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"Every coach in the country right now wants Clemson," he said. "All of them. Because they feel like it's a quote `SEC' job.

"Eighty-something thousand people. Close to Georgia, in South Carolina, great recruiting base. But you play in a conference that isn't the SEC.

"A lot of coaches are starting to look at the SEC and say this might not be the best time to go there."

In other words, Clemson can pay an SEC salary and provide SEC passion without SEC competition. Sounds to me like the perfect place for Muschamp to start as a head coach.

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"You like-a the juice?"

Has Terry Don Been Drinking the Solid BOOM!aide?

Over the past weeks, there have been all sorts of rumors flying around about who is on Phillips's radar screen. Most of these have come from Tardnet, others from more legitimate sources (like this one, obviously). But recently The State posted an actual interview to let us know a little more 0n what TDP is thinking.

[Credit and goes to Block-C for being the first to link to this article. Also, kudos to them on simply posting it without treating TDP's words as proverbial tea leaves. It would undermine what they do over there to use Phillips's vague statements as the basis for hyperbolic, unsubstantiated, and ultimately useless conjecture that Phillips wants to hire a particular candidate.]

[However, we are clearly biased, and will now do exactly that.]

Because the interview is a little vague, allow us to fill in the gaps.

Statement: “Number one, he’s got to have a good football background so you feel he understands what he’s doing and how to go about getting his plan done."
Analysis: Muschamp walked on at Georgia and has coached at LSU, Auburn, Texas, and for the Miami Dolphins. He's currently the defensive coordinator for the number one team in the country, several weeks running. If he doesn't have a "good football background," i'll write in all NAMBLA members on my ballot and send my pastor a blind link purporting to be a delicious turkey recipe but is actually "meatspin."

Statement: "[H]e has to have an attitude about him that he’s going to win, and nothing is going to stand in his way."
Analysis: I refer you to our site's logo, which is a picture of Muschamp coaching while his head was bleeding.

Statement: Phillips nixed the idea Clemson might return to its glory days by reaching out to Danny Ford.
Analysis: TDP must have someone amazing in mind to get up the messingbälles to pre-emptively keep Danny serving up milkshakes at Mac's. I mean really. effing. awesome. I wonder who could conceivably be better than even an aging Ford (excluding a re-animated Bear Bryant with Frank Howard's head on his shoulder, but there's not enough funding for that)??? I wonder, indeed???

Statement: However, there was one condition to Miles’ hiring, Phillips said.
For his offensive coordinator, Miles had to bring in — at least for one year — former Cowboy quarterback Mike Gundy, a 33-year-old who had been let go as Maryland’s quarterbacks coach.
Analysis: OH MY GOD TDP'S GOING TO HIRE MUSCHAMP AND WILLY KORN!

Statement: In terms of age, [the coach will] be in his 40s.
Analysis: OK, Muschamp's only 37. However, as we noted in an earlier post, Muschamp has Dock Brown's Delorean at his disposal, thus allowing his early-forties self to travel from 2011 back to this coming Christmas. Problem solved.

Statement: Having area connections could give a candidate a tiebreaker advantage.
Analysis: Muschamp is from Rome, Georgia, which is roughly three hours away from the Esso (not that i've ever timed it or anything . . .). Even though Muschamp has bounced around, he has never really ventured too far from home. According to fellow Roman, world-renowned former used car salesman, and self-proclaimed "expert on RAW" Tripp Alexander, the Muschamps are good people who still live in Rome. So not only is Muschamp from nearby, but he'd be closer to family if he coached at Clemson.

Statement: Pedigree goes a long way.
Analysis: Not really sure what this means, but Muschamp is definitely well-bred. [Reads article, stares at Muschamp photo, unzips pantaloons.]

Statement: There needs to be a certain degree of stubborn confidence about the coach.
Analysis: [pauses] Oh, he definitely won't give up until the job's done. . . [heavy breathing]

Statement: Head coaching experience is not required.
Analysis: [building towards climax]

Statement: Defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, a fiery 37-year-old Georgia native who has cut his teeth under Bill Oliver and Nick Saban. Muschamp meets a lot of the qualifications, yet the lure of an SEC opening might trump what Clemson has to offer. (Emphasis added).
Analyis: [heavy breathing stops, re-zips pantaloons] WHAT THE HELL, STERLOW??? You had to save that for the end, didn't you? You might as well have been my mom bursting into the room. Asshole.
[storms off to do some heavy lifting]

Bobby Johnson? - No Thank You

Dook Blue Devils 10 - Vanderbilt Fighting Bobby Johnsons 7.

