Talking Clemson with Todd Blackledge

Todd Blackledge is one of my favorite color analysts.

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.

Fanboy newspapers?

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

Jimbo goes off

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

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.

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.

Just for kicks

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ranking the gag games

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

Run, Victor, run

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

And so it begins...

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

The ACC's black eye

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