Random Thoughts Monday

Clemson vs South Carolina
The 108th meeting of The TIGERS from Clemson, SC and the Gamecocks from Columbia, SC is taking place at 7:00pm in DEATH VALLEY. You need to be either in Clemson or glued to your TV. Don't even think of planning something else on Saturday night. Not going to talk much about the game, except for:

*It's a night game in DEATH VALLEY (that's always electric)

*Clemson is 7-0 in night games vs South Carolina since 1996
*Thank You to the Gamecocks for making this years game relevant and for the ESPN TV contract with the SEC which allows this game to be at night and not at 12pm.
*The Gamecocks (8-3) are the current SEC East champions and ranked 18th in the country
*Clemson (6-5) is currently tied for 4th (out of 6 teams) in the ACC Coastal Division and unranked (who votes in those polls)...lets just call this season - missed potential. We are 26 points from being undefeated and are bowl eligible like 98 other colleges.
*Enough talk about the Gamecocks are looking ahead to the SEC Title game (could be but let's not use that as an excuse when the Tigers win. I didn't use it last year when we got are arse handed to us in Columbia...it's not valid - don't tell me you it doesn't matter because it isn't a conference game...if you are playing for Clemson or Carolina and don't get up to play this game and bring your best...turn in your scholarship and find another school to attend)
*Clemson's defense is very good...however, we are prone to give up big plays in the air and on the ground which I hear USC has some players...
*George Rogers is back for another year of eligibility...I mean Marcus Lattimore and Sterling Sharpe is back....I mean Alshon Jeffery...two threats that will have to be contained or at least slowed way down...in addition to others - I give USC recruiting credit because their talent at skill positions has improved over the past couple of years
*Pressure on wild thing Garcia will be important
*Clemson will need a good game from Kyle Parker a flashback to Miami last year or Auburn would be nice
*Turnovers will (as always) be a factor and Clemson has been giving the ball away way too much this season.
*Carolina is favored by 3 points (for our betting readers)
*I think it's going to be an up hill battle for the Tigers (not impossible...it's not the first mountain we have climbed)
*It's the Gamecocks; we are at home; the crowd will be going crazy...anything can happen and probably will (just don't let it come down to a field goal at the end of the game - Wyatt's barely bigger than the football.
*GO TIGERS BEAT The Gamecocks

Auburn
It has been brought to my attention by an avid reader that certain posts recently have taken an anti-Auburn stand. To help in the future, anytime Tigers are mentioned just assume I mean Auburn and that should take care of any anti-Auburn problems with this blog.

Go Tigers!

What's Your Favorite Color?
How did I miss this story after all these years - Ingenious! Iowa's then new head coach (1978) Hayden Fry painted the visitor's locker room pink and when they moved stadiums in 2005 they continued the tradition and improved it my making everything in the visitors locker room pink...Nice...The best part of the article follows...a female coo koo bird (visiting law professor) thought this was promoting "sexism and homophobia by attempting to emasculate opponents.

It came to a head when the coach ended up on a radio station with the irate head of a lesbian organization.

"This lady started in on me saying a lot of bad things about the pink locker room," said Fry, never short on knee-slapping stories in his Texas drawl. "And I finally had to interrupt her and I said, 'Lady, I don’t care how bad you have to go to the bathroom, I wouldn’t let you use my pink locker room.' And I hung up. And the radio station called me back and said, ‘Coach, you can’t do that.’ And I said, ‘I just did.’ And I hung up on him."

Now folks that is just funny!

I'm Just Sayin' Update on Baby 3
Greg and Jenn will be having a boy. Congrats to them...on a sad note - they will not be attending anymore Hootie and The Blowfish concerts. The staff at Our Life are excited for them.

Giving Him The Business
It all started here with Ron Cherry calling a personal foul in the Maryland vs Miami game in 2007..."Personal Foul #69 of the offense - He was giving him the business"



Then this happened over the weekend in the Texas A&M vs Nebraska game. The Texas A & M player is “giving the business” to the Nebraska player – the Nebraska guy got two personal fouls called on the play. He needed the replay official to step in.