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Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Saturday October 11, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Saturday Update First let me apologize for not updating yesterday afternoon. From 4:00-5:00 I was making weekend plans with Ryan and his mom and dad. We have had medical emergencies there in Charlotte. Wednesday of this week Ryan woke up throwing up and...

Fan's Corner | Clemson Sports | Friday October 10, 2008 | By admin

We are saddened to report the passing of the 2008 Clemson Tiger football season. The season died on October 9th, 2008, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The cause of death was a malignant growth of offensive ineptitude. The Tiger football season is survived by...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday October 10, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Stay Near a Computer Normally on Friday we have our e-mail bag segment but I thought about going another direction today. Some are shocked and most are disgusted by the events surrounding the football program at Clemson. Last night was another piece...

TigerNet Talk (TNT) | Clemson Sports | Friday October 10, 2008 | By admin

El Swann® releases an emergency edition of TigerNet Talk to address the current state of Clemson football. Clemson fans this is it, the end of the road. The Tommy Bowden era is done. Whether it occurs within the next week or at the end of the season, is...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Thursday October 09, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Wake Forest Preview The Demon Deacons enter tonight’s game 3-1 and 1-0 in the ACC but are coming off of a bad loss at home to Navy. Turnovers are the key to their season so far. In their win at Florida State the Deacons forced seven turnovers. In the...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday October 08, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Harper-Korn-Parker A few things this morning came to mind with today’s blog including a Wake Forest preview. I have almost finished that piece but still am working on the final touches and want to find out more about Sam Swank’s injury. I will put up...

TigerNet Talk (TNT) | Clemson Sports | Tuesday October 07, 2008 | By admin

It's rare that a matchup this early in the ACC schedule can cause such worry for Tiger fans. Unfortunately, having lost to Maryland, this game becomes a must win after only playing two conference games. A loss in this game and the Tigers will have too much...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday October 07, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

The Great Depression? Since I have no money, I have not been obsessed with the economy and the doom and gloom. I do understand even us poor folks are losers in all of this. I did not contribute to the trillions of dollars lost in the stock market over the...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday October 06, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

What Are Realistic Expectations? I had a caller on my radio show this morning that tried to say Clemson’s expectations are too high. The caller was a Georgia fan and said Clemson is a small school in a small state and the fans expectations are too high. ...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday October 03, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Friday E-Mail Bag Each Friday I publish your comments and answer your questions. To submit a comment or questions please e-mail me at mickeyplyler@hotmail.com. Note: I received about 200 e-mails this week and obviously can’t publish each one. I have...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Thursday October 02, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Ryan Since the Tigers don’t play this weekend and since the last few days have been such a downer on the blog, I decided to change the tone just for a day and give a little encouraging Ryan update. I will get back to normal blogging next week. Ryan’s...

TigerNet Talk (TNT) | Clemson Sports | Thursday October 02, 2008 | By admin

Disaster strikes Death Valley as the Tigers drop a critical game to Maryland. After leading 17-6 at the half, Clemson (3-2, 1-1) gets stunned 20-17 after Maryland (4-1, 1-0) makes critical adjustments at the half. Did this game finally push Tommy Bowden...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday October 01, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Missed Opportunities To be perfectly honest with you, today is one of about two or three days ever that I sat down to write the blog and have no idea what direction to go in. This is about the 600th blog I have written and all but about two or three have...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday September 30, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Managers vs. Leaders I want to thank the thousands of Clemson people that read yesterday’s blog and the hundreds that have responded with comments on the blog page or e-mails, phone calls and text messages. I think it is appropriate to continue to...

Fan's Corner | Clemson Sports | Monday September 29, 2008 | By admin

by Catahoula® CLEMSON, S.C.—Following an inexplicable collapse at the beer pong table Saturday morning, Coach Catahoula did not have much of an explanation for his team’s failure. “What can I say?” Catahoula said. “We go out there and try our best, try...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday September 29, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Give Dabo His Chance Normally, Monday I review Saturday’s game but I felt it was more appropriate to go in another direction today. I want to start by saying that in 10 years of hosting my radio show that I have never called for a coach to be fired. It...

Fan's Corner | Clemson Sports | Sunday September 28, 2008 | By admin

A Tale of Two Halves It was the best of halves, it was the worst of halves...alright, that’s as far as I’m taking that, but it’s hard to deny that the Tigers looked like two completely different teams on Saturday. In the first half, when they didn’t shoot...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday September 26, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Friday E-Mail Bag Each Friday I publish your comments and answer your questions. To submit a comment or questions please e-mail me at mickeyplyler@hotmail.com. Mickey, When can we expect that blog that you promised detailing the problems for the...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Thursday September 25, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Dear Clemson Students, I hope your semester is going well. I understand you have very busy schedules but I wanted to reach out to you because I need your help. I have noticed empty seats in the student section this season and also noticed more...

TigerNet Talk (TNT) | Clemson Sports | Wednesday September 24, 2008 | By admin

The Clemson Tigers look to keep their winning streak alive in the second ACC game of the season. A Clemson loss could send the Tigers and their fans into a downward spiral for the rest of the season. A Clemson win this weekend would leave the the Tigers...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday September 24, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Maryland Preview This Maryland team has been Jekyll and Hyde this season. The offense awful for two games but has come alive in their past two contests. The Terps have played OK at home but looked pitiful on the road in the loss to Middle Tennessee State. ...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday September 23, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

The SC State Game Worksheet Offensive Goals Made More than 225 yards passing- 227 More than 150 yards rushing- 189 More than 4 yards per carry- 4.1 More than 20 first downs- 28 Better than 60% pass completions percentage- 71% Red Zone...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday September 22, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

The SC State Game Review Clemson came out and took care of business Saturday with its most complete performance of the season. I understand it was an inferior opponent but some things were worked out. Here is a review and future questions: Sarah Palin...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday September 19, 2008 | By Mickey Plyler

Friday E-Mail Bag Each Friday I publish your comments and answer your questions. To submit a comment or questions please e-mail me at mickeyplyler@hotmail.com. Hey Mickey, Good to get an update on Ryan...very happy to hear he's doing so well. Keep...