A YouTube gnome uploaded a clip of this classic college football moment taken directly from ESPN's broadcast feed—but helpfully included the audio and video from the two minutes or so prior to the gang going live on the air. As they prepare to comeback from the commercial break, Chris Fowler, Craig James and Jesse Palmer all have a nice chuckle at the expense of Sad Clemson Fan and his buddy. Fowler even breaks out the Telestrator pen to highlight the boy's tears, since broken dreams are what gives Chris his sustenance.

Then just before going live, Fowler reminds them all that they are professionals and probably shouldn't mock this guy on national TV. (Palmer believes the key word is "tasteful.") Of course, even after putting on his "college football majesty" voice, Chris still can't avoid a little chuckle at this dude's expense.

Not that anyone blames him. I mean ... look at that guy. He is pretty ridiculous.

Upset Clemson Fan Overreacting to the Georgia Tech Loss [YouTube]

*****

Final: Michigan wins it. Feisty comeback by Clemson, but there was just too much Manny Harris. Thanks Sussman.

0:00 Michigan plays good perimeter D and Rivers misses a running 3 in the corner.

13.1 Michigan barely get it over in time. Good press by Clemson. Novak, a great 3-point shooter but only a 69.8 free throw shooter (and a freshman) steps to the line. He misses the first but hits the second.

27.8 Booker seals off his man, catches a pass and dunks. I can see why he's a pro prospect. Another timeout. Michigan 61, Clemson 59.

37.4 Clemson get an easy layup. Oh thank god. Harris cuts to the basket, draws a
foul and banks it home. Michigan 61, Clemson 57.

0:59 Booker with an offensive rebound. He hits one of two and then Michigan turns it over. Lee with another mistake. I can't believe I said that thing I said two updates ago. Clemson call a timeout. Michigan 58, Clemson 55, Salama Terrified.

1:20 Booker gets away with a clear travel. He scores and then Novak has a corner 3 rattle in and out. Clemson down 4 with the ball.

2:24 Harris swoops to the basket but Grant blocks him. Michigan turns it off sloppily after the inbound. Maybe C.J Lee's first mistake all game.

2:54 Great denial D from Michigan. Culminates in two blocked shots and a shot-clock violation.

3:20 Michigan turns it over. Shit. I'm officially worried.

3:45 Rivers hits a 3 right in his man's face. Suddenly, Clemson are only down 6, 58-52.

4:30 Andre Young hits 2 quick long balls for the Tigers. Michigan 58, Clemson 49.

6:14 Sims hit a 3 after some sweet ball movement and Brando proclaims it a possible dagger. Michigan 56, Clemson 43.

7:07 Harris with a great drive and dish to Gibson. He's freaking people off the dribble, to quote NBA live 2002.

7:58 Michigan uses 32 seconds of shot clock, then gets an offensive rebound. Stu Douglass hits the front end of a 1 and 1. He corrals the rebound. After a blocked shot, they retain the ball. They've been cycling the puck in Clemson's zone for 90 seconds now.

9:28 Booker draws another foul. He hits a free-throw. Clemson get the rebound off the missed second and after a floater falls it's Michigan 50, Clemson 43.

9:46 Booker hits some free-throws. Michigan 50, Clemson 40.

10:04 Clemson is clearly quicker and more physical inside, but few putbacks are dropping.

10:43 Harris wins a face-off against Demontez Stitt. Nicolas Cage predicted it months ago. In a dream so vivid he just knew it had to be real. If only Beilein and Purnell trusted him. Dammit.

11:38 Manny Harris decides to draw a foul and hit 2 free throws.

Soapbox O'Clock: Villanova is starting to come back against American. It's unfair they get to do it behind a home court.

12:20 Clemson starting cause problems with their press/halfcourt defense and score a bit.

13:37 Clemson cuts it to 12 and forces a timeout with a press Michigan can't break.

14:46 Harris breaks down the D and Novak drains a 3. Michigan 46, Clemson 30.

16:00 Rivers hits two free throws. Wikipedia states that the execution-hating governor is now in jail himself. Canny move by him to gain love and admiration of prisoners before becoming incarcerated. Not what Rorschach would do, though.

16:24 Harris with a dunk in transition. Michigan leads 43-28. 16-2 run!

17:20 Oglesby is called for an elbow that, in slow-motion, looks malicious. Douglass hits the technical free throw. He's then ejected! And deported back to Norway! A security guard escorts him to the locker room, and then presumably to Oslo.