Horsefeathers, Horsefeathers, Horsefeathers!

In related news, No. 1 BOOM! 28, No. 6 OSU 24.



BOOM!!!!

C'mon Dabo, give me a reason to hate you

Personal aside.  As a childhood cancer survivor who spent a lot of time laying around Greenville's various children's hospitals, this won Dabo some major points in Speck's book.  Meanwhile down in Texas, BOOM! is currently giving all his players cancer so that they can experience this kind of thing first hand!

The Dabo

Early on the thirteenth day of the third month of the year of our football, The Dabo awoke to teach young men how to catch. But Terry had different plans for him, and the word came down from the athletic department that The Dabo must takeover the team and make believers of the faithful. The Dabo spoke out, saying "We will throw the ball down field, and our large men will stand with three points to the ground, for we must be tough." And so the faithful were pleased, shouting "All In!" The Dabo then said unto the students, "Wear orange, and be solid. For we will also wear orange and be solid." And so they did.

"Dress ye well in your
finest linens and jewelery."

And so went the week as The Dabo prepared the team for its battle with the golden jackets. When the day had come, The Dabo rose early and said unto the team "Dress ye well in your finest linens and jewelery, for today we will travel to the holy land beside the lake to do battle with the golden jackets." And the team did as he asked. They left the green city and rode toward valley by the lake. But when they arrived they encountered an impassable sea of Orange. But The Dabo said, "We shall approach the Orange sea at Full Speed, and it will part." And so it was. The Dabo led the team through the parted sea to the west end of the valley where they rested for the arduous journey ahead.

"Parting of the Orange Sea

As the time to face the golden jackets grew close, The Dabo rose and stood with the team and told unto them "I may not last many more weeks, but believe in me and I will choose you every time" And they ended the prayer, "Allin". With that, The Dabo gathered the team and led them around the valley to atop the highest hill, where he stood and kissed the sacred stone. With pride in his eyes, he pointed in the air to channel the spirit of the Danny and ran down the mighty hill into the valley amidst cheers of "Yabo Dabo Doo" and "Wohoo" from the the orange faithful, apparently seeking to strike fear in the hearts of the golden jackets.

The team followed The Dabo and gave an impressive effort. But the front wave of the golden jackets proved too tough for them, and his team held just short of victory. The day was done and the final score was etched in stone atop the mighty hill.

With the battle done, The Dabo met with a small band of scribes and he told unto them, "Worry not, because it was awesome." The confused scribes questioned The Dabo about the loss, to which he replied "There are no losers in here." After saying this he raised a cup of orange koolaid saying, "This koolaid is the new covenant of All In, whenever you drink it, you too will see that 3-4 is really 0-1 and not care about what the score-board says." And the scribes drank from the koolaid and were pleased. They then went forth spreading the koolaid for all to drink, and the faithful said "Allin."

It's About Pride!

Dabo Swinney, on behalf on SolidBoom.com, let me be the first to thank you for you devotion to Clemson Football, Clemson's Student-Athletes, Clemson University, and all Clemson alumni and fans. SolidBoom.com is excited to have you leading our Tigers into battle for the remainder of the season and we will support you fully.

Look forward to seeing you this Saturday ... We'll be in our Orange. GO TIGERS!

Dear Students,

I want to take time to thank Terry Don Phillips and Clemson University for the opportunity to serve as Clemson's Head Coach for the remainder of the season.

I'm extremely excited about the remaining games, particularly our next game against Georgia Tech. It is extremely important to me to engage our student body so they can get behind our team and support these players for the remainder of the season.

Student support is critical to our team and to me personally; therefore, for the Georgia Tech game, I'd like to implement our solid orange concept full force by having an orange-out for the Georgia Tech game. Our team will wear all orange for Georgia Tech and I ask you to join in by wearing orange to support the team. Additionally, we will have the first ever TigerWalk, which will begin from Perimeter Road (near Jervey Athletic Center) and continue through the parking lot (Lot #5) located behind the West End Zone as they enter the locker room to dress for the game. The team will arrive approximately at 10:00 a.m. and I ask that you show up and be loud and proud!

