Six straight losses in Atlanta, the shame of the Orange Bowl blowout, the Sammy Watkins suspension, the issues with the young Clemson offensive line, Clemson’s weird, historical struggles in even-numbered years… There were a lot of reasons not to expect us to win, but 320 rushing yards later all that pessimism is replaced with pie in … Continue reading
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Clemson 2012 Season Preview: Guest Blog Post
If the three Clemson related blog posts this week didn’t give it away, I, like the rest of Tiger Nation, am very excited about the impending football season (that can happen when you’re a reigning champion). I asked former Clemson football recruiting assistant, Jon Tomevi, to share his expectations for Clemson’s upcoming football season, as I did … Continue reading
Clemson 2012 Season Preview: Clemson Will Be Wildly Unpredictable, Improving As The Season Progresses
Of all 120 FBS football programs, Clemson’s year-to-year results may be the most unpredictable. An up-and-down championship season in 2011, makes 2012 even tougher to predict than usual, but here is my best effort. Clemson Football 2012 Clemson returns a bevy of talented skill players to what was one of the most potent offenses in … Continue reading
Catharsis For Clemson With First Championship Since 1991: My 100th Blog Post
This is my 100th blog post! I hope you’ve enjoyed following my blog to this point. It’s really starting to take off. I’m nearing 10,000 all time views and I just added the pageview counter to the right sidebar. The CEO of a marketing research company told me he browsed by blog this weekend which … Continue reading
Clemson at South Carolina: Analysis and Prediction
South Carolina’s defensive front is more oppressive than the communist party. Clemson OC, Chad Morris, said “It’s definitely the fastest defense we’ve seen this year.” Clemson’s offense has committed 11 turnovers in their last three games, two of them losses. Why would anyone expect them to perform well against this solid Gamecock defense? Well, let’s … Continue reading
Study Reveals That People Living in Charlottesville, VA Love London
Ok, the title is totally a lie, and I’m not even referencing London, England. Mike London, the second year head coach of the University of Virginia has done a great job, and I am assuming he’s already beloved in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the Hoos or Cavaliers, whatever their preferred title is, play their football. After … Continue reading
What The ACC Championship Would Mean For Clemson
Do you realize how long it’s been since the most passionate fan base in the ACC has been rewarded with a conference championship? Here’s a clue, half the students there now weren’t even alive the last time they won the conference! Clemson last won the ACC in 1991, well before there was a championship game. … Continue reading
Clemson Has Three Olympic Sized Hurdles Left
While sitting in Great Clips today, I read an article about FSU and the rest of the ACC becoming woefully irrelevant after Oklahoma beat Florida State in Doak Campbell. Of course, the writer didn’t have the benefit of watching the next five weeks of football before writing the article, as I did before reading it, … Continue reading
Randy Edsall: The Passion Maryland Needs
Last night (9/5/11) Miami and their new coach Al Golden visited College Park, MD to face the Terps in a nationally televised Labor Day matchup. The Labor Day ACC matchup brings back some great memories of my first college football game as a undergrad at Clemson, when FSU visited and fell just a score short … Continue reading
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