CLEMSON TIGERS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Clemson’s Bellamy won’t be available
Clemson running back Mike Bellamy won’t be available for the Tigers next season. Bellamy has been ruled academically ineligible and won’t be in school for the fall.Dabo Swinney said Bellamy will enter a junior college this summer.“We wish him well and hope he can back on track in the classroom,” said Swinney.Bellamy wasn’t the Tigers’ number one...
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
Discuss
Clemson RB Academically Ineligble
(AP) Clemson freshman running back Mike Bellamy was ruled academically ineligible and won't return to school next fall.(Scott Halleran/Getty Images)Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday that Bellamy plans to enter a junior college this summer. Bellamy was a Parade All-American and considered consensus a five-star prospect in the mold of former Clemson star C.J. Spiller. Yet...
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13 days ago
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Ask A Blogger Series: CUBOSCO Talks Clemson University Spring Football
Clemson is up next in @HokieGuru’s Ask a Blogger series. Can they defend the ACC title?
Good evening from @HokieGuru. I’m here today to discuss the ACC spring football practice with each bloggers from each of the 12 Atlantic Coast Conference teams. What follows is our interview with @CUBOSCO on Clemson University football. @CUBOSCO, James Bostic, is a lifelong Tiger...
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
Clemson Faces Another Off-field Blow
First, it was star receiver Sammy Watkins who was arrested for possession of marijuana. Now, Clemson’s top running back prospect, Mike Bellamy, is no longer a Tiger as he has been ruled academically ineligible. The speedster announced that he will be transferring this summer with aspirations of playing football for a junior college. Last season, Bellamy came to Clemson with...
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For his arrest, what should be Sammy Watkins’ punishment?
Friday night Clemson’s star receiver Sammy Watkin’s was arrested for possession of marijuana and a possession of a controlled substance. Simply put it was bonehead mistake by Watkins. By all accounts Watkins “had” been a model student and athlete. This was a surprise and a shock to Clemson football fans. If I had to name some of the least likely Tiger...
Via All Sports Discussion
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24 days ago
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24 days ago
UP IN SMOKE
Clemson Heisman hopeful arrested
One of Clemson's most dynamic players was arrested along with another Clemson athlete who was in the car.
Via Crystal Ball Run
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26 days ago
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Watkins arrested on drug charges
Clemson All-American receiver Sammy Watkins was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and a controlled substance on Friday.
Watkins and soccer player Amadou-Tidiane Daniel Dia were stopped by university police after an officer saw the car scrape a curb and the temporary license tag was not lit. The police report said an officer smelled marijuana in the car and a subsequent...
Via AP on Fox
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26 days ago
Dabo Swinney finds a sport that you can score less than 70 and still win
You know the old saying, “If you can’t beat them find a sport in which you can win while scoring less than 70.” Well Dabo Swinney did just that by participating in and winning the Wells Fargo Championship Wednesday morning Pro-Am with a team score of 58. This just so happens to be 12 strokes fewer than what Swinney’s Tigers gave up in the Orange Bowl several months back...
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27 days ago
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27 days ago
Titans Select Clemson CB Coty Sensabaugh (Rd.4, No. 115)
With the 115th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Titans select Coty Sensabaugh, CB (Clemson). Developing cornerback with a nice feel for coverage. Fluid transitioning off the line with opponents, mixes it up throughout the route and plays heads-up football. Works to keep the action in front of him, quickly locates the pass in the air and effectively blankets receivers out of...
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April 28, 2012
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April 28, 2012
Jaguars Select Clemson DE Andre Branch (Rd.2, No.38)
With the 38th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Jaguars select Andre Branch, DE (Clemson). The big, athletic Branch uses his flexibility to dip around linemen and reach the backfield. He has an uncanny knack for beating blocks and moving past linemen, and has the burst to close once he's there. He uses his hands well and sets the edge nicely against the run, but his skill...
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April 27, 2012
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April 27, 2012
2012 NFL draft: Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
If an NFL team is searching for the top tight end in the 2012 NFL Draft look no further than Dwayne Allen of Clemson.
Ever since joining the Tigers in 2009 he has been a force at 6'4 and 255 pounds.
Via College Sports University
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February 27, 2012
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February 27, 2012
Dabo Swinney Gives Back To Clemson
Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney has (kind of) followed in the footsteps of Georgia head coach Mark Richt and used his own money to compensate his assistant coaches.
Swinney is using $265,000 of the raise he is due for winning the ACC and putting it toward paying his assistant coaches more. Apparently, this doesn’t happen very often in college football, but Swinney apparently...
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February 20, 2012
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February 20, 2012
'ORANGE' YOU RELIEVED?
'Injured' mascot released from hospital
The Orange Bowl tweeted a photo of “injured” mascot Obie being released from the hospital.
Obie was using crutches, had a few bandages and was missing a tooth. The mascot was even carrying a sign that read, “Not Cool D_Cook25.”
@D_Cook25 is West Virginia safety Darwin Cook’s Twitter handle. Cook took out the mascot during a 99-yard fumble return against Clemson...
Via IMAGE CPR
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January 10, 2012
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January 10, 2012
GET 'EM, TIGER
Clemson OL proposes to girlfriend before game
Clemson offensive lineman Mason Cloy proposed to his girlfriend on the field before his team’s game against Wake Forest Saturday and she said yes. It was Senior Day at Clemson, and Cloy is a redshirt senior, so this was his last home game in Death Valley. Between his team’s 31-28 victory over Wake to clinch [...]
Via Larry Brown Sports
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November 12, 2011
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November 12, 2011
McD’s Week Eight College Football Picks
The only picks by an actual Indiana grad who prefers Indiana football to Indiana basketball. It’s an acquired taste.
What I’m watching this week (with my dad edition):
12 pm – Indiana at Iowa – I guess so my Hawkeye-fan dad can watch with me and make snarky comments the whole time. Guh. Indiana fans are going to laugh about this year one day in the future...
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October 21, 2011
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October 21, 2011
THE TIGERS HOT 23
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