I also plan to invite all the students to a practice and plan for a pep rally in the near future. Student support is vital to our success and I encourage you to get behind this team and demonstrate the Clemson spirit. You will be hearing from me with regards to the pep rally and student practice invitation. We need to exemplify One Clemson.

Thank you in advance for your support and remember – Wear Orange and Go Tigers!

Go Tigers!

Dabo Swinney
Head Football Coach

A Snag in the Plan? Muschamp Reacts to Bowden’s Resignation

Special Commentary

Yesterday was a big move forward for Clemson. By all authoritative accounts, a coach who was heavily entrenched in a stagnant program by an overall winning record and millions of dollars in buyout money calmly stepped aside to let someone else write the next chapter of the football program’s history. What happens over the next few weeks will be crucial in whether Clemson will be able to build on Bowden’s decade and finally get back to winning bowl games and conference titles.

Which is exactly why Terry Don Phillips needs to call Will Muschamp today and clear some things up.

Some time around 2:00 p.m. yesterday—when the internet and cell phones were buzzing with third-hand conclusions that Bowden had been fired, and several hours before Phillips, Swinney, and Bowden himself set the record straight that Bowden resigned—sports reporters apparently relayed the erroneous firing story to Muschamp and asked for his comments. Depending on which source you read, Muschamp found the news shocking, awful, or upsetting. He replied, “[t]hat’s the way college athletics is going, I guess.”

Obviously, these comments are troubling to anyone who wants Muschamp at the reigns in Death Valley. For all we know, Muschamp thinks Clemson kicked Bowden to the curb, and did so simply because he went 3-3 this season. Muschamp needs to know the truth. He needs to know that Bowden decided to leave because he finally accepted the writing on the wall: after achieving high graduation rates, improvements to facilities, remarkable increases in funding, and periodic wins—things for which he should be commended—he could not take things any further. More importantly, if Dabo Swinney can’t make things happen (and i'm not saying he can't), Muschamp needs to know that he is exactly what Clemson football needs.

Phillips should call Muschamp immediately to clear the air, before misinformation leads Muschamp to totally rejecting the idea of coming to Clemson. Even if Phillips isn’t interested in Muschamp for the position, he should still let him know what happened for the sake of their mutual friend Tommy Bowden’s good name.

Let's hope Dr. Phillips will make that call before it’s too late. And that he will make sure to hold the receiver far away from his ear:

PHILLIPS: Hello, can I please speak to Wi—

MUSCHAMP: BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!! Will speaking. Hello? Anyone there??

PHILLIPS: [lies on floor convulsing, blood pouring out of ears]

ZombieJohnCCalhoun rose from the dead after 158 years just to watch Will Muschamp coach at Clemson. However, in the mean time, he does want to find out why Tom Winkopp built so many sub sandwich shops and gated condominium communities in his yard.

Re-Creation of Today's Happenings

In Summary, this is exactly how it all went down ...


Hey BOOM! ...

BOWDEN FIRED!!!

More to come later ... But Step One is now complete.


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Dear Tommy

Dear Tommy Bowden,

Thank you for bringing our Clemson football team from a low-mediocre team to an upper-mediocre team. I think at this point in time we can both agree that we can't sustain a long-term relationship. You're a nice guy, and I don't want to blame it all on you, but Tommy, you really suck. I'm ready to take it to the next level, and from your performance, it's clear that you're not ready for that kind of commitment. It's not me Tommy, it's you. I wish it didn't' have to be like this, especially because of your really hot daughter, but it's time for us to go in our own directions.

Sincerely,

Your 80,000 closest friends

Wake 12 - Clemson 7

Let's first say that Speck does not hold the players accountable for this or any of the losses this year. These guys are not only extremely talented, but they are students playing for scholarship money. That does not mean that they cannot or should not be criticized every once in a while, but Speck will not do that here. He also doesn't believe they deserve it. So for tonight...



Quotes from tonight's broadcast:

"You've got great receivers. You've got great running backs. How can you be so bad? How can you be one of the worst teams in the country?" -Craig James

Speck doesn't think Clemson is one of the worst teams in the country, but going from #9 pre-season to this says something about someone.

"You can't point to one thing. Why is Clemson so bad?" -Chris Fowler

Speck can point to one thing. Here's a hint...It starts with a "T" and ends with a "ommy Bowden".

