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Hey, Tommy Bowden's departure from Clemson was hard on all of us. But none moreso than Dave of Mount Pleasant, who called in to the Live 5 News sports report and tried to be brave, but dammit, he's been torn up ever since he heard the news, and now he's afraid that ... the whole program (gulp) is in shambles (breaks down, weeps). After the jump, witness one man's descent into the pit of despair, feel his pain, and see the sports anchors who try their darndest not to laugh at that man. More »
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In the wake of Tommy Bowden's firing after nine years at Clemson, current players are already piling on. The quarterback he benched, Cullen Harper, told ESPN, "They just told us. It's what he deserved." And this whole firing business might not be that big of a surprise since in the Clemson-Wake Forest preview on Thursday, I pointed out that in nine seasons Bowden had never won more than nine games, an ACC division or conference title, or finished a season with a team ranked higher than 21st in the country. But he did have the number 2 recruiting class in the country and did not completely collapse in any of his seasons. (I'm defining collapse broadly here.) Raising the question, how good of a job is Clemson? More »
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Right now Craig James and Doug Flutie are having a little fun comparing Michigan to Toledo. That came on the heels of the Wolverines' surrendering a pick-six to...Toldeo's Tyrrell Herbert? But to break it down, Michigan football is in Year One of installing a whole new program; everything from philosophy to personnel needs has been altered. That is to say, they have a fair excuse for not winning the big games this year. Clemson, however, does not. More »
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Tommy Bowden and Clemson roll into lovely Winston-Salem to try and stave off yet another mediocre season. Clemson is 3-2 and coming off a 17-14 loss to Maryland. Now they're 2.5 point underdogs to Wake Forest. Watch this game to see if this is finally, at long last, the game that ends Tommy Bowden's tenure at Clemson. A tenure that has seemed to be in danger since at least 2000. And why wouldn't it? In 9 years at Clemson Bowden has never won more than 9 games, has never won the ACC, and he's just 3-5 in bowl games. This was supposed to be Clemson's year, you know, prior to Alabama's beatdown in the season opener. Instead the Tigers are on the precipice of .500 halfway through the season. As if that weren't enough, Bowden is just 69-42 overall as head coach at Clemson. Mediocrity thy name is Clemson. More »
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You might remember the touching story of Ray Ray McElrathbey, the Clemson reserve tailback who was receiving assistance from the NCAA after taking custody of his 11-year-old brother (their father is a gambling addict, the mother, into crack cocaine). Great story, makes Clemson sound like a happy place, Tommy Bowden a great guy, so on. So it was a surprise when McElrathbey said he was leaving the school. And now we know why: Bowden kicked him off. More »
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