Oh sweet! Clemson is the new West Virginia!

At least that is what the fabulous reporter Gregg Doyel says in his blog.

Dabo Swinney? Are you kidding me? Look, Clemson, you don't kill the king to promote the prince. But that's what you did, running off Tommy Bowden and promoting his receivers coach, Swinney. Because as we all know, Clemson is known as Wide Receiver U.

It looks good now, Clemson fans. I get it. Swinney went 4-2 as interim coach and beat South Carolina. Great. Terrific.

But in three years when Clemson is 4-8, remember where you heard it first.

Typical Doyel, I must say.

This GNews article does make some good points about the salary being paid to Swinney, $1mil/year for 4. Especially this part:

...Phillips needs to know from a managerial point of view who will fill the staff and just what their duties will be.

That's necessary because there's a lingering question about the gradual erosion of discipline and work ethics that occurred during the last year or two of Bowden's tenure. Swinney talked about how players slacked off in drills, didn't run on and off the practice field, how they were allowed to abbreviate stretching exercises and back off in other small areas of team-oriented routines.

All of those things contributed to Bowden's downfall. The question is why, with a full staff of professional assistants, was that lack of attention to detail allowed to continue? Did nobody notice or did they just not care?

And from TNet, what I thought was a great post:
by Sugarbowlson.
1. Unknown Hillbilly hired to coach Clemson after Charlie Pell defects to Florida.
2. Go 3-7-1 against Hillbilly.
3. Hillbilly fired. Boring Milquetoast hired. Now Clemson can’t cheat.
4. Go 1-3 against Clemson during Boring Milquetoast’s tenure.
5. Boring Milquetoast run out of town. Replaced with Hillbilly, Jr. Ha ha. Now they’re really dead.
6. Go 2-3 against Hillbilly, Jr., in era now referred to as the Golden Years.
7. “Got Lou” billboards first erected. Up the road, guy who will eventually be referred to as “Tammy” hired away from powerhouse Tulane. Clemson’s in trouble now.
8. Proceed to go 1-5 against Clemson under 2008 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.
9. Future Hall of Fame inductee hired. Clemson’s in REAL trouble now.
10. Future Hall of Fame inductee (and Heisman Trophy winner and former coach of 6-time SEC Champ and 1996 National Champion Florida) goes 1-2 against Clemson, forcing eventual ouster of Tammy.
11. Tammy replaced with ex-real estate developer turned wide receiver coach with cartoon character’s name. See light at end of tunnel.
12. Light turns out to be Lightning and accompanying Thunder. Go 0-1 against Cartoon Character.
13. Now they’re really gonna get it.


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How sweet it is...
When I see their hopes and dreams utterly crushed.

"I feel like we were the better team," USC cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said, "but they came out and proved they were better than us.

"We were 7-3 and headed for a great year," Munnerlyn said. "It seems like it's all gone down the drain. Maybe we can get in a bowl and get a win."

"It just seems like we've gone downhill," Munnerlyn said. "Like last year, Arkansas to Clemson last year. Whatever it was, it's the same."

Their tears are like springtime rains from which orange flowers grow in my heart. Its called the Chicken Curse, Cap'n.

Dabo's Press Conference is scheduled for 5pm EST today.

Clemson-Sakerlina Review

Game recap & review of the beatdown none of us expected from Clemson.

The keys to this game were the play of the Clemson secondary and the ability of Clemson to run the football adequately against a talented defense that was shaken badly in the loss to Florida last week. Ron Morris predicted a 42-6 SC victory, further proof that Morris loves to stir shit up.

Well we accomplished everything we set out to do, and though it didnt appear that way on the first drive, the first SC possession let us know.

Early in the first, we were held on downs and got a big break from SC with the holding call, then a huge catch, but Spiller fumbled on a direct snap back to the Cluckers.

After a couple holding calls put SC in a 3rd & long, the Ghost of Blake Mitchell rears his head and Smelley throws to Chancellor for his first INT at the CU 15.


At this point, Clemson was calling a few LB blitzes, but there was little pressure...and the LBs appeared to just walk to the line of scrimmage and simply stop?

On the next CU drive, the OL fails to open holes on most running plays. While the stats for the RBs looked good today, it was a direct result of a few big plays and not a consistent 4-5 yards per carry. But CJ makes his first big play and rips this vaunted SEC defense for a 39 yard gain at the end, sprung by a couple great blocks from Cloy and Diehl, and JD takes it in on the next play. Harper is doing a good job of checking down from his WRs and hitting the backs underneath. James Davis and Spiller both made some key catches in the game today.

