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Clemson vs. FSU, November 12, 2005

Tigers DominaTe #17 seminoles

in 35-14 Win aT HomeHere’s How We Did It…

Charlie Whitehurst threw for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns. Chansi Stuck-ey had 11 catches for 156 yards and 2 TDs. The Seminoles came into this game as the top passing offense in the ACC, but the Tigers pressured the Semi-nole quarterback the entire game get-ting 6 sacks and 2 critical third-quarter interceptions.

Clemson vs. USC, November 19, 2005

Clemson Tops #19 rankeD

souTH Carolina 13-9 on THeir Turf

Here’s How We Did It…

Facing first-and-35 after two penal-ties and trailing 9-6 late in the game, Whitehurst completed consecutive passes of 9 yards to Davis, 14 yards to Stuckey and 28 yards to Baham down to South Carolina’s 27. James Davis took over with a 23 yard burst and two plays later bulled his way into the end zone for the game’s only touchdown. Davis rushed for 145 yards.

Clemson vs. Colorado, December 27, 2005 (CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL)

#23 Clemson BeaTs ColoraDo 19-10

in orlanDoHere’s How We Did It…

Jad Dean kicked 2 field goals to take a 6-3 Tiger halftime lead. Davis’ 40-yard run on the second play of the 3rd quarter and an 11 yard Whitehurst completion set up 1st and goal. Two plays later Whitehurst scrambled around the right side for a 5-yard TD. The Tigers scored again late 4th quarter to put the game away. James Da-vis was named MVP as he rushed for 150 yards and a TD. The defense held Colorado to only 17 yards rushing on 29 carries.

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James daVis leading the Charge into the 2006 season!


6 Inside The Valley - West Zone Update

8 feaTure sTorY James Davis by Will Vandervort

10 TigerTime’s ACC Predictions

12 Clemson Traditions - The Graveyard by Ruslyn Martin Prokay

14 GameDay

17 Tiger’s Coaching Staff A Short Biography of each 2006 Clemson Coach

21 The “I” of the Tiger interviews with Will Proctor, Anthony Waters, and Gaines Adams by Will Vandervort

26 The Most Exciting 25 Seconds in College Football

28 Season Outlook by Will Merritt

30 Player Profiles - offense by Will Merritt

47 2006 Offensive Roster

48 2005 Photo of the Year TigerTime’s ExCLuSIvE Pull-Out Poster!

50 2006 Defensive Roster

51 Player Profiles - Defense by Will Merritt

66 Recruiting 2006 - A Blueprint for Success by Mickey Plyler

67 2006 Tiger Signees Takes by Mickey Plyler

72 Where Are They Now? Danny Ford relives the 1981 Championship Season by Will Vandervort

74 Spirit in the Valley

76 Hot Topics - Bowden - Spurrier Showdown! by Pete Yanity

78 GameDay Outlooks by Larry Williams

89 2006 ACC Schedule

90 2006 Division 1A Schedule by Conference

92 2006 Top 25 Picks

95 Top High School Talent South Carolina and the Nation

96 TailgateTime

For Sam Zanca, Project Manager of the West Zone renovation, construction under-takings of this magnitude, with a price tag of over $37,000,000, seem to be a piece of cake. Sam was Project Manager in 1998 when the face-lifting of Memorial Stadium started with the renovation of the east end Zone, the South Concourse and then the North Concourse. Now the West Zone will “cap off the renovation of the stadium and change the outlook of the entire stadium.” it’s so impressive to go in… and see the view of the field. every seat is like you’re right there on top of the action.” All the seats are exterior, and as Sam explains, there’s a reason for that. “We didn’t want to put the fans behind closed doors. We wanted fans to be outside to hear the noise and to feel the excitement and energy of the crowd.”

The 1st level consists of visitor and home team locker rooms, coaches’ locker rooms, of-ficials’ locker rooms, and a kitchen with 1 service elevator to cater food to the upper levels and 3 passenger elevators. But the eye-catcher will be the entry foy-er which will display very impressive graphics such as plaques with names of each player for that football sea-son. The combination of graphics, task lighting and player recognition will stir the spirit of Tiger fans.

From the 2nd level, the recruit-

ing level, Sam describes “There is an atrium where recruits will be able to look down

and see through the opening in the floor and see the plaques and the

foyer. on this level, there will be a large room with comfortable

furniture—where recruits and coaches and families can meet 1-on-1, as well as the capacity to feed 300 people.”

level 3 is the Concourse level which will contain bleacher seats, concessions and restrooms. This area will join the North and South Concourses enabling ticket holders to walk around the entire stadium for the 1st

time without leaving the sta-dium.

The 4th level is the Club lev-el. Approximately 1,000 outdoor

seats will sit in front of an air-con-ditioned area for Club level ticket

holders where there will be lounges, food services, patrons’ locker rooms and

restroom facilities.The scheduled date for the completion

of Phase ii is June 19, 2006; at which time they will immediately begin the furnish-ing, interior design and putting the graphics throughout the building - all to be completed before the start of the 2006 football season.

Component 2 (estimated at $16 million) is in the planning stage and will include a football museum, training rooms and coaches’ offices.

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it was just anoth-er day at work for James Davis. he had just gotten through breakfast and a team meeting and was on his way upstairs to get ready for an afternoon practice

in preparation for the Champ Sports Bowl in or-lando.

he didn’t see the day - or himself - as really any-thing special from any other time. he was simply doing what he came to Clemson to do.

But as he and Clemson running Backs Coach Burton Burns walked through the lobby of the Walt Disney World resort where the Clemson team was staying, he suddenly was summoned by fans for autographs and pictures.

At that point, James Davis realized this wasn’t just another day and that he is somebody special.

“You should have seen his eyes. he was stunned,” Burns said. “A lot of people are maybe surprised by that - but i’m not. it goes back: that someone did something good in his family to raise him in spite of all the stories about his environ-ment. Someone did something good at his schools - whether it was the coaches or the teachers.”

it all goes back to when Davis was three-years old and watched the older kids play football in the park across the street from where he lived. even at that young age, the Atlanta native was intrigued by the game.

“i loved it,” Davis said. “i wanted to be over there.”

eventually, with the help of family friend and little league coach, Charles Thornton, Davis made

his way across the street where he immediately got involved.

“i wasn’t playing. i was sort of the mascot or whatever,” he said. “i just loved to watch and be around the team.”

That love showed through enough that Thorn-ton, with the permission of Davis’ mother Theresa, put Davis on the team at four-years old – two years younger than most of the other players.

“i started off at center,” Davis said. “That was my first position when i was four. Coach told me he wanted me to get tough, so i played center for two years and then i went to quarterback.”

Davis played quarterback until the age of 10. At that point, Thornton saw where his young protégé had the most potential - so he moved him to run-ning back.

“That year was amaz-ing to me and ever since then i have just tried to get better,” Davis said.

That 1st year at run-ning back is when Davis first showed his true tal-ents. Using his natural instincts - he cut, weaved and broke tackles on his way to scoring 46 touch-downs – still the single-season record for touch-downs in the Atlanta-area little league.

it was then that Davis realized he was a little different than most kids his age when it came to playing football. he was bigger, faster and stronger than most; plus he had a knack for un-derstanding the game better than the rest of his teammates.

“i had a lot of speed at a young age. i even ran track when i was little,” he said. “i was always faster than the other guys and i put that together. i kind of knew then that when it came to football i was different.”

Burns recognized that difference the second he met Davis. The 5-foot-11, 210-pound back was just 14 years old when Coach Gary Cantrell and his staff at Douglass high School in Atlanta intro-duced Burns to Davis.

Davis played some at the varsity level his 1st year in high school and made such an impression on his coaches they immediately got the word out about his potential. They called Burns and several other college coaches that recruited the Atlanta area

a b o u t t h e i r sensation-al running back.

“i thought James was an in-teresting character,”

B u r n s said. “he was wide eyed and still searching for what kind of football player he wanted to be. he knew, like a lot of young guys at this level, that he had a chance to be something special.”

What impressed Burns the most - then and now - is the way Davis is always eager to learn. Burns said he could tell that Da-vis digested all the information he could when he attended some of Clemson’s one-day camps.

“You could always tell there was something differ-ent about him because he was always listening to see how he could make himself a bet-ter player,” Burns said. “When guys do that at a young age

- you know they have something on the ball. “For a young guy, you could see he had some spe-cial talent.”

it also didn’t hurt that Davis worked out with former Douglass high alumni and current NFl players Jamal lewis of the Baltimore ravens and Ahmad Carroll of the Green Bay Packers.

“James has been blessed with a lot of talent,” Burns said. “But it motivates him more to hear from those guys. Mentally, he has a good idea of what is going on, and i think part of that is because those guys shared their experiences with him.”

Davis took what he learned from not just lewis and Carroll, but just about every coach or player he came in contact with and finished his high school career with 7,339 yards and 80 touchdowns. he was ranked as the seventh best running back in J.D. with a “stiff-arm” in high school

A young James at age 5

Red Sox baseball team at age 11

the nation by rivals.com as a senior and earned co-MVP hon-ors in the Georgia North-South All-Star game.

“i played all the sports,” Davis said. “But i was better at football. it was something i wanted to get better at and wanted to succeed in.”

Coming out of high school, Davis was being recruited by just about everyone, but he said he chose Clemson over Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, lSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Virginia Tech because Burns and Clemson were there from the beginning. he said his appreciation for Clemson allowed him to shield off the nega-tive statements made by other schools about head Coach Tommy Bowden and what kind of offense Clemson was going to run.

“My senior year, i didn’t know what to think,” Davis said. “i had so many people talking to me and they were telling me all kinds of stuff - you know how they do.

“Clemson brought Coach (rob) Spence into my school as soon as they hired him. he showed me the new offense and showed me how they were going to do it. i just looked at myself and felt like Clemson was where i needed to be. i think i made the right decision.”

however, a week into fall camp, Davis started to doubt his decision. he was struggling to learn Spence’s com-plicated offense and schemes. So worried about playing time and how he might fit into the offense, he left Clemson and went back home.

“i was just so frustrated with the offense,” he said. “For me it was a different type of offense than what i ran in high school. it was all my fault. i got a little frustrated and i didn’t know how to handle it.”

After some coaxing by his mother and getting some solid advice from Coach Cantrell, Davis re-

turned to Clemson 3 days later – where before he did any-thing else – he apol-ogized on his own to his teammates.

“in team sports you always lean and

depend on your teammates,” Burns said. “i think that was a natural thing that had to happen be-cause he had to get their confidence in him back.

“he knew those guys were working their butts off in that sun. i thought that was important that he did that. Some freshmen would not have done it that soon. i think it started the healing process a lot faster.”

Davis also apologized to the coaching staff and asked for a second chance. That day in a scrim-mage inside Death Valley they gave him another shot and he responded with a 50-yard score.

“At that time when i left, i was thinking: Man, it is going to be hard for me to learn this offense and that means it’s going to be hard for me to get on the field,” Davis said. “When i came back, i knew i had to work even harder and play big so i can get out there.”

And big he played. Davis clear-ly was the most productive run-ning back of camp and when time rolled around for the season opener against Texas A&M – he was a key part of the game plan.

he finished the night with a game-high 101 yards, the most by a true freshman running back since the late Bobby Gage rushed for 145 yards against Presbyterian in 1945.

Davis showed what the future might hold for the Tigers as soon as he touched the ball the sec-ond time. Midway through the first quarter he broke a run intended to go off right tackle - by bouncing off to the left - where he jolted 33 yards



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A photo from the 2005 Miami game James gave to his mother, Theresa


one probably wonders: What kind of graveyard would evoke happy instead of sad emotions? Try the “Graveyard” at the entrance to the Clemson practice fields behind the Jervey Athletic Center.

The story goes (as told by Coach Dan-ny Ford himself) that the graveyard idea came about back in 1989, on his watch, when the Clemson football team had to face a #16 FSU on the road in Tallahassee. While there, some of the assistant coach-es discovered that Florida State had start-ed a graveyard of sorts (if you can call it that), called the “sod cemetery.” if you’re like me, you’re wondering right about now: “What in Bobby Bowden’s name is a ‘sod cemetery’???” Well, it’s a place next to their practice fields where they com-memorate landmark road wins by taking a piece of turf from the opponent’s field and burying it in a “cemetery.” Well, lo and behold some of the Clemson coaches saw that a piece of the turf from Clem-son’s own Death Valley was in the monu-ment! it had been confiscated when the Seminoles beat the Tigers in Memorial Stadium the previous year.

Well, as you can imagine, this didn’t sit too well with the Clemson coaches, and it was all the ammunition they needed to motivate their players for the upcoming FSU game. it must have worked, because Clemson went on to beat Florida State (34-23) on the “Whose Daddy’s turf is it now?” (no pun intended) Seminole’s home turf.

And so it was, after this win, that some coaches were inspired to make a little “memorial” of their own… and thus the “Graveyard” was born and the first tomb-stone was erected consecrating that eventful, glorious day in Tallahassee. Danny Ford said he doesn’t remem-ber which coach came up with the idea, but it was started to give the

players something else to play for when they have to face a ranked opponent in hostile territory.

ever since then, a tombstone has been planted in the “Graveyard” immortalizing each of the Tigers’ road victories against a ranked team.

each headstone is buried in the cem-etery next to the practice field with a sweet little epitaph giving the name of the team, the ranking (on some), the date of the opponent’s demise, the location, and the most pleasurable, marvelous, tri-umphant line of all — the final score. To date there are 10 tombstones document-ing 19 wins going as far back as 1948. one tombstone documents 10 wins prior to the ‘89 FSU victory. But oddly enough, what most would consider to be our greatest victory – the win over Nebraska to secure the National Championship – is not listed. looks like there’s some unfin-ished business in the “Graveyard!”

Based on the post 2005 season rank-ings, Clemson could have 3 new addi-tions to the “Graveyard” in the 2006 sea-son: Boston College (#17 Coaches Poll, #18 AP Poll), Florida State (#23 Both Polls) and Virginia Tech (#7 Both Polls).

So as the players are entering the prac-tice fields in preparation for that big road trip, they can’t help but be reminded of the extraordinary victories throughout Clemson history where they proudly drove the ‘nail in the coffin’ of the “sup-posedly” better team. And they can’t help but think that their own piece of Clemson history could be just a few days away — literally carved in stone.

And the tradition continues…

–Ruslyn Martin Prokay is a 1983 graduate of Clemson and

the Editor of TiGerTiMe Magazine.

Wins Over Top 25 Teams on Opponent’s Field and Top 10 Teams on Neutral Site

OppONeNT’S DATe OppONeNT ScORe RANk

11-13-48 Wake Forest 21 - 14 19 10-28-50 Wake Forest 13 - 12 17 10-9-54 Florida 14 - 7 14 9-19-59 North carolina 20 - 18 12 9-17-77 Georgia 7 - 6 17 11-18-78 Maryland 28 - 24 11 11-8-81 North carolina 10 - 8 8 1-1-82 Nebraska (Orange Bowl) 22 - 15 4 11-13-82 Maryland 24 - 22 18 11-5-83 North carolina 16 - 3 10 9-20-86 Georgia 31 - 28 14 9-9-89 Florida State 34 - 23 16 10-10-92 Virginia 29 - 28 10 11-5-94 North carolina 28 - 17 19 11-9-96 Virginia 24 - 16 15 9-13-97 N.c. State 19 - 17 *25 9-29-01 Georgia Tech 47 - 44^ 9 1-2-04 Tennessee (peach Bowl) 27 - 14 6 11-6-04 Miami 24 - 17^ 10 11-19-05 South carolina 13 - 9 19

* - USA Today ranking ^ - overtime game

This first tombstone, as you’re entering the practice fields, displays 10 Top 25 Road Wins prior to September 9, 1989.Do you notice an important one that’s missing?

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Perhaps the true sign of a good coach is one who can keep his team confident through a series of nail-biting losses. Tommy Bowden, recipient of the 2005 Grant Teaff Coach of the Year Award, had “the right stuff” to keep his team poised and focused after 3 heartbreaking losses in a row to 13th ranked Miami by only 6 points in triple overtime, a Boston College with

the 3rd ranked rushing defense in the nation by a mere 3 points in overtime, and Wake Forest on the road by just 4 points. Clemson finished strong winning 6 out of the last 7 games, due in large part

to Bowden’s ability to keep his team focused. even after the disappointing loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, he was able to rally his team to win the next 4 in a row, including both nationally ranked FSU

and South Carolina, and Big 12 North Champion Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl. in fact, it was the 1st time in history any

school has held teams coached by Bobby Bowden and Steve Spurrier, both known for their offensive prowess, to 0 offensive TD’s in the same

season. Bowden led the Tigers to 3 wins over top 20 teams in 2005, the 1st time since 1989 and only the 4th time in Clemson

history 3 top 20 wins occurred in a single season. Through all the heartbreaking losses, the Tigers fin-

ished the season with an 8-4 record and ranked #21 in the nation. it appears over the last year that Tommy

Bowden has come into his own - now that’s a look all Tiger fans can appreciate.


Birth Date: october 10, 1958Birthplace: Yonkers, NYCollege: iona, 1981College Major: SociologyPosition Played: Tight end

CoaChing Career:1981: Assistant Coach, Pelhem Memorial high, N.Y.1982-83: offensive Coordinator, iona Prep, N.Y. | 1984-98: head Coach,

iona Prep (29-19-1) | 1989: offensive Coordinator, iona College | 1990: offensive

Coordinator/Quarterbacks, hofstra University1991: Quarterbacks Coach, holy Cross College | 1992-93: inside receivers/Tight ends, Maryland | 1994-96: Quarterbacks, Maryland | 1997-98: offensive Coor-dinator/Quarterbacks, hofstra | 1999: Assistant head Coach/offensive Coordina-tor. hofstra | 2000: Co-offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, louisiana Tech 2001-2004: Assistant head Coach/offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Toledo 2005-present: offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach, Clemson

What he has done at Clemson: in just one season, Spence sparked a Tiger offense that struggled the year before. Clemson made a 91-yard improvement in total offense from the previous season, one of the top 12 improvements in the nation in 2005. helped QB Charlie White-hurst set a new school record for completion percentage in a season (67.2 %).

Family:he and his wife Susan have two children: Samantha (14) and Sydney rae (12).

Birth Date: February 26, 1960Birthplace: owasso, oKCollege: Kansas State, 1983College Major: Communications

Position Played: linebacker, 1979-82

College Career highlights:Was a three-year starter and team captain

in1982. he led KSU to its first bowl appearance during his senior season. recipient of the Paul Coffman

Award, presented each year to the KSU player who displays the most outstanding leadership.

Pro Career:Denver Broncos (NFl), oklahoma outlaws (USFl) and Green Bay Packers (NFl) from 1983-86.

