Wanted to share the link for my latest longform highlight reel showcasing the 2022 football season. Now I will admit with the disappointing finish to the season, it was easy to think that we didn't have much to celebrate in some ways. But once I went back and looked through the games, it was pretty cool to see how many great plays were made en route to another ACC title and 11 win season. I definitely do not want to take any part of this era for granted, even if there are occasional bumps in the road that pretty much all programs have to do encounter from time to time. Dabo has set an incredibly high standard for this program now, and there is a lot to look forward to when you observe the returning talent on this team. Hope you enjoy and as always, GO TIGERS!

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Are we no longer elite status? NIL and our conference money fiasco have reshaped things quickly. Winning on the field is the only way up at this point. It feels like we are now in same category as TN, FSU, FL and TX. No longer are we with the ALA, OSU, and GA crew. Feels bad today

1. Georgia
2. Clemson
3. Michigan
4. Alabama
5. Ohio State
6. Penn State
7. USC
8. Florida State
9. LSU
10. Notre Dame
11. Texas
12. Texas A&M
13. Wisconsin
14. Washington
15. Oregon
16. Utah
17. Iowa
18. Oregon State
19. Tennessee
20. Oklahoma
21. North Carolina
22. Toledo
23. Pittsburgh
24. UTSA
25. TCU
26. Ole Miss
27. South Alabama
28. UCLA
29. Kansas State
30. Miami
31. South Carolina
32. SMU
33. Boise State
34. Tulane
35. Kentucky
36. Air Force
37. NC State
38. Illinois
39. Texas Tech
40. Maryland

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Oy Vey, Jerry.

Reading that puppy was like sitting down with a P.I. who you have had tailing your wife because you suspect infidelity and being told she has been banging her boss, the pool boy, and the entire starting infield for the Columbia Fireflies.

If you like his “music”, I’m sorry and you need to reevaluate your music selection.

I’m with my family on a Boston/NYC trip. We had dinner in the North End and sat across from
Sean McDonough from ESPN. I approached him after his meal. He was very nice and spoke highly of Klubnik. Class act.

I managed to have an accident on my job site and break both ankles. Life changing. There were no answers to fix my right leg so it's gone. I learned to adapt.

I am a Blessed man.

here’s dominant, and then there’s what the Clemson Tigers have done in the ACC lately. Under Dabo Swinney‘s guidance, Clemson has captured eight of the last nine ACC Championships.

After a brief fall from grace in 2021, the Tigers rebounded with a blowout 39-10 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2022 ACC Championship Game.

College football conference future odds are available, and Clemson is favored in the ACC.

What are their odds of making it nine championships in 10 years? Let’s look at BetMGM Sportsbook’s college football betting insights to glean more information.

BetMGM College Football Betting Insights: Conference Odds​

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Favorites: Clemson +140

Highest Ticket%: Clemson 44.5%

Highest Handle%: Clemson 68.1%

Biggest Liability: Clemson

Clemson actually didn’t open as the favorite in the ACC. That distinction belongs to Mike Norvell‘s Florida State Seminoles, who opened at +175 and have moved to +170. They’ve since been surpassed by the Tigers, who opened at +200 but have received the greatest amount of tickets (44.5%) and the highest percentage of the handle (68.1%), lowering their current odds to +140.

The ACC can mostly be viewed as a two-horse race. Only the North Carolina Tar Heels (+900) have conference title odds below +1000.

Florida State has received a ton of offseason hype, and mostly for good reason — there are things to be excited about on both sides of the ball, and they have a Heisman contender at quarterback.

Still, the hype machine may have gone a bit too far as the Seminoles haven’t won a conference championship since 2014 and are going against a dominant Clemson team that isn’t being viewed as such, which creates a bit of value in the market.

Swinney’s squad is poised for a big year as they return 15 starters — seven on offense, eight on defense. The offense, in particular, should be improved after an upgrade at offensive coordinator, where Garrett Riley arrives after leading the TCU Horned Frogs to 38.8 PPG and a National Championship appearance.

Cade Klubnik takes over at quarterback and should provide an upgrade over D.J. Uiagalelei, who was mainly ineffective over the last two seasons. Klubnik was the No. 1 quarterback in the Class of 2022, and his dual-threat skillset fits Riley’s needs.

He has an underrated skill group around him with star Will Shipley at running back and an improved wide receiver trio (Antonio Williams, Adam Randall, Beaux Collins) that looks to be the best Clemson has had in a handful of years. With four starters back up front, this offense should hum.

