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Shakin The Southland

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Clemson Basketball Preview: Georgetown

Three warmup games, three blowout victories. It’s been a thrilling start to the season for this new Clemson squad which has topped 80 points in each of its first three games. The offense has been humming, flexing a seemingly deep roster with five different players averaging at least 10 PPG so far. Ace Buckner has […]

24 days ago | 1 read

Clemson vs. Louisville: Tigers Squeak by the Cardinals 20-19

Clemson traveled north to take on Louisville as a slight underdog. The first half was a back and forth affair with both teams making costly mistakes. The score was 10-9 Clemson at the half. Cade Klubnik was playing pretty well but some of his receivers were dropping passes that they should have been able to […]

25 days ago | 0 reads

Game 10 Preview: Clemson Travels to Take on Louisville

A Chance for a Shred of Redemption for the 2025 Team! Super happy to be back writing a preview coming off a win for a change. It wasn’t pretty in stretches and the Tigers definitely dodged more than one bullet on mistakes, but all the credit to a squad continuing to battle and finding a […]

25 days ago | 0 reads

Scouting Report: Louisville Cardinals

OFFENSE Summary: Louisville’s offense ranks 6th in scoring and 9th in total yardage, built on efficiency and balance. Isaac Brown (8.6 YPC) provides explosive runs, while QB production is solid but turnover-prone. Chris Bell accounts for over one-third of Louisville’s air attack, making him the focal point of their passing game. → Clemson Strategy (Defending […]

27 days ago | 1 read

Clemson Basketball Preview: Morehead State

Game 3 for Brad Brownell’s Exciting New Squad When: Tuesday, Nov 11 – 7:00pmWhere: Littlejohn ColiseumTV: ACCNX It will be a bit before we truly know what this 2025-2026 Clemson men’s basketball squad can accomplish, but for a team with an almost entirely new roster, the engine has been humming relatively well to this point. […]

29 days ago | 0 reads

ACC Power Rankings Post-Week 11

Clemson finally won a home game while both Louisville and Virginia suffered upset losses at home. All of a sudden, Pitt is the talk of the town, and they didn’t even play this weekend. 17. Syracuse (3-7 [1-6] Prev 17): Syracuse went to Miami and lost 38-10 in a game where nobody looked amazing. Syracuse […]

29 days ago | 5 reads

Clemson vs. Florida State: Tigers Throttle the Seminoles 24-10

Clemson hosted Florida State at Death Valley today in what not so long ago was a game that would annually be a game with ACC, if not national, championship implications. This year, with both teams hanging around at the bottom of the standings, the pride of beating an old foe would have to be the […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Clemson Basketball Preview: Gardner-Webb

The coolest part about Gardner-Webb is that they aren’t just the Bulldogs, they’re the Runnin’ Bulldogs. That beats UGA any day in my book. Unfortunately for these Bulldogs, that’s about where the notable facts end for a team that finished a dismal 11-20 last year in the Big South Conference. Much like Brad Brownell, second-year […]

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Scouting Report:  Florida State Seminoles

Florida State presents as a complete and efficient football team with top-tier production across all phases. Offensively, the Seminoles combine an elite rushing unit with explosive, high-efficiency passing that thrives off play-action and misdirection. Defensively, they’re disciplined and fast, built to limit big plays and generate takeaways. Let’s take a look at the data. Offense […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Florida State at Clemson Q&A Preview

Ryan Kantor: Before last weekend, FSU had lost nine straight ACC games. In a time when James Franklin (PSU), Brian Kelly (LSU), and Billy Napier (UF) were fired for less, are you surprised FSU has kept Mike Norvell? Do you believe his job is still in the balance with some toss-up games remaining? Tim Alumbaugh: […]

about 1 month ago | 2 reads

Explosives and Errors: Clemson vs Duke Analytics

Clemson’s offense delivered one of its most balanced efforts of the season, moving the ball efficiently and finishing drives with precision. But every surge forward was met with a setback — a defensive breakdown, a special teams lapse, or a missed opportunity to close out a possession. Duke capitalized on those cracks, striking for long […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Clemson Basketball Begins Season With 50-Point Win

The Clemson Tigers (1-0) opened the season with a resounding victory over the visiting New Hampshire Wildcats (0-1) by a score of 88 to 38 on Monday night in Littlejohn Coliseum. The season opener seemed like an introductory press conference to the fans as returning senior guard Dillon Hunter was the only returning Tiger on […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Clemson Basketball: Things May Look a Little Different!

2024-25 Season 27-7 (18-2 ACC -2nd) – NCAA Tournament #5 seed – First Round Loss Head Coach – Brad Brownell Seasons at Clemson: Entering 16th season Clemson Record: 292 – 196 Career Record: 459-281 Regular Season Conference Championships: 3 (UNC Wilmington 2, Wright St. 1) Conference Tournament Championships: 3 (UNC Wilmington 2, Wright St. 1) NCAA Appearances: 8 Final 4 Appearances: […]

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ACC Power Rankings Post-Week 10

This weekend, Clemson and Miami found ways to lose while Virginia keeps findings ways to win. Florida State and North Carolina finally had much-needed breakthrough wins in what was another mixed up week in the ACC. 17. Syracuse (3-6 [1-5] Prev 14): Since beating Clemson, ‘Cuse is 0-5. The last time Syracuse beat Clemson was […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Clemson Basketball preview: New Hampshire

I don’t remember the last time I told myself, “I’m really glad we can start focusing on basketball season,” but that’s where we’re at currently in Clemson, South Carolina, and it’s time to see what Head Coach Brad Brownell has cooked up for the new men’s basketball season. It was a brutal end to last […]

about 1 month ago | 0 reads

Great Assistant Coaching Could be Available if Clemson Goes Shopping

Clemson’s season has been a horrible flop and pinning that all on the assistant coaches would be flatly wrong. Some of the blame surely lies with them though. Since Coach Swinney has $60 million of job security, it seems inevitable that a shakeup of the coaching staff is coming. The Tigers have a top three […]

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Clemson Basketball Expectations

Clemson basketball is here to save us from the pain and heartache of Clemson football. I bet you didn’t see that coming three months ago, did you? Now we’ll hope to do better predicting the season than we did for football. Clemson basketball has their ups-and-downs. The highs can be quite glorious. Last year they […]

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Clemson vs. Duke: Tigers Lose a 46-45 Shootout with the Blue Devils

Clemson returned to play this week against Duke in Death Valley. ESPN had the Tigers favored which I didn’t understand, especially so when Duke went up 21-7 in the 1st quarter. But the Tigers finally got going and we ended up with a shootout. Duke played to win and they got it thanks to some […]

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