The have an RPI of 3 and we are 5 spots behind them at 8. They are playing Charlotte at him with an RPI of 94 and we are playing upstate with an RPI of 97, We are beating the crap out of ours, they are losing 6-5 going to the bottom of the 5th in theirs.

Would love this bracket and matchup against Kentucky for Supers. Let’s keep winning!

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Tons of tickets for the opening game ranging from 6 to 20 dollars on Ticketmaster

Just got some for my dad and me

Hopefully Larry, Paul or Cris can confirm.

I heard Clemson and FSU paid for a Jim Morrison look alike to do a one song set for the AD’s after dinner on Monday night.

8 of the ADs clapped when it was over. Video below.

This is impressive. If you were a high school defensive star, why look elsewhere?
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I would say that normal terms would suffice instead of the following, How many dagum ways can you say Home Run? Lots listed here without even involving tracked vehicles that are used in war:

Barrel it up: Refers to the action of hitting a pitch hard with the sweet spot of the baseball bat.
Base knock: Another term for hitting a single.
Big fly: Another name for a home run.
Bleeder: A weakly hit ground ball that goes for a base hit.
Dead-red: When a batter is waiting on or expecting a fastball to be thrown. “The batter is sitting dead-red here.”
Dinger: Another name for a home run.
Fishing: When a batter swings at a pitch that is out of the strike zone they are said to have gone “fishing” for it.
Going yard: To hit a home run.
Golden sombrero: When a player strikes out four times in one game.
Jack: Another term for a home run.
Moonshot: A towering fly ball; typically used when a player hits a home run.
Rake: A term used to describe a player who hits well to all parts of the field.
Ribbie: An RBI or “run batted in” is a run scored as a result of a hit.
Shot: Another name for a home run or hard-hit ball. “That was a shot!”
Tater: Another term for a home run. “Let’s go slap some taters.”
Texas Leaguer: A softly hit ball that lands fairly in the outfield usually landing just out of reach of an infielder going into shallow outfield in attempt to catch the ball.
Touch ’em all: Is a term sometimes used when a player hits a home run.
Ugly finder: A hard hit ball which hits or nearly hits someone, especially a line drive foul ball hit into a dugout.
Upper decker: A home run that lands in a stadiums upper deck of seating is referred to as “an upper deck home run” or “upper decker.”
Yak: Another term for a home run.
Yiketty: Another term for a home run, made famous by Chipper Jones. Sometimes used in conjunction with Yak. “Yiketty Yak.”
Bender: A curveball.
Chin music: A pitch that is thrown high and inside on a batter in attempt to back them up off the plate.
Gas: Another term for a fastball. “This pitcher is throwing gas.”
On the bump: This phrase is used when talking about a pitcher on the pitcher’s mound. “On the bump tonight is [insert pitcher’s name here].”
Paint the black: This refers to a pitcher throwing strikes that cross the zone just on the edge of the literal black border of home plate. “This pitcher is really painting the black.”
Punch-out: Another name for a strikeout.
Rubber arm: A pitcher is said to have a “rubber arm” if they can throw many pitches without tiring.
Slurve: A pitch that is a cross between a slider and a curveball.
Throw ’em a chair: Most commonly used when cheering on a pitcher to strike out a batter, due to the batter going back to the dugout to sit down after striking out.
Uncle Charlie: A term sometimes used for a curveball.
Around the horn: The act of infielders’ throwing the ball to each other after recording an out (if there are no runners on base).
Ate em’ up: Slang expression for the action of a batted ball that is difficult for a fielder to handle; usually resulting in an error being made.
Booted: Another way to say, “made an error.” Sometimes used when a player misplays a ball hit to them on the ground. Some people use the term “kicked it” in place of this.
Can of corn: A fly ball hit to a player, typically in the outfield, that is very easy for the player to catch; usually without moving at all.
Flashing the leather: When a fielder makes a great play. Leather meaning the fielder’s glove.
Hose(d): A strong throwing arm. To throw out a base runner with a strong throw. “That player has a hose!” “That runner was hosed at third base!”
Hot corner: Another word for the third base position.
Pop Time: On a pickoff attempt by a catcher, the time it takes from the pitch hitting the catcher's mitt to the time it reaches the infielder's glove (usually around 2 seconds)
Twin killing: Another term for a double play. Or, when a team wins both games in a double-header.
Web gem: Literally refers to the webbing of a fielder’s glove. This term is used when a player makes an outstanding defensive play.
Batter’s eye: A solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the center field wall of a baseball stadium, that is the visual backdrop directly in the line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch.
Bump: Another word for the pitcher’s mound.
Short porch: A baseball field with a short distance to the outfield fence. Typically, on just one side of the outfield. “Left field is a short porch!”
Yard: A baseball field. - I thought this meant home run????
Blue: A term commonly used by players to address an umpire, referring to the typical dark blue color of the umpire’s uniform.