CoaChing Career:1991-96: Secondary, Memphis | 1997-99: Defensive Coordinator, Wyoming2000-2002: head Coach, Wyoming | 2003-2004: Defensive Coordinator, Troy State | 2005-present: Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach, Clemson

What he has done at Clemson:Under Koenning’s guidance, Clemson became the first team in history to hold Steve Spurrier and Bobby Bowden-coached teams to zero offensive touchdowns in the same year. The Tigers were the first to ever keep a Spurrier-coached team out of the end zone during a home game. The Clemson defense ranked 13th nationally in scoring defense and 25th in total defense in 2005.

Family:he and his wife Tracey have four children: Kimberly, Brady, Camden and Jackson.

Birth Date: September 30, 1954Birthplace: Arcadia, FlCollege: South Florida, 1979College Major: Science education

CoaChing Career:1979: Assistant Coach, Desota County high, Fl1980-81: Assistant Coach, hardee County, Fl1981-82: Graduate Assistant, The Citadel1982-83: head Coach, Desota County high1983-85: Graduate Assistant, Florida State1985-90: Tight end/recruiting Coordinator, Florida State1990-93: offensive Coordinator/offensive line Coach, Florida State1994-98: head Coach, South Carolina1999-2000: Assistant head Coach/Tight ends, Clemson2000-2003: Assistant head Coach/offensive Coordinator/Tight ends, Clemson2003-present: Assistant head Coach/offensive line, Clemson

What he has done at Clemson:has been a part of Bowden’s staff all 7 years Bowden has been at Clemson. Coached an offensive line last year which made great strides in the running game. The Tigers rushed for 153 yards a game in 2005 – an improvement of nearly 60 yards per game from 2004.

Family:he and his wife Daryle have two sons: Jeff (25) and John (22).

Birth Date: october 27, 1952Birthplace: New orleans, lACollege: Nebraska, 1976College Major: educationPosition Played: running Back

College Career highlights:Member of three Cornhusker teams that won 9 games under legendary head coach Tom osborne. Participated in 3 bowl games while playing for Nebraska – orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl.

CoaChing Career: 1977-1979: Assistant Coach, St. Augustine high, lA1980: Assistant Coach, Booker T. Washington high, lA 1981-85: Assistant Coach, Southern University 1986-94: Assistant Coach/offensive Coordinator, St. Augustine high 1994-98: Assistant Coach, Tulane 1999-present: running Backs Coach, Clemson

What he has done at Clemson:has been a part of Bowden’s staff all 7 years Bowden has been at Clemson. is just one reason why James Davis finished with the 2nd highest rushing total (879 yards) by a true freshman and set a new single-season touchdown mark for a freshman (9).

Family:Married to the former Connie Winder and they have four children: Amber (32), Christy (29), Damon (24) and erin (22).


Birth Date: February 12, 1957Birthplace: Ft. Knox, KYCollege: Clemson, 1979College Major: industrial educationPosition Played: right Guard, right Tackle

College Career highlights:Member of 2 Gator Bowl teams as a reserve offensive

lineman for the Tigers in 1977 and 1978. Saw Action in over 200 plays as a reserve at both right guard and tackle spots in 1978. Transferred to Clemson from Marion institute, where he was a junior college All-American.CoaChing Career:1979: Graduate Assistant, livingston | 1980: Tight ends, east Carolina | 1980: offensive line Coach, North Texas State | 1981-84: offensive line Coach/Special Teams, Texas Tech | 1985: Assistant linebackers Coach, Texas Tech | 1986-91: Defensive Coordinator/inside linebackers Coach, louisiana lafayette | 1992: As-sistant head Coach/ Defensive Coordinator/inside linebackers Coach, louisiana lafayette | 1993-96: offensive line Coach, Baylor | 1996: running Game Coor-dinator, Baylor | 1997-98: offensive line Coach, Tulane | 1999-2003: offensive line Coach, Clemson | 2004: Defensive line Coach, Clemson | 2005-present: outside linebackers Coach, ClemsonWhat he has done at Clemson:has been a part of Bowden’s staff all 7 years Bowden has been at Clemson. Because of the performance of his linebackers, Clemson was one of only two ACC teams to force at least one turnover in every game last year.Family:Married to the former Becky horne and they have two children: Brad (23) and lori (20).

Birth Date: May 4, 1971Birthplace: Greenville, SCCollege: east Carolina, 1997College Major: exercise SciencePosition Played: offensive lineman

College Career highlights:his top game came against national power Florida State in 1990 when he graded out at 85 percent.

CoaChing Career:1992: Undergraduate Assistant, east Carolina 1993-95: rush end/linebackers Coach, east Carolina 1996-97: Defensive line/recruiting Coordinator, illinois State1998-99: linebackers Coach/recruiting Coordinator, illinois State2000-2002: linebackers Coach, Pittsburgh2003-present: linebackers Coach/recruiting Coordinator, Clemson

What he has done at Clemson:Nailed down a top 15 recruiting class which included 4 Parade or USA Today high School All-Americans, the most by a Clemson class since 1989.

Family:Married to the former Melissa Androutsos.

Birth Date: November 20, 1969Birthplace: Birmingham, AlCollege: Alabama, 1993College Major: BusinessPosition Played: Wide receiver

College Career highlights:Played in the 1993 Sugar Bowl where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to a victory over #1 Miami, earning Alabama the 1992 National Championship. his team played in the 1991 Fiesta Bowl, 1991 Blockbuster Bowl and the 1990 Sugar Bowl as well during his career.

CoaChing Career:1993-95: Graduate Assistant, Alabama1996-2001: Wide receivers Coach, Alabama2003-present: Wide receivers Coach, Clemson

What he has done at Clemson:is ranked as the #5 best recruiter in the nation by rivals.com. his receivers allowed quarterback Charlie Whitehurst to set a school record for completion percentage in a season (67.2).

Family:Married the former Kathleen Bassett and they have three sons: Will (7), Drew (6) and Clay (3).


Birth Date: December 21, 1971 Birthplace: St. Matthews, S.C.College: South Carolina, 1994College Major: retail ManagementPosition Played: outside linebacker, Defensive Tackle

College Career highlights:Made his first career start at line-backer in a 24-13 victory at Clemson in 1992. in his final year, he moved to the defensive line where he helped the Gamecocks win their first bowl game in school history with a victory over West Virginia in the 1994 Carquest Bowl. During his senior year at South Carolina, he played for current Clemson offensive line coach Brad Scott.

CoaChing Career: 1997: Graduate Assistant, South Carolina1997-2001: head Coach, Calhoun County high, SC2002: Secondary Coach, South Carolina State2003-2005: linebackers Coach, Memphis

Family:rumph and his wife Kila have two sons, Christopher and elijah. he is also

the uncle of current Clemson defensive end Phillip Merling.

Birth Date: July 21, 1979

Birthplace: Cookeville, TN

College: Furman, 2003College Major:

health and exercise SciencePosition Played: Quarterback

College Career highlights:holds the Furman career record for completion percentage (.648) and is third in passing yardage with 4,247.

Was a two-time All-Southern Conference selection. Also broke the school’s single-season passing record in terms

of yards (2,475) and completion percentage (.685). Was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given to the nation’s top offensive player in Division 1-AA.

CoaChing Career:2003-2004: Graduate Assistant, Clemson2005: Quarterbacks Coach, South Carolina State

Family:Napier is single.

hris rumph like all the coaches and players in attendance on March 11th, watched in amazement as freshman wide receiver Jacoby Ford tore up the turf on Frank howard Field, including a 53-yard touchdown reception the first time

he touched the ball, in Clemson’s first organized scrimmage of spring practice.For rumph, who was hired on March 4th as Clemson’s new defensive line

coach, the moment was all too familiar. The last time he was in Death Valley he recalled another wide receiver by the

name of reggie richardson taking a lateral from Brandon Bennett at his own 11 on the opening second half kickoff and racing 85 yards up the far sideline to the Clemson six. in his last visit to Death Valley, rumph and his South Carolina Gamecocks used that play to hand the Clemson Tigers their worst home defeat in the rivalry with a 33-7 victory in 1994.

in fact, the only two times prior to this spring rumph walked on the turf inside Memorial Stadium were South Carolina victories.

So now that he is wearing orange does that mean the Tigers stand a good chance against the Gamecocks this season?

“That was a long time ago, and that game is a long time away,” he said with a smile. “We’re just trying to have some fun right now.”

rumph, who said he is now a Clemson Tiger, comes to Clemson from Memphis where he coached under former Clemson head coach Tommy West. he replaces Marion hobby at Clemson, who left for the NFl’s New orleans Saints after only one season.

rumph had little hesitation joining Tommy Bowden’s staff despite his ties to the University of South Carolina. he is from St. Matthews, and he and his wife were glad to bring their family back into the state of South Carolina. Plus, he said, he sees Clemson as a program on the rise - not just in the ACC, but nationally as well.

“We were 14 points away last year from being in the BCS National Champion-ship,” he said. “We have got to somehow find a way to get those 14 points back.”

Now that he’s wearing the right color, let’s hope rumph does find a way and remains undefeated in Death Valley.

C fter graduating from Furman University in 2003, Billy Napier sent out more than 60 calls all across the country when he applied for a gradu-

ate assistant position. only one of those 60 returned his call – that one was Clemson head Coach Tommy Bowden.

“i was on my way to accept a high school coaching position when Clemson called,” he said.

Napier, an all-conference quarterback at Furman, said he never really thought about coaching in college, he always assumed he would be a head coach at the high school level like his father. But after getting a taste of what coaching at the college level is like – he can’t think of doing anything else.

“i like working with young men that work hard and want to improve themselves,” said Napier, who was the quarterbacks coach at S.C. State in 2005. “That’s why i always thought i would be a high school coach. But then Coach Bowden gave me the opportunity as a graduate assistant and i know now this is what i want to do.”

Napier, who was a graduate assistant at Clemson from 2003-2004, has always been at the right place at the right time, saying when his dad coached him in high school, it allowed him to work harder and grow as a player. he said his time at Furman gave him valuable experience because the Furman offense runs the option play and asks a lot of their quarterbacks.

As a graduate assistant, he said Bowden and his staff challenged him and helped him grow as a coach. Now he hopes he can return the favor and use all of his experiences to make Clemson’s tight ends the best in the ACC.

“i bring a lot of energy to the staff and a lot to the table,” he said. “Coach Bowden saw that when i was here before and he knows what to expect from me.

“he took a chance in me and gave me a shot – so obviously i want to work my tail off for him.”

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tigertime Welcomes New coaches chris Rumph and Billy Napierby Will Vandervort


There was joy all over the locker room. Clem-son head Coach Tommy Bowden had just given his post-game talk after the Tigers’ 19-10 victory over Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl to cap an 8-4 season.

Bowden told his players to go and enjoy the rest of their Christmas break and have some fun before reporting back to Clemson in January to begin off-season conditioning.

But there was one Clemson Tiger whose work-outs couldn’t wait. he had already waited 5 years for this moment. he knew his workouts had to begin immediately.

on Dec. 28th – one day after the Champs Sports Bowl – fifth-year senior Will Proctor started his journey as the Tigers’ new signal-caller.

“The day after that bowl game, in my mind, was the first day of being the starting quar-terback,” he said. “That’s something i have been preparing 4 years for.”

Proctor, as has been well documented, waited because he was the backup to one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to don the orange and purple uniforms at Clemson.

over his four-year career, Char-lie Whitehurst established 46 school records, including standards for passing yards, pass completions, total offense and touchdown passes.

“i have really listened to what Charlie had to tell me because he knows more than anyone what is about to happen,” Proctor said.

What is about to happen is Proctor inherits an of-

fense that returns all 5 offensive linemen, its top 2 running backs and wide receivers from a unit which led the ACC in total offense. it’s also an offense that is tailor-made for a quarterback of Proctor’s talents.

“Will affords the offense to do some different things that we could not do with Charlie last year,” offensive Coordinator rob Spence said. “he can run and he can throw. he’s not one-dimensional. he causes the defense to look at different ways to defend him and because of that we’re going to do some different things with him.”

Proctor might be the least experienced player on this year’s offense, b u t h e isn’t totally new to the whole starter thing. he did get the oppor-

tunity to start one game last season – a 49-20 victory

against Duke – when Whitehurst sat out

with an injury. Plus, he relieved an in-jured Whitehurst in the season-opening victory against Texas A&M where he

directed the

Tigers on a late scoring drive to win the game.“That question mark will not be there for us

this year,” said wide receiver Chansi Stuckey. “You know when you lose a guy like Charlie - that set so many records - the question is always asked, ‘Who is going to replace him?’

“But now we have Will. he has played and he has shown all of us that he can play in the college game and we have confidence in him.”

As does Bowden, who added it was Proctor’s leadership in the Texas A&M game that helped him gain the respect of his teammates.

“i don’t think there is any doubt in that,” Bowden said. “What he did against Texas A&M helped him get the respect of the team. The Duke game helped too, but it’s the A&M game that jumps in the players’ minds and shows ‘hey, this guy can lead us just as much as Charlie did.’”

Proctor will be just the 3rd fifth-year senior to guide the Clemson football team with little or no experience. The first two – Billy lott (1979) and Chris Morocco (1989) – led the Tigers to 8-4 and 10-2 records respectively, plus garnered some of the biggest wins in Clemson history.

lott was the quarterback, and scored the win-ning touchdown, in the Tigers’ 16-10 come-from-behind victory at Notre Dame, while Morocco guided Clemson to a 34-23 win at Florida State, the Tigers last win in Tallahassee.

“i’m familiar with both of them and i hope i can be just as successful as they were,” Proctor said.

like Proctor, both lott and Morocco replaced former Clemson legends as well. lott replaced Steve Fuller, who was the last quarterback to win back-to-back ACC Player of the Year honors, while Morocco replaced rodney Williams – Clemson’s all-time winning-est quarterback.

“With the friendships i have with all the guys on the team and the coaches, i have kind of set up shop in Clemson,” Proctor said. “i knew it was going to be one and done, and i have been ready for this.

“i have been working hard the past two or three years to get ready for this.”

And Tiger fans can’t wait to see the results…IT’S TIGERTIME!

Will Vandervort is a Sports Editor for the Seneca Daily Journal/Messenger

and Clemson Sportswriter.


it was a decision many all-star caliber college football players usually have to make after their ju-nior season. Do i come back for one more season, or do i bolt for the NFl?

For Clemson linebacker Anthony Waters, that decision came just a few weeks after the Tigers’ 19-10 victory over Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl. luckily, for Clemson, Waters has more aspi-rations in life than just playing on Sundays.

“Basically, i came to Clemson to better myself,” the sports management major said. “The whole thing was, i wanted to graduate because i was so close to it.”

Waters lacks just a few credit hours before he earns his degree. When he does, he will do some-thing more rewarding to himself than any amount of money he can earn by chasing down running backs in the NFl.

“The fact that i would be the first one in my family to have a college degree, it made it some-thing i wanted to do,” he said.

Waters is close to his family, and the lake View, S.C. native says he has learned a lot from his broth-ers’ mistakes. Both of his older brothers are in-carcerated, and both have done all they could to make sure their little brother does the right thing and makes the entire family proud.

Waters admitted they both played a big role in his decision to come back for his senior cam-paign.

“They pretty much told me to go ahead and stay in school and things will work out for me next year,” he said. “i got a chance to better myself for a higher round next year, so this year i want to concentrate on improving my game and getting my degree.”

it’s unimaginable to think Waters can get any better. last year, he ranked as the top tackler on the Tigers’ 11th-ranked scoring defense with 109. Those numbers ranked 3rd in the ACC in 2005 behind two seniors; which makes Waters the lead-ing returning tackler in the ACC. he also had 13.5 tackles for a loss, the 9th best total in the confer-ence.

Clemson head Coach Tommy Bowden believes Waters’ game really elevated to new heights against Maryland in the second week of the sea-son, when he went up against D’Qwell Jackson, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

“i think he personally challenged himself,” Bowden said. “he said ‘oK, that guy is going to get a lot of attention so lets go see what i can do.’”

in that game, Waters had 14 tackles, including

4.5 tackles for a loss – the 3rd most tackles for a loss in a single game in Clemson history.

“i talked to (West Virginia head coach) rich rodriguez because they played Maryland that week, and i told him to watch out for #52. Well, he said ‘Who is that #40 you got?’”

Wate r s w a s the main reason why the Tigers a l lowed just 287.1 yards over the last 7 games and for the first time since 1995 ranked in the top 25 in 4 differ-ent categories.

“We have a lot of good stuff that we can watch and learn from last year,” Waters said. “We only lost four guys off of last year’s defense and we have a lot of young guys that have played.

“everybody is talking about how they love the way we run around and play defense.”

And part of that, Waters says, is because of the chemistry the team has. Waters said the team’s chemistry is the best he’s seen it during his four years at Clemson.

“We just have a lot of guys that work hard,” he said. “With all the guys coming back it gives us a bet-ter chance to win the ACC Champion-ship or a National Championship – those types of things are just some of the things i want to accomplish before we leave Clem-son.

“i think we can compete with anyone in the nation.”

And so does the Tiger Nation.

Will Vandervort is a Sports Editor

for the Seneca Daily Journal/Messenger



The rumors were all over the Clemson campus and posted on message boards on just about ev-ery Clemson website. Clemson Bandit end Gaines Adams was heading to the NFl. There was no need for the 6-foot-5 senior to return, they would say, because he was going to make some big-time money.

But Adams didn’t see it that way. he is, after all, a student first and a football player second.

“The main goal was to get my degree first,” he said. “When i started here that was my main goal. Nothing else mattered.”

But as Adams, who played eight-man football in high school, began to grow as a football play-er — it became clear there was a future for the Greenwood native — on Sundays. After a domi-

nating performance against Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl,

his stock rose even higher.

S o m e m o c k

draft boards had him going in the NFl’s 1st or 2nd round, including Scout, inc. which had him at one point, #17 overall.

The day Adams was going to make his decision known to the world, he walked out onto the floor at littlejohn Coliseum and appeared to be soaking it all in. As he stared up into the empty seats, he took a big sigh, smiled, and then headed into the media room.

Just before his press conference got started, he took off his windbreaker and donned a white golf shirt with orange stripes on the shoulders and an orange tiger paw near the right arm. There was little doubt then what Adams would do.

“i just wanted to play for Clemson one more year,” he said. “This is a great feeling and a great opportunity to be able to put on the Clemson uni-form and i take a lot of pride in that.”

Adams said he weighed all of his options before he made his decision, but it wasn’t until his meet-ing with his parents and Clemson head Coach Tommy Bowden that he knew what he needed to do.

“it was a tough decision. That’s why i waited to talk to Coach Bowden, because i knew he would

give me some great information,” he said. “There was a time when i thought: this is a

done deal, i’m going to the NFl.”Bowden said he didn’t know where

Adams was leaning when he talked with him, but he wanted to make sure Adams had all the right information and not just what people wanted him to hear.

“i had some good talks with him and his parents and i think Gaines

did a good job of accumulating all the information along with his

parents and then making the decision,” Bowden said. “As i told him, i thought it was best he stayed, but i would support his decision. i don’t think there is any doubt he made the best decision.”

it didn’t even seem Adams was going to

be faced with such a tough deci -

sion when the 2005 s e a s o n

s t a r t -e d .

he struggled early on with new defensive coordi-nator Vic Koenning’s system, while trying to learn what his position – the Bandit end – was supposed to do. But by the N.C. State game on oct. 13th, it all came together.

