It’s official, James Davis will be allowed to return to Clemson. The NFL and Clemson’s compliance department determined that Davis had no contact with agents that would violate his amateur status. The NFLs deadline to declare for the NFL draft was Tuesday, January 15, but they allow a 72 hour grace period to rescind any declaration. This is great news for Davis who will not only have the chance to hone his skills for another year to be better prepared for the NFL, but will be able to earn his degree. This also, of course, should bolster Clemson’s chances in 08.

The Charleston Post & Courier is reporting that James Davis is having second thoughts about going pro. “Multiple sources confirmed Friday afternoon that Davis, who last week announced his decision to skip his senior season and enter the NFL Draft, has expressed interest to Clemson about returning in 2008.” Clemson’s compliance office is busily trying to see if Davis can return after the January 15 deadline to go pro and could possibly issue a decision today.

I’d say it’s great news, but I want to sit back and see if he can return without penalty. It seemed like everyone around Davis was urging him to stay, and with a sudden abundance (Olive Garden calls it abundanza) of junior tailbacks going pro, it seemed like poor timing. Let’s hope he can return to the Tigers.

HOLY SHIT PEOPLE THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I ONCE SAW A SHARK EATING A LION EATING A MIDGET WHILE THE MIDGET WAS SINGING “ENTER SANDMAN” AND EATING A LUTHER VANDROSS BURGER DONUT. SRSLY U GUYS. CHUCK NORRIS WAS IN TOWN BECAUSE HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, AND HE ASKED KORN TO BE HIS SECRETARY OF AWESOMENESS. MORE LIKE RAWESOME AMIRIGHT?
HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WILLY KORN AND CHUCK NORRIS DID IN CLEMSON YESTERDAY:
1) SHOOK HANDS AND SHOOK THE WORLD
2) DRANK DOWNTOWN. AND I DON’T MEAN THEY WENT DOWNTOWN TO DRINK, I MEAN THEY LITERALLY DRANK DOWNTOWN. BLAM.
3) KARATE CHOPPED THE PARKING NAZIS. JUDO CHOP!
4) MANAGED TO ORDER A MILKSHAKE AT MAC’S WITHOUT GETTING THE STINKEYE FROM THE GUY BEHIND THE COUNTER. TRUST ME, THAT’S EXTREME AS BALLS.
5) ATE SO MUCH THAT JUST MORE BBQ CHANGED THEIR NAME TO FUCK, NO MORE BBQ.
6) COMPLETED BEER PASSPORTS AT KEITH ST. NOT JUST THEIR OWN, BUT EVERY BEER PASSPORT THERE.
7) REENACTED THE 1993 MASTERPIECE “SIDEKICKS” SCENE FOR SCENE.
(SENSING A THEME WITH THESE? YEAH… EXTREME. EXTREME.)

I WISH THERE WAS A SUPER-CAPS-LOCK BUTTON FOR ME TO SHOW YOU HOW IMPORTANT AND EXCITED MY TEXT IS. WILLY KORN MEETING CHUCK NORRIS. MY ADRENAL GLAND JUST CAME. I’M SO EXCITED YOU GUYS I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HOLY SHNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

EKR…HEART ATTACK OUTTTTTTTTTTT

Scout.com is reporting that Aaron Kelly, who was thought to be gone as recently as this morning, will stay at Clemson for his senior year. I’m really pleased he decided to stick around.

Rivals.com has James Davis leaving for the NFL. Davis arguably one of the best Clemson running backs since the Ford era will be sorely missed as one of our top leaders and, obviously, the better and more dominant running back of our current stable. Let’s just hope this changes the minds of some other running back prospects thinking about going elsewhere. DFIG would like to thank James and wish him the best.

Congratulations to whoever the hell goes by the Yahoo! tag william.brown21 for winning this year’s Big Fat Bowl Challenge, picking 24 of 32 bowl games correctly (straight up, mind ye, not against the spread). The following is the top 10, bottomed out by yours truly.