Last year, Clemson reclaimed their spot atop the ACC after Pittsburgh broke their streak of six straight ACC Championships (2014-2020) in 2021. Despite a perfect 9-0 in ACC play, Clemson was just 2-3 in non-conference games, missing the four-team playoff and losing their bowl game. Clemson stands a good chance to improve upon their 11-3 … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor We’re inching ever so close to football season, and Shakin the Southland has a huge day tentatively set for Monday, August 31st with dozens of Clemson Football Season Preview articles being published on that date. For my part, I have an in-depth season preview with input from bloggers across multiple SB Nation ACC … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor In 2014, Deshaun Watson struggled to stay healthy and when he wasn’t on the field, Clemson’s lack of depth was exposed. Unlike Ohio State, whose third string quarterback guided them to a National Championship, Clemson’s second string QB – Cole Stoudt – struggled while playing through a torn AC joint in his non-throwing … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor August 17th, 2014 Between moving back to Atlanta, starting a new job, and the slow season with no college football, it’s been a while since my last post. Alas, college football season is right around the corner. To discuss the crucial X-factors Clemson will need great production from, I spoke with Mark Rogers … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor I was on MarkRogersTV to discuss and debate the ACC’s decision to remain at an eight-game conference schedule. Although the other “Big Five Conferences” (B1G, Big12, Pac-12) have moved to nine-game conference schedules, the SEC and ACC decided to go the other direction and hold steady at eight games. They also instituted a … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor It was just announced that the SEC has decided to continue with their eight-game schedule, though they will mandate that teams schedule at least one opponent from the ACC, B1G, Big 12, or Pac-12. This is perfect as it grants SEC teams flexibility while simultaneously bolstering their strength of schedule, which will be … Continue reading
The Highs We’ll start with the high points and the first among them is beating South Carolina. Going way back to a November 17th game in Littlejohn Coliseum, K.J. McDaniels had one of the best games of his career as he shutdown his defensive assignment (Sindarius Thornwell), collected 7 blocks, 10 rebounds, and scored 21 … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor Despite blowing a 13-point lead to Southern Methodist to conclude the season, the 2013-14 Clemson basketball team will be remembered as an offensively challenged group that bought into their coaches system, grinded their way to ugly wins, and vastly over-achieved the #14 rank the ACC media handed them at the start of the … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor The college football season is over, and the long wait until Labor Day weekend and college football begins again. So now we look back at the season that was, and look ahead to the possibilities 2014 holds. 2013 – Positives The season began and ended on a high note. The prime time win … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor Mark Rogers of MarkRogersTV invited me on his show this week to debate what the ideal NCAA football playoff would look like. I argued that the new four-team playoff system going into effect next year is the best format, and it’ll be the best postseason in all of sports. Mark Rogers argued for … Continue reading
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