A new week a new complaint
The “Blame Game”, will not be seen this week as-- we won. This doesn’t mean life is grand and all the problems are fixed though. I (like the Def Lineman of NCSU) telegraphed the screen pass to the left the led to a pick 6 as well as over 50 other offensive plays from the game. Very few did I miss but I’ll put that on the back burner b/c CJ Spiller and Chansi Stuckey are beasts!!
In other news… we got another #### ##### ######## ## ### # ###### ######### ###### NOON GAME! I am not pleased. I will be there, as always, but that doesn’t change the fact that I hate Noon games!! Want to know why? Well, I’m gonna tell you anyway.
1st of all, I live in Charlotte. It takes me about 2 to 2 and a half hours to get to Clemson depending on traffic weather etc. Not too long right? Well, for noon games I have to leave at 6:30AM to beat traffic. Now some of you might say “so what, I leave at 5” well let me give you a cookie b/c I don’t!! and I don’t want to!!!
The funny thing is, 6:30 is only about an hour difference from any other time I would leave. I am usually on the road no later than 8AM for any game whether it be 3:30PM or 7:45PM.
The reason why I’m upset is that I love seeing people and Clemson and tailgating and all the great things that make Clemson on game-day… well…. Great!
Now you might say, “why not just do it after the game”. Well let me remind you of what I do… I make videos. That means if we win, I have work to do. If we lose I don’t have to get home immediately, but who the hell wants to be social and polite after we lose? Certainly not me… it’s a lose/lose situation for me with noon games. For 3:30, and later, games I don’t have to worry about the video b/c I won’t be getting home until late anyway so that becomes a non-factor and guess what… I get 3 and a half hours MORE time to socialize and enjoy a town that I (among 10 of thousands others) miss and don’t get to see that often.
Another reason is obvious…
I give you exhibit A: The Maryland Game 2006: The crowd was flat, the crowd was weak the crowd was STILL ASLEEP!! Its funny how everyone seems to say “the crowd was decent… for a noon game” do we ever say this about night games? Nope, don’t need to b/c they don’t suck!
Exhibit B: GT Game 2006: One of the best atmospheres I’ve ever seen before a game. Sure you can say it was ESPN’s Gameday that brought out the people but the stadium was 95% full 25 mins before the game started! We didn’t even get 95% full for the whole game vs Maryland! If you need proof, just take a look at my pictures from both games on photobucket.
Exhibit C: UGA 2003: Sorry to bring this up, but can you remember a worse game you have ever attended at the valley? Played when? Oh yea… NOON!!
Exhibit D: FSU 2003: You think we would have won the game if it was played at noon? How would we have known there was a lunar eclipse and the planets had aligned? Do you think Radio would have run down the hill at noon? I doubt it! Radio told me himself that he hates noon games and would have refused… ok I made that last part up I don’t know Radio.
Exhibit E: USC 2004: I love how people like to pretend this is the exception for noon games. Well let me ask you what was so great about this game? The score? Maybe but it was a boring game, the crowd (minus the opening kickoff) was bored… at least until the fight!! Oh yea, remember that? Think there would have been a fight had we played at night? Heck no!! Lou would have been asleep before the start of the 4th quarter and both teams would have been ready to kick back and relax instead of putting up fists!!
Exhibit F: USC 2000: Probably the greatest Clemson USC game played in the valley. The whole game was tight and came down to a handful of controversial calls and a game winning FG. What time was the game played? NOT AT NOON!
If you need more I can spout out game after game for hours! But I don’t need to. The students don’t like noon games, the players don’t like noon games, most of the fans don’t like noon games but TDP doesn’t care about these people, he cares about $$ and a few old farts who think the noon games are “better”. Kiss my non-loving noon games rump.
Ok I’m vented. You can say what you want and I don’t really care. I will be there and will cheer like I ALWAYS do. Hopefully, other people will get there early and do the same unlike they seem to do at EVERY OTHER NOON GAME!!
Write it down, take a picture, call your momma, eat at Joe’s… The Shoeless Fearless Prediction for this week is:
Clemson will absolutely murder the bye week! Have you looked at the stats? The Bye week ranks last in every category!!
Now let’s recap last weeks games predictions:
I went 16-6 this past week making my overall record 235-68. I picked a few less games this week but still stayed close to my average on the year.