There was one moment in this game where Speck knew the Tigers had lost it. It was the personal foul for pushing after the play during the 3rd quarter. It showed the frustration that the players felt. All the talk this week was about how Clemson needed to win this game to salvage the season got to the players. What the players should have been thinking about was how they were going to prove that they were the better team tonight...that they were going to prove that they could blow out a good Wake Forest team on the road, on a Thursday. But they didn't have that in their heads. Deep down they doubted themselves as much as many of the fans doubted Tommy.  We loved you, but it's time to move on.

As Muschamp says...

That's still your job as a coach. We can get so involved in Xs and Os, but how do you hit the fire with the players? What are you going to do to motivate the guys to play at a different level? Motivating players is a huge part of being a good coach.

Speck couldn't agree more.

The Sneakiness

Clemson beat writer Paul Strelow says that Rob Spence "has installed several new packages of trick plays" for the Wake game.



Speck thinks this is either a sign of Spence/Bowden being all out of ideas, or a clever game theory ploy to keep Wake's defense paranoid. We hope it's the latter, but well...

Muschamp laughs at your silly "trick" plays. Really, all plays are sort of trick plays, so he just prefers to tell you what he's going to do and then KNOCK YOU IN THE M'THER F*CKING MOUTH.

Back to the BOOM!

Rob Spence has decided to "amp up [the] intensity" at practice following the Maryland loss. Amp up the intensity? At what level was the intensity before?

Clemson is in the regular season and playing in conference. The intensity should already be up as high as possible.

Take BOOM! for example. Is there really a higher level of intensity? You'd pretty much have to break the space-time continuum and enter the 4th dimension. Not possible? Not so fast.











See, it's a 1981 model. Coincidence? No such thing. All we need is a flux capacitor and this thing is ready for BOOM! to take it to the next intensity level: all the way to a Clemson National Championship.

BOOM "McFly" Muschamp

4 Million Doll Hairs....update

I just wanted to post an update on SolidBOOM's plan to raise 4 million Dollars.....the price of Tammy's buyout. As noted in an earlier post we receive $0.01 for every T-Shirt that is sold on the blog. We still have only sold one shirt. Fortunately for us Speck is an economics major and has come up with another way to raise some money. He has placed an advertisement on our website that gives us money with every click on the advertisement. I want to share the results of our progress with SolidBOOM nation.


$4.97! If you add the profits of our T-shirt sales, that figure balloons to a total of $4.98. Again, by doing some not-so-simple math, we are only $3,999,995.02 short of landing Muschamp at Clemson. Thanks for the support SolidBOOM nation.

Thursday Night Lights

SolidBoom.com is off to our first road game of the season (we refuse to count 'Bama as a road game since Tommy refused to even consider it a game).

SolidBoom.com will be set-up in Winston-Salem, NC this Thursday night with the Solid BOOM! Flag flying high and the cold beer flowing strong. Keep an eye open for us and feel free to stop by.

Not the SolidBOOM! flag, but this just feels right ...

Oh, one more thing ... BOOM!

Coming Soon to a TV near you ...

"Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin." Yes, you heard right, you can now learn the ancient art of Judo with your, and our, favorite Russian leader. This high-profile DVD has even begun to rival the sale of Vodka in some Russian towns, villages, and fall-out shelters.


The instructional video has also received some attention in the good-ole USofA, as well. Accordingly, not to be out-done, many American athletic figures are in preparations to release their owns "How To" videos.



Here are a few of the fine pieces you can look forward to seeing on the shelves of your local Blockbuster (those bastards better give us that royalty they promised us for that):


"How To Lose in Life, on the Scoreboard, and Against the Spread" - Tommy Bowden

This instructional video will teach viewers how to do LESS with MORE. In economic times like theses, it is vitally important to immobilize all assets, and no one knows that better than Tommy Bowden. Thus, Tommy will teach you how to remove all firepower from your life and fade into mediocrity - it sure has worked out for him.




"How to Win and Have Fun By Knocking Mother F*ckers Out!" - Will "BOOM!" Muschamp

Will, BOOM!, will teach you how to succeed in life while still enjoying yourself. BOOM!'s patented strategy centers on eating only raw meat, hitting your opponents square in the mouth, making love to their wife, eating raw meat while making love to their wife, marking your territory with your own urine (this includes your opponent's wife), and knocking the shit out of anything with a football in its hand. BOOM!