During the 2nd half of the season, no end in the ACC was as dominant. Adams was all over the field in the Tigers’ 35-14 win over Florida State, where he had 1.5 sacks and 2 tackles for a loss, while applying countless pressure on Seminoles’ quarterback Drew Weatherford.

he also came up big against South Carolina, posting 3 tackles for a loss and another sack. Ad-ams also had a forced fumble that stopped a poten-tial scoring drive by the Gamecocks early in the 1st quarter.

“i started out slow and i was still learning the system and i finished up strong,” Adams said. “i think i’m going to have to put the whole season together, and by coming back, i will have a great chance to do that.”

Adams finished his junior season with 56 tack-les, including a team-leading 15 for a loss. he also had a team-high 9 sacks, 9 passes broken up and 29 QB pressures.

“With an edge rusher you have to pretty much adjust your blocking schemes, if your tackle can’t handle him with either a tight end or a back with additional help,” Bowden said regarding problems Adams causes. “No doubt a guy like Gaines pres-ents problems coming off the edge that you have to make adjustments for.”

With both Adams and linebacker Anthony Wa-ters returning on a defense that will have 7 start-ers back, Clemson will surely challenge for an ACC Championship this year.

Bowden thinks the Tigers will have a shot to play for a title as well with Adams and Waters returning; but he’s just glad they’re both coming back for everyone involved.

“We won in both cases,” Bowden said. “it’s best for him and his family and it’s best for us.”

And it’s certainly best for Tiger fans who have high hopes for the ’06 season. Perhaps Adams sums it up best: “…i think we have a chance to win an ACC Championship. We have our whole offensive line coming back and the majority of the defensive line coming back and that’s where you win championships.”

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When you look into the eyes of Clemson fans, it’s obvious to see what they want- Championsh ips ! That’s right, the almighty trophy that has eluded the Tiger program for all too many years. even though the hardware in the trophy case has been impressive at times, fans all over the south are craving the one that keeps get-ting away. Can and will the 2006 campaign change that? only time will tell; but it sure is fun to speculate.

After an impressive win over Colorado in the Champs Sports Bowl, the Tigers returned home to see that this team would be returning 15 out of 22 start-ers. Sounds pretty good huh? however, that doesn’t mean that the players who have left the program didn’t leave some serious holes to fill. head Coach Tommy Bowden said “our biggest question about the ‘06 team just so hap-pens to be our most important.” he is speaking of course of the loss of 5th year senior quarterback Charlie Whitehurst. in 5 years, Charlie either tied or broke 46 school records on his way to winning 25 games as a starter. This mark represents the 2nd most ever by a Tiger QB. So “who’s gonna fill those shoes” as the famous country music singer George Jones would ask? The answer is Will Proctor.

Proctor will lead this offense with the direct guidance of offensive Coordinator rob Spence. Bowden said “You never want to replace a guy like Charlie, but if you do, at least be able to do it with another 5th year guy.” Actually, Will has had more time to learn this Spence Ball. After putting the finishing touches on the opening win over Texas A&M, Proctor was then able to lead the Tigers to an easy 49-20 victory over Duke. Fortunately for Will, he won’t have to do it alone.

in front of Proctor will be a veteran group of hAWGS. For the first time since 2000, the offen-sive line will be bringing back all 5 starters. The cohesion is there. look for the svelte-challenged heroes to be a force for fans to enjoy.

More so now than in recent history, Clemson

will boast one of the best running games in the conference. With super-star rB James Davis returning after receiving ACC rookie of the Year honors, the Tigers will likely keep it on the ground when it matters most. Av-eraging 5.3 yards per carry, 93.7 yards per game (all-purpose), and 9 TD’s, you can see why Bur-ton Burns was quoted saying, “James is one of the most exciting players i have ever coached.” help-ing out in toting the pigskin, reggie Merriweather has turned into one of the most reliable backs ever. reggie will go into the 2006 season as one of the top 5 active rushers in the ACC with 1441 yards to his credit.

if the running game is not exciting enough, you can leave it up to Chansi and the boys. “The boys” being the rest of a young but extremely talented group of wide receivers. obviously, returning All-ACC Wr Chansi Stuckey will be a favorite target for Proctor. Chansi has had a catch in all 20 games that he has participated in as a Wr and will look to improve on his 5.3 catches per game average from

a year ago. When not going in #2’s

direction, look for Aaron Kelly to keep marching on as the high-flying fan favorite. Kelly’s ability to go over the middle as well as outrun defensive backs, makes him a loaded weapon for Coach Spence.

So back to this Championship thing. What is that cliché about how to win them? oh yeah- De-FeNSe. That is exactly what Defensive Coordina-tor Vic Koenning feels as though he has in the making — a defense that can win Championships. With 7 starters coming back and 2 of those already NFl-ready, this defense should be able to single handedly keep the Tigers in the winning column.

Anthony Waters is a name that became house-hold almost overnight. From the middle line-backer position, Waters accounted for 109 tackles and will enter the year as the ACC’s top returning stopper. his infectious spirit is what drives this defense as well as the Saturday Sea of orange that files into Death Valley. Many occasions last year,

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we saw the Clemson faithful rise to their feet based on a single play by Wa-ters and his crew. however, Anthony sure didn’t do it all.

Gaines Adams flirted with the thought of bolting to the next level a year early. his return to the defensive end position for the Tigers has already gained him the #1 ranking in the De category for the 2007 NFl draft. This ranking is truly warranted due to the fact that Adams had 29 quarterback pressures, 9.5 sacks, and 15 tackles for loss. Between Adams and Waters, one can very easily see why coach Bowden said “My best recruiting job so far is get-ting those two guys to stay around.”

Coach Koenning will have a tough time replacing cornerback Tye hill. Af-ter a senior season that most only dream

of, Tye was picked 15th overall in the 1st round of the NFl draft. Tiger fans can only

hope that Duane Coleman will be as good a convert from running back to corner back as

hill was.Coleman will have plenty of help to throw at

opposing offenses. Vic Koenning is a master of disguise. his “zone” style secondary may be tough at first, but as anyone can see—once learned—it is extremely effective. After a stellar spring for both, be ready for the emergence of C.J. Gaddis and Mi-chael hamlin to be air-killers for rival QB’s.

Tommy Bowden has always prided himself on sound special teams play. At times, the 2005 team struggled, but not because of Jad Dean. The returning place kicker comes back from a year in which he nailed 24 of 31 field goals and connected on 34 of 35 extra points. Clemson fans got used to the fact that they had a kicker who could hang 3 on the board consistently. Jad has only gotten his leg stronger in the off season, so be ready for some more crowd pleasing upright action.

Nobody can read minds, but if i could, i think most Clemson Tiger football fans would read something like this: We have been good at times; we have been bad at times. We have been happy and we have been sad. We have been proud and we have been ashamed. But all in all, most fans come to Death Valley on hot summer days and cool fall nights so that they can say, “i was there cheering on my boys in orange.” And with that, we hope that their topic of conversation will be — Championship!

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97 Dorell Scott NG 6-3 305 *So. Columbia, SC

44 Donnell Clark NG 6-2 271 *Sr. Griffin, GA

99 etta etta-Tawo NG 6-4 320 *Fr. powder Springs, GA

91 Rashaad Jackson DT 6-3 270 *So. Union, SC

50 Jacquez McKissic DT 6-6 290 So. Opelika, AL

57 Antwon Murchison DT 6-5 260 *Fr. Southern pines, Nc

93 Gaines Adams BE 6-5 265 *Sr. Greenwood, SC

98 kwam Williams Be 6-3 245 *Jr. Atlanta, GA

20 Tramaine Billie SLB 6-1 205 Sr. Eastover, SC

43 Antonio Clay SLB 6-0 225 So. Jeffersonville, GA

42 Maurice Nelson SLB 6-2 215 *Jr. Rembert, Sc

40 Anthony Waters MLB 6-3 240 *Sr. Lake View, SC

33 kavell conner MLB 6-2 215 *Fr. Midlothian, VA

45 cortney Vincent MLB 6-1 245 *So. Allendale, Sc

32 Nick Watkins WLB 6-2 220 *Jr. New Orleans, LA

47 Josh Miller WLB 6-0 215 So. Manning, Sc

42 Maurice Nelson WLB 6-2 215 *Jr. Rembert, Sc

12 C.J. Gaddis FCB 6-0 205 *Jr. Raeford, NC

29 Haydrian Lewis FcB 5-11 170 So. Goose creek, Sc

38 chris chancellor FcB 5-10 160 *Fr. Miami, FL

25 Michael Hamlin CAT 6-3 195 *So. Lamar, SC

17 Roy Walker cAT 6-3 205 *Jr. Oglethorpe, GA

27 Sadat chambers cAT 5-10 190 *Fr. pageland, Sc

22 Chris Clemons FS 6-1 200 *So. Arcadia, FL

23 chris Russell FS 6-2 210 Jr. Nashville, TN

27 Sadat chambers FS 5-10 190 *Fr. pageland, Sc

3 Duane Coleman BCB 5-10 195 *Sr. Naples, FL

15 Sergio Gilliam BcB 6-3 180 Sr. Greer, Sc

9 Ray Ray Mcelrathbey BcB 5-10 185 *Fr. Atlanta, GA

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7 Jad Dean PK 5-11 205 Sr. Greenwood, SC

30 Cole Chason P 6-0 165 *Sr. Roswell, GA

54 Colin Leonard LS 6-3 210 *Jr. Lafayette, IN

Bold indicates Starter/co-Starter - *Denotes player had a redshirt season. - Roster subject to change.

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p – punter pk – place kicker SLB – Strongside Linebacker WLB – Weakside Linebacker


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how would a head coach at the Division i-A level make a blueprint for a highly successful recruiting class? it would probably include the task of secur-ing numerous early commitments from highly rated prospects that you know you should offer early. obviously, it would say you had to hold onto their commitments throughout the process. Another fac-tor would be to dominate within your state borders. A third might be to dip into recruiting hotbeds like the state of Florida or Georgia. Great recruiting classes meet the needs of the program at key po-sitions. The head coach would probably want bal-ance among his staff instead of one or two coaches signing most of the top prospects. one final way to ink a great recruiting class is to sign a top 10 nation-al-type player on signing day. By these standards Tommy Bowden and his staff signed an incredible class this past February – one that has Clemson fans as excited as ever about the future.early suCCess

David Blackwell, Clemson’s recruiting coordi-nator, understands the recruiting game and how recruiting has changed in recent years. in today’s environment the head coach gets out in the spring evaluation period. The head coach also calls more prospects than he used to. Prospects are text-mes-saged now on their phones and earlier scholar-ship offers abound. Quite simply stated, the entire calendar has been moved up a few months in the process and junior recruiting is almost as important as senior recruiting. Because of the staff’s sense of urgency and hard work, Clemson secured early commitments from high school All-Americans like Jamie Cumbie of Morris, ill., DeAndre McDaniel of Tallahassee, Fla., Crezdon Butler of Asheville, N.C., and in-state stars ricky Sapp of Bamberg, richard Jackson of Greer and Byron Maxwell of North Charleston. The staff’s early success allowed them to go out and recruit key areas and fill in needs. An-other key was the fact they worked hard to maintain the commitments and not lose any of the early pledges.dominate the state

The second area addressed was the in-state re-cruiting. it was not a banner year of prospects in the 2006 South Carolina class. however, Bowden and company won the recruiting war against Steve Spurrier and his bowl-bound Gamecocks. The Ti-gers outworked South Carolina early and ended up signing quality players like Jackson, Maxwell, Sapp, Winnsboro safety Darius Gaither, and orangeburg offensive lineman Jamal Medlin.mine the Fertile hotbeds

Because the state of South Carolina lacked the overall numbers that Clemson needed in this class, Blackwell and Bowden dipped into some hot beds. Clemson signed six players who played their high school ball in Florida. Assistant coach Dabo Swin-

ney reached into the backyards of Florida State and Florida and shocked the recruiting world by signing two top 10 players from the Sunshine state. McDan-iel was ranked 10th overall in the state of Florida and grew up in Tallahassee. Bobby Bowden did not win a national title and become the winningest coach in Division i-A football by losing players from his own town. it was McDaniel’s commitment that sent a message the Tigers were going to be a player in the state of Florida. To get the nations 6th best safety is one thing, but to get the nations top all-purpose back is another. Swinney ripped the hearts out of Gator Nation when he signed running back C.J. Spiller despite Spiller growing up 30 minutes from Gainesville, Florida. his teammate, Kevin Al-exander was the Tigers’ top linebacker prospect on their board from December on. Clemson had to go to a Virginia prep school to sign another Florida native; and assistant Burton Burns inked the fast-est player to sign with Clemson in years when he reeled in Jacoby Ford of West Palm Beach, Florida.

The Tigers also signed Jeremy Campbell, a fan-tastic linebacker prospect from Port orange; and Kendrick Johnson, a highly thought of wideout from Ft. lauderdale.meet your needs

Clemson’s biggest needs were in the second-ary this past year. The Tigers signed perhaps the nation’s top secondary class with five newcomers. The two corners, Maxwell and Butler, were the two top corners in the Carolinas. Both are considered to be in the top five overall players in their respec-tive states. McDaniel and Gaither were also not only considered to be the best at their positions in their states, but both were among the top 15 safeties in America. Add to the list junior college transfer Chris russell, and you have a talented group that could all avoid a red-shirt season this coming year. The Tigers also wanted to sign a running back along the lines of James Davis. Mission accomplished with Spiller. They needed to replenish the numbers at wide re-ceiver. Mission accomplished as Ford, Johnson and Jeffrey ogren will become immediate help at wide-out. Bowden wanted to sign one of the nation’s top kickers, so they inked state record-holder richard Jackson. The other side of the equation is that the Tigers did not need huge numbers along the offen-sive line, so they only signed two.balanCe among the staFF

Far too often on today’s staffs you have guys that can recruit and guys that are thought of as your X and o guys. in years past, a single Clemson assistant has inked as many as 8 or 9 players. This was not the case in this year’s class. Five Clemson assistants signed at least 3 players each: Swinney (4), Black-well (4), Burns (3), ron West (3), and Marion hobby (3) had very successful years on the recruiting trails.

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The final piece of the blueprint includes a sign-ing day shocker. Spiller took official visits to South-ern Cal, Miami, Florida, Florida State and Clemson. he could have signed with any school in America. Clemson faced an uphill battle with Spiller because of the success of freshman sensation James Davis. however, the staff did not lie to Spiller. instead, they had Davis host the high school All-American. Bowden told Spiller that two years ago Auburn had Carnell Williams and ronnie Brown. he said this past year Southern Cal had lenDale White and reg-gie Bush. Bowden looked Spiller in the eye and told him, “i have James Davis and i need C.J. Spiller.”

on Feb. 1, 2005 lake Butler high School held a press conference for its seniors signing to play college football. The press conference was held in the school’s gym and in front of a couple thousand people. it was on live TV and live radio throughout Florida and broadcasted over the internet. After his teammates announced their choices and intentions, Spiller was set to make his speech. on his way to the podium, he handed his mother a note that said one word – Clemson. it was the first time he told her where he was going. After eight or nine min-utes of thanking everyone from his deceased grand-mother to his high school coaches to his teammates to his family, and everyone that ever helped him - Spiller shocked the recruiting industry and said “Clemson” instead of Florida.

The entire press conference went exactly as planned. The players were gracious and humble. Things could not have gone any smoother, except for one word - it was supposed to be Florida. The colors were supposed to be orange and blue, not or-ange and purple. it was supposed to be The Swamp, not Death Valley. he was supposed to say he was staying close to home and not heading for the foot-hills of the Blue ridge Mountains.

it was not how Florida’s blueprint worked. it was only one word, but it was the word that has Clemson fans as excited as they have been in recent memory. it was the one word Swinney jokes about when he and Clemson assistant Brad Scott jumped three inches off the ground. it was the only word Spiller truly wanted to say.

let’s get it on!This class will be remembered for bringing

previous accomplishments – like Jackson’s record breaking 64-yard field goal. it brings in jaw-drop-ping accomplishments – like Ford’s 4.19 at his com-bine. it will be remembered by Spiller’s tear-jerking speech and shocking announcement for Clemson on signing day. But like a lot of blueprints, Clemson fans can’t wait to see it come to fruition. They can’t wait to see the blueprints turn into Clemson orange pawprints.

pictured above is Ricky Sapp crunching the QB photo: Larry Hardy, Orangeburg T&D


C.J. SPILLERHometown: Lake Butler, FLHigh School: Union Co. HSHeight / Weight: 5-11 / 190Position: RB

First-team USA Today All-American, the first run-ning back to come to Clemson with first-team USA Today All-America credentials since 1989 (Rudy Harris)...first-team Parade All-American...also first Parade All-America running back to come to Clemson since Harris in 1989...ranked among the top 50 players in the nation by six different services...highest ranking came from rivals.com, which ranks him as the eighth best player in the nation regard-less of position, the number-one all-purpose running back...also listed as the top all-around player in the state of Florida...Tom Lemming of CSTV rates him as the 12th best player in the nation...ranked 16th best player in the country by scout.com and the fourth best running back...listed as 23rd best player and fourth best running back in the nation by Superprep...also 43rd best player and sixth best back according to collegefootballnews.com...ranked as 47th best player in the nation by ESPN.com...US Army All-American, he played in US Army All-Star game in San Antonio in January...also slated to play in California-Florida High School All-Star Game...ranked among the top 100 players in the nation by most services... had incredible career at Union County High, he had 176-1840 yards as a senior, an average of 10.45 yards per rush...scored 30 rushing touchdowns and had one on a kickoff return...added 15-249 receiving...for his career, had 541-5511, an average of 10.2 yards per rush for his career...scored 93 total touchdowns, 85 rushing, three receiving, three on kickoff returns and two on punt returns...three-time all-state selection...first-team All-South according to Countdown to Signing Day...played his high school football for the Fighting Tigers of Union County High School...selected Clemson over Florida, Florida State, Miami and Southern Cal.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “C.J. Spiller is perhaps the highest rated player to ever be signed by Clemson. It is rare when Clemson beats Flor-ida, Southern Cal, Florida State, Miami and every national power for a signee. This is a program-changer. You can’t say enough about this great running back. He can make you miss and can run through tackles. He hits the hole hard and has breakaway speed. He compares his running style to Clinton Portis; but I think he has a little more wiggle than Portis. Whatever level your program is at - he accelerates you to the next level. Southern Cal had Lindell White and Reggie Bush. James Davis and C.J. Spiller could be that type of tandem. It was Spiller’s signing day drama that sent the Clemson Nation into celebration mode. According to his high school coach, Spiller is a better person than he is a football player. Clemson has had some great running backs in their history, but none who have the hype of Spiller. He was signed by Clemson assistant Dabo Swinney.”