17:20 Clemson with an off the ball foul. They're executing worse than that Illinois Governor who issued a moratorium on executions.

18:00 Another huge Sims dunk! Followed by a Clemson turnover and Douglass layup. Michigan leads 36-28.

19: 20 Clemson scores, then DeShawn Sims completes a beautiful alley-oop.

20:00 Second half starting. Considering how many easy misses Clemson has had, the fact Michigan only leads by 3 is scary.

Call from Grandmother: She uses the term "these French people" but manages not to say anything bad about any other ethnicity. She, like Clemson, is not living up to her potential.

at&t at the half: One of the two analysts is a ranga. Neither have anything interesting to say. Still, their laughter approaches self-parodying level, and no one has even made a joke yet.

Halftime: Michigan 27-24. Blake Griffin and Oklahoma are not scared of either team, based on this display. They are, though, terrified of Manny Harris. He has over half of Michigan's points and looks capable of bringing peace to the Middle East.

0:10 Brando slows down Obama's stimulus package with terrible "the bank is open
late" joke.

1:24 Michigan sets airball record; retains lead.

2:00 Another Harris 3 (Please don't go pro) and a Clemson dunk, and it's 25-24 Michigan.

3:30 Misses galore! Graphic informs us that Hansbrough has passed Redick as all time ACC leading scorer. White racists nod appreciatively.

MMOD Commercials: Is the whole Bud Light "drinkability" thing supposed to be ironic?

3:46 Clemson with a block and well executed fast break to tie it at 22. They are much more athletic than Michigan.

5:20 Manny Harris. Great player or the greatest player? He completes an old-fashioned 3 point play.

5:40 K.C Rivers blows an easy layup. He's really struggling. I consider sympathy. Decide against it.

6:30 Michigan shred press again and score after a nice possession. Clemson then hits a 3. Michigan 19-18.

7:05 Shot of pretty Michigan cheerleader is most exciting moment in a while. Michigan leads 17-13.

7:20 Brando calls Clemson's backup point guard, averaging 4.2 points and 2.1 assists, a "phenom."

MMOD Commercials: An inordinate number of commercials involve the elderly. Attempt to reassure them before tradition of putting them on ice flows is adopted in wake of The Harsh Economic Times? Almost certainly.

8:52 Manny Harris with another 3! Michigan 17, Clemson 11. It's easy to update with every basket when they happen so rarely. Decent Brando line about "Manny being Manny" takes us to a commercial.

10:15 Teams trade misses after Michigan hits another 3. Michigan 14, Clemson 11. At this pace, game will barely break 100 points, total.

12:25 Harris scores with panache. 8-0 Michigan run. Michigan leads 11-9.

13:30 Michigan ties it with another 3 (C.J Lee).

14:30 Michigan hits a 3. 9-6 Clemson.

MMOD Commercials: Quantum of Solace commercial reminds me how little I like Kansas' chances to repeat. Too many expectations for both.

15:40 Michigan starting to break the press easily, but Clemson's bigs are stronger and faster. 7-3 Clemson

17:40 The two teams trade threes.

18:27 Michigan now has two airballs on 3 attempts.

20:00: We're off. Clemson scores immediately and troubles Michigan with the press, who then throw up an airball. Good start for the confederacy

Pre-Game: Evening everyone. Solid but unspectacular start to the Madness. This could be a good one. I'm a Michigan fan, but my Olbermann-esque ferocious integrity means a fair and balanced live-blog awaits you.

Now, alumni who perfectly typify their respective universities:

Clemson- Strom Thurmond, who Urban Dictionary describes thusly: "A withered old southern racist fart who once spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes without sitting down to protest the civil rights act of 1957."

Michigan- Raoul Wallenberg, who Rep. Tom Lantos described thusly: Wallenberg is the archetype of a hero – one who risked his life day in and day out, to save the lives of tens of thousands of people he did not know whose religion he did not share."

Keys to winning that will, in all likelihood, not be the actual reasons someone emerges victorious:

Michigan will win if it can handle the press, despite possessing below average group of guards, and if Manny (Real name: Corperryale) Harris and Deshawn Sims realize how trill they are and play like it.

Clemson will win if both of those things do not occur.

2) Stay Hard Clemson Each of the past four years, the Tigers have started out hard. Each of the
past four years, the Tigers have finished soft. Incidentally, the 1996-1997 team did as well.