10 plays, 85 yards on the drive. 7-0 CU.



After the defense forces a 3 & out, Jamie Harper comes up the gut untouched and the punt bounces off his chest. Clemson recovers but the SC defense does well and stuffs JD at the goal line. At this point I believed Spiller shouldve gotten a play out of those 3 in the goal situation, as he clearly had the hot hand early in the game. Clemson FG, 10-0 CU.

The Defense comes back out and puts some good hits on Smelley (one a stupid hit by Hunter out of bounds), and a hit by Maye rings his bell enough that Clemons and Hamlin nearly pick off another pass on the 3rd down play following. SC punts and Clemson recovers on the 3.

JD pulls us out of the hole, but Harper gets sacked twice inside the 10. The first was good pressure, the 2nd a coverage sack. Why didnt we have a quick hitch or slant to Jacoby called as one of the routes? Maners nails a 50 yard punt.

Following a stupid penalty by Jenkins to jump offsides on 3rd & 5, Clemons gets the 2nd pick on a ball thrown poorly behind the receiver. We get our 2nd INT, as I predicted.

The miracle play of the day soon followed. From the 50, Cullen dropped back and SC blitzed, and the DE basically came free unblocked and wrapped around his legs. Cullen, from his knees, tossed a prayer to the flat where Jacoby Ford was sitting wide open, and then juked & jived his way to the pylon. Ford was completely uncovered in the zone. 17-0 CU



On the next SC drive, they appear to be getting things going as McKinley makes a great catch and their OL stifles the Clemson rush....but, alas, the Chicken Curse strikes again and Hamlin picks off a pass at midfield intended for Jared Cook. There were 3 orange jerseys there in coverage.

Lightning began striking the Clucker D at will, gashing them for big gains, and JD takes in the TD from 20 yards out, made possible by a great block from Grisham.

SC gets the ball back and runs right back down the field, another underthrown ball was nearly picked off at the 10 by Chancellor, and to tell the truth we lucked out that it wasnt pass interference. Smelleycock chokes on 4th down, throwing the ball to the ground, but Harper shows his true colors and fumbles on the next play.

Somebody tell me WHY, when SC has no timeouts, and Clemson has a 24-0 lead, and just over 2 minutes on the clock, we would come out and throw the ball from our 30? You can run 2:20 off the clock from just kneeling on it. You could give it to JD three times and maybe get a 1st, but instead they call a pass. That was fucking dumb.

Clemson got screwed on the TD call. The reciever was supposedly pushed out of bounds, which means he can come back in and be the first to touch. The SEC officials in the booth apparently didnt look at his trajectory on the wheel route, or they'd have seen that he would've gone out either way. The man was out of bounds from the 10 to the goalline.

24-7 CU.

Just before the end of the half, Dabo goes for the jugular with a 42yd pass to Kelly to the SC 20. A high pass that Ford couldve caught sails out of the endzone. Buchholz misses the 36 yd FG to the left.



Halftime.



Artist's rendition of the Cock'N Fire offense.

Davis 9-40, halfway to where I want him to be.
122yds rushing, 152 yds passing for Clemson in the first half.
Smelleycock 10-25 101 yds 1 TD and 3 picks, worse than I expected.

Halftime camera shots show the Coot sections in Death Valley already emptying.

At the half, I expected Spurrier to make some adjustments and that the Cock'N Fire would play better, and initially SC moved the ball right down the field with several big plays and its 24-14. 8 plays, 69 yards on the drive.

The CU defense, after only one drive that netted real pressure in the 1st half, had not adjusted to blitz Smelley.

Clemson gets the ball and what the hell happened on the first play? We have to take a timeout after halftime when we havent run a single play? The Refs got the call right on the Harper slide and we have to kick. I wonder why Harper would not go headfirst to the sticks between the two Gamecock defenders, his lack of toughness is not something I'm going to miss next year.

Maners kick put the Coots at their 14, where the defense forces 3&out. Clemson returns the punt to the Clucker 45. Clemson was not getting much on the ground early in the 2nd half, at least not consistently. SC brought another defender to the box and we were getting no push up front, but a few big 3rd down conversions put us at 1st and Goal at the 1.5 yard line, where JD took it in off a great cut block by Kelly.

