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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Recruiting News: Jan. 17 visits
Corey Addison - S (6', 187lbs) - 3-star. Soft verbal to SC, but Charlie Harbison is making in-roads with him. He is visiting Illinois and Vandy next, but has offers from Miami and LSU.
Kendall Kelly - WR (6'4", 210) - 4 star. Rated #26 at his position by Rivals. From Gadsden, AL. Heavily recruited by Swinney, Rumph, and Harbison. He's already visited Alabama and has alot of friends there, and will go to LSU next week. He says we're in his Top 3. Dre Kirkpatrick, who was a big Clemson target before committing to Alabama, is his teammate.
Tajh Boyd - QB (6'1, 208) - 4 star. Rated #4 at his position. Changes his mind like a woman. Has been committed to West Virginia and Tenn. before, and was leaning to Ohio State two weeks ago. Now, it appears that he's an Oregon lean. We're lucky to get a visit, but thats all you can hope for really, and we will be his last visit. He's being recruited by Napier and Pearman.
-Eric Fields has the early makings of an academic casualty, but says he will sign. If a student does not have the test score, he cannot make an official visit. Its unfortunate, since he is an Under-Armor All-American LB. Here's a quote about him from ESPN:
-Terrell Mitchell plans to visit on the 31st.
Kendall Kelly - WR (6'4", 210) - 4 star. Rated #26 at his position by Rivals. From Gadsden, AL. Heavily recruited by Swinney, Rumph, and Harbison. He's already visited Alabama and has alot of friends there, and will go to LSU next week. He says we're in his Top 3. Dre Kirkpatrick, who was a big Clemson target before committing to Alabama, is his teammate.
Tajh Boyd - QB (6'1, 208) - 4 star. Rated #4 at his position. Changes his mind like a woman. Has been committed to West Virginia and Tenn. before, and was leaning to Ohio State two weeks ago. Now, it appears that he's an Oregon lean. We're lucky to get a visit, but thats all you can hope for really, and we will be his last visit. He's being recruited by Napier and Pearman.
-Eric Fields has the early makings of an academic casualty, but says he will sign. If a student does not have the test score, he cannot make an official visit. Its unfortunate, since he is an Under-Armor All-American LB. Here's a quote about him from ESPN:
Clemson's current top prospect would fill a major need for the Tigers. Under Armour All-American linebacker Eric Fields (Warner Robins, Ga./Northside) is still a bit raw and needs to add bulk but can run and has a tall frame. Fields has good range and can be an asset in pass coverage as a linebacker. He will make plays but will need to develop his game; he is best on the move and could have difficulty playing in tight spaces. Fields has good tools, but at this point, he may be a slightly better athlete than football player. Still, his upside is nice for Tigers fans.
-Terrell Mitchell plans to visit on the 31st.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
One more year...
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CJ coming back for 2009.
CLEMSON – C.J. Spiller said today he would return for his final season of eligibility at Clemson University rather than enter the NFL Draft.
Spiller, a junior from Lake Butler, Fla., took the decision to the wire. The NFL deadline is midnight tonight.
One of the most electric offensive players in Clemson history, Spiller was projected as a late first round or early second round pick.
He holds Clemson records for career all-purpose yardage (4,885) and has scored 30 touchdowns, 12 on plays of 50 yards or more including two kickoff returns.
Spiller has rushed for 2,335 yards in three seasons, caught passes for 915 yards and in 2008 passed for a touchdown.
Next year...
Did they really just do this? Les Miles Syndrome.
Please tell me crazy Jawja fan did not just compare God to Les Miles?
(Ok, I know the post is tongue-in-cheek, so here is our tongue-in-cheek response to it)
The 11th Commandment says: Thou Shalt not besmirch the name of Danny Ford. And you crazy jawja fans just did.
WTF. Youre basing it off of that and the Treadwell kick? DF wouldnt do the crazy shit Les Miles does. There's a key difference between these two men: Les is stupid crazy, Danny was smart crazy. DF might not know shit about anything else, but he did know how to call a game.