2006: First Half of season: 11-0, second half: 8-13, final record, 19-13
2007: First Half of season: 17-0 second half: 8- 11, final record: 25-11
2008: First Half of season: 10-0, second half: 14-10, final record: 24-10
2009: First Half of season: 16-0, second half: 7-8, current record: 23-8

These strong starts have been a knock against Clemson Basketball from both fans and national media. Still, as a charter member of the ACC, and a self-proclaimed "football school," just being discussed in the context of basketball is nice. We'll see if Oliver Purnell can get his first NCAA win and help the Tigers seal the deal this year.

3) In and Out Both offensively and defensively, Trevor Booker is the key for the Tigers. The 2nd team All-ACC Junior leads the point of the Oliver Purnell Press defense and leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.3 ppg, 56.7 fg%, 9.7 rebounds, 2 blocks per game, in addition to leading the team in FTA and FTM. All of this at 6'7". On the outside, he is helped by 6'6" F/G senior KC Rivers, who averages 14.2 ppg with 39.8% three point shooting, and the Norwegian National, Terrence Oglesby, who averages 13.9 ppg on 39.6% 3 point shooting. The Tigers lead the ACC in team three point shooting at 37.9%. If the ball goes inside to Booker and the three pointers fall, the Tigers win. — the op blog

MICHIGAN WOLVERINES

1) The Long Road Back Prior to this year, Michigan had not reached the NCAA tournament since 1998*. This is, undoubtedly, the fact that you will hear most this week concerning Michigan. Since that time, a number of either dislikable or incredibly frustrating teams have passed through Crisler Arena. Amazingly, Michigan was far from a doormat during this time, and the Tommy Amaker coached teams even came to dominate the NIT. (Champions!!! in 2004, Runner-ups! in 2006, and also an all too short run in 2007). This year, most fans were hoping for an improvement off the 10-win campaign a year ago, and maybe another shot at the NIT. And then a group made up of two emerging stars, a couple scrawny white freshmen from Indiana, two former walk-on PGs, and a rotating cast of role players beat UCLA, and became maybe the most likeable Michigan basketball team I can remember. The chance to play in the tournament, if only for 40 minutes, means everything to this program.

*The wins from the 1998 were vacated (as well as 1997, 1996, 1995, 1993, and 1992), so officially Michigan has not played in a tournament since 1994. Yes, that was the Fab Five team minus Webber. The Chris Webber who
recently retired from the NBA.

2) The MVPs Manny Harris seems to be the player most frequently discussed on Michigan. His numbers are fantastic (Top 5 in the Big Ten in scoring, rebounding, and assists), but anyone who has followed this team closely knows how frustrating he can be to watch. John Beilein even chose to sit Manny for the entire OT at Iowa, in what most thought was a season-ending/soul-crushing loss. For a team that stresses good shots, his off balance 3-pointers with a hand in his face early in the shot clock make you scream … and then they end up going in. And then there's DeShawn Sims. Sims led Michigan in scoring in their 4 biggest wins over UCLA, Duke, Purdue, and at Minnesota. Then he took over the tourney-bid-clinching win over Iowa. As DeShawn goes, so goes this team.

3) Walk-on PGs It is almost as if John Beilein is looking for new ways to challenge himself. CJ Lee and David Merritt make up the PG combo that you and your friend could likely beat in a pick-up game. Both are former walk-ons who, and as much as I hate to admit it, seem to motivate the team in some sort of strange way. My favorite CJ Lee moment of the season came when Erin Andrews was at Crisler for the Michigan/Michigan State game. During the 2nd half Lee got sick, and Erin had the pleasure of updating his condition from behind the Michigan bench with CJ vomiting into a trashcan. Merritt gives the team's Ray Lewis like pre-game pep talks, only the exact opposite. My personal favorite came in the season finale, when Merritt got the team ready by firing off an obscure stat about the team having led at the half in 7 of its 10 road games. Just in case Michigan draws an ACC team that lives off pressing its opponents, Beilein does have the uber-fast Kelvin Grady on the bench to single handedly break it. However, this is John Beilein, and me thinks he will continue to challenge himself with slower, undersized, dribbling-inept LEADERS at the point. — Mike Worhach

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Let's add it up, shall we? The 27-point pasting was Duke's worst loss since 1997. Their impotent 47 points was their lowest output since 1994. It was their first regular season loss to Clemson in 20 games. Coach Mike Kryzewski called timeout in the final minute, just so his team could savor the delicious pain of one the school's most pathetic non-lacrosse efforts in nearly two decades.

