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Sorry it took so long to finally get around to a post today, but we were working hard trying to not shit our pants. While we were busy doing that, the Clemson teams were busy beating teams all damned weekend.

BEISBOL
On the diamond, Clemson swept their opening series of the season, besting a good Charlotte 49ers team in three straight games.  They relied on some great freshmen, awesome pitching, and smart baseball play and it really came together for them.  As a result, they moved up one spot in the Baseball America (from 13 to 12) and the Collegiate Baseball (26 to 25) polls.  The next game is against Wofford at our place on Wednesday at 4PM. I’m going to try and do a good job of keeping the Block-C baseball schedule updated as much as possible, so you guys can have a reliable and quick source instead of having to pry through the internet for forty minutes just to find one score or date/time.  Just remember to bookmark the main schedules page (you get there by clicking the schedules tab up top).  Also, this page is great for cell phone bookmarking when you need to find something out and you’re not around a computer.

BALONCESTO
The Tigers on the hardwood narrowly avoided boarding the failboat and pulled one out against Georgia Tech on the road.  Sorry again about not being on top of things this weekend, but you understand.  Life has important demands like drinking… shooting things in the countryside… and more drinking.  Big thanks to mflynn00 for hosting the live thread for us on the forums. Anyways, at one point we were down by fifteen but thankfully came back. This puts us up another spot in the AP (up to 12) but stayed at 12 in the Coaches Poll.  We’ve got Virginia Tech at home this Wednesday at 7:30PM and then we travel to Florida State to hopefully repay the favor this Saturday at 2PM.

JACOBY F… FORDE? (Is this in keeping with the gimmick?)
Still the fastest man on the planet. Well, not the fastest, but I bet you he could easily outrun a mob of those fast moving zombies from the Dawn of the Dead remake. Easily. And those fuckers were fast, too.

QUICK NOTE
If you haven’t checked out East Bound and Down on HBO like Chili suggested, go ahead and do so. You’re really missing out if you don’t catch this show before the HBO suits decide to be stupid.  Comes on Sunday nights at 10:30.

Posted by Willy Mac

In the top of the first, it looked like more of the same when one of Charlotte’s few biggun’s smacked one of Trey Delk’s fastballs to deep right center and beyond. The bottom half of the first told a different story as it kicked off an 8-0 run over the course of the game. The game ended at 8-3. A few notes to take a look at:

• Trey Delk had a great outing sitting down five and only giving up 1 run and four hits in about 5 and a half innings.
• The Tigers stole nine bases on the day and that’s the most since, well, check out the CUAD wrap up.  Tim Bourret knows.
• The relief pitching did a very good job in keeping the margin large, only giving up two runs after subbing for Delk.
• This is a very, very fundamentally sound baseball team that is very knowledgeable.  That’s a big statement for one game, but I think they have the talent and smarts to compete this year with the rest of the ACC… so forget what I said earlier.
• Our game plan for this year is to out pitch the other team and get one run at a time.  Scoring parties are welcome but the Tigers seem to be more concerned
• Addison Johnson (3/4, 3 Runs) and Kyle Parker (2/4, 1Run, 3 RBIs) had big days yesterday.  Hopefully they can mature into some reliable sticks for the team as the season progresses.
• Look for another win today, but probably a little closer.  After checking the forecast, it’s a good bet that the game on Sunday might get rained out.
• Trevor, your brother Jason Stolz had a decent game but I can tell he’s going to be a great player for our team.  If you want me to email some pics to you and yourn’s, shoot me an email at ‘dannyfordisgod -at- gmail -dot- com’

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Notes:

• Click the image above to view the wallpaper version of this.  For Windows users, right click the big picture and select “Set As Desktop Background.”  For you Mac users, well, you’re a Mac user.  You figure it out.
• Clemson’s first baseball game of the season is today at 4PM.  Get to da choppah, getcha ass tah mahs, or just get to Doug Kingsmore and bear the windy cold.  Check out our preview for the season here.
• I know we’ve been hammering it home lately, but if you haven’t signed up for the forums yet, go ahead and do so.  It’s a fun community and you know you need just one more thing to check on the internet on a daily basis.  What’s that?  Too much already?  Well dump Facebook or Tigernet.  Fuck Facebook.  You know there’s someone out there secretly creeping photos of you and thinking of things that would make Max Hardcore cringe.  Go ahead, just register at least… please….

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Clemson keeps on rolling gets back on track, sqwarshes the Terps 93-64

Maryland (16-8, 5-5) @ #13 Clemson (20-4, 6-4), 7:30 PM. ESPN2 HD. XM 190. WCCP FM Live feed.

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The Line: Clemson -11

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The More You Know: In the opinion of their fans, Maryland has fallen flat on it’s face this year compared to years past. This being said, the Terps are still a scary team that has beaten some quality opponents in the form of Miami and Virginia Tech recently.  Maryland’s problem this season is that they ride their starters and cannot come off the bench very well.  That’s a problem that plays well into our scheme of a full court press and wearing teams down. They do rebound well which is something we’ve struggled with but their free throw percentage has been somewhat spotty.

E-mail sent out to the collegiate club (thanks PenthouseTiger):

As many of you have already heard, tonight Clemson will play host to Maryland at 7:30pm! Clemson has been ranked one of the top 15 toughest places to play in the country, but that’s not good enough for us! We know we’re number 1, and it’s time for the student sections and all Clemson fans to prove it! Tonight, EA Sports will be at Littlejohn Coliseum “to experience [Clemson's] home environment on game day in order to capture and replicate the experience in game.” It is crucial that everyone comes ready to cheer for an entire basketball game!

It is also important that everyone visit http://www.easports.com/ncaabasketball/toughvenues.action and vote for Clemson as the toughest place to play in College Basketball!

Please make an extra effort to come out to Littlejohn tonight to support our Tigers as they play host to the Terrapins of the University of Maryland! We want Littlejohn packed out in SOLID ORANGE and louder than it has ever been! I know I can count on all of you!

Ticket distribution will begin at 6:30pm, followed by tip-off at 7:30pm!

CU there tonight in SOLID ORANGE!

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