We both hate Les Miles, especially as a gameday coach. The reason is that what DF did on gameday made sense, what Les does makes absofuckinglutely no sense. I've been here every year since Les came on, so I've seen all the stupidity in person. I'm going to pick a few stupid things Les did, which define the Les Miles Syndrome.
#1. The fake punt against Arizona State, in Les' first game (post-Katrina).
Lets just call a fake punt FROM DEEP IN LSU TERRITORY early in the game. Les said afterwards the punter made the call himself, horseshit Les, you fucked up and didnt want anyone to know how stupid that call was. Yeah, tell me DF would've done that. What followed was superior talent bailing Les out at the end of the game, which became his staple.
#2. The loss to Tennessee, after Rita ran through.
Leading 21-0 at halftime, and completely dominating Tenn. on a 100F monday night (where I lost at least 10 lbs.), Les decides to completely stop throwing the ball, and just runs up the middle every play for the 2nd half. Clausen, #1 asshole, flips off the student section after scoring the leading touchdown late. In what would become a hallmark of Les Miles football, he decides to start playing football again in the late 4th quarter, but makes a bunch of stupid ass playcalls and comes up short at the end. It was the most pissed off I have ever been at an LSU game.
#3. Auburn 2007, (hell the whole 2007 season) just watch the Clock. You're in FG range already, the clock is running under 15 seconds after the last play. What does DF do? He runs the clock all the way down, calls his last timeout, kicks the FG. See Treadwell.
That was the 2nd most pissed off I've ever been at an LSU game. If that pass falls incomplete, Les gets castrated on the spot by crazy-ass LSU fans and no national championship.
#4. Florida 2007. Go for 4th down 5 times and get every one. What coach in his right mind does that shit? I admit I wanted him to go for it for the ones in UF territory that were out of FG range, including the ones where you had to on the final drive. Further proof that LSU's superior talent saved Les from castration. You say: "well he's showing confidence in his team"...well that doesnt mean you test fate over and over again.
#5. The Les Miles offensive philosophy: "Run twice up the middle, get nothing, then throw a bomb" See the entire career of J. Russell. See Florida 2006.
#6. The 2008 season, the Dual-DC system. A year after all his playmakers graduated, Les decides to keep the fabulous J.Lee in each game long enough to throw enough pick-6's to lose every game. Instead of progressing after the Auburn game, he gets WORSE, as does the D. UGA-enough points on turnovers to make up the difference in score, Alabama-2 TDs in the first half because of Lee, Troy-dont get me started, Arky-WTF? Then, after the season is over, he puts in Jefferson and a gameplan, and thumps GT. Jefferson wasnt hurt all year, he could've come in, yet Les left him on the bench.
#7. Tulane 2007. LSU fucks around the entire game, then superior talent wins it at the end. Kentucky 2007, one big clusterfuck of shittyness.
Enough 2007 references? This man wins on the edge of his teeth every week. Les Miles is the LSU version of Ken Hatfield, but with a better record in big games. Les' saving grace is that if you give him a month to prepare, he will beat you, just like Ford. Les won't make it two more years at LSU.
Could DF have won all these games? There's no telling, DF's gameplan was entirely different, but he was a winner, and I'd say he'd have won a majority of them. Danny would go for a tie if he had to, to win the conference. He'd piss enough people off after he lost to be banished to the press box, but he wouldnt do stupid shit during a game that might cost his team a victory.
(Ok, I know the post is tongue-in-cheek, so here is our tongue-in-cheek response to it)
The 11th Commandment says: Thou Shalt not besmirch the name of Danny Ford. And you crazy jawja fans just did.
I recognized how analogous the two men are when Coach Miles called for the onside kick against Georgia Tech. It was wild! It was wacky! It was insane! However, it also worked, and not because of random dumb luck, either. It was a calculated gamble. Yes, it was bold, but it was also shrewd. It was the decision of a coach intelligent enough to make an accurate assessment of the odds and gutsy enough to run the risk of having the percentages play out differently.
WTF. Youre basing it off of that and the Treadwell kick? DF wouldnt do the crazy shit Les Miles does. There's a key difference between these two men: Les is stupid crazy, Danny was smart crazy. DF might not know shit about anything else, but he did know how to call a game.
