Talking ACC coach of the year

There's a week left in the regular season, and a case for coach of the year in the ACC could be made for six of the conference's coaches.

Life's no beach for Cliff Ellis

When an NCAA investigator and a reporter from the New York Times book hotel rooms in your town and start asking questions within a small span of time, it's generally not a promising combination.

Mike O'Cain grabs the reins

I'll never forget the day the news broke on Mike O'Cain's firing from Clemson.

Comparing Brownell and Barnes

Last week, while spending the day with Brad Brownell for the series that's being featured this week on TI, I asked Brownell if anyone told him his style evokes memories of Rick Barnes' time at Clemson.

Collision course with Virginia Tech?

As relayed in Part 2 of our Behind the Scenes series with Brad Brownell, the coach and his staff were already wary of Virginia Tech last week.

Not dead yet

This felt like N.C. State.

Clemson-N.C. State basketball thoughts

A day before Clemson took on N.C. State in Raleigh, you could tell Brad Brownell and his staff were concerned about the dynamics behind this matchup.

A day in the life

Last spring, about a month after Brad Brownell replaced Oliver Purnell as head coach at Clemson, I pitched an idea to the new guy.

The close-shave epidemic

Clemson's lack of success in close football games has been well documented here.

Random thoughts from the weekend

It's been mentioned here that the infusion of exquisitely talented players can be more troublesome than anticipated.

What Clowney ate for breakfast

Thought about titling this thread "*****Clowney commits...*****" then writing inside the post "to making fans at Clemson and South Carolina pull every last hair out of their heads as he builds suspense for his Monday announcement."

Life without Noel

As Clemson's basketball team has made major improvement over a stretch of a month and a half, enough improvement to put itself into the conversation for a fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, my mind often drifts to the early-December transfer of Noel Johnson.

Basketball thoughts

So many impressive things about last night's win over Boston College, but the one thing that has to stand out is Clemson's defense.

Q&A with Tanner Smith

As mentioned yesterday, the major theme entering tonight's game against Boston College is how Clemson will defend the Eagles' funky motion offense run by first-year coach Steve Donahue.

Super Bowl thoughts, and Monday links

Not nearly as big of an NFL fan as I used to be. Maybe it's related to free agency and parity and all that. But it's mostly because, over the last 12 years, my career has been devoted so much to college football that the TV is usually off when Sunday rolls around.

Clemson-UVA basketball thoughts

Brad Brownell knew there'd be nights like this, when the shots aren't going down and the emotional frenzy is not all there and you have to dig deep for a win on the road in the ACC.

The big day

I pay more attention to recruiting now than I ever have, and still that's probably significantly less attention paid to it than by 99 percent of the subscribers at TI.

Nick Eason shows some love

The Neuro ICU at Savannah's Memorial University Medical Center is Pittsburgh Steeler territory.