"All the news that's fit to link"

"All the news that's fit to link"
"All the news that's fit to link"

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Talking Clemson with Todd Blackledge


Todd Blackledge is one of my favorite color analysts.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Light orderves in the ACC


So I wake up this morning all stoked for game week, ready to start writing about all the great games on the college football docket.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Fanboy newspapers?


I'm guessing yesterday was a dark day for some folks who work at The State newspaper.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Jimbo goes off


Apparently it's not enough for Jimbo Fisher that Florida State is talking about building an indoor practice facility.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Bowden Way (out)


In so-called "big-time athletics," it's certainly not uncommon for separations of school and coach to leave a trail of bitterness and hurt feelings.

Coaches move on to bigger and better things. Or schools decide to move in a different direction. Or coaches retire.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

There's orange in the red zone


Yesterday, we examined Clemson's field-goal woes over the last five years. No one knows what's going to happen in that area this year, but the Tigers could help matters by keeping the kickers on the sideline.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Just for kicks


Clemson fans have had a love-hate relationship with their kickers in recent years.

Friday, August 20, 2010

The case for greatness in 2010


Photo caption: Kyle Parker says "Let's play two (ACC championship games)."

Summer predictions are about like fantasy teams and social media updates:

Everybody has one, and most of them I don't give a rat's behind about.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

From famine to feast


Last week, we examined Clemson's abundance of close shaves over the past five seasons. It was no doubt a painful experience for you folks to be reminded of the razor-thin margins that have kept the Tigers from achieving much more.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Korn's blame game


First off, let me say that I feel bad for Willy Korn. He's always been gracious and nice when I've spoken with him, and by all accounts he's a good guy.

And you have to feel bad for good people who have gone through the stuff Willy Korn has gone through.

Monday, August 16, 2010

KP's rock-star existence



Some of us grew up dreaming of being rock stars. Heck, some of us still might dream about it.

FSU's offense: Jugger-not?


Jimbo Fisher has done a nice job of breathing life into an offense that was flat-lining under Jeff Bowden.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Clemson's close (and painful) shaves


As you look back over the past five years, it's impossible not to wonder how Clemson football would be different right now had the Tigers had better fortunes against Georgia Tech, Boston College, Maryland and Wake Forest.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Blasts from the past


Here at Eye on the Tigers, we don't have a souped-up DeLorean with a flux capacitor (not in the budget).

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Doubting Boston College


Before we begin, a quick note from the CEO of Eye on the Tigers: The cynics among you might glance at the above picture and conclude that the topic of today's blog was chosen with disingenuous intentions, that it's merely an opportunity for LW to post yet another picture of Magnum P.I. Before we start getting questions on it, LW regrets to say he can neither confirm nor deny that this is the case.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Clemson football: Best of the decade?


Sports coverage is all about lists these days, fueled in large part by ESPN's discovery that lists generate a ton of hits by obsessed fans.

Monday, August 9, 2010

R.I.P., Dennis Bowers


Had the pleasure of talking to Dennis Bowers last summer for a feature I was doing on his son, Da'Quan Bowers.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Broadcasting 101


Those of you who watch Thursday night football might be happy to know that ESPN has added a new broad ...

(pause for sip of coffee)

... caster to its lineup.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Ranking the gag games


Seems Clemson has a long history of producing at least one of those games per season in which the Tigers ...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Run, Victor, run


Funny exchange with Victor Beasley yesterday as he came off the practice field.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

And so it begins...


So now we get to write about stuff that actually happens ... sort of.

Monday, August 2, 2010

The ACC's black eye


One of the dominant topics in ACC Land has centered on how the conference can improve its football reputation.