We both hate Les Miles, especially as a gameday coach. The reason is that what DF did on gameday made sense, what Les does makes absofuckinglutely no sense. I've been here every year since Les came on, so I've seen all the stupidity in person. I'm going to pick a few stupid things Les did, which define the Les Miles Syndrome.
#1. The fake punt against Arizona State, in Les' first game (post-Katrina).
Lets just call a fake punt FROM DEEP IN LSU TERRITORY early in the game. Les said afterwards the punter made the call himself, horseshit Les, you fucked up and didnt want anyone to know how stupid that call was. Yeah, tell me DF would've done that. What followed was superior talent bailing Les out at the end of the game, which became his staple.
#2. The loss to Tennessee, after Rita ran through.
Leading 21-0 at halftime, and completely dominating Tenn. on a 100F monday night (where I lost at least 10 lbs.), Les decides to completely stop throwing the ball, and just runs up the middle every play for the 2nd half. Clausen, #1 asshole, flips off the student section after scoring the leading touchdown late. In what would become a hallmark of Les Miles football, he decides to start playing football again in the late 4th quarter, but makes a bunch of stupid ass playcalls and comes up short at the end. It was the most pissed off I have ever been at an LSU game.
#3. Auburn 2007, (hell the whole 2007 season) just watch the Clock. You're in FG range already, the clock is running under 15 seconds after the last play. What does DF do? He runs the clock all the way down, calls his last timeout, kicks the FG. See Treadwell.
That was the 2nd most pissed off I've ever been at an LSU game. If that pass falls incomplete, Les gets castrated on the spot by crazy-ass LSU fans and no national championship.
#4. Florida 2007. Go for 4th down 5 times and get every one. What coach in his right mind does that shit? I admit I wanted him to go for it for the ones in UF territory that were out of FG range, including the ones where you had to on the final drive. Further proof that LSU's superior talent saved Les from castration. You say: "well he's showing confidence in his team"...well that doesnt mean you test fate over and over again.
#5. The Les Miles offensive philosophy: "Run twice up the middle, get nothing, then throw a bomb" See the entire career of J. Russell. See Florida 2006.
#6. The 2008 season, the Dual-DC system. A year after all his playmakers graduated, Les decides to keep the fabulous J.Lee in each game long enough to throw enough pick-6's to lose every game. Instead of progressing after the Auburn game, he gets WORSE, as does the D. UGA-enough points on turnovers to make up the difference in score, Alabama-2 TDs in the first half because of Lee, Troy-dont get me started, Arky-WTF? Then, after the season is over, he puts in Jefferson and a gameplan, and thumps GT. Jefferson wasnt hurt all year, he could've come in, yet Les left him on the bench.
#7. Tulane 2007. LSU fucks around the entire game, then superior talent wins it at the end. Kentucky 2007, one big clusterfuck of shittyness.
Enough 2007 references? This man wins on the edge of his teeth every week. Les Miles is the LSU version of Ken Hatfield, but with a better record in big games. Les' saving grace is that if you give him a month to prepare, he will beat you, just like Ford. Les won't make it two more years at LSU.
Could DF have won all these games? There's no telling, DF's gameplan was entirely different, but he was a winner, and I'd say he'd have won a majority of them. Danny would go for a tie if he had to, to win the conference. He'd piss enough people off after he lost to be banished to the press box, but he wouldnt do stupid shit during a game that might cost his team a victory.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wednesday News
Heather Dinich gives a short summary of the ACC season and then final power rankings, but basically all you hear is that Clemson is average and Bowden was fired, whoopee.
Kevin Steele talks about how he and Dabo met and worked the whole thing out. He mentions the defensive schemes he'll run, and points out that the coverage packages are the only difference between the Mickey Andrews' defense and what Saban runs. Saban tends to run "Robber" and combo coverages, while Andrews will stick mostly to a press or zone.
Baseball again ranked 26th
This is the first I've heard of Kris Benson making a comeback. He was awesome here, but for some reason it never worked in the pro's for any of those great pitchers on that team.
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association posted its preseason poll, and like the last one, we're opening at #26.
