Clemson Football
Rest Easy Raymond Priester
January 25, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
I’m one of Andre Ellington’s biggest fans. I realized before the 2010 season that Ellington had a chance to break the career rushing yardage record at Clemson that is currently held by Raymond Preister (3,966). Of course, at the time I made my pronouncement Ellington only had 491 career yards, so I was absolutely making [...]
Sneak Peek: 2012 Quarterback
January 20, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Part 2 in a series of sneak peeks at the 2012 Clemson Tigers by position Previous Posts in Series: Offensive Line As Clemson jumped out to an 8-0 start Tajh Boyd was rolling along with 24 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, which of course, is an 8 to 1 ratio. As the Tigers slumped down the [...]
Sneak Peek: 2012 Offensive Line
January 17, 2012 By Marty Coleman 1 Comment
The inconsistency of the 2011 Clemson offensive line may look like “the good old days” when the 2012 season rolls around. The Tigers lose 72% of their experience (on a snap basis) across the offensive line in 2012. And that’s not counting tight end Dewayne Allen’s 2,013 career snaps that are headed to the NFL. [...]
A Couple of Notes on the Defense
January 12, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Don’t mistake this post as an endorsement for Kevin Steele remaining as the Clemson defensive coordinator. Others have more facts than I to support or oppose that decision. The Clemson defense was horrible this year, make no mistake about that. In almost every way imaginable the 2011 defense was worse than the 2010 defense and [...]
The other side of the Morris offense: Big losses and the effect on the defense
January 7, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Not much was funny about the Orange Bowl on Wednesday evening if you are a Clemson fan, but I do find it “funny” (as in funny in a weird way) that a great many of Clemson fans are shocked about a) the big losses and b) the effect on the defense. Chad Morris (greenvilleonline.com) When [...]
College Football
Do Yards Matter?
December 27, 2011 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Over the last few years I’ve noticed multiple web sites, blogs, and other publications state their case as to why total yards gained don’t matter. The usual argument goes something like this: “It doesn’t matter how you score, as long as you score. A team doesn’t get any yards for scoring on defense or special [...]
Week 14 Picks
December 1, 2011 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
By now you’ve come to realize that picking games isn’t my strong suit. A 2-6 record last week leaves me at 39-42 on the season (48.1%) and 9-4 in picks of the week (69.2%). Yet, I continue which means I am probably looking to the end of the regular season and championship games more than [...]
Week 13 Picks
November 24, 2011 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
A 4-3 week in week 12 means we are clicking along at a 37-36 on the year and 8-4 picks of the week. Maybe you noticed no pick in the Clemson – South Carolina game. There’s a reason for that. My analysis (more on that tomorrow), done without the benefit of the spread, came out [...]
Week 12 Picks
November 17, 2011 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
After 11 weeks we sit at 33-33 overall and 8-3 in picks of the week – consistently mediocre, with the exception of the pick of the week which is coming in at 72.7%. Favorite Dog Spread O/U Clemson (A) North Carolina State (H) +7.5 52.5 Virginia Tech (H) North Carolina (A) +10.5 47 Nebraska (A) [...]
Week 11 Picks
November 10, 2011 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
After 10 weeks we sit at 30-30 overall and 7-3 in picks of the week. Having a hard time understanding Virginia Tech being favored in Atlanta against Georgia Tech. Favorite Dog Spread O/U Clemson (H) Wake Forest (A) +16.5 60.5 Virginia Tech (A) Georgia Tech (H) +1 49.5 Florida State (H) Miami (A) +9 50.5 [...]
Clemson Basketball
Young shoots lights out as Tigers edge Georgia Tech
January 22, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Andre Young shot 7 of 9 from three point range and scored a career high 29 points as Clemson held on for a 64-62 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday. Young was the only Tiger in double figures, and perhaps just as important he committed only 1 turnover in 33 minutes of action. Milton Jennings [...]
Tigers fall short again in loss to Miami
January 19, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Another game of bad shooting from the 3 point line (20.0%) and from the line (65.0%) doomed Clemson against Miami in a 76-73 loss Wednesday night. Tanner Smith led the Tigers with 23 points, while K.J. McDaniels added 11 in 17 minutes and Catalin Baciu chipped in 10 during his 19 minutes of play. [...]
Duke beats Tigers, 73-66
January 16, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Shooting 50% from the free throw line is not typically a good sign. Neither is a 25% effort from beyond the three-point line. Those were two huge factors in Clemson’s 73-66 loss to Duke on Sunday. For once the Tigers actually shot more free throws than Duke (20 to 18), outrebounded the Blue Devils (40-39) and [...]
Tigers fall to Eagles, 59-57
January 13, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Clemson committed 14 turnovers, many unforced, as the Tigers fell to Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA on Thursday. With the loss the Tigers fell to 9-7 on the season and 1-1 in the ACC. The Tigers shot only 26.3% from 3 point range and missed 5 of its final 9 free throw attempts in [...]
Tigers dominate Seminoles, 79-59
January 8, 2012 By Marty Coleman Leave a Comment
Clemson (9-6, 1-0) trailed only once and led for the last 38:01 of the game on the way to a 20 point route of Florida State in the ACC opener for both teams. The Tigers shot 49% from the field, including 60% from two-point range, and hit 84.8% of their 35 free throw attempts. Andre [...]