"Learn to Speak Pterodactyl with Arian Foster" - Arian Foster

There is only one way to interview Arian Foster about his goaline fumble, goaline fumble, or goaline fumble in the upcoming weeks - Speak Pterodactyl. And now, here's your chance. I don't see Michael Phelps and Rosetta Stone offering this shit.




"How To Resist Temption - The Mark Mangino Way" - Mark Mangino

Ever wanted to eat your weight in an Orange? - "Boy have I been there." Mark will let you in on some of his dietary secrets that keep him in his athletic shape. One of his favorite tricks, instead of 6 twice-baked potatoes for breakfast, go for 12 single-baked potatoes - or better yet, 24 raw ones. Pure genius Mark, pure genius.





"How To Fry the Perfect Corn Dog" - "The Hat," Les Miles

It's not as easy as you thing, but now with Les's help, you too can enjoy the perfect corn dog. Les will also give you some great tips on how to attempt to hide that corn dog smell. Further, Les will teach you how to differentiate between a good corn dog and a poor one, to hopefully save you from making a grave mistake.

Muschstein

Matt Hayes knows "Will Muschamp is a brilliant guy." You know how brilliant? So brilliant that BOOM! already knew Hayes was going to call him brilliant. He's darn close to being omniscient. "[D]ouble...Josh Smith in the first quarter"? You don't think BOOM! already knows this? If this doesn't happen, the only reason is because BOOM! knows that it would be too obvious. He thinks five steps ahead. That gap in his coaching career in '97? He was teaching Deep Blue strategy.

Matter and Energy: related like BOOM! and Winning

Theory of relativity? Einstein figured it out after watching Muschamp's defenses hit opposing offenses. Don't patronize BOOM's intellect with your coaching advice, silly sportswriter. We know you offered it humbly, but BOOM already knew that too. Doesn't make any sense? That's because it's written at BOOM's level. It's over our heads too.

Backlash against the Backlash

Fandom is a fickle thing. We all have our reasons for being a fan. It's not like we were randomly assigned teams to be irrationally supportive of at the womb. That's why Speck has never understood people who get upset at the slightest wavering of fan loyalty. You know these people. Message board types who berate you with platitudes like "regardless of how things are going, we should always go to the games, cheer, and support the players", "real fans support the coach through thick and thin", or "wear orange". Really? Thanks for the insight, idiot.

Broad coach dissatisfaction is prime time for the "support the team" types. Since they're now pretty much in the vocal minority, they get to walk around spewing meaningless garbage all while seeming unique and noble. Spare me. Not being extremely excited and loud while watching our team self destruct does not make Speck a bad fan. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.

Not Speck. Not anymore. If people are worried about the enthusiasm level or atmosphere on game day suffering, then fix the problem not the symptoms. Speck has lost confidence in Bowden. He didn't want to. He would love to believe that Bowden is the right man for the job, but it's just not in his gut. He also believes that deep down, most fans feel the same way. They try to cover it up. They pump themselves up for kickoff, and keep the stadium loud when things are going well. Then when everything falls apart, they lose it. It's not their fault. They never really believed in the first place. Ron Morris over at The State has some pretty logical reasons why it may be premature to anoint BOOM! Muschamp the new savior or start a blog or anything, but being a fan isn't about logic. Speck will still be there; sitting through the entire game and hanging around afterward to sing the alma mater. Part of being a fan is taking your hits. But no one should expect him to smile about it.

You too can get free money from the government.

Like most people who live in DC, Speck generally spends most of his time trying to come up with ways to get the government to give him money. That's why he's been so interested in this whole bailout deal. You know, Congress spending $700 billion to buy up bad assets. All of this got him thinking about other bad assets floating around.

Underperforming assets in need of a bailout.

So here's the plan. Since it's going to take the entire population of southeast Asia buying t-shirts to get the money for Bowden's buyout, we could just ask the government.

Free Money!

The Senate has already passed the latest version. If we hurry, maybe we can slip an amendment or two into the House version. Four million is nothing.

Reason and analysis

Tom over at AntiBowden has started a new series on possible coaching replacements. No suprise to SolidBOOM! that he would start with Muschamp. It has history, analysis, and other reasoned information. Check it out.

4 Million Doll Hairs

4 Million Dollars. That's how much it will take for Clemson University to buy out Bowden's contract. Might as well call it a shitload. Well, here at solidBOOM.com we have come up with a simple solution to raise a shitload of money for TDP.