Basketball
Dick Vitale finally writes an article about Clemson vs. WF, but he really isn't bragging about Clemson at all. Big surprise, but we'll get respect when we start beating teams like WF or UNC or Duke on the road. I have hope that we'll beat WF, but @UNC is another story altogether.
OH MY GOD A REBIRTH! Carolina wins the National Championship next year, just you wait and see. Thankfully Bart Wright has a little common sense though:
Recruiting News:
--Tajh Boyd is still considering a visit, possibly for this weekend, but more likely for the 24th. Napier and Pearman are recruiting him. I see us as an outside shot right now.
--Schofield will be making a visit to Tennessee in a couple weeks, and then we'll see if we can pull him away from their list.
--Clemson has completely backed off Larry Raper.
--TE Terrell Mitchell, who was pushed back by the Staff for last weekend, says he is planning to visit this weekend. He is the only TE on the board this year.
Kevin Steele talks about how he and Dabo met and worked the whole thing out. He mentions the defensive schemes he'll run, and points out that the coverage packages are the only difference between the Mickey Andrews' defense and what Saban runs. Saban tends to run "Robber" and combo coverages, while Andrews will stick mostly to a press or zone.
"The defense that Nick Saban ran at LSU is not really a whole lot different than Florida State's, to be quite frank with you, other than some coverage stuff," he said. "And it's not at all different than what we ran at the Carolina Panthers.
"That defense at LSU was run out of 4-3 personnel, yet the Miami Dolphins ran it out of 3-4 personnel."
Designed to take advantage of personnel mismatches similar to NFL teams, most of the differences will be subtle.
In fact, Steele said, after watching all of the Tigers' game from last season, he believes next season's team won't look "too terribly different than Vic and those guys ran."
Baseball again ranked 26th
This is the first I've heard of Kris Benson making a comeback. He was awesome here, but for some reason it never worked in the pro's for any of those great pitchers on that team.
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association posted its preseason poll, and like the last one, we're opening at #26.
Basketball
Dick Vitale finally writes an article about Clemson vs. WF, but he really isn't bragging about Clemson at all. Big surprise, but we'll get respect when we start beating teams like WF or UNC or Duke on the road. I have hope that we'll beat WF, but @UNC is another story altogether.
OH MY GOD A REBIRTH! Carolina wins the National Championship next year, just you wait and see. Thankfully Bart Wright has a little common sense though:
Usually, when there's history in the making on a college football team, you can sense it here and there during the season, but that was never the case in 2008 for the University of South Carolina.
Oh, they had their moments, like the early season loss at Vanderbilt that hinted it might be another of those seasons of Carolina underachievement their fans have come to know and loathe.
Recruiting News:
--Tajh Boyd is still considering a visit, possibly for this weekend, but more likely for the 24th. Napier and Pearman are recruiting him. I see us as an outside shot right now.
--Schofield will be making a visit to Tennessee in a couple weeks, and then we'll see if we can pull him away from their list.
--Clemson has completely backed off Larry Raper.
--TE Terrell Mitchell, who was pushed back by the Staff for last weekend, says he is planning to visit this weekend. He is the only TE on the board this year.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Tebow chats with Erin Andrews, then announces his intentions...
And then....
MIAMI (SP) -- Shortly after leading the Florida Gators to a national
championship with a 24-14 win over Oklahoma, junior quarterback Tim
Tebow announced that he would skip his senior season and ascend
directly into heaven.
Tebow entered the press room to wild applause. A reporter for a 24-
hour cable sports network burst into tears when the 2007 Heisman
winner entered the room. Another threw a pair of boxer shorts on the
podium. Tebow smiled at the gesture and several sports reporters
fainted.
"Sorry I'm late," Tebow began. "There was a six-year-old boy with
cancer in row 54 and I had to make my way through the crowd to heal
him."
"I want to start by saying that playing quarterback for the University
of Florida, winning two national championships, has been a great
honor. There has been some speculation about my future and I want to
clear that up right now," he continued.
"Don't go, Tim!" a reporter shouted from the back of the room.
