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 Keys To Victory: Guest Blog Post
Folks are starting to receive their Clemson tickets in the mail this week, and the excitement of college football is nearly upon us. If you didn’t see my last blog post, I previewed the Clemson football season and gave my predictions. There’s more to come with another Clemson football preview, a UGA football preview, and here guest … 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
Gamecocks Host Clemson In The Biggest Baseball Game Ever Played In South Carolina
I am at a loss for words after watching one of the most thrilling baseball games I’ve ever seen. In what could be the best rivalry in college baseball, Clemson and South Carolina battled in a regional tournament matchup that just so happened to be played in Columbia, SC, in front of over 8,200 fans. … Continue reading
BCS Pondering Details of Four Team Playoff, Swofford Supports Position That Will Hurt ACC
While it’s not official just yet, it sounds like a four-team, college football playoff is on the horizon for 2014. Last December I wrote a blog post with my solution to the BCS problem. I suggested that the championship game could be determined after bowl season, making the bowl schedule a de facto playoff system … Continue reading
Clemson Product, D.J. Mitchell, Earns Spot With New York Yankees
The Yankees’ rotation was supposed to be downright nasty this year. After Andy Pettitte committed to a comeback, I was more concerned with who would get left out of the rotation than the Yankees struggling to produce five effective starting pitchers. In a blog post discussing Pettitte’s return, I even said: “At the risk of jinxing the … Continue reading
How Will Clemson Respond To Orange Bowl Shame?
Since the ACC began determining their champion with a conference championship game in 2005, Clemson fans have longed for the title. Elusive to the tigers since 1991, winning the conference championship became the overriding goal for the program. Only the Clemson Tigers we know and love could manage to sour a season in which they … Continue reading
I Attempt To Solve Every Problem With The BCS and The Bowl Season In One Fell Swoop
The vast expanses of empty seats in these college bowl games really demonstrate how the process is becoming watered down. There are now 35 bowl games, yet ESPN ran a story about how a 7-5 Western Kentucky team got robbed. With their two marquee wins coming against Florida International and Louisiana-Lafayette, can we please refrain … 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
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