9 play, 45 yard drive. 31-14

Clemson finally begins blitzing on the next SC drive. Crezdon Butler comes unblocked and he sacks Smelley and forces a fumble, but I dont know how Chavis didnt get the ball. McDaniel breaks off coverage of his Slot WR and nails the RB on a middle screen, forcing another fumble, bug Saunders recovers it for SC, again we had 3 guys in orange there to recover and nobody got it. SC punts, no return at the end of the 3rd quarter.

On the next drive, Grisham makes a great play on 3rd and long to nail a first down. Aaron Kelly does the same on a WR slipscreen on the next 3rd down, with a good block by #65 to spring him. All along, Spiller and JD are getting a steady diet of carries, but not breaking for good yardage. While the statistics for Davis and Spiller look good today, the truth is that they're inflated by a few big plays, and for the most part SC did ok against our running game. A coverage sack puts Clemson further back to kick the FG, and Buchholz misses to the left again.

SC drives back downfield, and Smelley misses open receivers in the endzone before throwing his 4th pick to Chancellor at the CU 7. The WR gave up on the ball and didnt try for it. Clemson just runs out the clock.






As we predicted before, if JD got 20 carries we'd win by 10. He got 23 and we won by 17. We predicted that the SC rush was a nonfactor, and aside from two drives it was.

While we hoped Clemson would blitz more, it never panned out. Clemson stayed in zone all day except for a few plays here and there.

A big worry of ours was that Jared Cook would have a big day, but Clemons came back from injury, and together with Hamlin, Cook was held to just one catch.

The team whose offense didnt screw up the most prevailed.

65-37-4, Bitches.

Clemson/Carolina humor

Its that time again...

BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY
INDIANAPOLIS, I.N. (AP) - The NCAA has penalized Clemson University for continuing to unapologetically beat the University of South Carolina, year after year, in a plethora of sports and overall academics.

NCAA Official Paul Moonie, based upon recommendation from an unnamed ACC official, commented that it was unfair for Clemson to continue "giving them [South Carolina] the business." ACC Commissioner John Swofford echoed the sentiment, fully supporting the opinion of his minion.

As penalty for the sustained beat-downs, Clemson will not be allowed to increase rent on Williams-Brice Stadium (the upside-down cockroach) for 2 years, and will be required to refrain from posting rivalry facts on billboards around Columbia. Clemson will also be responsible for sponsoring a night out for the whole USC football team before the next rivalry game. "If they are going to @$!%% them, Clemson should at least be decent enough to buy them dinner and a movie first."

The SEC has also stepped in questioning reasons for continuing the "rivalry" game. "Year after year this game brings down our conference image amongst the pollsters. While we look great in the GATech-UGA rivalry, the Clemson-USC game zeroes out those SEC-ACC gains," commented Hanes Green, SEC official. "We'd be willing to serve up Vanderbilt or any other SEC team in the hopes they can perform better than USC has. This is a win-win situation for all parties. I believe beating USC has become completely inconsequential for the Tigers by now - at least the pollsters seem to think so anyway."

No immediate reaction was available from Coach Spurrier. Steve was last seen signing footballs marked with a "31-28" score while learning his lines for the next "Click-Clack" commercial.



Q : What is the method of birth control on the USC campus?
A : Putting an X on the cows that kick!

Q : What does the average Sakerlina player get on his SAT?
A : Drool

Q : How can you tell a Columbia coyote?
A : He's chewed off three legs and he is still in the trap.

Q : How do you come to own a small business in South Carolina?
A : Start a large business and put an USC grad in charge of it.
Q : How do you know the tooth brush was invented at USC?A : If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush.

Q : Why don't Sakerlina fans fart?
A : Their mouths are never closed long enough to build up any pressure!

Q : What do they call duct tape in Columbia?
A : Chrome!

Why do USC Students go to the movie theater in groups of 18 or more?
--- Nobody admitted 17 and under.

What do you get when you have 32 USC Football Players in the same room?
--- A full set of teeth.

A new law was passed in Columbia recently.
--- When a couple gets a divorce, they're still brother and sister.

Two Gamecock Farmers are walking down different ends of a street toward
each other and one is carrying a sack. When they meet, one says,
"Hey Bo, what'cha got in th' bag?"
--- "Jus' some chickens.
--- "If I guess how many there are, can I have one?"
--- "I'll give you both of them."
--- "OK. Ummmmm......, five?"

