florida State, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh) that Clemson and Notre Dame share, discussed team statistics, and talked about personnel to breakdown the matchup … Continue reading →

2018 College Football Predictions

With football season finally upon us, I wanted to consolidate and chronicle some high-level thoughts and my official predictions for the 2018 College Football season. I’ve collected predictions from ShakintheSouthland.com readers, writers, and the media and analyzed them alongside my own conference picks in a piece you can read here. My picks are listed more succinctly … Continue reading →

’18 Georgia Governor GOP Primary Race: Casey Cagle, Brian Kemp, Hunter Hill

The Republican primary for the 2018 Gubernatorial race takes place on May 22nd. According to an AJC Poll released on 4/27/18, the top three candidates are: Casey Cagle (41%) Brian Kemp (10%) Hunter Hill (9%) No other candidate was above 5%. To avoid a run-off, Cagle needs 50% of the vote. While all three are … Continue reading →

2017 SEC Football Season Preview

The SEC is poised to rebound after a down year in which Alabama was the only team to finish with fewer than four losses. The Crimson Tide carried the banner all the way to the National Title game, but were rather lonely atop the SEC. Conversely, the ACC boasted the National Champion Clemson Tigers and … Continue reading →

Sports, Politics, and Music by Ryan Kantor

Home Runs, Apple Pie, and Rock 'n Roll

Finding Conversation in a Sound Bite Society: Objections to God

If the College Football Playoff Ever Expands, Here’s the Conference Realignment That Should Accompany It

We Bid Farewell to Clemson Football Alumni

Assessing the Greatest Clemson Football Coaches of All Time

My Journey Touring College Football Stadiums

Book Review: Coolidge by Amity Shlaes