KEVIN ALEXANDERHometown: Lake Butler, FLHigh School: Union County HSHeight / Weight: 6-3 / 215Position: LB

Rated as the #22 outside linebacker in the nation by Rivals.com...ranked as the #41 outside linebacker in the country by Scout.com...the #53 linebacker in the nation by Scout.com...all-state se-lection as a senior by The St. Petersburg Times...rated as the #52

prospect in the state of Florida by SuperPrep ...as a senior, had 115 to-tal tackles, including 84 first hits and 31 assists...also had four recovered fumbles, five caused fumbles and nine quarterback sacks in 2005...for his career, had 282 solo tackles, 107 assists for 389 total tackles...added 19 sacks, 14 caused fumbles, six fumble recoveries and three in-terceptions... an all-state selection as a junior after registering 100 tackles and four sacks...played for Buddy Nobles...high school teammate of first-team USA Today All-American C.J. Spiller...his brother, Bennie started at cornerback for the Uni-versity of Florida...chose Clemson over Auburn, Louisville, Maryland, North Carolina, N.C. State, and Tennessee. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “If you told Clemson’s staff last May that they could have signed one player from

Union County High School, and it would have been Kevin Alex-ander, they would have been ecstatic. As it turned out, they inked Alexander (on film, the best looking linebacker Clemson was af-ter) and his best friend C.J. Spiller. He dominates tackles and is very physical at the point of attack. He was the #1 linebacker on Clemson’s board from December on and is the most punishing tackler they signed this year. He is a physical prospect that could grow into a Bandit. Alexander has a very bright future. Alexander was signed by Clemson assistant coach David Blackwell.”

RICKY SAPPHometown: Bamberg, SCHigh School: Bamberg-Ehrhardt HSHeight / Weight: 6-5 / 225Position: DL

First-team USA Today All-American... first Clemson signee to be named first or second-team All-American by USA Today as a defensive lineman since Chester McGlockton in 1988... Mc-Glockton went on to a four-time Pro Bowl career in the NFL...national top 100 player collegefootballnews.com, who ranked him as the 17th best player in the nation...a top 100 player by Tom Lemming, who ranks him as the 18th best player in the nation... rated as the #21 prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...member of the ESPN top 150, he is ranked as the #61 player in the na-tion by ESPN.com... a U.S. Army All-American, played in the U.S. Army Bowl in San Antonio, TX...second-team All-American by EA Sports....the #1 prospect in the state of South Carolina by SuperPrep and The State Newspaper...ranked among the top 10 defensive linemen in the nation by virtually every service...the #2 defensive end in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com...the #3 defensive end in the nation by Rivals.com...rated as the number-five defensive end in the nation by scout.com, that internet site also lists him as a five-star player... #6 defensive lineman in the nation by SuperPrep and #9 defensive lineman by Prepstar...the #2 prospect in the state of South Carolina by Rivals.com... the #1 defensive end in the east region by Scout.com ...a member of the East Hot 100 by Scout.com... named to the Super Southern 100 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...one of the top-25 players in the nation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution... 1st-team All-South by Countdown to Signing Day... a member of the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team... recorded 82 tackles, including 25 tackles for loss and 11 sacks as a senior...an all-region and all-state selection as a junior...had 70 tackles, including 27 tackles for loss and 11 sacks as a junior...as a sophomore he was named to the All-Region team...standout in track and basketball...three-year state Regional Champion in the 100 meters (10.76 career best)...

the 200 meters (21.0 career best) and the 4X 100 meter relay...two-year starter in basketball, he has been All-Region the last two years...played for coach Ron Duncan at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School...chose Clemson over Florida State, Georgia, N.C. State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia Tech.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Clemson fans loved seeing John Johnson chase opponents around Death Valley in the late 1980s and they may see the second coming in Ricky Sapp. It is rare to see a player with Sapp’s size and speed. The #1 player in South Carolina has ter-rific overall speed and unbelievable closing speed. He plays well in space and is a great edge rusher. He should pick up where Gaines Adams will leave off for the Tigers at the Bandit position. There are few things as impressive as watching Sapp return kick-offs for touchdowns in high school. This kind of athleticism at the Bandit position is hard to come by. His Shrine Bowl performance made it easy to see why he was the nation’s #1 weakside defensive end prospect. He was signed by Clemson assistant Ron West.”

JAMIE CUMBIEHometown: Morris, ILHigh School: Morris Community HSHeight / Weight: 6-7 / 255Position: DL

First-team Parade All-American, first incoming Clemson de-fensive lineman named to the Parade All-American team since 1989...a national top 100 player by many services...second-team USA Today All-American and by EA Sports...ranked as the 50th best player in the nation by Tom Lemming...listed as the 60th best player in the nation by collegefootballnews.com...an ESPN.com top 150 player, he is rated as the 87th best player in the nation....rated as the #7 strong side defensive end in the nation by Rivals.com...the #3 rated prospect overall in the state of Illinois by Rivals.com...the 6th-rated defensive end prospect in the nation by Col-legefootballnews.com... rated as the #10 defensive end prospect in the nation by Scout.com...the #1 defensive end in the midwest region by Scout.com...a member of PrepStar’s Dream Team Top 100...a member of the Midwest Hot 100 by Scout.com...rated as the #24 prospect in the Midwest by SuperPrep...the #16 defensive line prospect in the nation by PrepStar...the #39 defensive line prospect in the nation by SuperPrep... top 100 recruit by High School Sport Magazine... recorded 125 tackles including 25 sacks as a senior for Morris Community High School...all-state selection by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune...Chicago-land Defensive Player-of-the-Year...a member of the Illinois Tre-mendous 26...Joliet Herald and Morris Daily Herald All-Area...had 610 yards receiving as a tight end and five touchdowns...

helped his team to a 14-0 record and the Class 6A state cham-pionship...had 70 tackles and six sacks as a junior, also had 300 yards receiving as a tight end...2005 Class 6-A All-State...2005 Suburban Prairie Conference Defensive MVP...team captain...all-area and all-conference selection as a junior...also plays baseball for Morris...coached by George Dergo...grew up in Andrews, SC...chose Clemson over Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Purdue.

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MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Jamie Cumbie got the ball rolling for this terrific recruiting class when he committed to the Tigers in the summer. This is another special prospect. Cumbie has a huge body and great frame but is very athletic and runs well. Anytime you can beat Notre Dame it is a big deal – but especially now that Notre Dame is back. He is a great kid that reminds you of some of Danny Ford’s signees like Vance Hammonds. Cumbie can play defensive end, defensive tackle, tight end or even grow into an of-fensive lineman at Clemson. He would have to be considered one of the top prospects in this class. Cumbie was signed by Clemson assistant coach David Blackwell.”

JEREMY CAMPBELLHometown: Port Orange, FLHigh School: Spruce Creek HSHeight / Weight: 6-2 / 215Position: LB

Rated as the #53 outside linebacker in the country by Rivals.com...All-Southeast region by PrepStar...recorded 90 tackles in-cluding 14 tackles for loss and seven sacks as a senior at Spruce Creek High School...also had over 500 yards of total offense and five touchdowns on offense...team captain and defensive MVP as a senior...named to the All Five-Star Conference first-team defense...

played in the Central Florida High School All-Star game...also a starter on the Spruce Creek basketball team as a forward...first-team all-conference and honorable mention all-state in basketball as a junior...played for Jared Zito...chose Clemson over Georgia Tech, Illinois, Purdue, Kansas, Louisville, and Indiana.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “The Tiger staff did not bring in many play-ers for official visits during the season, but one they did bring in early was Jeremy Campbell. In Vic Koenning’s defensive scheme, he is looking for a few things in his linebackers: height, speed and intelligence. The Clemson staff believes Campbell has all three. Campbell is a really bright kid. He has great cover skills and plays in space really well. He could be an edge rusher that will remind some of how Nick Watkins plays in this scheme. This high-char-acter prospect was signed by former Clemson assistant Marion Hobby.”

CHRIS RUSSELLHometown: Nashville, TNLast College: Coffeyville Junior CollegeHeight / Weight: 6-2 / 210Position: DB

At Colorado: Signed with Colorado out of high school and spent two seasons in Boulder...played on special teams in all 12 games, including the Big 12 Championship Game that year...missed the Houston Bowl with a knee injury...red-shirted the 2003 season as a defensive back...earned Scout Team Award in preparation for the Iowa State game in 2003... spent the 2005 season at Coffeyville Junior College in Coffeyville, KS...enrolled at Clemson in January and will go through Spring practice with two seasons of eligibilty remaining...majored in journalism at Colorado.

In High School: Lettered all four years during his high school career, and as a senior, he earned PrepStar All-America honors, while Prep Football Report named him to its all-Southeast team....SuperPrep selected him to its all-Dixie team, as he was tabbed the No. 5 player in Tennessee (and the No. 1 defensive back), with Ri-vals.com ranking him the No. 15 defensive back in the country....first-team all-state....junior year, he was once again named to the

all-state...as a senior, he was in on 44 tackles, had four intercep-tions, 20 pass deflections and three forced fumbles....on offense he saw some limited, but very valuable time at receiver, as he caught five passes for 154 yards and three touchdowns....his junior year, he had 40 total tackles (two for losses), as he finished with three interceptions and 25 pass break ups...during his sophomore campaign, he totaled 35 tackles (20 solo), adding one recovered fumble, 18 pass deflections and a career best five interceptions....started as a freshman and finished the year with 31 total tackles, four interceptions and 15 pass break ups....top career game came during his senior year: in a 19-13 win over Smyrna, he had a 67-yard touchdown reception and was in on seven tackles, and had an incredible eight pass deflections, with the most important coming on Smyrna’s last-second desperation pass, which was intercepted by a teammate... Hillsboro complied an impressive 50-6 record during his career under coach Ron Aydelott, as it won its region all four years....Hillsboro was 14-1 his senior year, 14-1 his junior season,13-1 his sophomore year, and 9-3 his freshman season...played in the Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star game in June of his se-nior year...lettered four times in basketball, as he earned all-region (11-5A) first-team honors at forward as a junior and senior, the latter when he averaged 22 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks per game.... lettered once in track, participating in the 100 meters (10.9) and several relays....a Distinguished Scholar (honor roll) member at Hillsboro...born August 14, 1984 in Nashville, Tenn....member of 100 Scholar program which helps with Habitat for Humanity and several area food drives... cousin (David Mimms) played receiver and cornerback at Middle Tennessee State from 1993-95. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Russell is the third Tiger signee that enrolled in school for the spring semester. He is a talented safety prospect that has impressed coaches already. Probably the best compliment you can give Russell is Clemson didn’t want to take a junior col-lege player; but they still took Russell. He originally committed to Tennessee out of high school; but signed with Colorado where he played corner and safety. Clemson likes him enough where he will definitely make an impact next season. He was signed by Clemson assistant Vic Koenning.”

BYRON MAXWELLHometown: North Charleston, SCHigh School: Fort Dorchester HSHeight / Weight: 6-1 / 185Position: DB

The number-40 ranked player in the nation according to ESPN.com, the highest rated Clemson signee according to that internet site...rated as the #3 player in the state of South Carolina by The State...the #4 player in the state of South Carolina by Su-perPrep...#18 cornerback prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...rated as the #2 cornerback prospect in the nation by Scout.com...did not play his senior season due to injury...had 60 tackles, 19 pass break-ups and five interceptions as a junior, also returned a punt for a touchdown...#5 prospect in South Carolina by Rivals.com...the 11th-rated cornerback prospect in the nation by Col-legefootballnews.com... a member of the East Hot 100 by Scout.com...rated as the #19 defensive back prospect in the nation by SuperPrep... named to the Super Southern 100 by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...played for Steve LaPrad at Fort Dorchester High School...chose Clemson over Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, Notre Dame, South Carolina, and Virginia Tech. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Byron Maxwell tore his ACL the summer be-fore his senior year. Before his injury he would have been one of the top 2 or 3 players in the state. He is a big physical corner that Clemson jumped on and signed very early on. If he can recover fully, he will be a great corner for Clemson. Maxwell is the rare corner that has great cover skills; but is big enough to grow into a safety. When healthy - he is a difference maker. Maxwell was signed by Clemson assistant coach Burton Burns.”

JACOBY FORDHometown: West Palm Beach, FLHigh School: Fork Union Military AcademyHeight / Weight: 5-9 / 175Position: WR

Played the 2005 season at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia...returned seven kicks for touchdowns at Fork Union (four punt and three kickoff ), and also had 57 receptions for 1,254

yards and nine touchdowns...rushed 12 times for 306 yards (25.5 average) and three touchdowns...rated as the #36 wide receiver/kick returner in the nation by Scout.com...the #17 rated prep school player in the nation by Rivals.com... tabbed as the “fastest player on the east coast” by Rivals.com...had the best 40-yard dash time at the Fork Union College Coaches Combine with a time of 4.126...Fork Union Coach John Schuman calls Ford “the fastest player ever at Fork Union”...Fork Union has produced 87 NFL Draft picks and two Heisman Trophy winners over the years...as a senior at Cardinal Newman High School in Florida, caught 22 passes for 550 yards (25.0 average) and 10 touchdowns...at-tended the same high school as former Tiger punter Ryan Romano (1996-99)...named the MVP of the Palm Beach County All-Star Game...a second-team all-state selection...2005 Florida state high school champion in the 100m dash with a time of 10.32, and the 200m dash with a time of 21.25...two-time football letter-man in football...earned one letter in track...enrolled at Clemson in January and will be eligible to participate in spring practice...brother Davy played football at Florida State and once scored on an 82-yard run against Clemson in 2000...played for Don Dicus at Cardinal-Newman...played for John Schuman at Fork Union...chose Clemson over Florida, Michigan State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Speed, speed, speed. Someone asked me how fast Jacoby Ford is and I answered, ‘As fast as he needs to be.’ Ford has game-changing speed. He is as fast as any player Clemson has signed - including Tye Hill, Airese Currie and Jerry Butler. Ford will be involved in kick returns, play wide receiver and maybe a little running back. Any time you beat Southern Cal you feel like you got a pretty good player. Ford benefited from going through spring practice. He was signed by Clemson assistant Burton Burns.”

CREZDON BUTLERHometown: Asheville, NCHigh School: Asheville HSHeight / Weight: 6-0 / 180Position: DB

Rated as the #14 cornerback in the nation by Rivals.com...rated as the #4 prospect overall in North Carolina by Rivals.com...a member of the Rivals.com 250... the #19 cornerback prospect in the country by CollegeFootballNews.com...a member of the East Hot 100 by Scout.com...ranked as #24 cornerback in the nation by Scout.com, they rate him a four-star player...rated as the #17 defensive back prospect in the nation by SuperPrep...first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press... a member of the North Carolina Shrine Bowl team...had 61 tackles and seven intercep-tions as a senior...also played quarterback, and rushed for over 1,300 yards and 16 touchdowns...threw for 749 yards and two touchdowns...helped lead his Asheville High School team to the Class 3A State Championship in 2005... all-time leading rusher at Asheville High with over 4,000 career yards, breaking the 63-year old record of Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justice...also runs track for Asheville High...played for Danny Wilkins...chose Clemson over Maryland, North Carolina, N.C. State, South Carolina, and Virginia Tech.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Crezdon Butler would have been the top-rated prospect in any class that did not include prospects like Spiller and Sapp. Butler is one of the top 5 players in North Carolina. He had an unbelievable high school career and did everything for his team. I think he will be a very good corner at Clemson with a chance to come in and play right away. He is another really high-character kid signed by the Tigers. Butler can change direction and acceler-ate. He makes things look easy. Butler was signed by former Tiger assistant Marion Hobby.”

DEANDRE MCDANIELHometown: Tallahassee, FLHigh School: Amos P. Godby HSHeight / Weight: 6-1 / 190Position: DB

A national top 100 recruit by collegefootballnews.com, he is ranked as 72nd best player in the nation... a member of PrepStar’s Dream Team Top 100... the 90th rated prospect overall in the nation by Rivals.com...also an ESPN.com top 150 player, he is ranked 106th......rated as the #6 safety in the nation by Rivals.com...the 10th ranked prospect overall in the state of Florida

Jeremy campbell

by Rivals.com...rated as the #8 safety prospect in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com... a member of the Rivals.com 250...the #16 safety in the nation by Scout.com, they list him as a four-star signee...the #13 defensive back prospect in the nation by PrepStar...a member of the Southern Hot 100 by Scout.com...showed his versatility as a senior, when he caught a touchdown pass, blocked a field goal, and intercepted a pass all in the same game against Leon County High School...recorded 58 tackles and had 39 catches for 696 yards as a senior...as a junior, had 53 tackles and eight interceptions, returning three for touchdowns...also caught 27 passes for 656 yards and six touchdowns as a wide receiver as a junior...two-way starter on the gridiron, he had eight interceptions as a junior and three as a senior...also a starter on the basketball team, he is averaging 22 points per game...played for Shelton Crews at Godby High School...chose Clemson over Alabama, Louisville, Auburn, Florida, and Florida State. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “The Tigers went into FSU’s backyard and received an early commitment from DeAndre McDaniel, one of the top 10 players in the state of Florida and one of the top two or three players in this signing class. On film he shows everything the Tigers are looking for. He catches the ball well and has great ball skills. McDaniel has excellent speed and is very athletic and in the return game he is a terrific runner with excellent vision. He is one of the few athletes that can bait the quarterback into throwing an interception. The multi-sport star has great instincts and just does everything well. He could play for any program in the country. McDaniel is the kind of athlete that just makes everything look easy. He was signed by Clemson assistant Dabo Swinney.”

DARIUS GAITHERHometown: Winnsboro, SCHigh School: Fairfield Central HSHeight / Weight: 6-0 / 195Position: DB

Rated as the #14 safety in the nation by Rivals.com...the #6 prospect overall in the state of South Carolina by Rivals.com...the #9 player in the state of South Carolina by SuperPrep...the #21 safety prospect in the nation by Collegefootballnews.com...the #35 safety prospect in the nation by Scout.com... rated as the #9 prospect in the state of South Carolina by The State...the #35 defensive back in the nation by SuperPrep...a member of the South Carolina Shrine Bowl Team...first-team all-state selection as a senior by The State...missed much of his senior season due to a high ankle sprain, but still rushed for 500 yards and eight touch-downs...as a junior, had 87 tackles, 16 pass break-ups, and seven interceptions...returned four punts for touchdowns as a junior...as a junior established state of South Carolina record for the lon-gest interception return for a touchdown (108 yards vs. Irmo)...won Specialist of the Year Award in South Carolina by the State Newspaper...played for Reggie Kennedy at Fairfield Central High School...also runs track at Fairfield Central...chose Clemson over Auburn, Maryland, North Carolina, N.C. State, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wake Forest.

MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Like so many players in this class, Darius Gaither has three things Bowden and his staff look for: speed, ath-leticism and character. Gaither is one of the fastest players in the class. Along with his terrific speed, he has great coverage skills. Gaither will play safety for Clemson and has tremendous upside because of his speed. At the Shrine Bowl he played corner; but he will move to safety in Tigertown. Gaither is another prospect in this class that could be used as a return specialist. Gaither was signed by Clemson assistant coach Brad Scott.”