I’m surprised but there are still tickets available for softball this weekend. Everyone hoping to catch a game or 2 this is your chance. We need a big and loud crowd for this one.

COLUMBIA – Woody Dantzler after the last of his record-breaking, eye-popping Clemson quarterback performances received the ultimate compliment.

On a snowy day and on blue turf in Boise, Idaho, of all places.

Some of the Louisiana Tech players asked for Dantzler’s autograph in the minutes following Clemson’s 49-24 Humanitarian Bowl victory on Dec. 31, 2001.

Those Bulldogs, as contemporaries, saw Dantzler highlights on ESPN and elsewhere each week. If they weren’t aware the 5-foot-10 Orangeburg native left the field that day with 53 Clemson records, they knew a star was in their midst.

So did the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame folks who inducted Dantzler as part of the starry Class of 2023 on Monday night at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton of Alvin, Negro Leagues baseball star Chino Smith of Darlington County, University of South Carolina soccer coach Mark Berson, USC and NFL wide receiver Robert Brooks, USC and Olympic track and field star Dawn Ellerbe, Clemson golf coach Larry Penley and longtime NBA standout Jermaine O’Neal of Columbia were also honored.

Dantzler brought his wife Portia and wore a bow tie.

“Almost overwhelming,” he said.

He’s 43, a pharmaceutical sales rep and father of two daughters living in Anderson.

Dantzler mentors school children and works with head coach Dabo Swinney’s PAW Journey career skills program at his alma mater. He also trains young quarterbacks.

He looks like he could still play.

Thankfully, for those who missed it, Dantzler’s football career is saved in time via video on YouTube.

Georgia Tech, N.C. State​

Just a sampling:

• Nov. 18, 2000. It was Dantzler who threw the 50-yard pass to Rod Gardner with 10 seconds remaining to set up Aaron Hunt’s game-winning field goal in a 16-14 victory over a stunned South Carolina Gamecocks team and their livid head coach, Lou Holtz.

Did Gardner push off?

Depends on your favorite color.

“As (Gardner) would say,” Dantzler said laughing, “big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games.”

• Sept. 29, 2001. Clemson won a 47-44 ACC overtime shootout for the ages with the great Hamilton at Georgia Tech.

Three Dantzler jaw-droppers stick out: a 38-yard touchdown run as time expired in the first half, a 63-yard touchdown pass to J.J. McKelvey on fourth-and-13 late in regulation (Swinney did a retro play-by-play call of the play for the ACC Network) and an 11-yard touchdown run to win it in overtime.

“It was a fun game,” Dantzler said. “When I played ball, I played to have fun. We always had such a good rivalry with Georgia Tech.”

• October 13, 2001. How about 517 yards of total offense in a 45-37 victory at N.C. State? All while wearing purple pants.

Again, Dantzler had a blast.

“I just remember going back and forth,” Dantzler said. “(N.C. State’s All-ACC linebacker) Levar Fisher is still one of my good friends, and you know how you always want to beat your brother. It was great to go one-up on him.”

• Dec. 8, 2002. What? You think Dantzler’s highlights are confined to college ball?

Though he played in only 14 NFL games (five with the Dallas Cowboys, 9 with the Atlanta Falcons), an 84-yard kickoff return for a Dallas touchdown was a thing of zig-zaggy beauty.

It gave the Cowboys a 20-17 lead early in the fourth quarter at Texas Stadium.

The San Francisco 49ers rallied for a 31-27 win.

