Calipari speaks his mind, and links!

Going a little retro today with some linkage from the Internets world. Kinda miss doing that. Maybe we'll do it more often starting ... now.

You can say what you want about John Calipari, and many people do, but give the dude some credit for speaking his mind.

Tournament time

A few seconds after Clemson held on (and held its breath) for a close win over Virginia Tech six days ago at Littlejohn Coliseum, Brad Brownell and Seth Greenberg embraced at the scorer's table.

Baseball thoughts

Such an oddly subdued vibe for so much of yesterday's baseball game, you could've made a case for renaming it Doug Kingsmorgue Stadium.

Sights, sounds and showers

Al Adams and Sanford Rogers are great Clemson people. They've been around these parts a long time, and I've been lucky to get to know them through their assistance of sports information director Tim Bourret in game-day management.

The Chad and the cutting edge

Is there anyone in these parts who is not impressed with Chad Morris?

Insert sound of crickets chirping.

It's my opinion that way too much is made of "winning the press conference," too much weight put on whether a coach's quotes sizzle or don't sizzle. It's all about winning and losing, and there's an assembly line of cardboard personalities (Saban, Belichick, Meyer, etc.) who have shown that what unfolds in front of the cameras is relatively irrelevant.

Baseball thoughts

A few thoughts on the baseball team as it heads into this weekend's monstrous series against South Carolina:

Basketball thoughts

Nine days ago, Brad Brownell thought his team would be energetic and inspired in a game at Virginia Tech. The Tigers came out and looked dead in a boisterous environment over the first 10 minutes and had to overcome a big deficit before losing a close one in the end.