MICHAEL WADEHometown: Greer, SCHigh School: Riverside HSHeight / Weight: 6-2 / 187Position: QB

Son of parents who were both Clemson athletes, father (Mike) was letterman on Clemson’s National Championship football team of 1981 and mother (Elizabeth) was on the volleyball team...rated as the #15 duel-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com...the #14 prospect in the state of South Carolina by Rivals.com...rated as the #13 player in the state of South Carolina by The State...the #20 player in the state of South Carolina by Su-perprep...ranked as the #38 quarterback overall in the nation by Scout.com...team captain...completed 113 of 222 passes as a se-



nior for 1376 yards and 13 touchdowns...rushed for 354 yards and five touchdowns...South Carolina Sports Report all-region and all-state as a senior...as a junior, passed for 1,338 yards and nine touchdowns...also ran for 623 yards and six touchdowns...team MVP as a junior...all-region and all-county as a junior...a member of the National Honor Society...member of Riverside’s 2004 state championship baseball team...high school teammate of fellow Tiger signee Richard Jackson... chose Clemson over Mary-land, and Duke. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Clemson will sign all-everything quarterback Will Korn next season. They had a great shot at former Tennessee QB Brent Schaeffer, who they turned down. But Michael Wade impressed Clemson coaches at their summer camp and the Tigers offered. He is the kind of quarterback Rob Spence likes. He is athletic and can get on the corner and throw on the run. He is also a very tough kid. His father was a member of the 1981 National Championship team. I think Wade is farther along, coming into Clemson, than QB Will Proctor was. Wade was signed by Clem-son assistant David Blackwell.”

RICHARD JACKSONHometown: Greer, SCHigh School: Riverside HSHeight / Weight: 5-11 / 185Position: K/P

Parade All-American, the first Parade All-America kicker to come to Clemson since Chris Gardocki in 1988...rated as the #3 place kicker in the nation by Rivals.com...first-team All-America selection by EA Sports...rated as the #11 prospect overall in South Carolina by Rivals.com...the #10 kicker in the nation by Scout.

com... ranked as the #7 player in the state of South Carolina by The State...the #16 player in the state of South Carolina by Super-Prep...member of the South Carolina Shrine Bowl Team...South Carolina High School Coaches Association Special Teams Player-of-the-Year...first-team all-state selection by The State...averaged 46 yards per punt as a senior...was 8-for-11 on field goals as a junior with a long of 50 yards, and also averaged 44 yards per punt...set the state record with a 64-yard field goal as a senior, only four yards shy of the national high school record in 2005...his kick was featured as one of the plays of the week on ESPN by Chris Berman...also connected on a 47-yard field goal in that game...played for Don Frost at Riverside High School...high school team-mate of fellow Tiger signee Michael Wade...chose Clemson over LSU, Texas A&M, Georgia, and Maryland.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “The 2005 campaign had few weaknesses for the Tigers, but Clemson ranked last in the ACC in punting. Be-cause of this and his talent, Richard Jackson is one of the guys that will have a chance to contribute right away. He holds the state record in field goals and may be an even better punter. Also, he might be a rarity, in that he could perform all three facets of the kicking game - like former Tiger Chris Gardocki. I would think he will start at punter and have a decent shot at kickoffs heading

into camp. Once Jad Dean graduates, Jackson may have a shot at place kicking. Jackson was signed by Clemson assistant coach David Blackwell.”

JAMAL MEDLINHometown: Orangeburg, SCHigh School: Orangeburg Wilkinson HSHeight / Weight: 6-6 / 305Position: OL

The #14 player in the state of South Carolina by The State...rated as the #19 prospect overall in the state of South Carolina by Rivals.com... ranked as the #25 offensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com...played for Orangeburg-Wilkinson, the same high school that produced former Tigers Jackie Robinson (1999-02), and quarterbacks Mike O’Cain (1973-76) and Woodrow Dantzler (1998-01)...played for Tony Felder...chose Clemson over Mary-land, N.C. State, South Carolina, Virginia, and UCF. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Jamal Medlin emerged on the scene at the Shrine Bowl this year and received several offers after the Monday and Tuesday practices. Coaches knew he was strong; but he also was a lot more polished than many believed. Medlin has a big, wide body that reminds you a little of Jamarcus Grant. He could play tackle or in the interior. Medlin has a nice upside. He was signed by Clemson assistant coach Burton Burns”

JOJO COXHometown: Jeffersonville, GAHigh School: Twiggs County HSHeight / Weight: 5-9 / 213Position: RB

First Team All-State selection by the Atlanta Journal-Constitu-tion...One of the top-five running backs in the state of Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...rated as the #43 running back in the nation by Scout.com...ran for 1852 yards and 22 touch-downs as a senior at Twiggs County High School...rushed for 1,750 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior...ran for 1,600 yards and 14 touchdowns as a sophomore...high school teammate of cur-rent Tiger linebacker Antonio Clay...rated the #39 prospect overall in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com...the #50 player in Georgia by SuperPrep...ranked as the #49 running back in the nation by Rivals.com...coached by Dexter Copeland, who also coached Clay and former Tiger linebacker and current Seattle Seahawk Leroy Hill at Balwdin County High School...chose Clemson over Mary-land, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, and West Virginia.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Clemson had Jo Jo Cox in their summer camp and came away impressed with his skills. The former high school teammate of current Tiger linebacker Antonio Clay was one of the first commitments for this class. Cox is a really strong and low-center-of-gravity back that plays at a low pad level. He is a very good power runner between the tackles. He has good forward lean, breaks tackles and gets extra yards after contact. Cox’s style reminds me of Reggie Merriweather. He was signed by Clemson assistant Ron West.”

JEFF OGRENHometown: Tuscaloosa, ALHigh School: American Christian AcademyHeight / Weight: 6-3 / 185Position: WR

First-team All-State as a junior and senior, he only played two years of high school football...had 71 receptions as a senior and 62 as a junior...already on the Clemson campus, he enrolled in Janu-ary and will go through Spring practice...rated as the #30 prospect overall in the state of Alabama by Rivals.com...the #76 wide re-ceiver in the nation by Scout.com...had over 1,500 yards receiving as a senior with 17 touchdowns...as a junior had 1,325 yards and 18 touchdowns...played both ways both years, he had 10 inter-ceptions over his junior and senior season...set state of Alabama record with a 102 yard interception return for a score...also served as the punter for American Christian averaging 40.0 yards on 23 kicks...played for Steve Hooks... also a solid golfer, his career best score is a 66...chose Clemson over Georgia Tech, Central Florida, Tulane and UAB.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Like Chris Russell and Jacoby Ford, Jeff Ogren impressed Clemson’s coaches in spring practice. The trio signed with Clemson in December and enrolled in school in Janu-

ary. Ogren is a lot like Kendrick Johnson in that that he catches the ball very well. He is a taller kid that can surprise you with his speed. Coach Bowden has commented that he is already faster than many of the wideouts they currently have. Ogren has very good ball skills. I think he will play right away and avoid a red-shirt. He was signed by Clemson assistant Dabo Swinney.”

KENDRICK JOHNSONHometown: Fort Lauderdale, FLHigh School: Dillard HSHeight / Weight: 6-2 / 170Position: WR

Rated as the #75 wide receiver in the nation by Rivals.com...the #83 prospect overall in the state of Florida by Rivals.com...had 30 catches for 450 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior...team captain...a member of the National Honor Society...offen-sive MVP of the South team in the Florida North-South All-Star game...All-Broward County selection...All-State selection...All-Conference and All-Region as a senior...led Broward County in touchdown receptions as a senior...played for Mark James...chose Clemson over Georgia, Oklahoma State, Colorado, and Michigan State.MIckeY’S TAkeS - “When the Tigers first recruited Kendrick Johnson they thought he might have a chance to enroll in the spring, but that did not happen. The staff will happily wait until August to see him on campus when Johnson will bring some im-pressive skills with him. Johnson has very good hands and catches the ball extremely well. On film, he shows excellent concentra-tion and good ball skills. His highlight film included several circus catches. He is faster than he is quick. It is safe to say Johnson is more like Aaron Kelly than Chansi Stuckey. Johnson was signed by Clemson assistant coach David Blackwell.”

MICHAEL PALMERHometown: Lilburn, GAHigh School: Parkview HSHeight / Weight: 6-4 / 228Position: TE

First-Team All-State in Class AAAAA by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...caught 21 passes for 385 yards and five touchdowns as a senior...high school teammate of current Tiger offensive line-man Brandon Pilgrim...played for Cecil Flowe at Parkview High School...also a starter on the basketball team for Parkview....chose Clemson over Virginia. MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Clemson has a new tight end coach in Billy Napier and Michael Palmer will impress him when he arrives in Clemson. Palmer is a tight end that catches the ball really well. He is not a speed guy and is not the greatest athlete; but he has been blessed with a terrific set of hands. Rob Spence wants to continue to feature the tight end in the offensive scheme and Palmer is a good pass-receiving tight end. He was signed by Clemson assistant Ron West.”

CHRIS HAIRSTONHometown: Winston-Salem, NCHigh School: Carver HSHeight / Weight: 6-5 / 270Position: OL

A member of the North Carolina Shrine Bowl Team...first-team all-state selection by the AP...all-region as a junior and se-nior...played his entire senior season as a 16-year old...played for Keith Wilks at Carver High School...first Clemson signee from Winston-Salem since Perry Tuttle in 1978 MIckeY’S TAkeS - “Prospect is the perfect word to use to describe Chris Hairston. Other words could be potential - upside and high-ceiling. I hardly knew anything about Hairston until the Shrine Bowl. He is only 16 years old. He is a guy who really doesn’t know how to play football yet; but at 16 has so much potential. Clemson has some talented guys ahead of Hairston now, so it made sense that they could wait a couple of years for him to come into his own as a tackle. In the end - he could be a great one. Hairston was signed by former Clemson assistant Marion Hobby.”

Mickey Plyler is a WCCP Talk Show Host and Editor of Tiger Source

Richard Jackson


When Danny Ford came out of high school as a highly tout-ed tight end, he wanted to go to a place where he would have the opportunity to win champi-onships.

“That’s why you play the game,” said the former Clem-

son head Coach, who now runs a farm in Pendle-ton. “You always strive to be the best you can and anyone who coaches or plays the game wants to win a championship.”

That’s why Ford chose to play college football for Bear Bryant at Alabama. The Crimson Tide is known for their rich college football roots and tra-ditions, and there Ford would have opportunities every college football player dreams of – winning a National Championship.

“it’s a dream for everyone who has or will play college football,” he said.

But Ford, like many others, never got that chance. Sure Alabama went to bowl games every year he was there, including playing in the 1967 Cotton Bowl, but he never once had the opportu-nity to win a championship.

“i never had a chance at Alabama,” he said. “We never even won a conference championship and that was our goal. i went to Alabama because they won championships and i wanted to be a cham-pion. But we never got there.”

Ford finally started winning his championships in 1973 as an assistant coach when Alabama won the SeC Championship. he won a 2nd champion-ship in 1978 as Charlie Pell’s top assistant when Clemson won the ACC for the first time since 1967. Then after the USC game that year, Pell left to takeover as the new coach at Florida and Ford suddenly found himself in charge of a team that faced the legendary coach Woody hayes in the Ga-tor Bowl.

it wasn’t until 1981, in his 3rd full year as head coach at Clemson, that Ford got the opportunity to win his 1st National Championship, and it came at the least expected time.

in 1980, Clemson struggled, losing 4 of its last 6 games including an embarrassing 34-17 loss to Duke in Death Valley to finish 6-5. The last thing Ford and his staff were thinking about, as they entered the 1981 season, was winning a National Championship.

“We just wanted to try to improve on the 6-5 team,” he said. “We had to rebuild our football team after my first season because we had a lot of kids that left that had experience. luckily, we beat South Carolina there at the end, because they were probably a better football team than we were – except for that day.

“Willie Underwood made a couple of big plays and we went 6-5, but i think the Clemson people were disappointed because they had a little taste of winning for the first time in a while and then all of sudden Coach (Charlie) Pell left, and i’m young, and they didn’t know if they did the right thing.”

But by the end of 1981, that opinion soon changed… let’s relive that season.

Sept. 5, 1981GAME 1: CLEMSON 45, WOFFORD 10

Clemson opened the season in Death Valley with a 45-10 victory over Wofford College. The teams traded field goals in the 1st quarter before an 80-yard pass from Clemson QB homer Jordan to Perry Tuttle gave the Tigers the lead for good in the 2nd quarter. Jordan scored on a 14-yard run before the half, and Clemson added 2 more touchdowns in the 3rd quarter as it broke out to a 31-10 lead. The Tigers cruised from there, adding 2 more scores in the 4th to the Terriers one for a 45-10 victory.

“They played us and made us look silly there for a while,” Ford said. “They ran the Wing-T and had us going in different directions than they were sometimes.”

Sept. 12, 1981GAME 2: CLEMSON 13, TULANE 5

Clemson had to depend on its defense to beat Tulane in the Tigers 1st ever game in a dome sta-dium.

“That was the 1st time any of our kids had seen a dome down there,” Ford said. “That didn’t have anything to do with the way we played, we just weren’t a very good football team at the time when we played Tulane.”

Playing in front of 45,736 fans in the louisiana Superdome, Clemson found itself trailing 5-0 in the 1st quarter thanks to a Green Wave field goal and a safety on a bad snap that sailed over punter Dale hatcher’s head. The Tigers took a 7-5 lead in the 2nd quarter (the game’s only TD) on a 4-yard Cliff Austin run. Kicker Bob Pauling added field goals of 31 and 37 yards to seal Clemson’s 13-5 win.

Sept. 19, 1981GAME 3: CLEMSON 13, #4 GEORGIA 3

it might have been a beautiful fall afternoon that day the defending National Champion and #4 ranked Georgia Bulldogs came to Clemson, but it turned out to be an ugly day for the Bulldogs and star running back herschel Walker. Clemson forced a school record 9 turnovers that day, includ-ing 5 interceptions on its way to a 13-3 victory.

“We had played Georgia pretty good for the last 3 or 4 years,” Ford said. “our guys had gotten to thinking that they were nearly as good as Georgia anyway since Georgia had dominated that series pretty good up until that time.”

Georgia was the highest ranked team Clemson had beaten in its history to that point. An inter-ception by strong safety Tim Childress set up the game’s only TD, an 8-yard pass from Jordan to Tuttle in the 2nd quarter. To counter Georgia kicker Kevin Butler’s 40-yard field goal, Donald ig-

Head Coach Danny Ford, 1981

William Perry and Danny Tripplett bringing Hershcel Walker and the defending National Champion Georgia Bulldogs down.


webuike booted 2 of his own, for 39 and 29 yards, in the 3rd quarter to secure the win.

“We happened to have a pretty good day against them that day and held Walker down a little bit and forced a good bit of turnovers,” Ford said. “That was a key game for us. it was a hump game. if you got by them, you’re pretty good. We knew if we won that one, we had a chance to get better.”

The win propelled the Tigers into the national rankings the next week at #19 in the Associated Press (AP) Poll and #18 in the Coaches’ Poll.

Oct. 3, 1981GAME 4: #14 CLEMSON 21, KENTUCKY 3After an open week, the Tigers had moved up

to #14 in both national polls and were starting to get some respect around the country as they headed to lexington, KY, to face the Kentucky Wildcats of the SeC. Kentucky, which was com-ing off a near upset of SeC heavyweight Alabama, completely stymied the Clemson offense in the 1st half and led 3-0 at the break, thanks to a 40-yard field goal in the 1st quarter. But the Tigers took control of the game on the opening possession of the 2nd half. Clemson drove 83 yards in 13 plays, which was topped off by an 11-yard Kevin Mack touchdown. After recovering a Kentucky fumble on the Wildcats’ ensuing possession, Jordan took the football in from the 3 for a 14-3 lead. The Ti-gers put the game away in the 4th quarter with a 94-yard drive which consumed nearly 6 minutes of the clock. Chuck McSwain clinched the drive with a 3-yard plunge. Clemson amassed 213 yards in the 2nd half, while holding Kentucky to 97.

Oct. 10, 1981GAME 5: #9 CLEMSON 27, VIRGINIA 0

After beating Kentucky, the Tigers cracked the Top 10 for the first time since 1978 in both wire service polls as they returned to Death Valley for homecoming. The #9 Tigers had little trouble against a Virginia team that was 0-20 against Clemson coming in. The Tigers racked up 265 yards rushing in their ACC-opener and finished the afternoon with 426 yards of total offense. The Cavaliers on the other hand were limited to 237 to-tal yards and never sniffed the Clemson end zone. The Tigers got 2 Cliff Austin TDs and 1 from Jeff McCall in the 27-0 victory.

Oct. 17, 1981GAME 6: #6 CLEMSON 38, DUKE 10

Clemson continued its strong climb in the polls, with a #6 AP ranking and a #7 Coaches’ Poll. The Tigers went to Durham, NC to battle pesky Duke, which had upset them in Death Valley the year before. This time, however, there was no upset as Clemson jumped out to a 31-3 lead in the 3rd quarter on its way to a 38-10 victory. The Clemson offense rolled up 563 total yards with 323 of that coming on the ground. Jordan completed 13 of 19 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown. Austin ran for 178 yards and 2 TDs on just 19 carries. Though they gave up 325 yards, the Clemson defense, led by linebacker Jeff Davis, held its 7th straight op-ponent – dating back to the season finale win over South Carolina in 1980 – to 10 points or less.

Oct. 24, 1981GAME 7: #4 CLEMSON 17, N.C. STATE 7

For the 1st time since 1959, Clemson entered a football game with a Top 5 ranking. The Tiger de-fense did its part to ensure that ranking with their 8th consecutive game of holding an opponent to 10 points or less.

“That was our 3rd conference game and at that point our football team wasn’t thinking orange Bowl, National Championship, or anything like that,” Ford said. “We were just trying to stay in the

conference race and we knew a win would keep us in the race for what was our primary goal, win-ning an ACC Championship.”

Clemson needed its defense more than ever as it hosted N.C. State in the first Textile Bowl. Though the 2 ACC rivals played for a number of years, the two schools, which have strong ties to the textile industry, decided to name the game and award the winning team with a trophy each year. As it turned out, it was the first of many trophies the Clemson team would take ownership to in 1981.

After giving up its first rushing touchdown of the season in the 1st quarter, the Clemson defense smothered the Wolfpack the rest of the day, hold-ing them to a mere 201 total yards. The Clemson offense didn’t have a great day, but it did rush for 304 yards, controlling the line of scrimmage and the football for much of the afternoon. Jordan rushed for a career-high 104 yards, while Austin and McCall each scored TDs in the 17-7 win.

Oct. 31, 1981GAME 8: #3 CLEMSON 82, WAKE FOREST 24

With its highest ranking ever to that point, Clemson set an ACC record for points scored against an ACC opponent that still stands today. Ford said it was one of those afternoons where everything was clicking for his team and nothing was for Wake Forest.

