With a very heavy heart:
Floyd “Fudd” Rogers has passed. I know some of his teammates, and players right after, are visitors to the board occasionally.
He was one of the team captains when Frank Howard decided to take the doorstop out of his office and place at the top of the hill.
Howard had the team captains place their hand on the rock first in that initial game. Thus began the tradition.
He really never talked about being the first. Never made a big deal about it. Matter of fact, I never heard him bring it up.
We were sitting in Death Valley years ago, and one of those trivia questions popped up on the big board during a timeout. The question was “who first touched the rock”. I elbow him in the ribs….”Dad, that was you”.
His name pops up as the answer. He goes right back to diagnosing the previous play or series.
He was tough, old school Clemson football. A player Howard loved.
He loved Clemson. And was thankful of all the doors it opened and opportunities it presented. He felt that he owed Clemson everything he accomplished in his life.
A true Clemson man.
Floyd “Fudd” Rogers has passed. I know some of his teammates, and players right after, are visitors to the board occasionally.
He was one of the team captains when Frank Howard decided to take the doorstop out of his office and place at the top of the hill.
Howard had the team captains place their hand on the rock first in that initial game. Thus began the tradition.
He really never talked about being the first. Never made a big deal about it. Matter of fact, I never heard him bring it up.
We were sitting in Death Valley years ago, and one of those trivia questions popped up on the big board during a timeout. The question was “who first touched the rock”. I elbow him in the ribs….”Dad, that was you”.
His name pops up as the answer. He goes right back to diagnosing the previous play or series.
He was tough, old school Clemson football. A player Howard loved.
He loved Clemson. And was thankful of all the doors it opened and opportunities it presented. He felt that he owed Clemson everything he accomplished in his life.
A true Clemson man.
