A few quick notes from Tommy Bowden’s teleconference Sunday in the aftermath of Clemson’s 34-10 drubbing by Alabama: After reviewing the game film, Bowden reiterated the main thing that stuck out was how Alabama dominated the point of attack. With the offensive line’s struggles, coaches will consider some personnel shuffling. Redshirt frosh G Wilson Norris [...]
As expected, Clemson sophomore linebacker DeAndre McDaniel will be available for Saturday’s opener against Alabama and beyond. The school announced Friday that McDaniel has been placed on “deferred suspension” — basically meaning he’s clear so long as he completes terms set forth by the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. 13th Circuit solicitor Bob Ariail accepted McDaniel’s [...]
Julio Jones is so great, that first defensive back lost all sense of orientation. Ian Rapoport, a friend who covers Alabama for the Birmingham News, graciously agreed to answer a few questions about the Crimson Tide to preview Saturday’s game in the Georgia Dome. Q: I’ve suggested the impact will be minimal, but from your [...]
I can confirm the news that Clemson sophomore linebacker DeAndre McDaniel has cleared perhaps the final major hurdle to avoiding suspension for his criminal charge. School president James Barker and athletic director Terry Don Phillips have signed off on coach Tommy Bowden’s recommendation not to suspend McDaniel, according to a source with knowledge of the [...]
During the SEC’s weekly coaches teleconference today, Alabama coach Nick Saban said the controversy surrounding Vic Koenning’s comments was a non-issue, so here are a few closing thoughts to hopefully put it to rest: Tomorrow I’ll be posting a Q&A with friend Ian Rapoport, the Alabama beat writer for the Birmingham News. And in it, [...]
Clemson beat reporters were gathered in the Memorial Stadium press box Tuesday afternoon, writing about one storm as another — an apparent tornado — tore through (Greenville News photo). Vigor (Ala) High School coach Kerry Stevenson said he was merely defending his players this morning when he told a writer from the Mobile Press-Register that [...]
Predictably, defensive coordinator Vic Koenning caused quite a stir in Alabama with a comment Monday night accusing the Crimson Tide of unethical recruiting – specifically, suggesting blue-chip freshmen receivers Julio Jones and B.J. Scott were given Cadillac Escalades as part of their recruitment. Koenning sought out reporters later Monday night to say he had been [...]
Two weeks, defensive coordinator Vic Koenning answered a question of mine by saying he wasn’t going to let his mouth overload his rear end. Well, it might have happened Monday night. Koenning has long recruited southern Alabama (see Brandon Maye), and hyped Alabama freshman receiver Julio Jones is from down there (Foley, Ala.). I asked [...]
Wanted to pass along the story we had in the print edition this morning on Clemson OL Antoine McClain, a mammoth 6-6 offensive lineman the Tigers plucked from Anniston, Ala. Teams don’t steal these caliber of recruits out of the state of Alabama very often, so it was pretty interesting to hear how it happened. [...]
On the off chance you might be watching ESPN when the season kicks off next week instead of, oh, say, Lifetime (and the 80th rerun of the latest “Army Wivesâ€), they are featuring Clemson in their latest commercial for GameDay. Their slogan, for those who haven’t yet succumbed to the subliminal pounding, is “How well [...]
Clemson Beat writer Paul Strelow blogs about Clemson University athletics.
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