“everything we did was good and everything they did was bad,” he said. “That was the game that made everyone feel a little bit better about themselves.” (except maybe The Tiger, ricky Capps, who had to perform a whopping 465 push-ups that day – the most in Tiger history.)

The Tigers set ACC records for total yards (756), rushing yards (536), margin of victory (58 points) and points scored (82) in the 82-24 victory in Death Valley. As the Tigers were trying to run out the clock, walk-on Craig Crawford scored on a 72-yard jaunt.

“he wasn’t even listed in the (game) program,” Ford said. “We were just trying to play everyone and run out the clock. it’s not any fun to beat someone like that. it was just one of those things where their kids couldn’t do anything to stop us that day.”

Crawford was one of 9 Tigers to score on the day, including 3 TDs by McSwain and 2 by Austin.

Jeff McCall, leading rusher in the UNC game.



During his time at Clemson, Tommy Bowden has given his position as head coach its justified respect.

When he was hired, he noted this was one of a handful of destinations he’d targeted many years before as a place where he wanted to continue his family’s success in the game.

What he probably never contemplated before taking the job, though, is that one of college foot-

ball’s coaching luminaries would be his counterpart at

the archrival dur-ing his first six

years. B o w d e n

c e r t a i n l y compet-ed well against S o u t h Caroli-

na’s

lou holtz, winning five of their six meetings. Add in the wry tidbit that his Tigers denied holtz a 250th career win as a result of Clemson’s vic-tory in 2004, and his work against someone on the same pedestal as his dad in the game, is certainly noteworthy.

however, when holtz departed the South Caro-lina scene just a few days after that final, brawl-marred meeting with Clemson in ‘04, along came another major name in the sport, one who is also on track for the College Football hall of Fame and a coach who has a National Championship to his name, too.

From lou holtz to Steve Spurrier. You’d be hard pressed to find another coach in the land who’s had to go up against such competition, especially in games that include the enduring emotion gener-ated by the Clemson/USC rivalry.

“They (other coaches) might have gone against (big name coaches) in their conference. But i don’t think anybody has their rival,” Bowden said of what is his eighth season of preparing to face holtz or Spurrier.

“This happened to be my rival. Two great coaches, National Championship guys, hall of Fame guys, top notch. Not just in the pack, they’re top-level guys and i don’t know if that’s ever hap-pened. You go and get your dream job and the two guys they throw up there are top-level guys you go against, as far as the rivalry.”

For his part, South Carolina’s second-year coach may wonder if he was destined to only face the Bowden family in rivalry situations. After leaving Duke, he went against Bobby Bowden’s Florida State teams between 1990 and 2001, and posted a 5-8-1 record, including a 1-1 mark in two Sugar Bowl meetings.

Spurrier’s continued his downward trend against the Bowden family as Tommy’s team regis-tered last fall’s 13-9 victory in Columbia. it was a ri-valry meeting in which both schools entered with significant momentum and, in the end, Clemson’s defense proved to be up to the task of handling the Spurrier-engineered offense.

it also marked the fourth loss in the past five meetings by a Spurrier team against those guided by a Bowden. it’s one thing to be motivated to face the archrival. it’s another to have the type of success Tommy Bowden has had against the opponent that gets his fans’ attention year round

- going 6-1 against the holtz and Spurrier-led South Carolina teams.

“When you jump into this profession, you have oppor-tunities to coach against

the best,” Bowden said. “Not a lot of guys get that opportunity. The game’s important. You say you coach it all the same, but anytime you beat one of those guys, they’re well coached, well prepared, they’ve got good players just like you, so it is more significant, probably.”

having a bloodline to Florida State’s Bobby Bowden, who won eight of 14 meetings against Spurrier, could perhaps, mean that Tommy and his dad have discussed the intricacies of going against the former Florida head coach. Not exactly.

“i don’t think he (Bobby Bowden) adjusts his style to a coach, he does to a d e f e n s i v e scheme,”theyounger Bowden noted.


Meaning Bobby Bowden, with his strength on the offensive side of the football, had a big hand in the Seminoles scoring more than 30 points against the Gators six times during the Spurrier era, fac-ing Florida defenses that were usually allowing about half that amount per game. Although Tom-my doesn’t consider himself a “defensive” coach, it was his team that kept the scheming Spurrier under 10 points in the 2005 meeting.

in any case, Tommy Bowden wasn’t given a game plan from his dad for facing the man he’s now up against in his rivalry series.

in terms of building a program, it’s clear (based on the various recruiting rankings over the past three or four years) that Bowden and his staff were ramping-up the talent level in the program. This is a sign that the holtz name was certainly not get-ting in the way of Clemson landing top players.

Measuring the past two Tiger classes with Spur-rier as the coach at South Carolina, the ratings con-tinue to show little impact against Clemson by a big name at the rival. Granted, there are players who’ve had their choice come down to the two in-state rivals. At the very least, Clemson’s staff is likely more than pleased with its take in this re-spect.

Perhaps the best comparison between the two is in their management styles, which produce somewhat of an ironic twist based on Bowden’s assessment.

Bowden is in his second head coaching job and in his 10th year guiding a program. it’s a role that was preceded by many years as an assistant under a wide array of successful, veteran coaches. it was through these experiences that he’s noted over the years that he was able to develop various ideas about how to run a program. While he most frequently cites his dad as his primary reference point (Bobby Bowden is Division i-A’s winning-est coach, after all) he’ll also refer to how others, he worked under, handled things. he appears to have catalogued various ideas from a wide spectrum.

Spurrier – nine years Tommy Bowden’s senior – is guiding his third college program, and fifth team overall when you include his stints with the USFl’s Tampa Bay Bandits (three seasons) and the NFl’s Washington redskins (two seasons). The 2006 season marks his 17th campaign at the helm of a college program. he has that National Champi-onship to his credit and a reputation that’s known from coast to coast.

Spurrier’s NFl playing days folded into working as an offensive assistant at Florida, Georgia Tech, and Duke for five seasons combined, and then his journey as a head coach began in 1983.

With more than 20 years of head coaching (Spur-rier) compared to 10 (Tommy Bowden), you would suspect the one with fewer years under his belt might be more inclined to tinker with every aspect of his ball club. And the opposite would likely be the perception of the man with the longer tenure.

That’s not the case here, according to Bowden. “(our offensive philosophies are) probably very similar now. run, run-action pass. But, i’ve headed more in the delegation-management style. he’s

still hands-on, he’ll micro-manage the offense. i’m not.”

Spurrier makes no bones about the fact that he runs his team’s offense, essentially calling the plays from the sideline and, according to those in the game who would know, at times going about his business with limited input from those in the coaching booth upstairs. his style, while labeled as brash by some, has certainly led him to numer-ous accolades.

Bowden obviously hopes, and believes, his ap-proach is the route that will take the Tigers to that next level they appear on the verge of achieving.

With the Bowden-Spurrier era entering year number two in this colorful rivalry, Spurrier will bring a team to Death Valley for a third time this

November (he has an 0-2 record in the Tigers’ home, by the way). Tommy Bowden will look to continue his run against South Carolina and build on his early success against the guy with the vi-sor.

Their different paths to opposing sidelines will again have them front and center in one of col-lege football’s most heated matchups. And Clem-son’s coach will again employ his style, looking to prove that a big name won’t stand in the way of his dream.

Pete Yanity is the Voice of the Clemson Tigers

and Sports Director, WSPA-TV

The Fan’s Media GUIDE 85 The Fan’s Media GUIDE 85


Nov. 7, 1981GAME 9:

#2 CLEMSON 10, #8 NORTH CAROLINA 8By this time the whispers around the Clemson

campus had turned into loud yells as fans and stu-dents began to talk about the possibility of going undefeated and what that might mean for the Ti-gers on the national scene. But the Clemson foot-ball team had other worries, despite being ranked #2 in the country, their main focus was to win the ACC as they headed to Chapel hill, NC to battle 7-1 and #8 North Carolina.

The game marked the 1st time in the history of the ACC that 2 ACC teams entered a football game in the Top 10. The game lived up to its billing too. The ACC’s two top defenses dominated the after-noon as the Tar heels managed 263 yards, while the Tigers totaled just 254.

“it was a real good football game,” Ford said.After falling behind 3-0 in the 2nd quarter,

Clemson answered with a Jeff McCall TD to cul-minate a 14-play, 81-yard drive. North Carolina blocked a punt which sailed out of the end zone just before the 1st half came to a close and the Tigers took a 7-5 lead into the locker room. igwe-buike kicked a 39-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter for a 10-5 Clemson lead. After the Tar heels pulled within 2 again with a field goal of their own, the Tiger defense made several big plays, including Jeff Bryant’s recovery of an incom-plete lateral, as UNC was driving with 57 seconds left, to preserve the victory.

“That was a game we had to win to stay where we were,” Ford said. “We had Maryland coming in the next week and we had to go to South Carolina.

“That was probably the 1st time where we felt we are a pretty good football team. We beat a Top 10 football team. We were progressing and getting better a little bit better each week so we felt pretty good about ourselves at that point.”

Nov. 14, 1981GAME 10: #2 CLEMSON 21, MARYLAND 7The Tigers wrapped up their 2nd ACC title in

14 years and their 7th overall with a 21-7 victory on Senior Day in Death Valley. This was one of Clemson’s more impressive wins of the year con-sidering Maryland had beat the Tigers 8 of the last 9 years prior to 1981. The Terps also had a shot at a share of the ACC title if they could beat Clem-son. But Jordan and the Tigers would have none of that and ended Maryland’s hope for an upset early by jumping out to a 21-0 advantage. Jordan, himself, was responsible for 312 total yards – the 3rd highest total in Clemson history at the time – including 3 TD passes, while completing 20 of 29 passes. Two of those touchdown strikes went to Tuttle, who had 10 catches for 151 yards to be-come Clemson’s all-time reception leader, while the other went to Jerry Gaillard, who ended his

Clemson career with his 1st TD catch. The Tiger defense held Maryland to 236 yards and only al-lowed a touchdown after the Terrapins recovered a fumble at the Clemson seven.

“i remember after the football game Coach Jer-ry Claiborne, who had coached there a long time, was very positive about our football team and talked very good about our defense,” Ford said. “That game was a confidence building one in fact,

because we had a good throwing game.“At that point we realized we were pretty tough.

We won the conference championship which was our 1st goal and now we could set our sights on South Carolina and try to win in the in-state ri-valry. if we do that and everything falls into place with the bowl games then we have a chance to play for something we have never played for.”

Nov. 21, 1981GAME 11:

#2 CLEMSON 29, SOUTH CAROLINA 13The Clemson Tigers crowned their first unde-

feated regular season since 1948 with a 29-13 win over their archrival in Columbia. The day, howev-er, didn’t start off so good. The Gamecocks stuffed the Clemson offense early and took a 7-0 lead when Johnnie Wright scored from a yard out. The Tigers still struggled until rod McSwain came from the left side and blocked a Chris Norman punt. The ball rolled into the end zone where Johnny rem-bert fell on the ball for a Clemson touchdown.

“That was a really big play for us,” Ford said. “That kind of turned the ball game around after that.”

Though the Tigers missed the extra point, the momentum shifted over to the Clemson sideline where it was never relinquished. Pauling added

a 24-yard field goal and Jordan scrambled for an 11-yard touchdown, giving Clemson a 15-7 lead at halftime.

The Gamecocks pulled within two points, 15-13, when quarterback Gordan Beckham hit horace Smith with a 10-yard pass. The two-point conver-sion to tie the game, however, failed. Clemson put the game away in the 4th quarter with two Chuck McSwain TDs, including a 23-yard run for the final score of the afternoon. McSwain rushed for 151 yards on 25 carries and was named the game’s MVP. After the game the Tigers accepted a bid to play Nebraska in the orange Bowl on Jan.1st.

“That game made everyone happy for so many reasons,” Ford said. “it was South Carolina first of all, it was the first time we went undefeated in a good many years, we already had the conference championship and then accepted the bid to the orange Bowl.”

That next week, #1 Pittsburgh was soundly up-set by Penn State, 42-14, bolting Clemson to the top spot in the land for the first time in its his-tory. it also meant the Tigers had an opportunity

to win the school’s first National Championship in any sport when they made the journey to Miami’s orange Bowl.

“everyone was happy, but i don’t ever recall us talking about a National Championship that much even when we were at that point,” Ford said. “it was still out in front of us, but just like the other games we played against North Carolina, Maryland and South Carolina, we were more concentrating on who we had to play instead of what it might

mean - because we had to beat them first.”

Jan. 1, 1982GAME 12: #1 CLEMSON 22, #4 NEBRASKA 15

it’s a night Tiger fans will never forget. Af-ter playing football for 86 years and struggling through the down years of the early 1970’s, Clem-son claimed its 1st National Championship in any sport with a 22-15 victory over Big 8 Champion Nebraska.

“At that time back then, Clemson wasn’t an ev-ery day name in college football too much,” Ford said. “When Coach (Frank) howard was here he won a few ACC Championships and some bowl games back then, but the ACC wasn’t a conference with big bowl-type situations like it is now.”

With Nebraska being favored, it was obvious from the start, Clemson wasn’t going to play the role of underdog, but of conqueror as it forced a Nebraska fumble on the 3rd play from scrimmage. The fumble was recovered by middle guard Wil-liam Devane and 6 plays later igwebuike nailed a 41-yard field goal to give Clemson a 3-0 lead.

“All we had to do was go out there and play one more good game and show them that we could play with them and that we were as good as they were,” Ford said.

Rod McSwain changing the momentum in the play of the game

Perry Tuttle and Homer Jordan in action during the National Championship Game

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Nebraska responded on its next drive with a 69-yard march, completed with a 25-yard Mike rozier to Anthony Steels pass for a 7-3 lead with 6:43 to go in the 1st quarter.

But Clemson wasn’t to be intimidated. After an exchange of punts, igwebuike hit a 2nd field goal - this time from 37 yards away - to make the score 7-6.

After a recovered fumble from linebacker Jeff Davis at the Nebraska 27, the Tigers took a 12-7 lead, just before the half, as Austin swept the right side from 2 yards out. .

Clemson drove 75 yards in 12 plays on its sec-ond possession of the 2nd half for its final TD of the night. Jordan clinched the drive with a 13-yard pass to the left corner of the end zone to Tuttle, which gave the Tigers a 19-7 lead. it was Tuttle’s 8th touchdown of the season – a school record for a receiver at the time.

igwebuike kicked his 3rd field goal of the night, this time from 36 yards for a 22-7 lead with 2:36 to play in the 3rd quarter. The field goal was set up by a 41-yard Billy Davis punt return to the Corn-huskers’ 20.

“At that point we had a chance to really blow that game out of the water, but being the kind of football team they are, they hung in there and came back with a great play,” Ford said.

roger Craig kept Nebraska in the game when he darted 26 yards for a TD. After a successful two-point conversion by Craig, the Cornhuskers trailed by just 7 points with 9 minutes to play.

The Clemson defense stiffened up and held the Nebraska offense on its next possession, while the Tigers’ offense held onto the ball for nearly 5 and a half minutes, running all but 12 seconds off the game clock. Mark Mauer’s heave downfield for one last chance was batted down by defensive end Andy headen, giving Clemson the National Cham-pionship.

“our guys played good when they had to,” Ford said. “When you go back and see what happened. We were behind several times in that game and in the season, but we never gave up. We won some close games and won some when we didn’t play very good.

“They had chances to get beat, but they didn’t. They found a way to win every football game.”

And found a way to bring a National Champi-onship back to Clemson, S.C., for the first time in history.



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10/14 Sat vs. *eastern Michigan 10/19 Thu @ *central Michigan 10/28 Sat @ Temple 11/4 Sat @ *Akron 11/15 Wed vs. *Miami (Ohio) 11/21 Tue @ *ToledoBuffalo (maC) 8/31 Thu vs. Temple 9/9 Sat @ *Bowling Green State 9/16 Sat @ *Northern Illinois 9/23 Sat @ Auburn 10/7 Sat vs. *Ball State 10/14 Sat vs. *Miami (Ohio) 10/21 Sat @ *Ohio 10/28 Sat @ Boston college 11/4 Sat vs. *kent 11/9 Thu @ *Akron 11/18 Sat @ Wisconsin 11/24 Fri vs. *central MichiganCentral michigan (maC) 8/31 Thu vs. Boston college 9/9 Sat @ Michigan 9/16 Sat vs. *Akron 9/23 Sat @ *eastern Michigan 9/30 Sat @ kentucky 10/7 Sat @ *Toledo 10/14 Sat vs. *Ball State 10/19 Thu vs. *Bowling Green State 11/4 Sat @ Temple 11/10 Fri vs. *Western Michigan 11/17 Fri @ *Northern Illinois 11/24 Fri @ *Buffalo

eastern michigan (maC) 8/31 Thu @ *Ball State 9/9 Sat @ Michigan State 9/16 Sat @ Northwestern 9/23 Sat vs. *central Michigan 9/30 Sat @ Louisiana-Lafayette 10/14 Sat @ *Bowling Green State 10/21 Sat vs. *Toledo 10/28 Sat @ *Western Michigan 11/4 Sat vs. *Ohio 11/11 Sat vs. Navy 11/18 Sat @ *kent 11/24 Fri vs. *Northern Illinoiskent (maC) 8/31 Thu vs. Minnesota 9/9 Sat @ Army 9/16 Sat @ *Miami (Ohio) 9/23 Sat @ *Bowling Green State 9/30 Sat vs. *Akron 10/7 Sat @ Temple 10/14 Sat vs. *Toledo 10/28 Sat vs. *Ohio

11/4 Sat @ *Buffalo 11/11 Sat @ Virginia Tech 11/18 Sat vs. *eastern Michigan 11/24 Fri @ *Ball Statemiami (ohio) (maC) 8/31 Thu vs. Northwestern 9/9 Sat @ purdue 9/16 Sat vs. *kent 9/23 Sat @ Syracuse 9/30 Sat @ cincinnati 10/7 Sat vs. *Northern Illinois 10/14 Sat @ *Buffalo 10/21 Sat @ *Akron 10/28 Sat vs. *Ball State 11/4 Sat @ *Western Michigan 11/15 Wed @ *Bowling Green State 11/24 Fri vs. *Ohionorthern illinois (maC) 9/2 Sat @ Ohio State 9/9 Sat vs. *Ohio 9/16 Sat vs. *Buffalo 9/23 Sat vs. Indiana State 9/30 Sat @ *Ball State

10/7 Sat @ *Miami (Ohio) 10/14 Sat @ *Western Michigan 10/21 Sat vs. Temple 10/28 Sat @ Iowa 11/7 Tue vs. *Toledo 11/17 Fri vs. *central Michigan 11/24 Fri @ *eastern Michiganohio (maC) 9/2 Sat vs. Tennessee-Martin 9/9 Sat @ *Northern Illinois 9/16 Sat @ Rutgers 9/23 Sat @ Missouri 9/30 Sat vs. *Bowling Green State 10/7 Sat vs. *Western Michigan 10/14 Sat @ Illinois 10/21 Sat vs. *Buffalo 10/28 Sat @ *kent 11/4 Sat @ *eastern Michigan 11/16 Thu vs. *Akron 11/24 Fri @ *Miami (Ohio)Toledo (maC) 8/31 Thu @ Iowa State 9/9 Sat @ *Western Michigan

