We may not have legit visual evidence that Bigfoot exists. But proof for the existence of “Handzilla†is supposedly on the way. Wrote a story earlier this month on freshman defensive end Malliciah Goodman, a k a “Handzilla,†and the reason it even took that long to reach print is we tried in vain for [...]
This job has more than its share of benefits and pleasures, to be sure. And don’t think I don’t understand and appreciate that what supports my family is the passion folks have for college football in this state. But when you’ve dissected a football team as we media types have so thoroughly since the second [...]
Played in my first full-court pickup basketball game in 5 years, 6 months on Wednesday, a sabbatical this 34-year-old never dreamed possible when I used to run 5-6 hours every weekday in college. This is only pertinent for two reasons: 1. That’s about as long as I go between blog posts, for which I apologize [...]
An hour or so before kickoff at one of Clemson’s home games last year, I recall someone I know coming up to me on the sideline and asking, in a hushed tone, whether I thought the Tigers would come out wearing purple. My reply was something to the effect of “I didn’t realize purple created [...]
Whenever I receive Clemson’s or its opponents’ game notes each week of the season, the first item I always turn to is the depth chart. We’re conditioned to believe a depth chart accurately depicts who starts, who the definitive backups are and what that team’s primary offensive and defensive personnel grouping is. It does carry [...]
A black cat just sprinted across my path on my midnight pre-blog run. So either everything in this stream of opinions/thoughts/insights is doomed to blow up in my face, or there’s a neighborhood feline that keeps similarly strange hours and hasn’t learned to look both ways before crossing the street. **** It feels like the [...]
Here’s what all the involved parties had to say after Monday’s practice when redshirt freshman Kyle Parker was tabbed the starter over redshirt sophomore Willy Korn for the Sept. 5 opener against Middle Tennessee: DABO SWINNEY I met with all the quarterbacks last night … based on where we are right now, there has been [...]
It only took, oh, a month or so to formalize, but Clemson freshman pitcher Chris Dwyer FINALLY signed with the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, as we reported several weeks ago he would. That’s not a dig at Dwyer. It’s the process that’s transparent, seedy and ridiculous. Major League Baseball has a sliding scale for [...]
Cleaning out the brain as Clemson practices just once today before resuming two-a-days Friday, in preparation for its second fall scrimmage Saturday: I certainly haven’t been privy to enough of the practices (or any of the last scrimmage) to make a judgment call on which quarterback has been better this month. But everything I hear [...]
As a reference point for this discussion, did a story Sunday examining the frequency with which Clemson used first-year freshmen the last three years, exploring the premise of whether it’s worth it to spend/burn a year of eligibility for less than 10 offensive/defensive snaps per game. Missing from the online version is the order for [...]
Clemson Beat writer Paul Strelow blogs about Clemson University athletics.
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