The defense returns a ton of experience and forecasts to be elite on all three levels. Linebacker Jeremiah Trotter returns as the star of the show after leading the team in tackles (89), tackles for loss (13.5), and sacks (6.5).

The conference schedule sets up very well, as the three most difficult games (Florida State, Wake Forest, and North Carolina) all come at home. The Tigers should be considered a favorite to return to the College Football Playoff in 2023.

Verdict: Buy Clemson (+140) to Win the ACC

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As expected with the start of many states’ legislative sessions in 2023 that there would be a flurry of legalization and medical marijuana bills introduced. Unfortunately, most of these bills will not be signed into law, but it’s progress that opponents of legalization have to gear up and fight these every year now. And the bills only have to pass once. Take Virginia for example… they passed legalization in 2019 before the 2020 election. Legalization would NEVER get though the Republican controlled House now, but since it’s already done so, most representatives are unwilling to risk outlawing it again since over 60% of all Virginians support it.

So here’s a new update highlighting some states to actually keep an eye on. This is NOT a complete list, just some states where I think legalization has a chance and/or something interesting for us to watch.

Delaware: And now there are 22! In a bit of a surprise, the 1st state becomes the 22nd state to legalize Marijuana as the Governor just announced today he will allow the bills to become law w/o his signature. Folks are celebrating him for not Vetoing the same bills as passed both houses last year. I’m a bit jaded myself. Both the Senate and House Bills passed this year with a veto proof margin. I’m guessing that the Governor didn’t want the override to be thrown in his face is a better reason. Either way... one more state to the list... smoke 'em if you got 'em!

Hawaii: A bit of a disappointment here as most felt (with the exception of OK and Minnesota), this was the biggest change of a state legalizing. More of a punt as the bill got through the Senate easily, but the Speaker of the House wanted more time to look at it over the Summer (He IS a supporter of legalization). So the bill will be revived in the 2nd session in 2024 and won’t have to go through the Senate again. Still a swing and miss for 2023.

Idaho: So there’s a medical cannabis bill working in the legislature. IMHO, no way it doesn’t get tabled and IF by some miracle it did make it through both houses, the governor would veto it. No chance. There’s also a group gathering signatures for the 2024 election. Again, I think the chances are LONG.

Kentucky: So they just became the 38th state to have a formal medical program. That kind of came out of nowhere.

Minnesota: Probably the longest process in the country for legalization, with the bills having to go through 15 committees in each chamber to even get a floor vote. WOW. The bill has cleared all 15 in the HoR and will get a floor vote on Monday. Next week the bill goes before the 15th committee in the Senate (and it’s expected to get a voice vote approval) before heading to the Senate Floor the 1st week of May where it is expected to pass easily. The governor has already said he will sign the bill. So unless something totally unexpected happens, Minnesota will become #23 by mid May.

Montana: So Montana is a legal state (made that way by a voter mandate). But there was a bill in the legislature to undo that. That bill failed to advance out of the 1st committee on a vote of 6-4 with 3 Republicans joining 3 Democrats to table the bill. This is noteworthy b/c it’s a prime example of something being a LOT harder to get rid of once people have it as all 3 of those Republican opposed legalization, BUT refused to go against the will of the people (and rightfully so).

Ohio: In weed update #1, I wrote: “Lawmakers have until May 3rd to approve a citizen-initiated recreational proposal or the issue will go before the voters this year. In lawsuit settlement last year that saw the issue dropped from the ballot, there was an agreement that a legalization bill would be introduced in 2023 to legalize marijuana. If the legislature did not pass the bill (and I’d be STUNNED if they did), the folks that are pushing for legalization could continue to collect signature (including the signatures that they collected in 2022) and push to have the issue on a 2023 special elections ballot. So there’s a decent chance that Ohio will be voting on legalization this year and early polling shows that the votes are there to get it done.” This is almost certainly coming down to a 2023 vote.

Oklahoma: In weed update #1, I wrote: “To me, this seems a repeat of Arizona last year where a well funded anti legalization campaign was run by Republican lawmakers with less than a month before the election turned the tide there. Add in the fact that marijuana legalization is the ONLY thing on the ballot and that means a very uncertain voter turnout. I’m hopeful, but will believe it when I see it.” And surely enough that’s exactly what happened. To be fair, the medical bill that they approved in 2018 was one of the most liberal in the country with NO LIMITS on the licences for growers. Oddly enough, organized crime moved in on that and used the no hassle growing to ship weed to states where it was illegal. There were some shootings this year between crime groups and that certainly soured public opinion. In fact, this wasn’t even close as 60% of voters voted no on it.

