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Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday July 03, 2009 | 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. Editor’s Note: On Wednesday we wrote a blog about the Director’s Cup standings and received a...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Thursday July 02, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Hitting the Road Like many years, I hope to make it to all of the road games this season and encourage Tiger fans who can to do the same. There is something about road games that make them special. I love the camaraderie of the fans on the road. Some feel...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday July 01, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

We’re Number 53! Last night I wrote a piece about the road schedule for the 2009 football season that I planned to put on the blog today but I ran across information that seemed to be more pressing. I know I have been very critical in recent months...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday June 30, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

The Horned Frogs I applaud the Clemson and Texas Christian athletic staffs in their efforts they made to make this year’s contest between the two schools happen. Clemson’s schedule is not very good but dropping Idaho to add TCU is a tremendous upgrade. ...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday June 29, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Ryan Update Last Monday I went and picked up Ryan to begin our vacation Tuesday. I am grateful to report we had an excellent week. We went to Atlanta and enjoyed all three Yankee-Braves games at Turner Field. Obviously the two Yankee wins were more fun...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday June 23, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Now It’s Our Turn To Do Our Small Part Lucas Glover gave us so much yesterday. He gave his beloved Clemson Nation a day to rejoice and show its pride. I saw a couple of Clemson car flags yesterday afternoon. He gave Greenville and the upstate of...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday June 22, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Go Lucas Go! Hopefully today will be a special day for Lucas Glover. If he can win the 109th United States Open today, Lucas would have made it the pinnacle in his profession. It would be the culmination of years of hard work. It would also mean a...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday June 19, 2009 | 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, Sorry to hear of your back problems but I find that Dragon software will let you...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Thursday June 18, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Big Stage at Bethpage This morning we had Michael Sims on my radio show. Sims is an upstate native and a former Clemson golfer who called in live from Bethpage Black, site of the U.S. Open. Sims is caddying for current Clemson golfer Ben Martin, who may...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday June 17, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Another Family Member Gone I received this e-mail late last night. I withheld his name for privacy issues. Mickey, As a former player of Coach Adair's from 2000-2004 who now has all the facts surrounding his "alleged" voluntary resignation and...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday June 16, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

We Were All Wrong About 2008 Due to my lower back issues I did not have an e-mail bag on Friday but wanted to touch on a question from last week from a good friend. His 10-year old son asked him, “Who had a better senior year-Cullen Harper or Will Proctor?”...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday June 15, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

What Will The Defense Look Like? Before I get into today’s blog, I want to thank the well wishers about my back. It is getting better and I hope I will be pain free later this week. Anyway, in our last blog we looked at what the offense will look like...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday June 12, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Just wanted to drop a quick note about the blog from yesterday and today. Wednesday afternoon I injured my back again. A herniated disc between my L3 and L4 has me down. I missed work on Thursday (for only the fourth day in my life). I can sit up for a few...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday June 10, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

What Will The Offense Look Like? Since I bought Phil Steele’s preview magazine Monday, I have had my nose in it and have been gathering facts. One of the things I have noticed was the validation of claims that the new clock system cut down on the number of...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday June 09, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Spiller’s Role We had an interesting discussion this morning on my radio show and I wanted to expand on it with today’s blog. I finally purchased Phil Steele’s pre-season magazine yesterday and was surprised to see him have C.J. Spiller as the nation’s...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday June 08, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Tiger Baseball Sometimes in sports the hardest thing to do is admit that the other team was simply better but that was the case this past weekend as Arizona State beat Clemson twice in Tempe, AZ. It was clear to most who watched it that the Sun Devils...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday June 05, 2009 | 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, It was good seeing Ryan last night. He looks wonderful. You guys continue to...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday June 03, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Agony and Ecstasy Clemson football has provided us memories that will last a lifetime. The 1977 South Carolina game was one of those games where you remember where you were when Jerry Butler caught Steve Fuller’s pass. Has there ever been a finer line...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday June 02, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Big Announcement I am still on cloud nine after the incredible win last night and will write a couple of baseball blogs later this week. But today we are celebrating for a different reason. One year ago today, I received the news that changed my life...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Monday June 01, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Johnny Wholestaff The Clemson baseball program can take a big step forward tonight when the Tigers host Oklahoma State at 7:00 PM at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in the final game of the regional. Heading into the game, the main question deals with the...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Friday May 29, 2009 | 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, After his tryout, did Cullen Harper end up making the Bills' roster (or that of any...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Thursday May 28, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

What Does TO’s Departure Mean? I was surprised to hear the news of Terrence Oglesby leaving the Clemson. Since the news came out I have talked to a few basketball people to get a feel for their reaction. Like many Clemson fans, their reaction was mixed....

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Wednesday May 27, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

Thoughts on T.O. I heard the news on Terrence Oglesby late yesterday afternoon and was very surprised. Since then I have been on the phone talking to some basketball sources and basketball people trying to get a hold on what this will mean to the 2009-10...

Mickey Plyler's Blog | Football | Tuesday May 26, 2009 | By Mickey Plyler

NCAA Baseball Notes I watched the NCAA selection show yesterday and have listened and read the analysts’ thoughts. I still have no idea if Clemson got a good regional or a tough one. I do think RPI is about the only way to compare the regionals. The RPIs...