Gamecock Football player and a Cheerleader were making out in the front seat of the car.
---"Want to go in the back seat?" she asked.
--- "No," he replied. A few minutes later she asked, "Now do you want to get in the back seat?"
--- "No," he said again, "I wanna stay here in the front seat with you."

Q: What is the difference between a Carolina cheerleader and a catfish?
A: One has whiskers and smells; the other is a fish.

Q: What is the difference between a USC cheerleader and a toilet bowl?
A: The toilet bowl doesn't follow you around for a week after you use it.

Q: What do you call a dead pig sittin' on a tractor that won't start?
A: The USC Homecoming parade.

Q: What has 98 legs & 49 teeth?
A: A Sakerlina Sor/Frat party.

Q: Why do Gamecock women like to be on top?
A: So they don't swallow their tobacco.

Q: What's the difference between trash and Columbia trash?
A: Absolutely nothing. They both drive around in dump trucks, smell like crap, and get more and more rotten each day.

Two Carolina graduates get married after matriculating. Early the next morning, the father of the groom is awakened by a pounding on the front door. Standing there on the porch is the groom, extremely agitated.
The father asks "What are you doing here? You should be enjoying your honeymoon at the Motel 6."
"But Daddy, it's just awful. She's a virgin."
"Well, son, you should be proud. That's a rare thing in this day and age."
"But Daddy, if she ain't good enough for her family, she sure ain't good enough for ours."

This cockfan is sitting in a bar late at night having a few beers, and after every beer, the bartender notices he looks in his pocket, grimaces and orders another. Finally, his curiousity got the better of him, and the barkeep asks the Coot what he's doing. "Well sah," the Coot replied, "In my pocket I have a picture of my wife, and when she starts to look good, I know it's time to go home."

A Carolina grad was walking down the street, when his old college buddy pulled up in a brand new Porsche. "Where the hell did you get Porsche?", the grad asked in disbelief. "Well," his buddy replied, "Last night I was at a bar and started dancing with this girl. When the bar closed, she motions for me to follow her. We jump in her Porsche, and drive off into the mountains. She stops, jumps out of the car, takes off all her clothes, and tells me, 'You can have anything you want.'
"That was pretty smart", said the other Coot, "Seeing as how her clothes probably wouldn't have fit you anyway."

A recent survey among female college students asked them how their boyfriends proposed marriage:
-- 55% of the men in Ivy League colleges got down on one knee in the traditional manner and asked, "Will you marry me?"
-- 61% of the men in western state universities popped the question at a romantic, candle-lite dinner saying, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you as your husband."
-- 66% of the men in mid-western universities asked permission of the bride-to-be's father and then asked the bride-to-be, "Please be my wife forever?"
-- 92% of the men at Sakerlina said, "You're gonna have a what?"

Q: Three football players are riding in a car from Five Points: 1 from Sakerlina, 1 from Georgia, and 1 from Florida State. Who's driving?
A: The State Trooper.

One day in an elementary school in Columbia, SC, a teacher asks her class if the South Carolina Gamecocks are their favorite football team. The whole class says yes, except for Little Jimmy.
The teacher asks, "What's your favorite football team Jimmy?"
Little Jimmy says, "The Clemson Tigers "
The teacher asks, "Well, why is that?"
Little Jimmy says, "Well, my dad is a Tiger fan, my mom is a Tiger fan, I guess that makes me a Tiger fan."
The teacher angered by his reply says, "If your dad was a moron and your mom was an idiot what would that make you?"
Little Jimmy says, "Well, I guess that would make me a South Carolina fan."

Q: Where was O.J. hiding right before the famous white Bronco chase?
A: On the University of South Carolina campus. That's the last place you would find a football player.

Q: Do you know why the University of South Carolina football team should change its name to the "Opossums"?
A: Because they play dead at home and get killed on the road.

Q: What do you get when you breed a groundhog and the South Carolina Gamecocks?
A: Six more weeks of bad football.

Q: What should you do if you find three South Carolina fans buried up to their neck in cement?
A: Get more cement.

Q: How do you get a Cockfan to stop masturbating?
A: Paint his dick orange and white and tell him he cant beat it for 4 years.

USC's biggest weakness: Clemson on the schedule

This is a C&P from an old article I saved.

And Words of Wisdom from an Unexpected Source

BY RON AIKEN

If the two major universities in South Carolina can be considered a metaphorical family when it comes to athletics, then not only is Clemson the University of South Carolina's daddy, the Tigers also are the Gamecocks' mommy, abusive older brother and molesting uncle combined.

