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August 19, 2008
Top Dawg glad son’s a Tiger
This was one prospect Georgia coach Mark Richt turned away for all the right reasons. His son, Jon, was a rising quarterback prospect at Prince Avenue Christian School in Athens, Ga., who dreamed of starring for the Bulldogs.
August 15, 2008
Bowden relying on Lake City product at linebacker
Scotty Cooper was thrust into a starting role for Clemson last year in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. The Lake City native rose to the occasion, making 10 tackles in the Tigers loss to Auburn. Coming into 2008, Cooper will be relied on for more than just one game. The sophomore is tops on the depth chart at Sam linebacker.
August 14, 2008
Clemson ready to put questions aside
Clemson coach Tommy Bowden shares his dad’s folksy style and his dogged penchant for landing the country’s best players. He’s also inherited something else Florida State coach Bobby Bowden battled for years — a reputation as a coach who can’t win the big one.
August 13, 2008
Mullins product’s time is now at Clemson
Jamarcus Grant has waited patiently over three years to get a chance at Clemson. Now as the Tigers enter their most anticipated season in a decade, the Mullins product will be leaned on heavily to the bring the Tigers to the ACC Title game.
Clemson kicker confident about season
Mark Buchholz has kicked aside one sport at Clemson, and gained a higher profile in the other. Buchholz spent countless days without a break last summer and fall, working as a key midfielder for Tiger soccer before sprinting over to football practice as that team’s new placekicker.
Hamlin leads Clemson in senior season
Lamar product Michael Hamlin let one game decide his future. Before the Chick-fil-A Bowl, he told himself, if he played well, he’d go to the NFL Draft. If he played poorly, he’d return for his senior season. Seeing him back in purple and orange this weekend, you can tell what he thought about his performance.
August 12, 2008
Clemson defensive tackle Jackson has knee surgery
Clemson starting defensive tackle Rashaad Jackson has undergone knee surgery to repair a torn quad tendon.
Clemson starter Jackson out with torn tendon
Clemson defensive tackle Rashaad Jackson needs surgery to fix a torn tendon and will be out until at least midseason. Tigers coach Tommy Bowden made the announcement Monday, two days after Jackson tore a quad tendon during a scrimmage. The school said surgery is scheduled for Tuesday.
Brown, Willard draw praise from Bowden
Two Eastern Carolina products are drawing high praise from Clemson coach Tommy Bowden in their first season in orange and purple. Loris’s Jonathan Willard and Cheraw’s Jaron Brown were both singled out by Bowden over the weekend.
August 11, 2008
Clemson starter Jackson out with torn tendon
Clemson’s starting defensive tackle Rashaad Jackson will need surgery to fix a torn tendon and will be out until at least midseason.
Clemson holds fan appreciation day
Fans sprinted through the gates as if they were storming the field at Memorial Stadium for Clemson’s Fan Appreciation Day.
August 05, 2008
Clemson’s new track director to hit ground running
Clemson’s new director of track got in a little recruiting right away — on the Tigers’ football practice field. Lawrence Johnson, hired last week for Clemson’s restructured position, shook hands and shared a few words with football players this past Friday night.
August 02, 2008
Clemson starts football camp with big expectations
Clemson took the practice field Friday with one of the country’s best freshmen and some of the largest expectations to hit Tigertown since its national championship nearly three decades.
August 01, 2008
Clemson kicks off the season with first practice
Clemson moves one step closer to football season today. The Tigers start practice on Friday. The players at the Upstate school reported to campus Thursday night.
July 30, 2008
Leggett releases statement on burned home
Every vacationers nightmare became Jack Leggett’s reality this weekend. While in Nantucket with his family, Leggett’s home in the Upstate almost burned to the ground. Wednesday he made his first public statement after his personal disaster.
July 24, 2008
Clemson’s Harper set for bigger year
Cullen Harper set nearly two dozen school records in 2007, led Clemson to its first nine-win season in four years and begins this season as runaway choice for Atlantic Coast Conference preseason player of the year.
Alabama-Clemson game brings huge payday
Alabama and Clemson will reportedly earn nearly $2 million apiece for their season-opening matchup in Atlanta.
July 22, 2008
Clemson’s Purnell hopeful of U.S. victory
Four years ago, Clemson coach Oliver Purnell headed to Athens knowing the trip might not turn out the way U.S. fans hoped.
A Bowden is picked to win ACC, but it’s not Bobby
For the 17th straight year, a Bowden-coached team is the preseason favorite in the Atlantic Coast Conference. For the first time in that span, it isn’t Florida State.
July 21, 2008
Clemson’s biggest question: How will line perform?
Despite an experienced star at quarterback, a record-setting receiver and a one-two punch in the backfield that could be the country’s best, the fate of Clemson’s high-powered offense always wanders back to the line.
July 17, 2008
Clemson coach announces fundraiser
Clemson men’s basketball coach Oliver Purnell says he’s no different from many who’ve watched loved ones stricken and killed by cancer. Now, Purnell, wife Vicky and the Tigers get the chance to help others fight the disease.
July 16, 2008
Clemson’s Padgett on U.S. team
Clemson sprinter Travis Padgett was named to the U.S. track and field team competing at the Beijing Olympics next month. The 21-year-old Padgett, who’s a junior, finished fourth in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials earlier this month.
Clemson to play in tourney to open new College of Charleston arena
An eight-team basketball tournament featuring Clemson and Temple will open the College of Charleston’s new arena this fall.
Clemson’s Bowden tamps down expectations
With a new, long-term contract and nearly every offensive impact player back, it sounds like a carefree summer for Clemson coach Tommy Bowden. “Never,” Bowden said Tuesday. “You’re never relaxed before the season.”
July 15, 2008
Clemson loses a coaching legend
There were an abundance of stories Clemson men’s soccer coach Trevor Adair wanted to share about his predecessor, I.M. Ibrahim, who died Saturday at age 67. But he chose one he believed summed up the kind of man Ibrahim was.
July 14, 2008
Clemson bulks up training staff
Clemson has added trainers for its men’s basketball and baseball teams. Jermile Brooks takes over as athletic trainer for the men’s basketball team, while Travis Johnston will work with the baseball program.
July 12, 2008
Clemson commit has busy summer
Milton Jennings hasn’t stopped traveling this summer. The Clemson commitment is on a Myrtle Beach-based travelling AAU team and has also participated in some NBA players workout camps, most notably LeBron James and Amare Stoudamire.
July 08, 2008
Hamlin named to Thorpe list
Clemson defensive backs Michael Hamlin and Chris Chancellor are both on the preseason watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back.
2 Gamecocks, 2 Tigers named to Watch List
Two Clemson Tigers and Two South Carolina Gamecocks were named to the 2008 Thorpe Award Watch List, given to the country’s best secondary player. Clemson’s Chris Chancellor and Lamar product Michael Hamlin and USC’s Captain Munnerlyn and Emmanuel Cook all received the honor.
July 07, 2008
McDaniel allowed to stay with Tigers
Clemson coach Tommy Bowden announced Monday that DeAndre McDaniel, the sophomore safety charged with assault of a high and aggravated nature on his girlfriend, will be allowed to practice with the team.
