Do you remember 1987? Probably not? However, it was a nervous time for Clemson fans. Why? Alabama was looking for replacement for Ray Perkins, who left the Crimson Tide at the end of the 1986 season to be the head man of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Clemson fans became nervous when Danny Ford’s name came […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide appear to have made the decision for the replacement of Nick Saban. The good news for Clemson fans: it’s not Dabo Swinney. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and Chris Low have reported that Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer is negotiating with Alabama on a potnetial contract to take over for the Crimson Tide. […]
CLEMSON — As you turn on the light switch in Dabo Swinney’s office at the Allen Reeves Football Complex, just above the switch is a framed story from ESPN, which was written after he was hired as Clemson’s head coach in 2009. It’s not much of a story, it is more of a brief than […]
CLEMSON — I was sitting in a Toccoa, Ga., office early Wednesday afternoon when a friend, a diehard Clemson fan, asked me the question every Clemson fan I speak with asks me at some point or another. “Do you think Dabo Swinney will go to Alabama when Nick Saban retires?” My answer is always the […]
CLEMSON — Do not ever tell Dabo Swinney he cannot do something. Why? He will prove you wrong. Such was the case when everyone told a young Dabo Swinney not to walk on to the Alabama football team when he was a freshman in college. They said he was not good enough to play for […]
Dabo Swinney and Clemson beat out Nick Saban and Alabama to land an elite prospect from the Crimson Tide’s backyard on Friday night, when Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson five-star defensive lineman Peter Woods announced his commitment to the Tigers. After he revealed his verbal pledge to Clemson during a commitment ceremony at his high school, Woods […]
On the Packer and Durham show on ACC Network this past week, Mark Packer and ESPN analyst Tom Luginbill, who was filling in for Wes Durham to co-host the show with Packer, discussed the topic of what the most dominant season in Clemson football history is. Packer and Luginbill agreed that it’s unquestionably the 2018 season during […]
Tonight’s national championship game between Georgia and Alabama won’t come without a Clemson tie. Former Clemson cornerback Derion Kendrick will get a crack at a second national championship, which, if Georgia is able to pull it off, would be his first at his current position. After being dismissed from Clemson’s program in February, Kendrick eventually […]
Today, Jan. 7, marks the three-year anniversary of one of the most memorable nights in Clemson football history – Jan. 7, 2019, when the Tigers defeated Alabama, 44-16, to win their second national championship in three seasons. On the Packer and Durham show on ACC Network this morning, Mark Packer reflected on that night three […]
Following Clemson’s 30-24 win over Louisville on Saturday night at Cardinal Stadium, a few analysts reacted to the Tigers’ victory and the performance of quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei. E.J. Manuel, Eric Mac Lain and Eddie Royal all weighed in Saturday night on The Huddle on the ACC Network. Manuel: “Toughing it out with some of the injuries, with […]