9/15 Fri vs. kansas 9/23 Sat vs. McNeese State 9/30 Sat @ pittsburgh 10/7 Sat vs. *central Michigan 10/14 Sat @ *kent 10/21 Sat @ *eastern Michigan 10/28 Sat vs. *Akron 11/7 Tue @ *Northern Illinois 11/14 Tue vs. *Ball State 11/21 Tue vs. *Bowling Green StateWestern michigan (maC) 9/2 Sat @ Indiana 9/9 Sat vs. *Toledo 9/16 Sat @ Virginia 9/23 Sat vs. Temple 10/7 Sat @ *Ohio 10/14 Sat vs. *Northern Illinois 10/21 Sat @ *Ball State 10/28 Sat vs. *eastern Michigan 11/4 Sat vs. *Miami (Ohio) 11/10 Fri @ *central Michigan 11/18 Sat @ Florida State 11/24 Fri @ *Akron

Boise state (WaC) 9/2 Sat vs. Sacramento State 9/7 Thu vs. Oregon State 9/16 Sat @ Wyoming 9/23 Sat vs. *Hawaii 9/30 Sat @ Utah 10/7 Sat vs. *Louisiana Tech 10/15 Sun @ *New Mexico State 10/21 Sat @ *Idaho 11/1 Wed vs. *Fresno State 11/11 Sat @ *San Jose State 11/18 Sat vs. *Utah State 11/25 Sat @ *Nevadafresno state (WaC) 9/1 Fri vs. *Nevada 9/9 Sat vs. Oregon 9/16 Sat @ Washington 9/30 Sat vs. colorado State 10/7 Sat @ *Utah State 10/14 Sat vs. *Hawaii 10/21 Sat @ Louisiana State 11/1 Wed @ *Boise State 11/11 Sat vs. *New Mexico State 11/18 Sat vs. *Idaho 11/24 Fri @ *Louisiana Tech 12/2 Sat @ *San Jose StateHawaii (WaC) 9/2 Sat @ Alabama 9/16 Sat vs. Nevada-Las Vegas 9/23 Sat @ *Boise State 9/30 Sat vs. eastern Illinois 10/7 Sat vs. *Nevada 10/14 Sat @ *Fresno State 10/21 Sat @ *New Mexico State 10/28 Sat vs. *Idaho 11/4 Sat @ *Utah State 11/11 Sat vs. *Louisiana Tech 11/18 Sat vs. *San Jose State 11/25 Sat vs. purdue 12/2 Sat vs. Oregon State

idaho (WaC) 9/2 Sat @ Michigan State 9/9 Sat @ Washington State 9/16 Sat vs. Idaho State 9/23 Sat @ Oregon State 9/30 Sat @ *Utah State 10/7 Sat vs. *New Mexico State 10/14 Sat @ *Louisiana Tech 10/21 Sat vs. *Boise State 10/28 Sat @ *Hawaii 11/4 Sat vs. *Nevada 11/18 Sat @ *Fresno State 11/25 Sat vs. *San Jose Statelouisiana Tech (WaC) 9/2 Sat @ Nebraska 9/16 Sat vs. Nicholls State 9/23 Sat @ Texas A&M 9/30 Sat @ clemson 10/7 Sat @ *Boise State 10/14 Sat vs. *Idaho 10/21 Sat vs. *Utah State 10/28 Sat @ *San Jose State 11/4 Sat @ North Texas 11/11 Sat @ *Hawaii 11/18 Sat vs. *Nevada 11/24 Fri vs. *Fresno State 12/2 Sat @ *New Mexico Statenevada (WaC) 9/1 Fri @ *Fresno State 9/9 Sat @ Arizona State 9/16 Sat vs. colorado State 9/22 Fri vs. Northwestern 9/30 Sat @ Nevada-Las Vegas 10/7 Sat @ *Hawaii 10/21 Sat vs. *San Jose State 10/28 Sat vs. *New Mexico State 11/4 Sat @ *Idaho 11/11 Sat vs. *Utah State 11/18 Sat @ *Louisiana Tech 11/25 Sat vs. *Boise State

new mexico state (WaC) 8/31 Thu vs. Southeast Louisiana 9/9 Sat vs. New Mexico 9/16 Sat vs. Texas Southern 9/30 Sat @ Texas-el paso 10/7 Sat @ *Idaho 10/15 Sun vs. *Boise State 10/21 Sat vs. *Hawaii 10/28 Sat @ *Nevada 11/4 Sat vs. *San Jose State 11/11 Sat @ *Fresno State 11/25 Sat @ *Utah State 12/2 Sat vs. *Louisiana Techsan Jose state (WaC) 9/2 Sat @ Washington 9/9 Sat vs. Stanford 9/23 Sat vs. cal poly- San Luis Obispo 9/30 Sat vs. San Diego State 10/14 Sat vs. *Utah State 10/21 Sat @ *Nevada 10/28 Sat vs. *Louisiana Tech 11/4 Sat @ *New Mexico State 11/11 Sat vs. *Boise State 11/18 Sat @ *Hawaii 11/25 Sat @ *Idaho 12/2 Sat vs. *Fresno Stateutah state (WaC) 9/2 Sat @ Wyoming 9/9 Sat @ Arkansas 9/16 Sat vs. Utah 9/23 Sat @ Brigham Young 9/30 Sat vs. *Idaho 10/7 Sat vs. *Fresno State 10/14 Sat @ *San Jose State 10/21 Sat @ *Louisiana Tech 11/4 Sat vs. *Hawaii 11/11 Sat @ *Nevada 11/18 Sat @ *Boise State 11/25 Sat vs. *New Mexico State

Baylor (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Texas christian 9/9 Sat vs. Northwestern State 9/16 Sat vs. Washington State @ Seattle, WA 9/23 Sat vs. Army 9/30 Sat vs. *kansas State 10/7 Sat @ *colorado 10/14 Sat @ *Texas 10/21 Sat vs. *kansas 10/28 Sat vs. *Texas A&M 11/4 Sat @ *Texas Tech 11/11 Sat @ *Oklahoma State 11/18 Sat vs. *OklahomaColorado (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Montana State 9/9 Sat vs. colorado State @ Denver, cO 9/16 Sat vs. Arizona State 9/23 Sat @ Georgia 9/30 Sat @ *Missouri 10/7 Sat vs. *Baylor 10/14 Sat vs. *Texas Tech 10/21 Sat @ *Oklahoma 10/28 Sat @ *kansas 11/4 Sat vs. *kansas State 11/11 Sat vs. *Iowa State 11/24 Fri @ *Nebraskaiowa state (Big 12) 8/31 Thu vs. Toledo 9/9 Sat vs. Nevada-Las Vegas 9/16 Sat @ Iowa 9/23 Sat @ *Texas 9/30 Sat vs. Northern Iowa 10/7 Sat vs. *Nebraska 10/14 Sat @ *Oklahoma 10/21 Sat vs. *Texas Tech 10/28 Sat @ *kansas State 11/4 Sat vs. *kansas 11/11 Sat @ *colorado 11/18 Sat vs. *Missouri

kansas (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Northwestern State 9/9 Sat vs. Louisiana-Monroe 9/15 Fri @ Toledo 9/23 Sat vs. South Florida 9/30 Sat @ *Nebraska 10/7 Sat vs. *Texas A&M 10/14 Sat vs. *Oklahoma State 10/21 Sat @ *Baylor 10/28 Sat vs. *colorado 11/4 Sat @ *Iowa State 11/18 Sat vs. *kansas State 11/25 Sat @ *Missourikansas state (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Illinois State 9/9 Sat vs. Florida Atlantic 9/16 Sat vs. Marshall 9/23 Sat vs. Louisville 9/30 Sat @ *Baylor 10/7 Sat vs. *Oklahoma State 10/14 Sat vs. *Nebraska 10/21 Sat @ *Missouri 10/28 Sat vs. *Iowa State 11/4 Sat @ *colorado 11/11 Sat vs. *Texas 11/18 Sat @ *kansasmissouri (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Murray State 9/9 Sat vs. Mississippi 9/16 Sat @ New Mexico 9/23 Sat vs. Ohio 9/30 Sat vs. *colorado 10/7 Sat @ *Texas Tech 10/14 Sat @ *Texas A&M 10/21 Sat vs. *kansas State 10/28 Sat vs. *Oklahoma 11/4 Sat @ *Nebraska 11/18 Sat @ *Iowa State 11/25 Sat vs. *kansas

nebraska (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Louisiana Tech 9/9 Sat vs. Nicholls State 9/16 Sat @ Southern california 9/23 Sat vs. Troy 9/30 Sat vs. *kansas 10/7 Sat @ *Iowa State 10/14 Sat @ *kansas State 10/21 Sat vs. *Texas 10/28 Sat @ *Oklahoma State 11/4 Sat vs. *Missouri 11/11 Sat @ *Texas A&M 11/24 Fri vs. *coloradooklahoma (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Alabama- Birmingham 9/9 Sat vs. Washington 9/16 Sat @ Oregon 9/23 Sat vs. Middle Tennessee St. 10/7 Sat vs. *Texas @ Dallas, TX 10/14 Sat vs. *Iowa State 10/21 Sat vs. *colorado 10/28 Sat @ *Missouri 11/4 Sat @ *Texas A&M 11/11 Sat vs. *Texas Tech 11/18 Sat @ *Baylor 11/25 Sat @ *Oklahoma Stateoklahoma state (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Missouri State 9/9 Sat vs. Arkansas State @ Little Rock, AR 9/16 Sat vs. Florida Atlantic 9/23 Sat @ Houston 10/7 Sat @ *kansas State 10/14 Sat @ *kansas 10/21 Sat vs. *Texas A&M 10/28 Sat vs. *Nebraska 11/4 Sat @ *Texas 11/11 Sat vs. *Baylor 11/18 Sat @ *Texas Tech 11/25 Sat vs. *Oklahoma

Texas (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. North Texas 9/9 Sat vs. Ohio State 9/16 Sat vs. Rice @ Houston, TX 9/23 Sat vs. *Iowa State 9/30 Sat vs. Sam Houston State 10/7 Sat vs. *Oklahoma @ Dallas, TX 10/14 Sat vs. *Baylor 10/21 Sat @ *Nebraska 10/28 Sat @ *Texas Tech 11/4 Sat vs. *Oklahoma State 11/11 Sat @ *kansas State 11/24 Fri vs. *Texas A&MTexas a&m (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. citadel 9/9 Sat vs. Louisiana- Lafayette 9/16 Sat vs. Army @ San Antonio, TX 9/23 Sat vs. Louisiana Tech 9/30 Sat vs. *Texas Tech 10/7 Sat @ *kansas 10/14 Sat vs. *Missouri 10/21 Sat @ *Oklahoma State 10/28 Sat @ *Baylor 11/4 Sat vs. *Oklahoma 11/11 Sat vs. *Nebraska 11/24 Fri @ *TexasTexas Tech (Big 12) 9/2 Sat vs. Southern Methodist 9/9 Sat @ Texas-el paso 9/16 Sat @ Texas christian 9/23 Sat vs. Southeastern Louisiana 9/30 Sat @ *Texas A&M 10/7 Sat vs. *Missouri 10/14 Sat @ *colorado 10/21 Sat @ *Iowa State 10/28 Sat vs. *Texas

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alabama-Birmingham (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ Oklahoma 9/9 Sat vs. *east carolina 9/16 Sat @ Georgia 9/23 Sat vs. Mississippi State 9/30 Sat vs. Troy 10/7 Sat vs. *Memphis 10/14 Sat @ *Rice 10/21 Sat vs. *Marshall 10/31 Tue @ *Southern Methodist 11/10 Fri vs. *Texas-el paso 11/18 Sat @ *Southern Mississippi 11/25 Sat @ *central FloridaCentral florida (Cusa) 9/2 Sat vs. Villanova 9/9 Sat @ Florida 9/16 Sat vs. South Florida 9/26 Tue vs. *Southern Mississippi 10/4 Wed @ *Marshall 10/13 Fri vs. pittsburgh 10/21 Sat vs. *Rice 10/28 Sat @ *Houston 11/4 Sat vs. *east carolina 11/11 Sat @ *Memphis 11/18 Sat @ *Tulane 11/25 Sat vs. *Alabama- Birminghameast Carolina (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ Navy 9/9 Sat @ *Alabama- Birmingham 9/16 Sat vs. *Memphis 9/23 Sat vs. West Virginia 10/7 Sat vs. Virginia 10/14 Sat vs. *Tulsa 10/21 Sat vs. *Southern Methodist 10/28 Sat @ *Southern Mississippi 11/4 Sat @ *central Florida 11/11 Sat vs. *Marshall 11/18 Sat @ *Rice 11/25 Sat @ North carolina State

Houston (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ *Rice 9/9 Sat vs. *Tulane 9/16 Sat vs. Grambling State 9/23 Sat vs. Oklahoma State 9/30 Sat @ Miami (Florida) 10/7 Sat vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 10/14 Sat @ *Southern Mississippi 10/21 Sat vs. *Texas-el paso 10/28 Sat vs. *central Florida 11/4 Sat vs. *Tulsa 11/11 Sat @ *Southern Methodist 11/18 Sat @ *Memphismarshall (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ West Virginia 9/9 Sat vs. Hofstra 9/16 Sat @ kansas State 9/23 Sat @ Tennessee 10/4 Wed vs. *central Florida 10/14 Sat @ *Southern Methodist 10/21 Sat @ *Alabama- Birmingham 10/28 Sat vs. *Memphis 11/4 Sat vs. *Tulane 11/11 Sat @ *east carolina 11/18 Sat vs. *Texas-el paso 11/25 Sat @ *Southern Mississippimemphis (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ Mississippi 9/9 Sat vs. Tennessee- chattanooga 9/16 Sat @ *east carolina 9/30 Sat vs. Tennessee 10/7 Sat @ *Alabama- Birmingham 10/14 Sat vs. Arkansas State 10/21 Sat vs. *Tulsa 10/28 Sat @ *Marshall 11/4 Sat vs. *Southern Mississippi 11/11 Sat vs. *central Florida 11/18 Sat vs. *Houston 11/25 Sat @ *Texas-el paso

rice (Cusa) 9/2 Sat vs. *Houston 9/9 Sat @ UcLA 9/16 Sat vs. Texas @ Houston, TX 9/23 Sat @ Florida State 9/30 Sat @ Army 10/7 Sat @ *Tulane 10/14 Sat vs. *Alabama- Birmingham 10/21 Sat @ *central Florida 11/4 Sat @ *Texas-el paso 11/11 Sat @ *Tulsa 11/18 Sat vs. *east carolina 11/25 Sat vs. *Southern Methodistsouthern methodist (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ Texas Tech 9/9 Sat @ North Texas 9/16 Sat vs. Sam Houston State 9/23 Sat vs. Arkansas State 9/30 Sat @ *Tulane 10/7 Sat @ *Texas-el paso 10/14 Sat vs. *Marshall 10/21 Sat @ *east carolina 10/31 Tue vs. *Alabama- Birmingham 11/11 Sat vs. *Houston 11/18 Sat vs. *Tulsa 11/25 Sat @ *Ricesouthern mississippi (Cusa) 9/2 Sat @ Florida 9/9 Sat vs. Southeast Louisiana 9/16 Sat vs. North carolina State 9/26 Tue @ *central Florida 10/3 Tue @ *Tulsa 10/14 Sat vs. *Houston 10/21 Sat @ Virginia Tech 10/28 Sat vs. *east carolina 11/4 Sat @ *Memphis 11/11 Sat @ *Tulane 11/18 Sat vs. *Alabama- Birmingham

11/25 Sat vs. *MarshallTexas-el paso (Cusa) 8/31 Thu @ San Diego State 9/9 Sat vs. Texas Tech 9/23 Sat @ New Mexico 9/30 Sat vs. New Mexico State 10/7 Sat vs. *Southern Methodist 10/14 Sat vs. *Tulane 10/21 Sat @ *Houston 10/27 Fri @ *Tulsa 11/4 Sat vs. *Rice 11/10 Fri @ *Alabama- Birmingham 11/18 Sat @ *Marshall 11/25 Sat vs. *MemphisTulane (Cusa) 9/9 Sat @ *Houston 9/16 Sat @ Mississippi State 9/23 Sat @ Louisiana State 9/30 Sat vs. *Southern Methodist 10/7 Sat vs. *Rice 10/14 Sat @ *Texas-el paso 10/21 Sat @ Auburn 10/28 Sat vs. Army 11/4 Sat @ *Marshall 11/11 Sat vs. *Southern Mississippi 11/18 Sat vs. *central Florida 11/25 Sat @ *TulsaTulsa (Cusa) 8/31 Thu vs. Stephen F. Austin 9/9 Sat @ Brigham Young 9/16 Sat vs. North Texas 9/23 Sat @ Navy 10/3 Tue vs. *Southern Mississippi 10/14 Sat @ *east carolina 10/21 Sat @ *Memphis 10/27 Fri vs. *Texas-el paso 11/4 Sat @ *Houston 11/11 Sat vs. *Rice 11/18 Sat @ *Southern Methodist 11/25 Sat vs. *Tulane

arkansas state (sun Belt) 9/2 Sat vs. Army 9/9 Sat vs. Oklahoma State @ Little Rock, AR 9/23 Sat @ Southern Methodist 9/30 Sat @ *Florida International 10/7 Sat vs. *Louisiana-Monroe 10/14 Sat @ Memphis 10/21 Sat vs. *North Texas 10/28 Sat @ *Florida Atlantic 11/4 Sat @ Auburn 11/11 Sat vs. *Middle Tennessee St. 11/18 Sat @ *Troy 11/25 Sat @ *Louisiana-Lafayetteflorida atlantic (sun Belt) 9/2 Sat @ clemson 9/9 Sat @ kansas State 9/16 Sat @ Oklahoma State 9/23 Sat @ South carolina 9/30 Sat @ *Louisiana-Monroe 10/18 Wed vs. *Louisiana-Lafayette 10/28 Sat vs. *Arkansas State 11/4 Sat @ *Middle Tennessee St. 11/11 Sat vs. *Troy 11/18 Sat @ *North Texas 11/25 Sat vs. *Florida International @ Miami, FL

florida international (sun Belt) 8/31 Thu @ *Middle Tennessee St. 9/9 Sat @ South Florida 9/16 Sat vs. Bowling Green State 9/23 Sat @ Maryland 9/30 Sat vs. *Arkansas State 10/7 Sat @ *North Texas 10/14 Sat @ Miami (Florida) 10/28 Sat @ Alabama 11/11 Sat vs. *Louisiana-Monroe 11/18 Sat vs. *Louisiana-Lafayette 11/25 Sat vs. *Florida Atlantic @ Miami, FL 12/2 Sat vs. *Troylouisiana-lafayette (sun Belt) 9/2 Sat @ Louisiana State 9/9 Sat @ Texas A&M 9/30 Sat vs. eastern Michigan 10/7 Sat @ Houston 10/18 Wed @ *Florida Atlantic 10/28 Sat vs. *Middle Tennessee St. 11/4 Sat @ *Troy 11/11 Sat vs. *North Texas 11/18 Sat @ *Florida International 11/25 Sat vs. *Arkansas State 12/2 Sat vs. *Louisiana-Monroe

louisiana-monroe (sun Belt) 9/2 Sat vs. Alcorn State 9/9 Sat @ kansas 9/16 Sat @ Alabama 9/30 Sat vs. *Florida Atlantic 10/7 Sat @ *Arkansas State 10/14 Sat @ *Troy 10/21 Sat vs. *Middle Tennessee St. 10/28 Sat vs. Arkansas @ Little Rock, AR 11/11 Sat @ *Florida International 11/18 Sat @ kentucky 11/25 Sat vs. *North Texas 12/2 Sat @ *Louisiana-Lafayettemiddle Tennessee state (sun Belt) 8/31 Thu vs. *Florida International 9/9 Sat @ Maryland 9/14 Thu vs. Tennessee Tech 9/23 Sat @ Oklahoma 9/30 Sat @ *North Texas 10/6 Fri vs. Louisville @ Nashville, TN 10/21 Sat @ *Louisiana-Monroe 10/28 Sat @ *Louisiana-Lafayette 11/4 Sat vs. *Florida Atlantic 11/11 Sat @ *Arkansas State 11/18 Sat @ South carolina 11/25 Sat vs. *Troy

north Texas (sun Belt) 9/2 Sat @ Texas 9/9 Sat vs. Southern Methodist 9/16 Sat @ Tulsa 9/23 Sat @ Akron 9/30 Sat vs. *Middle Tennessee St. 10/7 Sat vs. *Florida International 10/21 Sat @ *Arkansas State 10/28 Sat @ *Troy 11/4 Sat vs. Louisiana Tech 11/11 Sat @ *Louisiana-Lafayette 11/18 Sat vs. *Florida Atlantic 11/25 Sat @ *Louisiana-MonroeTroy (sun Belt) 9/2 Sat vs. Alabama State 9/9 Sat @ Florida State 9/16 Sat @ Georgia Tech 9/23 Sat @ Nebraska 9/30 Sat @ Alabama-Birmingham 10/14 Sat vs. *Louisiana-Monroe 10/28 Sat vs. *North Texas 11/4 Sat vs. *Louisiana-Lafayette 11/11 Sat @ *Florida Atlantic 11/18 Sat vs. *Arkansas State 11/25 Sat @ *Middle Tennessee St. 12/2 Sat @ *Florida International

