After suggesting two posts ago that Clemson has to feel unlucky it doesn’t get the chance to end its dubious 54-game losing streak at UNC this year, here’s thinking I probably oughtta ride into the blog sunset on top.
Even then, though, can’t say I saw Wednesday night’s 83-64 thrashing coming, at least to that degree.
Adding [...]
Invites to the postseason college football all-star games and the NFL Combine are out.
And is it relates to Clemson, there appears one surprise, at least to me.
The lack of pre-draft activity for senior corner Crezdon Butler.
Four Tigers were invited to the Combine, three of whom were no-brainers: RB C.J. Spiller, DE Ricky Sapp, WR Jacoby [...]
Surely it was no coincidence that on the football team’s biggest weekend in terms of recruiting – both in terms of volume and stature of prospects making official visits with their families – that the school honored the Atlantic Division champs at halftime of Saturday’s basketball game.
Dabo Swinney took the mic and told fans to [...]
One recurring theme swirling around Clemson basketball team, at least externally, is the contribution – or lack thereof – from its vaunted freshmen trio of Milton Jennings, Devin Booker and Noel Johnson.
Don’t think it’s been a stretch to suggest this team’s ceiling will parallel the development of that group considering the cast of complementary players surrounding Trevor Booker, [...]
Generally when a coach is fired, it seems the team that axed said coach often looks for the opposite of what it had.
If you had a player’s coach, the fans want a disciplinarian, and vice versa. If you had a finesse offensive coach, you go for a physical, defensive guy, and vice versa.
If you had [...]
FROZEN TUNDRA OF ARCHDALE, N.C. — Oliver Purnell is right when he points out that in No. 21 Clemson’s wins, you can usually count 7-8 players at game’s end who have played well. That’s how his system works.
When you have 7-8 players who play pretty poorly – mainly on the offensive end – you have [...]
On Christmas Eve, Clemson junior center Jerai Grant and family were visited at their home near Washington D.C. by Duke guard Nolan Smith, a close friend whom Grant competed with locally for years.
Sunday night’s ACC opener between the 21st-ranked Tigers (12-2) and 7th-ranked Blue Devils (11-1) was fast approaching, so conversation quickly steered to the [...]
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