Weekly Records:
Week 1: 28-4
Week 2: 24-4
Week 3: 20-8
Week 4: 25-3
Week 5: 23-5
Week 6: 18-9
Week 7: 22-9
Week 8: 22-5
Week 9: 19-7
Week 10: 18-8
Week 11: 16-6
Overall: 235-68 Clemson: 6-4
Let’s take a look at this weekend’s games and I’m picking them all this time!:
Miami (OH) 20 Bowling Green 14
Akron 20 Ohio 10
West Virginia 45 Pittsburg 20
Eastern Mich 10 Kent St. 7
Cent Mich 10 Northern Illinois 34
Miami 24 Virginia 10
NCSU 25 UNC 10
Maryland 17 Boston College 21
Buffalo 0 Wisconsin 31
UConn 10 Syracuse 21
Western Carolina 3 Florida 35
Michigan St 13 Penn St 22
Iowa 10 Minnesota 26
Indiana 10 Purdue 28
Oklahoma 34 Baylor 10
Middle Tenn St 10 South Carolina 38
Temple 10 Navy 39
Tennessee 42 Vandy 17
La Monroe 10 Kentucky 39
Illinois 10 Northwestern 34
Duke 10 Georgia Tech 30
Oklahoma St 40 Texas Tech 45
W Michigan 10 Florida St 30
UCF 30 Tulane 28
Houston 20 Memphis 10
Missouri 10 Iowa St 24
Arkansas 45 Mississippi St 10
Army 0 Notre Dame 31
Utah St 0 Boise St 32
Tulsa 10 SMU 13
East Carolina 10 Rice 0
Oregon St 25 Stanford 20
Arizona 21 Oregon 20
Kansas St 34 Kansas 0
Auburn 24 Alabama 21
Michigan 20 Ohio St 19
Wyoming 10 UNLV 12
San Diego St 10 TCU 23
New Mexico 10 BYU 45
UTEP 10 Marshall 14
Idaho 10 Fresno St 33
LA Lafayette 10 Florida Intl 17
Washington 10 Washington St 13
Florida Atlantic 9 North Texas 14
Virginia Tech 19 Wake Forest 20
Arkansas St 10 Troy 24
South Florida 10 Louisville 42
Utah 10 Air Force 33
Rutgers 50 Cincy 10
California 24 USC 21
Nevada 10 La Tech 30
UAB 10 Southern Miss 39
Mississippi 10 LSU 40
UCLA 10 Arizona St 30
San Jose St 30 Hawaii 45
In other news… we got another #### ##### ######## ## ### # ###### ######### ###### NOON GAME! I am not pleased. I will be there, as always, but that doesn’t change the fact that I hate Noon games!! Want to know why? Well, I’m gonna tell you anyway.
1st of all, I live in Charlotte. It takes me about 2 to 2 and a half hours to get to Clemson depending on traffic weather etc. Not too long right? Well, for noon games I have to leave at 6:30AM to beat traffic. Now some of you might say “so what, I leave at 5” well let me give you a cookie b/c I don’t!! and I don’t want to!!!
The funny thing is, 6:30 is only about an hour difference from any other time I would leave. I am usually on the road no later than 8AM for any game whether it be 3:30PM or 7:45PM.
The reason why I’m upset is that I love seeing people and Clemson and tailgating and all the great things that make Clemson on game-day… well…. Great!
Now you might say, “why not just do it after the game”. Well let me remind you of what I do… I make videos. That means if we win, I have work to do. If we lose I don’t have to get home immediately, but who the hell wants to be social and polite after we lose? Certainly not me… it’s a lose/lose situation for me with noon games. For 3:30, and later, games I don’t have to worry about the video b/c I won’t be getting home until late anyway so that becomes a non-factor and guess what… I get 3 and a half hours MORE time to socialize and enjoy a town that I (among 10 of thousands others) miss and don’t get to see that often.
Another reason is obvious…
I give you exhibit A: The Maryland Game 2006: The crowd was flat, the crowd was weak the crowd was STILL ASLEEP!! Its funny how everyone seems to say “the crowd was decent… for a noon game” do we ever say this about night games? Nope, don’t need to b/c they don’t suck!
Exhibit B: GT Game 2006: One of the best atmospheres I’ve ever seen before a game. Sure you can say it was ESPN’s Gameday that brought out the people but the stadium was 95% full 25 mins before the game started! We didn’t even get 95% full for the whole game vs Maryland! If you need proof, just take a look at my pictures from both games on photobucket.
Exhibit C: UGA 2003: Sorry to bring this up, but can you remember a worse game you have ever attended at the valley? Played when? Oh yea… NOON!!
Exhibit D: FSU 2003: You think we would have won the game if it was played at noon? How would we have known there was a lunar eclipse and the planets had aligned? Do you think Radio would have run down the hill at noon? I doubt it! Radio told me himself that he hates noon games and would have refused… ok I made that last part up I don’t know Radio.