"We just didn't compete," said Kryzewski. "Clemson out played us for 40 minutes. It was 40 minutes of them dominating. They just kicked our butt. I'm not surprised about anything tonight, Clemson is a great team. We had no chance of winning this game."

Oh, Mike. Your salty tears nourish the souls of college basketball fans everywhere. Drink it in while it lasts, folks. (Oh yeah, and I guess what ever team they played is pretty good too.)

Miami 79, Wake Forest 52: Oh, look at that ... Wake also had their butts handed to them last night. At least Duke had the decency to lose to a Top 10 team. What's your excuse for laying down in front of 5,792 fans at Miami? That's two clunkers in a row for the Deacons since they beat Duke by a bucket a week ago. [Greensboro News & Record]

Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 71: Watch this: Oklahoma will run the Big 12 table and get the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tourney. How's that for a big fat jinx? You're welcome, Colorado. [Oklahoman]

Michigan State 76, Minnesota 47: So the Spartans can win a game at home? I guess it's only inferior opponents they have a problem with. (still bitter) [State News]

Missouri 69, Texas 65: Missouri's Zaire Taylor pulled off a three-point play with 5 seconds left and the Tigers steal one at Texas, as the Longhorns were caught napping. I sometimes think these teams don't want to succeed. [KC Star]

Indiana 68, Iowa 60: The impossible dream has come true! [MSF]

All kinds of accounts of what happened in that scrum, but exactly who started what is unclear. What is known: Wake Forest claimed its third huge victory in a row, 78-68 at the Tigers' Littlejohn Coliseum. The No. 3 Demon Deacons had beaten North Carolina six days earlier, and Boston College three days after that. Could this be the year that I pick Wake for the Final Four and they don't end up burning down my NCAA tourney bracket as per usual?

Probably not.

Clemson Fan 1, Wake Forest's Chas McFarland 0 [Newsday]

Clemson's AD Must Read This Blog [Rumors And Rants]
Clemson Fan Crying Over Bowden [The Sports Point]

From The Sporting Blog and That One Guy That Likes College Football:

This situation may be worse than prior years for numerous, equally damaging reasons. Clemson was picked to win the ACC, their roster boasted easily cited glossy talent like James Davis, C.J. Spiller, Cullen Harper [who was just benched... -ED.] and Aaron Kelly, and there was even preseason talk of BCS bowls for the Tigers. Then, once the team ran face-first into the wood chipper of Alabama in week one on national television, Clemson began a slow, inexorable collapse, most disturbingly on the offensive side of the ball.

Clemson lost to Wake Forest Thursday night, 12-7. And this is after losing the week before to Maryland, who, to be fair, is fucking horrible. At least when Michigan has talent, they typically use it, and unlike the team wearing orange, their future is bright.

Update: Clemson just stopped another Maryland drive in the red zone. What the fuck? 10-6 Clemson.

2nd Update: James Davis just busted a 38-yard TD. 17-6 Clemson. I think a pig just shit on my roof.

Summary of Ohio State & Minnesota's opening drives: OSU: 5 rushes, 75 yards and a TD. Minnesota: The Gophers leading receiver was off the field on 3rd down because he lost a shoe.—No Soap In The John

Andre Ware and Dave Pasch = Gay buddies forever. —Dr Scooter19

Since Mike Paulus is starting for UNC today, someone on the U's defense has to teabag him for a sack. This must happen. —Signal 2 Noise

Getting excited for Michigan State/Indiana in any sport is akin to crashing through a brick wall and finding out you didn't die, and now you'll be punished for the rest of your life.  But I'm watching this one anyway.  Why?  Because I'm a poor Midwestern soul, that's why.—King Donut66

Another Saturday, another Pam Ward nationally televised game. Why does ESPN want viewers to kill themselves?—Dr Scooter19

Oh, and this Michigan State/Indiana game gets Pam Ward too.  As Weird Al Yankovic said in UHF . . . "TERRI!  I'M IN HELL!  I'M IN HELL TERRI!" or something or other . . .—King Donut66

In typical South Florida fashion, there are 27 people in the stands at the Um-UNC game.  ACC Football, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz—Mr Red Devil 4Ever

