One of the more common debates that crops up among Clemson fans is what denotes success. What is a good season? What is a failure? What is greatness? And so the debate ensues. As a results-oriented individual, I like to define success and my college football fanhood is not exempt. One person I often exchange tweets … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor In this week’s ACC Power Rankings, we offer bowl projections for each of the ACC’s bowl eligible programs. Below is a quick look at the bowl projections. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. BCS National Championship: FSU Orange Bowl: Clemson (vs. Alabama or Ohio State) Chick-fil-A Bowl: Duke Russell … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor The Final Four is complete! We pitted the eight most hideous helmets in college football against one another and voters picked which were the ugliest. We’ve whittled it down to the final two. Thank you to the hundred or so people who participated in the voting. Please like us on Facebook using the … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor You may not remember, but in 2008, ESPN created the Helmet Clash, where they pitted some of college football’s best looking helmets against each other in tournament style polling. Florida State’s iconic gold helmet with the spear won out. Now, in “honor” of this week’s Thursday Night ACC matchup where Virginia Tech is … Continue reading
Follow @Ryan_Kantor The hurry-up no-huddle (HUNH) offense has taken college football by storm. With Chip Kelly at the helm as the Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach it’s even making an appearance in the NFL. With it’s newfound popularity, comes a new way to slow blazing fast offenses. Unfortunately, that “strategy” is defense players faking injuries. We’ve … Continue reading
Mark Rogers posts hundreds of college football discussions on his website and invited me to join him for a 15:00 discussion leading up to Clemson’s game at NC State. We discussed the Charone Peake injury, Tajh Boyd (and his place in Clemson history), Sammy Watkins, Clemson’s defense, NC State, and the tough games coming after NC … Continue reading
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Last week I published this article on the college football conferences and argued that no conference outside of the SEC could make a sound claim as being stronger than the ACC. I was promptly lambasted by Nebraska and UCLA fans for not shedding a favorable enough light on their beloved programs. So, here is a completely, 100%, objective graphic … Continue reading
Clemson’s week 1 victory over Georgia was a statement win for the program. As I said in a previous post (linked here), it marked the culmination of Dabo Swinney’s work to transform Clemson from annual pretender to serious contender. In week 2, that win over UGA was validated as UGA defended their home turf to … Continue reading
Huge props to the Clemson Tigers who played a great game to knock off the #5 Georgia Bulldogs. Although it has no ACC Title implications, it has broader program implications (perception, recruiting) and possibly even BCS implications. Chad Morris was great. He was able to establish the run while still taking shots and creating havoc … Continue reading
In honor of College football’s kickoff I wanted to take a look at one of the featured team’s today: The Gamecocks of South Carolina. Also, as a tribute to Ryan for letting me contribute to this blog I will go one step further and give five reasons not to believe the hype and why those Gamecocks … Continue reading
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