Exhibit E: USC 2004: I love how people like to pretend this is the exception for noon games. Well let me ask you what was so great about this game? The score? Maybe but it was a boring game, the crowd (minus the opening kickoff) was bored… at least until the fight!! Oh yea, remember that? Think there would have been a fight had we played at night? Heck no!! Lou would have been asleep before the start of the 4th quarter and both teams would have been ready to kick back and relax instead of putting up fists!!
Exhibit F: USC 2000: Probably the greatest Clemson USC game played in the valley. The whole game was tight and came down to a handful of controversial calls and a game winning FG. What time was the game played? NOT AT NOON!
If you need more I can spout out game after game for hours! But I don’t need to. The students don’t like noon games, the players don’t like noon games, most of the fans don’t like noon games but TDP doesn’t care about these people, he cares about $$ and a few old farts who think the noon games are “better”. Kiss my non-loving noon games rump.
Ok I’m vented. You can say what you want and I don’t really care. I will be there and will cheer like I ALWAYS do. Hopefully, other people will get there early and do the same unlike they seem to do at EVERY OTHER NOON GAME!!
Write it down, take a picture, call your momma, eat at Joe’s… The Shoeless Fearless Prediction for this week is:
Clemson will absolutely murder the bye week! Have you looked at the stats? The Bye week ranks last in every category!!
Now let’s recap last weeks games predictions:
I went 16-6 this past week making my overall record 235-68. I picked a few less games this week but still stayed close to my average on the year.
Weekly Records:
Week 1: 28-4
Week 2: 24-4
Week 3: 20-8
Week 4: 25-3
Week 5: 23-5
Week 6: 18-9
Week 7: 22-9
Week 8: 22-5
Week 9: 19-7
Week 10: 18-8
Week 11: 16-6
Overall: 235-68 Clemson: 6-4
Let’s take a look at this weekend’s games and I’m picking them all this time!:
Miami (OH) 20 Bowling Green 14
Akron 20 Ohio 10
West Virginia 45 Pittsburg 20
Eastern Mich 10 Kent St. 7
Cent Mich 10 Northern Illinois 34
Miami 24 Virginia 10
NCSU 25 UNC 10
Maryland 17 Boston College 21
Buffalo 0 Wisconsin 31
UConn 10 Syracuse 21
Western Carolina 3 Florida 35
Michigan St 13 Penn St 22
Iowa 10 Minnesota 26
Indiana 10 Purdue 28
Oklahoma 34 Baylor 10
Middle Tenn St 10 South Carolina 38
Temple 10 Navy 39
Tennessee 42 Vandy 17
La Monroe 10 Kentucky 39
Illinois 10 Northwestern 34
Duke 10 Georgia Tech 30
Oklahoma St 40 Texas Tech 45
W Michigan 10 Florida St 30
UCF 30 Tulane 28
Houston 20 Memphis 10
Missouri 10 Iowa St 24
Arkansas 45 Mississippi St 10
Army 0 Notre Dame 31
Utah St 0 Boise St 32
Tulsa 10 SMU 13
East Carolina 10 Rice 0
Oregon St 25 Stanford 20
Arizona 21 Oregon 20
Kansas St 34 Kansas 0
Auburn 24 Alabama 21
Michigan 20 Ohio St 19
Wyoming 10 UNLV 12
San Diego St 10 TCU 23
New Mexico 10 BYU 45
UTEP 10 Marshall 14
Idaho 10 Fresno St 33
LA Lafayette 10 Florida Intl 17
Washington 10 Washington St 13
Florida Atlantic 9 North Texas 14
Virginia Tech 19 Wake Forest 20
Arkansas St 10 Troy 24
South Florida 10 Louisville 42
Utah 10 Air Force 33
Rutgers 50 Cincy 10
California 24 USC 21
Nevada 10 La Tech 30
UAB 10 Southern Miss 39
Mississippi 10 LSU 40
UCLA 10 Arizona St 30
San Jose St 30 Hawaii 45
posted by ShoelessCU at 6:45 AM
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2 Comments:
Love the vids man. One criticism: it seems like you're adding so many "features" that we lose site of the actual "hightlights." The fuzzy picture, the faded shots. It's a bit much.
Look forward to the next three!
Amen brother, the gnomes agree. Noon games SUCK!! The crowd isn't into it, and the team hasn't had time to even eat breakfast let alone get pumped up. And you don't get the entire day to scheme about what the Tigers will do to the opposing team while enjoying adult beverages. You just show up, cheer on the Tigers and hope for a win which is followed by irrelvant chatter about the miserable game time at the tailgates before everyone heads home because they are so exhausted from having to get up at the but crack of dawn to get to Clemson.
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