SolidBOOM.com nets a profit of $0.01 for every solidBOOM t-shirt that is sold from this website. By doing some simple math, we need to sell 400 million shirts in order to raise the money. To put it in perspective, if the entire population of Indonesia, Nigeria, and North Korea were to buy a shirt, we would be set. We sold one this morning so we are off to a great start. Get on it Tiger fans!

Oblivious

I think everyone in the stadium last Saturday was on the same page. Apparently this what Tommy told Coach Friedgen after the game.

"Tommy said to me after the game, ‘Are they booing you or me?’ I said,
‘Who cares? They’re probably booing both of us. It doesn’t matter. Move on.' "

You're wrong. The fans were saying "BOOOOOOM!!". The following is the conversation that Muschamp and Friedgen would have had after the game.

"Is that your blood or mine?"

"I'm pretty sure you're the only one in the whole stadium who's bleeding"

"BOOM! That'll give me something to work on with my players during the off week!"

"........................."

Pouring the Foundation

Since this whole Muschamp to Clemson hullabaloo is pure speculation at this point, I thought it would be a good idea to set the foundation for how we got here.

In the 3 weeks leading up to the Maryland games, the Clemson football team had just about recovered from the bed-shitting session that occurred in the GA Dome against ‘Bama.  We got comfortable wins against the Citadel and NC State and a 54-0 beatdown of South Carolina State.  There had been hiccups.  The OL struggled, the defense gave up a lot of yards and 2008 Cullen Harper was not 2007 Cullen Harper (causing a portion of the Clemson faithful to call for Willy Korn play a more significant role in the offense, if not be named the starter).  Nonetheless, we made it to the “teeth” of the OMINOUS ACC schedule with only one non-conference loss: the mighty Maryland Terrapins and their fairly weak defense and nothing-to-write-home-about-offense were coming to town.  This is Tommy’s year.  This is when 10 years of prep will come together in an ACC run that Clemson fans have not seen since the early 1990s.  Right?  We know what happens next.

1^st Half: 17-6 halftime lead.  204 first half rushing yards.  Gameplan working perfectly.

2^nd Half:  Maryland switches to a 4-3 (that’s right, a halftime adjustment) and Clemson abandons the run (10 second half carries combined for Davis and Spiller, both on Doak Walker watch list).  Maryland puts up 14 second half points and Clemson puts up 0.  Final:  20-17 Maryland.  Tommy Bowden has his annual meltdown game.  Only this year it’s about 5 or 6 weeks earlier than normal.

I’ll admit, I’d been pretty easy on him in years past.  This time, I’ve finally had enough.  I want Tommy Bowden gone.  Immediately…after the conclusion of the regular season.  And  I want Will Muschamp in.

Here’s what some of the rest of the world has to say: 

Larry Williams – Charleston Post and Courier

“As costly as Saturday's defeat might've been to Clemson's hopes of finally winning the Atlantic Division and advancing to the ACC title game, the far bigger casualty might've been his loss of a large part of his fan base.”

Can’t say I disagree here.  It’s never a good state of affairs when the vast majority is ready for a change.  I will approach every game here on out, regardless of how we perform against Wake and GT, with guarded optimism.

Mickey Plyler – Daily Tigernet Blog

“However, this is a different time and this is a different place. My opinion might not be worth anything and I am not trying to convince you to change your mind no matter what you think on this subject. But I have concluded that now is the time to make a change.

I am tired of a divided Clemson nation. I am ready to be reunited. I just can’t see how he can escape this one. It is about to get really bad around here. I think it will be Hatfield bad. The feeling I get is that people are ticked and are not going to take it anymore.”

Again, reference to losing a good portion of the fanbase.  I wasn’t around for the Hatfield era, but from what I’ve heard.  It wasn’t pretty.

Tommy Bowden – Post-Game Press Conference

Q. You're satisfied with the jobs your assistant coaches are doing? 

A. "Yes, but disappointed in the results, because of what we just talked about. If we don't fumble the punt and give them that field goal, and then we threw the screen under center and it was picked off by a blitzing safety which hadn't happened in four years of this offense… those were six points. Right now I'm more concerned with correcting those things. Maryland is a good team. If we don't have those penalties, then we don't fumble that punt, then I'm not answering these questions." 

Atta boy.  Throw your players under the bus that have saved your ass more times than we can count.  The fact is, the 6 points that they gave up SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE AGAINST MARYLAND.  The right gameplan would have kept Maryland’s offense off the field and would have let James and CJ run wild…just like they did in the first half.  Take some damn responsibility.

