A quick programming note: We decided to change up the typical podcast interview this week. Most of this podcast is Grayson Mann interviewing me, but figured y'all might like to listen.

Grayson Mann is a rising senior at Clemson and an aspiring sports journalist.

In addition to working for Tigerillustrated.com as an intern, Mann has his own Mann With A Plan podcast on which he's interviewed various Clemson football and basketball players.

On this episode, Clemson Dubcast host Larry Williams drops by Mann's podcast and we talk what it's like for a middle-aged man to cover one thing year after year after year while remaining motivated and curious.

How should the expectations for Clemson football be defined as the Tigers try to get back into the playoff picture?

With Florida State ascending and South Carolina on the rebound -- not to mention the team in Athens having become dynastic the past two years -- is it fair to say it's a disappointment if this program doesn't return to the top?

Has the addition of Garrett Riley given this program the jolt of energy and motivation it needed after six losses over the past two seasons?

After DJ Uiagalelei fell far short of the 5-star expectations, is Cade Klubnik ready to give Clemson its next transcendent presence at quarterback?

No ironclad answers to those questions, but a lot of good conversation.


Chopping it up with Grayson Mann

And here are the previous two episodes in case you missed them:

Nick Eason, C.J. Spiller, Tyler Grisham

Roy Philpott

Is the Head coach at my beloved D2 Newberry College (class of 2001, still Indians back then). They just won the SAC regular season and conference tourney. 41-10 on the season. Ncaa Selection show is Sunday to see if they host.

If they do host yall come tailgate with me and @OldMTPTiger and watch some fantastic baseball.

New hotline allows reporting of gambling issues
By: Associated Press

SECAUCUS, N.J. -- A sports integrity monitor launched a tool Thursday to help athletes, coaches and staff to anonymously report suspicions about gambling activity to regulators and law enforcement.

The tip hotline "Athlete Alert Powered by RealResponse" was announced by U.S. Integrity, a sports data integrity company that played a role in an ongoing investigation into possible wrongdoing involving the University of Alabama baseball team.

Earlier this month, Matthew Holt, the president of U.S. Integrity, said the operators of a sportsbook located in the Cincinnati Reds stadium alerted his company to "abnormal activity." U.S. Integrity alerted state gambling regulators, and Ohio officials opened an investigation.

Alabama fired its baseball coach last week amid an investigation into suspicious bets involving a Crimson Tide game at LSU.

The tip hotline unveiled by the two companies allows athletes, coaches and others to anonymously report integrity-related concerns such as the misuse of insider information, match-fixing, game manipulation or illegal wagering.

The tips would go to regulators who could then verify them and bring the matter to law enforcement, the companies said in a statement.

"Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of the professional and student athletes who have committed their lives to compete at the highest levels, and it is our job to help protect that paradigm," Holt said. The hotline enables concerned athletes and others "to stay one step ahead of any bad actors.

Texting 843-USI-TIPS "protects and enhances the integrity and purity of competition, while ensuring their anonymity and safety," said David Chadwick, founder and CEO of RealResponse.

The hotline comes as more than 40 athletes from Iowa and Iowa State could be facing discipline from both law enforcement and the NCAA for impermissible online wagering.

Earlier this week, Iowa and Iowa State acknowledged they are cooperating with both local gaming regulators, law enforcement and the NCAA after an investigation of gambling activities revealed potential involvement by athletes in multiple sports.

In the Alabama case, no athletes are suspected to be involved. In the Iowa case, some Hawkeyes baseball players have already been sidelined from competition, which is routine when a school believes the eligibility of an athlete may have been compromised.

The Iowa director of gaming told The Associated Press earlier this week that no evidence indicates match fixing or suspicious wagering activity in games involving the Hawkeyes or Cyclones.

What have yall done to American Baseball now???

Tough to argue we aren't living through this right now......

Once is an accident. Twice is not.

Today's athletics are deadly because of poor sportsmanship.

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Is now with the Angels and caught Ohtani last night. Lost to Astros 3-1.

Astros stole 2 bases and were caught stealing once. Okey 0-2 with 2 swinging strikeouts.

That's all from the boxscore. I didn't see the game.

Gotta be a thrill to catch Ohtani!

The conservatives on here swear doesn’t exist. Insane.

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The DREAD Marijuana.

Great look for the assault rifle party.

#10 Clemson (31-17) vs. #8 Coastal Carolina (30-16)
Wednesday, May 10
6:00 p.m. ET
Conway, South Carolina (Springs Brooks Stadium)
ESPN+

Game Notes/Game Book/Preview/Stats/History (lengthy PDF): https://clemsontigers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/05-09CoastalCarolina.pdf

STARTING PITCHERS
• LHP Tristan Smith (CLEM) vs. RHP Will Smith (CCU)

I think he might win this suit. Find this funny if ESPN report is correct. Thinking about Rick Pitino's past and then reading this made me laugh.

ESPN reported that St. John’s fired him for a number of reasons, including failing to encourage athletes to meet the school’s academic standards, improperly supervising his assistants and not conducting himself in a way “that reflected positively on St. John’s University.”

TOP 10 FINALISTS

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From our South Carolina site here at Rivals.com:

My truck got beat up pretty good. F150 aluminum body. Who here has a body shop so I don't have to deal with dealerships?

$110 per ticket. Can't fault anyone that chooses to wait until game day to purchase. No wonder stands are 1/2 empty @$110 per ticket!

They’re about finished and qualified for Nationals. They played awesome the last 2 days. Actually, beat #1 Stanford today. Hope the Men’s team gets it back, soon.

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