Are people finally starting to agree with me?

Damn....theyre just rolling over to the Fire Bowden Camp...at least somebody else can hold the torch now, my arm was getting tired.

Trouble in Tigertown....

Is Dabo Swinney ready?

Well Ron Morris at the State says it best, as he usually does Tigers write their eulogy

While Larry Williams in Charleston gives another spot-on review here

And RF365 says so...

And so does Heather Dinich...SEE ITS OBVIOUS TO THE WOMEN.



What put the first nails in the coffin was Plyler, an optimist, calling for Bowden to be fired and Dabo promoted to Head Coach.

I'm not for promoting Dabo to HC. I have legitimate questions about his ability to run the whole team.

The Good: Dabo is a dynamic recruiter. He pulls in all kinds of talent for us, along with Napier, and Saban was dying to get Dabo (a Bama grad) back to Alabama the past offseason. He's done fairly well coaching our WRs here.

The Bad: I'm not impressed with Kelly's ability to catch, and Rendrick Taylor is a travesty in terms of waste of talent. We bring in a David Boston-type player and he never does anything, and gets injured on every other play. Grisham is tough. Jacoby is brittle.

The question: Is Dabo proven? He doesnt call our plays, so we have no logical reason to assume he can run a whole team. He doesnt even run one half of the team. Danny Ford was 30 when he was promoted to HC, and he wasnt the OC under Pell. Dabo is 40 and they say he has what it takes.

It worked out for us then, what about now?

I believe he will, but like West, he might not be quite ready for this job, even as interim. 10 years from now its likely I'll regret that statement, because he definitely will be a good coach somewhere eventually. But for now, Clemson needs either a great assistant, like Will Muschamp at Texas (former Auburn DC and LSU DC under Saban, and a UGA graduate) or Steve Sarkesian (USC OC, former 49er OC), or a proven head coach from the 1-AA or 1-A level like Jim Leavitt or Pat Hill.

Any coach we get will need to have a reputation for developing physical and mean football teams, thats all I care about at this point.

Now I'm just throwing names around, there are points against any of these guys, but I think you get the drift.

Koenning is the only one with some HC experience. I dont want him to inherit the job permanently, but right now I'd die if they promoted Spence. If the administration fired Bowden tomorrow (which they wont, because they dont care about winning games) and hired Dabo, I wouldnt be upset or surprised as they tend to like him, but logically I see no reason why Dabo should get the job.

Maryland Game Review

-I hate purple jerseys.

-First drive: JD runs all over em, take JD out. Get to the redzone, dont give to JD once. ONE FUCKING TIME BOWDEN! Harper looks at Grisham, doesnt check down, throws it away.

-Do everything right...muff a punt. Great job by the D to hold to a FG.

-Throw it to Kelly, he fucking stands there and watches it as its recovered by MD. D holds them to a FG again.

-I scream at the TV for Tom to give it to JD up the middle. Result: 1st down, then 38yd TD run up the middle the next play. GIVE HIM THE DAMN BALL.

-Maryland cant catch easy passes.

-Kelly is running bad routes.

-Clemson had over 200yds rushing at the 5:00 mark in the 2nd Q. I bet Bowden doesn't get 300. 225 at halftime.

-INT before the half was a bad throw, but a good call. Worked like a punt anyway.

2nd Half

-Whole defense bit on the Reverse, and they made the blocks. Hamlin ran him down from behind to make the tackle, then a safety fell in coverage in the endzone to get the TD.

-Screen to Kelly on 3rd and 23 at midfield? Genius Spence. I realize there is no play for 3rd & 23, but a 2 yard pass play wont get it.

-3rd quarter, we stop running the ball entirely. Great halftime adjustment Spence! Average 10 yards a clip in the 1st half and dont even try in the 3rd quarter. We actually lose 15 yards in the 3rd.

-Tom manages to fuck up a 17-6 lead. Why am I not surprised?

I really fucking hate you Tom Bowden.

Tiger Baseball Recruiting Class Ranked #9

Another good class by Coach Leggett, but you see losing Tim Corbin was a big one.

Rank Team Recruits
1. Arizona St. 20
2. Oregon 35
3. Vanderbilt 13
4. Arkansas 16
5. Georgia 15
6. UCLA 8
7. Miami, Fla. 13
8. Florida St. 13
9. Clemson 12
10. Fresno St. 23

11. Texas 12
12. Oregon St. 13
13. South Carolina 14
14. Cal. St. Fullerton 19
15. Wichita St. 11
16. Southern California 15
17. Rice 14
18. Florida 12
19. Kentucky 10
20. Louisiana St. 10

21. N.C. State 14
22. U.C. Irvine 12
23. Southern Miss. 16
24. Virginia 11
25. Mississippi 13

I just want to know how Oregon got 35 players? They have to turn half of those guys away.

Bowden Press Conference 9/23

"We've always put our best players on special teams coverage."

WTF? I'm not taking that one out of context either, he's talking about before his ST Coord. came on staff.

On Cullen:"He's ahead of last year on a couple things, behind on TD's, ahead in INTs, so it depends on what you want. I'd say 1.5 of his INTs are his fault."

Why can't Cullen hit simple medium-range routes?

"We're running the ball better. Thats why we have less TD's passing."

WTF? Yeah against El Cid, SC State...and we cant get WORSE than what we did in Atlanta.

"We're 3-1 after 4 games with 3 freshmen starters on OL, I'll evaluate toughness after a couple more games. I bet the last time this happened (1943) they werent 3-1."

We werent worth a shit with 5 upperclassmen on OL last year. Richardson? waste of talent, Brad never developed...Lambert? why was he rated so highly in HS? Brad wont turn him into anything. Anybody remember Akil Smith?, same story as Barry Richardson. Bowden finally brings in 300lb linemen, (compared to the 225lb linemen he brought in his first few years and had to sit 3 years to bulk up before starting) and cant develop them either.

Light a fire under their fat asses and if they dont get pissed off enough to play, dont play them. They'll get tough or quit.

"I get paid to take the heat."

Yeah, overpaid.

"I thought we were focused last year before FSU, and we were. I thought we were focused before Alabama, and we werent, so we'll see (for Maryland)."

And before UGA and Wake a few years ago, and before Texas Tech....and before Kentucky...and VT last year...

I'd tell you to figure out how to tell better, but you havent for the last 10 years, so why bother.

"I havent heard alot of booing this year. I got off the field at Alabama pretty quick. I havent heard alot of fan discontent."

Christ.

Fear the Turtle!

Its Friedgen! Taken from Block-C

Thank you Ben Tillman...