 

As a result, a small band of alumni (and maybe a residual undergrad or two) have come together to start the public coaching search a couple months early.  First, if we go 10-2, I still want a change to be made.  Second, we’re not going 10-2.

The quivering lip - coming to a press conference near you, December 2008.

Play-Calling

Tommy:
1st and 10: WR Screen, -1 yard.
2nd and 11: WR Screen, 2 yards.
3rd and 9: 5 yard Curl pass, no more, no less.

The Clemson screen pass: Removing the QB's eyes from down field since 2005. Wrong way Cullen, the endzone is behind you!

BOOM:
1st and 10: Knock those Mother F*ckers out!
2nd and 6: Knock those Mother F*ckers out!
3rd and 2: Play action ... Knock those Mother F*ckers out!



TOUCHDOWN. BOOM!

Wikipedia: The Ultimate Snowball Effect

It has begun ... via Muschamp's Wikipedia page.

Attention from Clemson Fans

In recent weeks, Clemson football fans have become exponentially more vocal in their dissatisfaction with head coach Tommy Bowden's performance during his tenure at the university. Some of these fans have suggested that the university dismiss Bowden and offer Muschamp the position.

Go ahead and give him the headset, blood or no blood.

Muschamp - Palin 2008

In a bold announcement, and likely thanks in part to our service, the GOP has made a drastic change in its campaign strategy. Muschamp - Palin, 2008.

Or as Palin would say Bullet Bodycheck - Palin, 2008.







Yeah, Bullet Bodycheck, that's dead on actually. BOOM! Knock those Mother F*ckers out!

BOOM! v. Tommy, Round 1.

"Well, you see, they got Will Muschamp and well ... we've got me. But I do like our chances. In fact, I sat our guys down last night with some candles and some scripture, and finished it off with a pre-planned, non-spontaneous pillow fight to get them fired up for the big game. It was great. And then I hear that Will over there has been working his guys like dogs; screaming, yelling, hitting 'em, and such. Just ain't nice you know, and ain't that what football is about - nice?"



Oh, are you going to finish that grass? No? - Mind if I have a blade or two. Thanks. I'll give you a call when I'm done and seek your advice on how I couldn't eaten it better.

What time is it?

It's been 4 hours ... and I'm still in search of comments about Tommy Bowden similar to these fine gems about BOOM!

Will Muschamp's wristwatch has no numbers on it. It just says, "Time to kick ass."

Thanks to our friends at Daily Football Fix for their fine reporting. You boys can now add Clemson to that Wanting Muschamp list.

We've all taken our hits ...

But not like BOOM! ... Hurt, he ain't hurt

Will Muschamp keeps the 17-inch rod and three screws that used to hold his lower right leg together above his desk. He looks at it every day to keep the chip firmly planted on his shoulder.

I know Clemson Coach Tommy Bowden did have a rough night after a game last season, after eating too many blades of grass on the sideline. I wonder if he has his squares of Charmin and bottle of Pepto framed above his desk???

Don't take our word for it

BOOM! is not only the greatest coach to ever yell excited explitives from the sideline, he also will tape his headset on his head to get through a game.

He's more than happy to tell you Will Muschamp stories. By the way, Chris Hatcher, once you catch him, is happy to tell stories about Muschamp, the new Texas defensive coordinator. There are a few. He once called Hatcher four hours after practice to rage about non-contact whistles costing his players sacks in practice. He also watched Muschamp coach a whole game wearing a makeshift turban made of athletic tape and a headset.

"Third game of our career. We're playing Southern Arkansas, and we just signed a deal with CSS TV. We're the first I-AA game they broadcast. I look down the sideline before the game, and a grad assistant is putting pre-wrap around Muschamp's head. His headset had been smashed to pieces on the plane ride, and he had to find a way to keep his headset on, so he had it taped to his head. He looked like The Red Badge of Courage."

Hatcher is laughing out loud as he says this, but wants me to make sure Muschamp gets the props, as well.

"Please include this in the article, though: He may the best football coach I've ever coached with. He has a knack for getting his kids to play so hard for him. The best, by far, at his job."

Anti-Bitch Mentality

"BOOM!" Muschamp does not have bitch mentality. He's got a BOOM mentality which we're pretty sure is the exact opposite.