Clemson Game Notes

Each year over the past few, I’ve said I was going to write game notes for each game. Each year, I’ve failed. Just too much going on!

Well, I’m going to try it again. Stay tuned.

It’s a little early to be talking about getting ready for football season. Except for one thing. This year is going to be a great year for us and Clemson football. Why, you might ask? (more…)

I watched Dabo Swinney’s first press conference, one that he had little time to prepare for after learning early yesterday morning that he was the new coach of the Tigers. Wow, just wow. The next six weeks should be fun to watch.

What a startling day yesterday was! Many fans suspected that if Tommy Bowden didn’t at least win the Atlantic Division and get to the ACC championship game, he would be fired at the end of the season. I don’t think anyone reasonably expected (maybe some hoped) that he would be gone after 6 games. (more…)

Back in 2003, I blogged about Why Tiger Fans Love(d) Danny. It included a link to a table I put together showing the winning percentage of all the coaches from 1940 through 2002. I’ve updated that table to bring Bowden’s record up to date. He’s improved his percentages, especially against Top 25 teams, significantly since 2002.

We had a fun Clemson Club meeting last night. . (more…)

I got married October 13, which was, of course, an open date for the Tigers. Good planning. We were still on our honeymoon the next week, when the Tigers beat Central Michigan 70-14. It would have been fun to see the Tigers reach 70, but trust me, I had a lot more fun in Vermont and New York City. (more…)

There won’t be any Game Notes for the games with the Hokies and Central Michigan the next two weeks.. (more…)

Note: post updated 9/17.

I may try to get back to posting game notes this year. A Clemson friend asked me by email the other day how I saw the Tigers doing Monday night against FSU. I told him and went on to say what I thought about the entire year facing our Tigers. (more…)

I’ve moved Game Notes into its own subdomain. The old links will still work, but if you want to save a few seconds and go right to the main page, change your link to: http://gn.jcby.com.

–Jim Brown