“I did not want to get in trouble,” Dantzler said. “I went the wrong way but was able to will my way back across the field. It was one of those, ‘Don’t quit’ things.”

Woodrow Dantzler II, III​

There’s a notion out there that Dantzler was ahead of his time and would have been an even better college player with versatile passing and running skills transferred to the current world of run-pass option football.

In fact, he was in good strategic hands. Rich Rodriguez, a noted innovator, was one of his offensive coordinators under Tommy Bowden at Clemson. Another was Brad Scott, who earlier presided over Charlie Ward’s Heisman Trophy-winning season at Florida State.

Defenses back then weren’t as prepared for authentic hybrid stars.

But Dantzler these days surely would have been given a longer look as an NFL quarterback prospect.

He’s not bitter.

About the only SC Athletic Hall of Fame thing better for Woodrow Dantzler III would have been the presence of Woodrow Dantzler II.

Woody’s father, a Vietnam veteran suffering from Agent Orange issues, Woody said, died in 2005 after a long battle at the VA hospital in Charleston.

Mr. Dantzler raised his son with constant Socratic exchanges, answering questions with questions.

“He was teaching me how to critically think through the process and learn myself,” said Dantzler, who credits his father for the drive to help young people, college age and younger. “He’d be proud the things he poured into me actually came back out. He challenged me to be the best version of myself. And he’d say, ‘I told you so.’”

Woodrow Dantzler II knew all about his son’s football exploits.

Highlight videos, Louisiana Tech autograph seekers and all.

He was more proud of the off-the-field process.

Revenue sharing, other topics set to be discussed at ACC Spring Meetings​

By: Curt Weller - The Osceola

It’s been almost three months since Florida State director of athletics Michael Alford put the ACC on notice.

For the first time since then, Alford and the rest of the administrators from across the conference will convene in Amelia Island, Fla., Monday through Wednesday for the annual ACC Spring Meetings.

It will be far from the only topic that will be discussed at the meetings. The administrators will also spend time discussing a what’s what list of current college athletics topics, of which there are many.

FSU football coach Mike Norvell and basketball coaches Leonard Hamilton and Brooke Wyckoff will also be in attendance at the meetings along with coaches from those sports from all conference teams to discuss potential regulation changes.

To Alford, though, the most important topic of discussion will certainly be revenue sharing among conference schools. Talking to the FSU Board of Trustees back in February, Alford openly advocated for the ACC to begin distributing revenue based on schools’ financial value to the conference instead of an equal share across the 14 member organizations.

“We (FSU) represent 15 percent of the ACC's media agreement but we only received 7 percent of the distribution…” Alford told the BOT. “At the end of the day, if something is not done, we cannot be $30 million behind every year compared to our peers … For Florida State to compete nationally, something has to change moving forward.”

Alford isn’t alone on this front. Clemson AD Graham Neff has also openly advocated for unequal revenue sharing. A few other ADs may be on that side of the argument as well. However, a number of schools such as Wake Forest and Boston College would see their athletic department income take a severe hit if this was enacted.

As such, it should make for a fascinating discussion in Amelia Island. On the larger scale, it’s a fascinating moment for the ACC, which is hanging on a bit precariously under commissioner Jim Phillips.

The good news for the ACC is that all of its schools are locked into a grant of rights agreement through 2036. So unless some school manages to find an escape-hatch loophole, no one is leaving any time soon due to a prohibitive buyout.

The bad news for Phillips is that Alford and others are going to be relentless in their pursuit of unequal revenue sharing for as long as they are locked in with the ACC until it happens.

Whether anytime comes of that this week remains to be seen. But whether it does or not, the Osceola will be in attendance in Amelia Island to provide extensive coverage of the conference meetings.

Media members are not permitted to observe these closed-door meetings. However, we’ll be catching up with various coaches and administrators coming out of the meetings.

What type of team have the 49ers put together this year ?

Fire away, please!

I generally don’t pay a ton of attention to every Tom, Dick, and Harry on Twitter talking realignment but I came across this guy…..

Seems to make some sense but then you look at who is following him.

