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Posted by Willy Mac

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Here be the links and such

• Trevor Booker has been selected for the USA men’s basketball team to play for us this coming July in the World University Games.  Trevor Booker: Huhmerrican.
• Tim Bourret did a pretty bang up job on the 2008/09 Clemson Athletics Year-In-Review.  More like Tear’s-In-Review… amidointhisrite?!?!?  WAKA WAKA.
• While most of the spotlight is on the QB battle between WILLY KORN and Kyle Parker, The Post & Courier tells us not to count out incoming freshman Tajh Boyd, who has his sights set on the starting spot. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
• That Noel Johnson kid out of Fayetteville, Georgia is choosing between Clemson and LSU and will probably be doing it today.  We really need a guy like this.  Thankfully we can pick up one of the pieces that Southern Cal dropped.
• If you’d have been reading and posting in the forums, you’d be on top of this post.  You’d tell me, “Willy Mac, you fool.  I know this already!”  Then we’d probably share an awkward laugh and halfway miss a high five as my ego takes a crushing blow… We even talk golf on the forums.  Go ahead and give it a try if you haven’t signed up already.  If you’re having problems signing up, shoot us an email.  If you’re a lurker, go ahead and feel free to post!

Posted by Willy Mac

• Playing off of Gamecock fans feeling good about going over .500 in their three major sports (basketball, baseball, and football), Clemson fans should be proud of their three big going to the post season this past academic year.
• T Kyle King over at Dawg Sports can’t wait to get crunk with the Block-C crew when UGA and Clemson renew their rivalry in the near future. His kid will be there though, so I can only promise I won’t get “pants optional” drunk, but 2013 is a long ways away so I really can’t promise much.
• Kyle Parker gets a big pop from ESPN and Mark Schlabach.  Seems like everyone has just forgotten about Willy Korn.
• Political affiliations aside, aren’t you glad that Obama is a sports guy?  Things could be a lot worse.  We could have a total nerd as president.  You’re doin’ it wrong, JOHN! Make a diamond with your thumbs and index fingers!  OPEN YOUR EYES AND FOLLOW THE BALL!
• Dinich only put one ACC guy (Dwyer from Georgia Tech) on her Heisman list and left off CJ Spiller.

“If Dabo Swinney and Billy Napier live up to their promise of getting the ball to their playmakers, Spiller could easily work his way onto this list. He’s a dangerous return threat, and might be the top receiving running back in the ACC. He holds 12 school records. But consider this: Spiller’s carries and the number of snaps he was in on decreased last year, and he finished with 629 rushing yards — the fewest of his career, and not exactly Heisman numbers. Dwyer, on the other hand, had 200 carries for 1,395 yards and 12 touchdowns.”

Heather, I like a lot of the things you write, but seriously?  I’m not trying to be a homer here but CJ was splitting significant time with a running back that will probably make an NFL roster this year. Granted we’ve got some great young running backs coming in to fill the shoes of James Davis but for all intents and purposes, Spiller will be our big offensive player this year.

• The guys over at The Legacyx4 found a pretty interesting article written by an Indianapolis Colts blogger who was recently attacked by a hack writer for the major Indy newspaper.  Essentially, the writer attacked the blogger to try and substantiate his paycheck.  I gotta agree with the Indy blogger not because I myself am a blogger, but in reality any idiot that’s just in the area and is lucky enough to get a job with a newspaper is automatically labeled a local authority on whatever beat they write about.  Also, we’re not hindered at what we can and can’t say because we don’t have paying customers.  I don’t know, you decide…

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Posted by Willy Mac

Baseball

• Weekend Results: Lost Friday, Lost Saturday, Won Sunday.  Schaus, Parker, and Paulsen continue to be the Tiger’s mainstay when we need a hit.  Casey Harman pitched six scoreless innings yesterday in our win.  Overall we played decently with a few exceptions both bad and good.
• A thirteen game home stand (There’s one game played in Greenville in stand) begins this week with Coastal Carolina on Tuesday and South Carolina on Wednesday.  The weekend brings in Georgia Tech for a three game series.

Random bits

• Jacoby Ford won the 100m in the ACC Championship.  The team also won the overall ACC Outdoor Championship. Clemson came in sixth overall.
• Golf finished second in the ACC Tournament.
• Dabo Swinney had his fantasy camp this past weekend.  It was discussed in the forums and Mogrits finally came through with a video of some of the action.  I can’t believe people actually paid money to do that.  Check around the 0:33 mark and then ask yourself, “Did that really just happen?“