Can the losing coach of Pitt-Syracuse get fired live on TV after the game? —Signal 2 Noise

CLEMSON TIGERS

1. "Clempson," as some locals refer to it, resides in the city of Clemson in the northwestern region of South Carolina known as "The Upstate." It was opened in 1893 as a military academy exclusively for Caucasian males, serving as one of the rare instances of racial discrimination in the South. The school later abandoned its military curriculum and started its rich tradition of admitting hot, bangable women that would make your penis explode in 1955. Notable Clemson alumni include tabloid television anchor Nancy O'Dell and noted statesman/multiculturalist Strom Thurmond, for which the university's Strom Thurmond Institute is named ... I think.

2. The HNIC.Head coach Oliver Purnell came to Clemson from Dayton in 2003, where he had led the Flyers to two NCAA berths in four years. He has served seven times as an assistant to the US Men's National Team. He also won an NCAA Division II title with Old Dominion as a player in 1975. Oh, and he blogs, albeit infrequently. Clemson also has an assistant coach named Shaka Smart. It's worth passing along.

3. Weak Down The Stretch.The Tigers won their first 18 games of the 2006-07 season, but shit the bed in conference play and had to settle for a 1-seed in the NIT (they lost in the championship game of that tournament). Although Clemson boasts a better mark in the ACC this season, they've suffered losses against Florida State, Charlotte, Ole Miss, and Miami, none of whom are currently ranked. The Tigers also took North Carolina to OT twice, but lost both times.

And Some Actual Player Info...A slogan commonly seen on car decals promoting the aforementioned fuckability of the female student body reads, "Clemson Girls, Best In The World." Ballers Junior K.C. Rivers, senior Cliff Hammonds, and spohomore Trevor Booker have been the best in the world for the Tigers, having started every games this season through March 1. Hammonds leads the team in points, assists, steals, and minutes. —Monday Morning Punter

VILLANOVA WILDCATS

1. I Got A Name. As if it wasn't rare enough to find one young African-American with the name Corey, Coach Wright went out and found two: freshman guards Corey Stokes and Corey Fisher, both McDonald's All-Americans in high school. Each has shown tremendous promise in their limited time on the court (Stokes is an 89percent free-throw shooter, and Fisher is third on the team in points and steals per game). Not since the days of Mssrs. Feldman and Haim has such untapped, dual-Corey-based potential lay waiting to be sprung upon an unsuspecting America.

2. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels). Whereas most college athletic programs are content to limit their scandals to recruiting violations and date rape, Villanova's athletes strive to achieve a more genteel form of notoriety. And so, enter the phone cards. On two separate occasions, in 1996 and 2002, Villanova students were busted for unauthorized use of calling cards (a violation of an NCAA rule prohibiting extra benefits to student athletes), the latter incident resulting in a suspension of twelve players on the active roster which carried over into the 2003-04 season.

3. New York's Not My Home. Jay Wright's first coaching gig was at Hofstra University, which offered him a rich recruiting environment among the private schools and public playgrounds of New York City and Northern New Jersey. He continued to scout for players in that area even after landing the head coaching position at Villanova. In 2004 Wright recruited Kyle Lowry, a scrappy guard from Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philly. While a significant portion of the current underclassmen still hail from Brooklyn, the Bronx and North Jersey, local players such as Reggie Redding and Shane Clark show that Wright is now willing to seek talent further south along the Northeast Corridor. — Chamomiles Davis

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2. The HNIC.Head coach Oliver Purnell came to Clemson from Dayton in 2003, where he had led the Flyers to two NCAA berths in four years. He has served seven times as an assistant to the US Men's National Team. He also won an NCAA Division II title with Old Dominion as a player in 1975. Oh, and he blogs, albeit infrequently. Clemson also has an assistant coach named Shaka Smart. It's worth passing along.

3. Weak Down The Stretch.The Tigers won their first 18 games of the 2006-07 season, but shit the bed in conference play and had to settle for a 1-seed in the NIT (they lost in the championship game of that tournament). Although Clemson boasts a better mark in the ACC this season, they've suffered losses against Florida State, Charlotte, Ole Miss, and Miami, none of whom are currently ranked. The Tigers also took North Carolina to OT twice, but lost both times.