US Virgin Islands: An early win for the legalization crowd as the governor of the US Virgin Islands signed legalization into law in January. Not a state obviously, but like Los Vegas, this is a popular vacation spot where folks can try it out w/o risk and take that positive experience back home.

Virginia: In weed update #1, I wrote: “There’s no chance of a reversal on marijuana policy, it will be interesting to see what the Republicans do (if anything)for setting up the marketplace.” And that’s turned out to be true… Republicans have done nothing, so sales won’t be happening next year… but hey… at least it’s legal to have it and you can just run across the border to Maryland to get it.

Interesting things:

So the NBA is dropping testing for marijuana. That’s pretty huge IMHO.

2010: #19, average 3.21
2011: #8, average 3.34
2012: #14, average 3.45
2013: #14, average 3.3
2014: #13, average 3.32
2015: #4, average 3.48 (lost in title)
2016: #6, average 3.59 (title)
2017: #22, average 3.86 (1st round)
2018: #8, average 4.06 (title)
2019: #9, average 3.5 (lost in title)
2020: #2, average 3.91 (1st round)
2021: #6, average 3.95
2022: #10, average 3.45
2023: #10, average 3.65
2024: ? Current with average player rating higher than 10 of these previous classes listed here.

Little Rock (Ark.) Parkview four-star forward Dallas "Slim" Thomas has announced his commitment to Clemson.

Clayton Kershaw’s 6 year old has a freaking cannon. Kershaw was shagging for BP on the outfield. He’d catch a ball and then turn and hand it to his kid who would throw it into the stands. The kid was a good 10-15 feet from the wall and putting it at least 4 or 5 rows deep every time.

Religion and Politics drive so much emotion that discussing honestly seems impossible for most. To me, they are just other topics.

Why are we accepting of many religions opposed to it’s only Catholicism and Islam and everything is dismissed? We still respect the Sikh, Judaism, Buddhism, Protestants.

There are many political parties in this country and world yet everyone speaks to “2 sides” of an argument. Are there not at least 10s of sides of a political argument? Obviously there is. The question becomes are people conditioned to think there are only “2 sides” of an argument Vs the multifaceted elements of any topic?

- Are people that weak to realize/coerced that there are more opinions? (Basically, just lack awareness or suppressed by the Dems/Pubs.)
- Are people willing to suppress other voices and just keep their angst toward a “supposed other majority” in order to keep their large position at the table? (Think Catholicism and how they murdered any potential dissenting voices for centuries. All Protestant faiths were/are “minority” voices but now have proper rights.)

- colas used to be more diverse, until the Pepsi Challenge. Pepsi actually helped Coke gain market share but grew larger itself by killing all the smaller cola voices at the perception that only 2 options mattered and then absorbed their competitors. However, we have grown diverse in beer. The number of microbrews exploded over the past 2+ decades. What has this diversity done? Allowed an easy destruction of a classic beer brand because there are legit diverse and BETTER alternatives.

- all of us are bound to Apple and Android. ALL OF US. The service is relatively diverse because of the apps but these 2 gatekeepers could/can profound impact on society at any moment.

- you walk into Baskin Robbins today and they’ve made a change. They took all 31 flavors and just dump them into 1 of 2 buckets based upon some perceived alignment of vanilla or chocolate. It’s still diverse, right? You get 15 flavors in 1 bite. But over time, Baskin eventually recognizes it doesn’t need 31 flavors. Strips out the alt flavors, cutting production down 93% and just serves 2 bizarre flavors going forward. You happy with that? Probably not and to ColdStone you’ll go. Don’t have that alternative option in US politics as it’s deemed extreme to support anything other than Dem/Pub.

So, do you believe in diversity of political opinion or are there just 2?

Billy Amick is no longer with the Harbor Hawks . He was batting .368 with 38 ABs. Will Taylor, also with the Harbor Hawks is on the Interstate… .198 with 51 ABs including one HR.

@Paul Strelow with the commitment of Thomas today, is there any insight you could provide on Swartz? I know Clemson keeps it's recruiting close to the vest, but didn't know if you have a general idea of where we stand, his timeline and who the chief competitors are?

Thanks and always appreciate the basketball content!

We have to start winning some battles for some top notch lineman. You have to be strong on not only the DL but the OL as well. And that’s all I got to say about that.

Tommy Bowden here 15 years ago this month at the ACC Media Days.

To Tommy's left is some guy named Strelow ... who actually still looks the same today.

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