• David Hale of ESPN
• Dennis Dobb of CBS
• Frank the Tank, guy who called a lot of the initial realignment stuff, a lawyer from Illinois.
• Clemson's Graham Neff.

Anyway here is the latest from him on where everything stands.

Says SEC or Big 10 from Clemson. 7 ACC schools ready to disband conference.
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South Carolina state championship is being played at my home course right now.. the river club in north Augusta.. north Augusta is hosting I’m assuming because they got some absolute units on the team.. they’re currently -18 and Greenville is in second at +1.. talk about a beating.. there’s a 14 year old on the team that shot 65 yesterday.. kid lives out on the course

The privilege of watching Khalil Greene and the Omaha run that year then became perhaps the worst memory in losing twice SCAR.
Plenty of other good memories though. The Colvin Slam!

Invited to go to this game, so won't have to pay for tix that are on the 50, btw, but not exactly a fan of pro ball. But could see Trevor play and ETN, and potentially Bresee (Saints) and probably others, but just not sure what the crowd will be like. We are NOT into drunken rowdy people itching to fight. I'm just not sure it's the right place for me.

Anyone here going to the game?

Omen of things to come?

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Cris posted an article by Hale and Adelson of ESPN.com in which they quote Radakovich on the topic of additional ACC revenues. DR was quoted as saying, “It’s about schools being able to take those dollars and translate it into potentially NIL opportunities to student athletes…to get better athletes.” Is this where college football is heading? What does it mean to Clemson?

This is not getting a lot of coverage, relative to all the other criminal investigations he's under at the moment, but some very nasty stuff is going to come out here.

Hopefully will expose Donald Trump as the RAPIST he definitely  is.

NIL is a convenient scapegoat in recruiting
By: Adam Friedman - Rivals.com

Programs missing on prospects they’ve prioritized is nothing new in the recruiting world but the excuses for why players choose to go elsewhere now include everybody’s favorite new scapegoat - name, image and likeness.

Players are able to monetize their NIL and are actively doing so during the recruiting process and it’s helping them choose which school they want to attend. While, many college coaches will say they’re all for players earning some extra money, those same coaches are really upset that, even though a player is presented an NIL offer from their school's collective, they end up choosing a different offer.

It used to be college coaches would say quietly that a player "was not a take" when that player chose a different school but now the excuse that is commonly heard is about how a competing school's collective offered an astronomical NIL number that their school's collective just couldn’t match. This type of scapegoating seems a little transparent given how flimsy almost all of the rumored NIL contracts seem to be.

So many of these coaches that use the NIL excuse do so in a way that it feels like they are bad-mouthing these players and their rival schools because they feel like a player is just taking the highest offer on the table. In many cases it seems more like a player has narrowed his list down to two or three schools that they would be happy to play at and then the highest NIL offer wins if all else is equal.

Why should a player not use this tactic? Some may say it’s shortsighted and they should pick the school that will help them get to the NFL. That’s certainly solid advice but why can’t the players have their cake and eat it too? Why can’t they pick a school that’s going to help develop them and get them ready for the NFL if it’s also the school that offers the highest NIL amount?

So many of us within the industry would chuckle to ourselves, when we heard the “he’s not a take“ excuse and now the NIL excuse is almost getting the same treatment.

So I’m currently on a work trip/mini vacation in San Diego. Last night I went out to La Jolla and had dinner at The Marine Room. As the waiter was going over the caviar service options with me, he said they also offer “caviar bumps” where they will put a small amount of caviar an your hand and then you eat it right off of your hand.

I burst out laughing, thinking my waiter had just made a hilarious joke. But the waiter did not laugh. When he came back, I had to ask him if he was being serious. And, apparently, this is a real new trend that he said is very big in Las Vegas (and I’m guessing has carried into California) where they took the concept of a “cocaine bump” and applied it to Caviar. I told him I thought he was joking and we had a good laugh over how stupid it is.

Has anyone ever heard of this ridiculous practice? Rich white people are so weird man.

Grill Masters:
I have git some 2” thick Bone in Pork chops and wanted some grilling suggestions - cooking times, final temp, rubs, glazes etc.
I like a little pink in the middle.
Thanks in advance,
Dr. Dougy Mac

That’s on the ticker right now.

What’s up?