To say that USC is under Clemson's thumb in every major sport doesn't even begin to describe how humiliatingly brutal the Tigers' domination of the Gamecocks truly has been in nearly every sport since 1980. It's an embarrassment of psychosis-inducing proportions, and for USC fans again hitting the antidepressants after yet another crushing loss in football followed by yet another spanking in basketball this past weekend, it's time for answers as to why the Gamecocks suck — no other word works here — against the Tigers and have for the past quarter-century plus.

But before I attempt to correct what has become a yearly death march of certain disgrace, some ugly facts must be faced. Going sport by sport, the following is USC's record against Clemson from 1980 to the present, with the Gamecocks' winning percentage and current coach's record in parentheses: baseball: 48-63 (.432, Ray Tanner 19-20); men's basketball: 12-27 (.307, Dave Odom 3-4); women's basketball: 18-24 (.428, Susan Walvius 3-7), football: 7-20 (.259, Steve Spurrier 1-2); men's soccer: 12-19 (.387, Mark Berson 12-21). For those scoring at home, that's an overall tally of Clemson 153, USC 97, which means regardless of the sport, USC beats Clemson a paltry 38 percent of the time.

Something is very, very wrong with these numbers, and it's long past time that each and every coach, player and administrator takes accountability to the fans for what can only be considered a pathetic record against one's archenemy. It's not a rivalry anymore, it's abuse, and the offender must be brought to justice.

First, I don't want to hear about a so-called "chicken curse." If you believe in a chicken curse, you're either (a) a moron; (b) a Clemson fan; or (c) both. The phrase "chicken curse" was invented by The State newspaper's television writer, Doug Nye (a Yankees fan, which should tell you something). The original term came from a sports department that as a whole — and I can say this from having worked there — doesn't refer to USC as the Gamecocks but rather, "the chickens." It's a cynical, derisive term concocted by jaded journalists, and the ridiculous phrase, popularized by Clemson fans, came out of that mean-spirited mindset.

It means nothing — for a curse to be a curse, there has to be someone doing the cursing, some goat who has been wronged or some yesteryear trade of monumental stupidity echoing through the decades. I think so many USC fans blame a non-existent curse because the reality is far scarier: USC has defined mediocrity in collegiate athletics, especially in the highest-profile sports, and loses year in and year out because the talent and coaching has been sorely lacking. That's the main reason for the hundreds of losses: Clemson cares more about athletics than USC, and puts the rivalry at the top of its to-do list every year.

When USC was an independent and then, later, in the Southeastern Conference, each year in each sport coaches spoke about how the conference comes first, the Clemson game second.

That's a mistake.

To change the soul-crucifying trend, USC must begin emphasizing beating Clemson far more than it has in the past, and it must do so in every sport. The athletics department needs to establish big incentives for coaches who beat Clemson, and go out of its way to honor teams that do.

It would be one thing if USC was hauling in SEC trophies right and left, but since joining the SEC, USC has earned just three titles in the major sports in 15 years: basketball in 1997 (a team that lost to Clemson 39-58) and baseball in 2000 and 2002.

So you'll forgive me if I'm a little sick of hearing coaches talk about being the best team in the entire Southeastern United States when year after year they can't be the best team in a 140-mile radius. When Sheridan — a USC graduate — was hired as football coach at N.C. State, he specifically said his No. 1 mission every year was to beat Clemson. And guess what? That focus, that explicit message to the players and fans, worked, and the Wolfpack beat the Tigers in Sheridan's first three years, years in which Clemson won the ACC each time. So don't tell me it's all about talent, because it's not. It's about pride and will, two things the Gamecocks have sorely lacked against Clemson in football and basketball, especially.

It's time Spurrier realized that losing to Clemson is not acceptable in any way. His predecessor's legacy of two Outback Bowl trips is remembered far less than his 1-5 record against Clemson, one Spurrier is on pace to match.

While spending hours scouring multiple record books, however, I did find one coach since 1980 whose record against the Tigers was impeccable: former women's volleyball coach Bonnie Kenny. She won her first 11 matches against Clemson and was part of a school-record 14 straight wins against Clemson, the longest of USC against the Tigers in any sport in the modern era, from 1983 to 1990. Her career 14-3 record against Clemson was just good enough to get her fired by Mike McGee, who was the sixth athletics director of her tenure. Now the head volleyball coach at the University of Delaware, Kenny gives credit to a coaching staff and players that throughout her tenure made beating the Tigers a priority.