Cincinnati (Big east) 9/2 Sat vs. eastern kentucky 9/8 Fri vs. *pittsburgh 9/16 Sat @ Ohio State 9/23 Sat @ Virginia Tech 9/30 Sat vs. Miami (Ohio) 10/7 Sat vs. Akron 10/14 Sat @ *Louisville 10/21 Sat vs. *South Florida 10/28 Sat vs. *Syracuse 11/11 Sat @ *West Virginia 11/18 Sat vs. *Rutgers 11/25 Sat @ *connecticutConnecticut (Big east) 8/31 Thu vs. Rhode Island 9/16 Sat vs. Wake Forest 9/23 Sat @ Indiana 9/30 Sat vs. Navy 10/7 Sat @ *South Florida 10/14 Sat vs. Army 10/20 Fri vs. *West Virginia 10/28 Sat @ *Rutgers 11/11 Sat vs. *pittsburgh 11/18 Sat @ *Syracuse 11/25 Sat vs. *cincinnati 12/2 Sat @ *Louisville

louisville (Big east) 9/2 Sat vs. kentucky 9/9 Sat @ Temple 9/16 Sat vs. Miami (Florida) 9/23 Sat @ kansas State 10/6 Fri vs. Middle Tennessee St. @ Nashville, TN 10/14 Sat vs. *cincinnati 10/21 Sat @ *Syracuse 11/2 Thu vs. *West Virginia 11/9 Thu @ *Rutgers 11/18 Sat vs. *South Florida 11/25 Sat @ *pittsburgh 12/2 Sat vs. *connecticutpittsburgh (Big east) 9/2 Sat vs. Virginia 9/8 Fri @ *cincinnati 9/16 Sat vs. Michigan State 9/23 Sat vs. citadel 9/30 Sat vs. Toledo 10/7 Sat @ *Syracuse 10/13 Fri @ central Florida 10/21 Sat vs. *Rutgers 11/4 Sat @ *South Florida 11/11 Sat @ *connecticut 11/16 Thu vs. *West Virginia 11/25 Sat vs. *Louisville

rutgers (Big east) 9/2 Sat @ North carolina 9/9 Sat vs. Illinois 9/16 Sat vs. Ohio 9/23 Sat vs. Howard 9/29 Fri @ *South Florida 10/14 Sat @ Navy 10/21 Sat @ *pittsburgh 10/28 Sat vs. *connecticut 11/9 Thu vs. *Louisville 11/18 Sat @ *cincinnati 11/25 Sat vs. *Syracuse 12/2 Sat @ *West Virginiasouth florida (Big east) 9/2 Sat vs. McNeese State 9/9 Sat vs. Florida International 9/16 Sat @ central Florida 9/23 Sat @ kansas 9/29 Fri vs. *Rutgers 10/7 Sat vs. *connecticut 10/14 Sat @ North carolina 10/21 Sat @ *cincinnati 11/4 Sat vs. *pittsburgh 11/11 Sat vs. *Syracuse 11/18 Sat @ *Louisville 11/25 Sat @ *West Virginia

syracuse (Big east) 9/2 Sat @ Wake Forest 9/9 Sat vs. Iowa 9/16 Sat @ Illinois 9/23 Sat vs. Miami (Ohio) 9/30 Sat vs. Wyoming 10/7 Sat vs. *pittsburgh 10/14 Sat @ *West Virginia 10/21 Sat vs. *Louisville 10/28 Sat @ *cincinnati 11/11 Sat @ *South Florida 11/18 Sat vs. *connecticut 11/25 Sat @ *RutgersWest Virginia (Big east) 9/2 Sat vs. Marshall 9/9 Sat vs. eastern Washington 9/14 Thu vs. Maryland 9/23 Sat @ east carolina 10/7 Sat @ Mississippi State 10/14 Sat vs. *Syracuse 10/20 Fri @ *connecticut 11/2 Thu @ *Louisville 11/11 Sat vs. *cincinnati 11/16 Thu @ *pittsburgh 11/25 Sat vs. *South Florida 12/2 Sat vs. *Rutgers

arizona (pac 10) 9/2 Sat vs. Brigham Young 9/9 Sat @ Louisiana State 9/16 Sat vs. Stephen F. Austin 9/23 Sat vs. *Southern california 9/30 Sat vs. *Washington 10/7 Sat @ *UcLA 10/14 Sat @ *Stanford 10/21 Sat vs. *Oregon State 11/4 Sat @ *Washington State 11/11 Sat vs. *california 11/18 Sat @ *Oregon 11/24 Fri vs. *Arizona Statearizona state (pac 10) 8/31 Thu vs. Northern Arizona 9/9 Sat vs. Nevada 9/16 Sat @ colorado 9/23 Sat @ *california 9/30 Sat vs. *Oregon 10/14 Sat @ *Southern california 10/21 Sat vs. *Stanford 10/28 Sat @ *Washington 11/4 Sat @ *Oregon State 11/11 Sat vs. *Washington State 11/18 Sat vs. *UcLA 11/24 Fri @ *ArizonaCalifornia (pac 10) 9/2 Sat @ Tennessee 9/9 Sat vs. Minnesota 9/16 Sat vs. portland State 9/23 Sat vs. *Arizona State 9/30 Sat @ *Oregon State 10/7 Sat vs. *Oregon 10/14 Sat @ *Washington State

10/21 Sat vs. *Washington 11/4 Sat vs. *UcLA 11/11 Sat @ *Arizona 11/18 Sat @ *Southern california 12/2 Sat vs. *Stanfordoregon (pac 10) 9/2 Sat vs. *Stanford 9/9 Sat @ Fresno State 9/16 Sat vs. Oklahoma 9/30 Sat @ *Arizona State 10/7 Sat @ *california 10/14 Sat vs. *UcLA 10/21 Sat @ *Washington State 10/28 Sat vs. portland State 11/4 Sat vs. *Washington 11/11 Sat @ *Southern california 11/18 Sat vs. *Arizona 11/25 Sat @ *Oregon Stateoregon state (pac 10) 9/2 Sat vs. eastern Washington 9/7 Thu @ Boise State 9/23 Sat vs. Idaho 9/30 Sat vs. *california 10/7 Sat vs. *Washington State 10/14 Sat @ *Washington 10/21 Sat @ *Arizona 10/28 Sat vs. *Southern california 11/4 Sat vs. *Arizona State 11/11 Sat @ *UcLA 11/18 Sat @ *Stanford 11/25 Sat vs. *Oregon 12/2 Sat @ Hawaii

southern California (pac 10) 9/2 Sat @ Arkansas 9/16 Sat vs. Nebraska 9/23 Sat @ *Arizona 9/30 Sat @ *Washington State 10/7 Sat vs. *Washington 10/14 Sat vs. *Arizona State 10/28 Sat @ *Oregon State 11/4 Sat @ *Stanford 11/11 Sat vs. *Oregon 11/18 Sat vs. *california 11/25 Sat vs. Notre Dame 12/2 Sat @ *UcLAstanford (pac 10) 9/2 Sat @ *Oregon 9/9 Sat @ San Jose State 9/16 Sat vs. Navy 9/23 Sat vs. *Washington State 9/30 Sat @ *UcLA 10/7 Sat @ Notre Dame 10/14 Sat vs. *Arizona 10/21 Sat @ *Arizona State 11/4 Sat vs. *Southern california 11/11 Sat @ *Washington 11/18 Sat vs. *Oregon State 12/2 Sat @ *californiauCla (pac 10) 9/2 Sat vs. Utah 9/9 Sat vs. Rice 9/23 Sat @ *Washington 9/30 Sat vs. *Stanford 10/7 Sat vs. *Arizona 10/14 Sat @ *Oregon 10/21 Sat @ Notre Dame

10/28 Sat vs. *Washington State 11/4 Sat @ *california 11/11 Sat vs. *Oregon State 11/18 Sat @ *Arizona State 12/2 Sat vs. *Southern californiaWashington (pac 10) 9/2 Sat vs. San Jose State 9/9 Sat @ Oklahoma 9/16 Sat vs. Fresno State 9/23 Sat vs. *UcLA 9/30 Sat @ *Arizona 10/7 Sat @ *Southern california 10/14 Sat vs. *Oregon State 10/21 Sat @ *california 10/28 Sat vs. *Arizona State 11/4 Sat @ *Oregon 11/11 Sat vs. *Stanford 11/18 Sat @ *Washington StateWashington state (pac 10) 9/2 Sat @ Auburn 9/9 Sat vs. Idaho 9/16 Sat vs. Baylor @ Seattle, WA 9/23 Sat @ *Stanford 9/30 Sat vs. *Southern california 10/7 Sat @ *Oregon State 10/14 Sat vs. *california 10/21 Sat vs. *Oregon 10/28 Sat @ *UcLA 11/4 Sat vs. *Arizona 11/11 Sat @ *Arizona State 11/18 Sat vs. *Washington

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1 OKLAHOMAAfter closing 2005 with a bang, the Sooners are back with leading heis-

man candidate Adrian Peterson.

2 TEXASVince Young is gone, but there’s

still gobs of talent remaining in Austin.

3 SOUTHERN CALNo Matt leinart and reggie Bush? See Texas.

4 AUBURNhow did lou holtz let Kenny irons get away?

5 OHIO STATETroy Smith is the real deal.

6 WEST VIRGINIAThere’s no doubt the Mountaineers are good. There’s also no doubt their schedule is easy.

7 FLORIDAUrban Meyer should have the Gators’ offense sizzling in his

second year.

8 LSUroad schedule is too brutal

for an undefeated season.

9 NOTRE DAMEThe offensive pyrotechnics will continue under Charlie Weis. And the

defense should be better.

10 TENNESSEEThe return of David Cutcliffe will

work wonders for the Vols’ offense.

11 CLEMSONWith key starters returning and Bowden’s best recruiting class ever -

the Tigers are poised to pounce.

12 MIAMIin some games, the hurricanes

seem close to greatness. in others, they’re close to collapse.

13 OREGONDucks’ offense should be fun to watch.

14 FLORIDA STATEWin the opener at Miami, and the

Seminoles could make a strong run.

15 GEORGIAMajor issues at quarterback, but the Bulldogs are loaded almost

everywhere else.

16 LOUISVILLEQuarterback Brian Brohm and running back Michael Bush give the Cardinals an entertaining combination.

17 CALIFORNIAif you haven’t checked out tailback Marshawn lynch, you need to.

18 MICHIGANWolverines’ fans won’t settle for much more mediocrity under lloyd Carr.

19 VIRGINIA TECHDefense will be salty. The receiv-

ers are excellent. But who will be the hokies’ quarterback?

20 NEBRASKACornhuskers could be ready to make a move under Bill Callahan.

21 ARIZONA STATESun Devils’ offense will be worth staying up late to watch on Satur-day nights.

22 IOWAhawkeyes need to improve their pass defense.

23 PENN STATEThe Nittany lions lost too many players to return to a BCS bowl.

24 ALABAMAThe defense won’t be as dominant, so the offense needs to pick up some of the slack and improve – a lot.

25 TEXAS TECHMike leach is the most underrated coach in college football.

REMEMBER!


was the only publication to correctly predict a Top 25 finish for the Clemson Tigers

in two of the last three years.


inside the Valleycontinued from page 6

“When the funds become available, they’ll step right into it,” he says. The anticipated completion date for Component 2 is the off-season 2007.

how will the additional height of the West Zone effect the noise and temperature on the field? There’s no “technical data” to tell the exact effect but “raising the height and adding 1,000 cheering fans will make it louder. As for the temperature, it was designed in such a way that the 3rd level is open like a breezeway and wind is constant through that breezeway.”

When asked if any other events could be held in the West Zone, Sam responded, “The sky’s the limit. We’re open for anything. The recruiting level would be ideal for receptions and there is potential for wedding receptions at the Club level. We’re open to anything.”

What effect will the state-of-the-art structure have on recruiting? “The West end Zone has been a big boost to recruiting,” says Sam. Tommy Bowden agrees. “i think we are in a better situa-tion than we have been in the past simply because the talent level has been elevated because of the improvement of the facilities. With (2005’s) re-cruiting class and what we’re going to have this year, i think we are getting closer every year.”

And to Tiger fans—that may be the greatest ben-efit of all.

James daViscontinued from page 9

down the left sideline to set up Jad Dean’s 1st of six field goals.

later in the game, after A&M pulled within two points at 19-17, Davis broke off left tackle for a 21-yard gain. Again, it was the key play in another Tiger scoring drive as Dean booted a 44-yard field goal moments later to make the score 22-17 with 10:41 remaining in the game.

Davis ultimately carried the Tigers to victory with 8 straight carries late in the 4th quarter, the most by a Clemson running back since 1997. on the game-winning drive, he had runs of 9 and 8 yards to start the 33-yard drive. he also rumbled ahead for 4 yards on a third down-and-four play that kept things moving and pushed Clemson into field goal range.

A few minutes later, Dean made Davis’ hard run-ning pay off by splitting the uprights on a 42-yard field goal with 2 seconds left, giving the Tigers a 25-24 victory over #17 Texas A&M.

he finished the evening with 19 carries, averag-ing 5.3 yards per rush.

Davis again played well at Maryland the next week as he rushed for 82 yards on 20 carries. The next week against Miami, however, things slowed down.

“James came into the game with a lot of confi-dence,” Burns said. “But Miami made a decision they were going to take the run away.”

The hurricanes held Davis to a season-low 12 yards and after rushing for 183 yards in the first two games, the freshman gained just 107 yards in 3 straight losses to Miami, Boston College and Wake Forest.

“it was kind of hard for me to adjust. i couldn’t get off the ball or do anything,” Davis said. “i learned i had to get a lot of work done in the weight room to help with my speed and quickness.”

With Clemson needing a win to save its season, Davis and the offensive line came through in a big

way on a Thursday night at N.C. State. in just 12 carries, Davis rushed for 143 yards – 139 in the first half – and scored 2 touchdowns as the Tigers rolled to a 31-10 victory. But just when it seemed it had all come together, Davis broke his left wrist while being tackled on the first play from scrim-mage to start the second half.

The injury caused him to miss all of the Temple game the next week and though he tried hard to get back for the Georgia Tech game in his home-town of Atlanta, he was able to play only one play.

“At first i didn’t think the injury was that bad,” he said. “After one play, i realized i couldn’t do it.”

By letting the wrist heal for another week, Davis was able to play against Duke where he rushed for 85 yards on 10 carries with a cast on his left arm. Florida State then rolled into town the next week and though confident, Davis was unsure of how the wrist might hold up against a fast and physical Florida State team.

But everything turned out for the best in Clemson’s 35-14 victory. Davis rushed for 65 yards and caught 2 passes for 44 more and 2 TD’s as he earned ACC rookie of the Week honors for a 3rd time.

“it didn’t hurt at all and i had a pretty good game,” he said. “i knew then i could play with this

(cast). i started catching the ball well with the cast. i stayed after practice every day doing extra work and run-ning with it.”

Against rival South Carolina the next week, Davis had his best game of the season as he ran for 145 yards and scored the winning touchdown with 5:58 to play. After carrying the ball just six times for 27 yards in the first half, he asked the coaches for the football - and for the most part - promised he would carry his team to a victory.

“i told Coach (Spence) to give me the ball,” Davis said. “We ran the ball a few times in the 1st half and got a couple of yards, so i told Coach to ‘give me the ball and let’s get a drive going and it’ll open up the pass.’”

So Davis got the ball and answered by rushing for 111 yards in the 2nd

half, including the game-winner from 2 yards out in the Tigers’ 13-9 victory.

Davis finished the season the next month against Colorado with 150 yards on 28 carries and was named MVP of the Champs Sports Bowl.

he rushed for a team-high 879 yards – the 2nd most yards by a freshman in Clemson history – and scored a school freshman record 9 touchdowns, good enough for him to earn ACC rookie of the Year honors.

“he went through some peaks and valleys,” Burns said. “But like Coach Bowden said after the bowl game, this guy hasn’t even scratched the sur-

face on what he can do. “he is still learning. The great thing about it is

- he is still eager, too. When he was a freshman he was learning things - as opposed to understand-ing, now i think he understands them.”

And he also understands just how important he is to the Clemson family.



James and his Douglass HS teammates

James carrying the ball against Mays HS (Atlanta)


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