Friday August 31, 2007

Friday E-Mail Bag

Friday E-Mail Bag
Each Friday I publish your comments and answer your questions. To submit a comment or questions please e-mail me at mickeyplyler@hotmail.com.

Mickey,

Alan

Alan,
I agree on Harper having a good season because the staff is extremely high on him right now. I will disagree on one point when you said I want to see Willy play real bad. I could not care less who starts. I just want to play the player that gives the team the best chance to win. That is obviously Harper now but there is no way to tell when or if Korn will eventually be that guy. I think he will eventually take over but I am not sure when. I doubt they red-shirt him thought because he is the second team guy.

Mickey,

Shaun

Shaun,

I think it is a great idea. I have forwarded your e-mail to a few people that might can help get the idea in motion. This will be a special reception all season and I know Clemson will do something special for our visitors from Blacksburg.

Mickey,

Pawboy

Pawboy,

I don’t think this is as big a deal as you do. I have talked to Trevor Adair and he says Buchholz is a mentally strong kid. He thinks he will have no problem handling the pressure. Maybe the comments will hurt but I doubt it.

Mick,

Thanks,
Tim

Tim,

I am out of the prediction business but I do have some gut feelings. First FSU cannot be as bad as they have been lately. I think they have been out of shape and not coached very well in the past five or so years. I think they got complacent. I also believe that the Seminoles are dangerous because they have a chip on their shoulder and they want to get back the form they once had.

However, I think Clemson is a better football team and home field advantage will be hard to overcome. I do not believe that the Tigers are good enough to play bad and not execute and still win. There is not a lot of difference in these two programs so neither team can fail to execute but still win.

Mickey,

Clearwater Tiger

Clearwater Tiger,

I think it sounds pretty good right now. But I have learned through the years that football schedules and contracts with some schools mean nothing. It seems like we hear about schools getting out of contracts to play other schools all of the time. The good news here is that we are not talking about eight years down the road. If they sign the deal this close to the game then I think it will happen.

Mickey,

Kenny

Kenny,

We had assistant basketball coach Shaka Smart on the radio show this week and he talked about the event and the freshmen. The NCAA allows basketball teams to play in an exhibition outside of the US once every four years. Most of the time this is done during the summer but the staff wanted to wait until now so they can take the freshmen with them. They were allowed ten practices before so this will help advance the freshmen quicker. Usually you have to wait until October 15 to start practice but this gives the team a big head start. Coach Smart says the freshman have looked good. Terrence Ogelsby led the team in scoring in a scrimmage and he can extend the defense like Shawon Robinson. He said Damontez Stitt is a very bright point guard that should play a bunch this season. He also loved Jerai Grant’s leaping ability and his skills as a rebounder. Coach Smart said they threw a lot at the freshmen in a short time but he likes this team and he could not be more excited about the season and the progress of the program.

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