"When you play Clemson, it's different; you put an emphasis on that game because of how much it means to people," Kenny says. "You have to make it part of your overall culture, that winning the Clemson game isn't a goal, it's mandatory. You just knew that. I don't understand why so many other sports have struggled so badly for so long."

While she declined to offer any specific advice for USC coaches, when asked if she'd take the football job if it came open, she had to laugh.

"I'd love the football job," Kenny says. "I'd finally make some money in coaching."

Thanksgiving Week

Here we are folks, quickly approaching my favorite time of the year. You may ask, "What is all the excitement about? Is it the turkey and dressing? NO. Is it the opportunity of being with those closest to you? NO. This week is all about one thing: BEATING ASS.

Most weeks, there is no way for me to predict what dear old Clemson will do on the football field until we get to the regular season finale. Memory serving me correctly, Clemson is on a one game winning streak over the gamechickens. Thus, by my calculations, the Tigers are guaranteed three more victories against our feathered neighbors before we lose sometime during/after the '11 season. This pisses off even the most diehard chicken fans.



Also, why does cockfan always cry and moan about how tough their schedule is, when Clemson (according to USA Today) plays a tougher overall schedule? STOP YOUR CRYING!

All I have heard today are grumbings from Cockfan. They bitch about CU being favorites. They claim that Clemson cheats, steals, and lies for wins. One even went on to cry and compare UVa to Florida.

**Note to Cockfan: losing by 50 to anyone is not a quality loss. That is called getting your ass handed to you. While the Gators do have a fantastic squad, that is still no excuse for Tim Tebow and crew to hang half a C-Note on you (in the Swamp, the Brice, hell in my back yard, it is never acceptable to just get steam rolled in this fashion).

History has a way of repeating itself, so unless the useless radio commentator Tom Suggs (or Spurlid himself) plans to suit up Saturday, be prepared to enjoy what generations of USC-east fans have witnessed, another Tiger victory.

Here come the Cluckers

Led by a Smelley cock. I'm skeered. How much do you wanna bet that Granny Clampett picks the Cluckers to win this weekend, even after their top-ranked defense was exposed?

Be sure to slap a Coot today, its your duty as a Clemson fan.

I'm sick of hearing some of this "if we lose" shit on TNet. This is what we wait for every single year. I fucking hate Sakerlina. I hate the city, I hate the Cockroach, I hate their players. I hate how they think they're so great without having any reason to think so. I don't want to hear any of this shit about a honeymoon period being over for Dabo, I want to talk about how a WR coach is going to whip one of the "greatest coaches ever".

Just look at the record lately:

Man it would hurt to be looking at this series while wearing a garnet jersey. We have owned the Gamecocks.

1997...Tigers win 47-21.
1998...Tigers win 28-19
1999...Tigers win 31-21.
2000...Tigers win 16-14 on THE CATCH II
2001...Cocks win. Tipped hail mary goes the wrong way.
2002...Tigers 27-20, wouldve been 34-20 had Tammy not took a knee inside their 10 at the end.
2003...Tigers 63-17 -Todd Ellis with the call. "Touchdown Clemson...Touchdown Clemson...Touchdown Clemson....."
2004...Tigers maul gamecocks 29-7, then beat their ass after the game. The coots never started a play in our territory; their one TD came on a prayer-of-a-bomb that they made a nice play to catch and score.
2005...Tigers come back from first and a mile to win 13-9.
2006...Cocks win. Tigers blow 14 point lead because of Tammy taking out Reggie.
2007...Tigers down and facing 3rd and 18 late win 23-21.

Heartbreaking....




A little news.

WILL KORN is likely out for Sakerlina. I was not surprised that he got zero snaps against the Wahoos, since the game was close and Dabo still believes Cullen gives us the best chance to win. Unfortunately, it looks like Ricky Sapp is gone with a busted ACL, and C. Clemons is probably not going to play as much, if at all. I expect Spurrier to test Sadat Chambers bigtime with Jared Cook.

I'm going to compare the stats from both teams and their opponents later this week.

EDSBS has summed up the Clemson season, and pretty much smote the nail here.

Unfortunately for Sakerlina fans, its not Year 4.

Its that time again....