And Some Actual Player Info...A slogan commonly seen on car decals promoting the aforementioned fuckability of the female student body reads, "Clemson Girls, Best In The World." Ballers Junior K.C. Rivers, senior Cliff Hammonds, and spohomore Trevor Booker have been the best in the world for the Tigers, having started every games this season through March 1. Hammonds leads the team in points, assists, steals, and minutes. —Monday Morning Punter

Well, not so much "kicked him off" as "took his scholarship." Why? What did McElrathbey do to deserve this? He must have robbed a bank or something. Nope: Bowden just recruited too many running backs.

"He said something about how they weren't going to renew his scholarship," said [Clemson tailback James] Davis, who has known McElrathbey since their high school days in Atlanta. "It really surprised me. But there's a lot of stuff you can't say. It's something I guess everybody has to learn to live with."

"We're pretty good at running back right now," coach Tommy Bowden said.

The worst part is that Clemson, which basked in all the great publicity from McElrathbey last year, tried to keep this quiet or, worse, imply that it was McElrathbey's decision. (It was Davis who blew the whistle.) Quite charming.

The Truth Comes Out: Clemson Ran Ray Ray [The Wizard Of Odds]

"The league acknowledges that a timing error was made in not starting the game clock at the correct time," said Clougherty, adding the situation was resolved internally but did not elaborate.

Not that there's anything they really could do about it, but still, even a tiny little, "Hey, we're sorry," would've been nice. Without an actual apology, people might start to get the idea that the ACC people don't really mind that Duke got a high profile win instead of Clemson, and we know that's not true.

The Tigers deserve some small token of sorrow ... maybe a some coupon books to McDonalds. Maybe a Coach K instructional video. Maybe a promise that Dick Vitale will never be allowed to call another Clemson game again. Something to make them feel better about themselves.

ACC: 'Timing Error' In Clemson-Duke Finish [WXII12.com]

One of the joys of this here Internets is the rapidity with which campaigns can be organized, complaints filed and irrefutable evidence presented to a starving public. Therefore, if you watched any of that thrilling but frustrating Clemson-Duke game last night, you know that Duke won on a shot with .1 seconds remaining. This video convincingly shows how they shouldn't have had nearly that much time left.

We ordinarily wouldn't focus so much on one game like this the morning after, but it was just 13 hours ago, it seems obvious and, hey, it's Duke.

• Metts said Johnson's wife and several friends told police that Johnson then said: "You can't shoot me, I'm invisible."

• The men had gone deer hunting together the morning of the shooting, police said, and they were dressed in camouflage as they watched the game with friends.

• "It's always been football and NASCAR," said Quick's sister, Ann Marie Quick.

• Quick didn't attend USC but always supported the team, said Quick's mother, who declined to give her name.

• "My nephew was with him every day," she said. "He always talked about how Rick showed him how to skin 'coons and deer."

• Adam Branhan, 16, said he met Johnson at the beginning of the summer, when Johnson let him swim in his pond.

Curiously, "They loved to listen to NPR," "Jimmy was into recycling" and "Police identified Quick's minivan by the Dennis Kucinich stickers" were not among the comments.

$20 USC-Clemson Bet Led To Killing, Police Say [Charlotte Observer]
Yet Another Death You Can Blame On Steve Spurrier [Deadspin]

The two had bet $20 on the annual game, with [Jimmy] taking South Carolina, which won 31-28, and [Ricky] taking Clemson, Lexington County Sheriff James Metts said. They drank beer all afternoon and watched the game Saturday at Johnson's home, and began arguing about the bet after the game.

Metts said [Jimmy]went to his car, got the rifle he normally uses for hunting and fired one shot, hitting Johnson in the chest.

By the way, we're not up on hunting, but a shotgun cartridge can't cost that much less than 20 bucks, can it?

We were watching the end of this game as well and, seeing Spurrier dance around after sneaking out a win, we're kind of pleased we didn't have a gun at the time ourselves. Please let this guy coach Miami: PLEASE.

Man Killed Over $20 Clemson Bet [AOL Sports]

(UPDATE: Actually, there are all kinds of rumors he might head to Alabama to take over for Mr. Shula.)

In a world of uncertainty, the dancing fat man is a distinct pleasure worth cherishing. Do not underestimate the dancing fat Clemson fan: He's, in fact, quite nimble. You might think it cheap and/or easy, but we value the fundamental certainty of gyrating flab, and we think you probably should too.

Fat Men Are Unusually Light On Their Feet [Every Day Should Be Saturday]