"After much consideration, I have decided to skip my senior season at
the University of Florida and ascend directly into Heaven," Tebow
announced. Upon making the announcement, Tebow was bathed in a
blinding white light and vanished.
In response to the news, ESPN announced they will have a month-long
tribute to Tebow. ESPN2 will now be known as ESPN-TEBOW and will
feature Tebow highlights (including home videos of Tebow's childhood),
re-airings of past interviews, Tebow-centric analysis by ESPN air
personalities, a Tebow quiz show and a reality show to find the "most
Tebow-like" person in America.
"He wasn't just the greatest player in college football history," said
a college football writer at the press conference, tears streaming
down his face. "He might have been the greatest person to ever walk on
earth."
Monday, January 12, 2009
Topic Jumping
Dabo came out with coaching assignments for the 2009 season today with little surprises in the mix. At one point I thought that he may go out and find an offensive coordinator with some coordinating experience, but it is obvoius that Swinney is comfortable with Napier. His move to award B. Napier the OC job was also made to lock Billy into this role, as he has done a good job recruiting over the past few years.
Speaking of recruiting, we all expect a few signatures to come from this past recruiting weekend. North Carolina native Spencer Shuey gave the Tigers a verbal. I don't know much about this guy, only that he had offers from Kentucky, Duke, and the Illinois Zookers. I am a little dissapointed that Tajih Boyd chose not to visit this weekend, and it looks as though he will roll with the sweater vest or sport some rediculous combination of green and yellow next season. It also looks as though Spurlid is banned from a high school campus sorry, your scholly has been pulled.
And for all the jackasses out there (i.e., Tigernet All-Americans) who believe that the medioracy that Tom Bowden brought to Tigertown was unavoidable, that Clemson cannot compete with such parity, and that the field is so level and Clemson at such a disadvantage needs to talk to Oliver Purnell. What he has done at Clemson is just short of turning water into wine, especially with the group left behind by Shyatt. While I do think that Clemson is getting a tremendous amount of hype, I will have to admit that I am (for the first time in a decade) actually expecting the Tigers to be successful on the hardwood.
Finally, who isn't excited about one more season of kissing Tim Tebow's ass. Yeah, I get it, the guy is a good guy. He is a missionary. He won a Heisman trophy. He has two championship rings. He rolls with well endowed women. All of this is great, but don't jam it down the public's throat every chance you get (i.e., Jerome Bettis is from Detroit, Phillip Rivers has a wife and kids, etc...). Also, he may want to figure out how to throw a spiral in order to play in the professional ranks. It would be nice for him to run for 2 bills and throw for 3 against the chickens in '09.
Speaking of recruiting, we all expect a few signatures to come from this past recruiting weekend. North Carolina native Spencer Shuey gave the Tigers a verbal. I don't know much about this guy, only that he had offers from Kentucky, Duke, and the Illinois Zookers. I am a little dissapointed that Tajih Boyd chose not to visit this weekend, and it looks as though he will roll with the sweater vest or sport some rediculous combination of green and yellow next season. It also looks as though Spurlid is banned from a high school campus sorry, your scholly has been pulled.
And for all the jackasses out there (i.e., Tigernet All-Americans) who believe that the medioracy that Tom Bowden brought to Tigertown was unavoidable, that Clemson cannot compete with such parity, and that the field is so level and Clemson at such a disadvantage needs to talk to Oliver Purnell. What he has done at Clemson is just short of turning water into wine, especially with the group left behind by Shyatt. While I do think that Clemson is getting a tremendous amount of hype, I will have to admit that I am (for the first time in a decade) actually expecting the Tigers to be successful on the hardwood.
Finally, who isn't excited about one more season of kissing Tim Tebow's ass. Yeah, I get it, the guy is a good guy. He is a missionary. He won a Heisman trophy. He has two championship rings. He rolls with well endowed women. All of this is great, but don't jam it down the public's throat every chance you get (i.e., Jerome Bettis is from Detroit, Phillip Rivers has a wife and kids, etc...). Also, he may want to figure out how to throw a spiral in order to play in the professional ranks. It would be nice for him to run for 2 bills and throw for 3 against the chickens in '09.
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