Smelley to start, Bowden makes questionable call(s)....

-While this is not Breaking News, Coach Spurrier has decided to start Chris Smelley at QB this week in place of banged up Tommy Beecher. Given the way Chris moved the offense on Thursday night against NC State it's hard not to give him the nod. Plus, the Vandy misery from last year seemed to be Chris's undoing for the rest of the season. The Gamecocks are thinking revenge after doing everything in their power to make Vanderbilt look like the number 1 team in the country.

As with last week, this game could go either way. It could be close, or we could beat Vandy easily. We have the potential, but with a suspect O-Line it's hard to know for sure until the game starts.

-So word got out yesterday that Tommy Bowden has been calling other coaches to ask what he needs to do to help his team improve. While I admire his humility and willingness to reach out to other coaches it also raises a huge flag about his abilities. Tommy's been at Clemson for 10 years and makes a boat load of money. To me, a phone call like this is something that I'd expect an inexperienced coach to make. Not someone like Tommy Bowden. Nevertheless, coaches talk all the time and trade ideas. This situation was probably nothing different aside from the fact that Tommy actually came out and told the media he did so.

-Seems like everyone is coming down on Clemson in the state of South Carolina.

Many of the CU fans have had enough and are ready to start looking for their next coach.

Last night, "Sports Talk" out of Columbia made a few comments about CU's football program and the way in which Clemson manages information coming in and out of Tigertown.

Thinking about it now, after hearing it last night, the idea of controling how information is and is not presented to the public and the media is a lot like the way Socialist Countries operate. They tell you what they want you to hear and sugarcoat the things they don't want you to hear to sound often more favorable than they really are.
-Case in Point: One caller last night called into Sports Talk talking about the Clemson Coach's Show. He joked that as far as the Coach's Show was concerned Alabama never scored a point and all they showed was the positive stuff that Clemson did (which wasn't much).

Enough for now. More later.

Cheers!