Clemson-Carolina slated for Noon on ESPN2, more afternoon delight, and a whole day to get drunk afterwards. Only good thing I see about it is that I'll be able to watch the Iron Bowl afterwards.

All Hail Ben Tillman.



The Curse owns you.



Now we can all expect Cockfan to go nuts and proclaim easy victory, as in the past:


Even though The Citadel scored more points on Florida than they did.

Coaching News
TDP apparently has spoken with Bucs assistant Rich Bisaccia, a former coach at USuC (for Sparky) and Clemson under West. He was our RB Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Recall that neither West's nor Sparky's classes were that great. He was on the Tampa Bay staff when they won the Super Bowl however. I dont believe he's a serious candidate.

Ron Morris has an article on how its Dabo's job to lose.

I'll talk more about the Cluckers as the week goes on.

Oh. My. God.

You cant make this shit up.

CockyCloth? What the fuck?I prefer a moist towellette myself....

Cock'N Swirl? Is that like tossin salad or mouthwash? A columbia version of the Rub & Tug?
An original idea I must say.

I promise, if you read through the Guestbook, you will laugh your ass off.

Was the Cabernet not enough Steve?

A little news

Superman still injured? WTF?

It appears that Korn's shoulder is still pretty tender, and might be for the rest of the year. It didnt look bad to me against Duke, where he went 7-12. His throws didnt look any worse than Harper's usually weak-ass back-foot throws this year.

"I'd be lying to you if I told you he was 100 percent, because he's not," Napier said. "But he can play."

"He is able to function, but from a strength standpoint he's not anywhere near where he was when he first arrived here," Napier said. "We all remember that guy. I think he's had two injuries basically that have set him back, collarbone then the shoulder. From an arm-strength standpoint, he is not back."

Woo, afternoon delight!

The ACC announced Monday that Clemson’s home game with Sakerlina on Nov. 29 will kick off at either noon or 3:30 p.m. and be televised on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or Raycom. This basically hinges on whether we beat the Pergolas. If we do, expect 3:30 on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, otherwise another nooner.

Spiller and Davis

Since Spiller was named ACC Player of the Week again, I'm left to wonder what he and JD might do if one of them actually got the ball 20-25 times a game, like they would under Danny Ford. Spiller got that many total touches this week, but JD didnt. You can try to tell me that our OL sucks and JD has no holes to run through, but I'll point out that he had 9 carries for 43 yards, a 4+ average, and has had similar other times this year....yet still doesnt get the damn ball. Jamie Harper got 9 carries against Duke that shouldve gone to JD.

If he'd have gotten the carries he shouldve the last 2 years, we'd be talking about a few national rushing records, not just Raymond Priester's.


Bud Foster

Looks like the interview with Foster went very well friday.

“I did interview. There’s an interest on both parts, and we’ll just see where it goes from there. I’m one of several potential candidates for the job and we’ll see where it goes here in another week or so. That’s all I know, and that’s all I can say.”

He goes on to say a decision will be coming up soon. Collegiate Times has a good review article on Foster here. I've reviewed him before here

And, showcasing the smartest play of the entire weekend....

God still hates Sakerlina.



Its so fun to see them crushed...



This QB rotation is really working well Steve.

LW's replacement speaks

Some coaching notes indicate Muschamp might be spoken with before midweek. Texas is in a BYE week this week, and plays A&M on Thanksgiving. I'm more intrigued by Bisaccia, who, judging by Tommy West's and Sparky Wood's recruiting classes, wasnt so damn hot.

Oh and Herbstreit said today on a radio show he thinks Tubbs will come to Clemson....



Well then...

That Chicken Curse is a bitch aint it...

During the LSU-SC game....


When I saw it live it didnt look like he was actually running into Garcia.

EDSBS has an article on the forearm shiver.

Why the LSU defense couldnt handle The Streak during the first half was beyond me, they had no spy on him and ran a basic cover-2 package with no blitzes. The LBs were back in deeper coverage leaving the middle of the field open. Les Miles actually makes halftime adjustments, unlike Bowden, and a few simple stunts up front and blitzing LBs tore Garcia's ass up.

If LSU could catch there wouldve been another TD in LSU's favor. If Miles wasn't a pussy and had taken it in on the 1 yd line at the end, it wouldve ended up 38-17. I recall watching Bowden do the same thing during our 27-20 victory in 2002. People just dont understand that you have to crush the hopes of all cockfans everywhere by demoralizing them as much as possible....