Friday January 15, 2010

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,

Bigatiger

Bigatiger,
Thanks for the e-mail. I think everyone has the right to express their opinions and I don’t know of anyone that I agree with all of the time. However, I do like your idea of being able to ignore a poster. I will bring it up to Crump. Thanks for the suggestion.

Mickey,
Do you know if you have to have tickets to get in the Game Day event next Saturday? Thanks.

Belinda

Belinda,
This should be a huge event next Saturday in Littlejohn. Gates will open at 8:30 and admission is free. Also, you do not need a ticket for the Duke game to get into the Game Day event. The other thing I found out is the record for ESPN Game Day for basketball is 5,400 and I think we have a chance to break that mark next Saturday morning. They will have promotional items there to give away. It should be a fun event.

Mickey,

Billy

Billy,
Chaney is a linebacker/safety prospect that is a physical player. He runs like a safety but has a frame to add some weight and play linebacker in college. I think he can project into a good coverage guy and edge pass rusher as a linebacker. Clemson is still heavily involved with Justin Parker of Beaufort, SC. He has been to Clemson and South Carolina. He may visit LSU and Georgia Tech in the next two weeks. At this point I think he stays in state he now says Clemson is his new leader. Ferlando Bohanna is a linebacker from Memphis who is committed to Mississippi State but may visit Clemson later this month.

Hi Mickey,

Kirk

Kirk,
I agree that LB and WR are two positions that may help the most in 2010 but in the long run I think the defensive line and the secondary may prove to be the strength of this class. I think we could see three or four starters emerge later from the group of defensive backs.

Hey Mickey,

Mark

Mark,
There are other former walk-ons that are on scholarship. Players like Casey Nobles and Ben Ramsey may be on scholarship again next season. Clemson will not turn down a great player in the final days but I don’t they will get more than three more commitments. I am not sure how many walk-ons will be on scholarship but I do know that the senior class is small and Clemson needs the scholarships for the 2011 class.

Mickey,
Who you think will be starting QB for Clemson?

From your Chick-fil-a Ban the Woo Hoo Committee

Chick-fil-a Ban the Woo Hoo Committee,
First, you guys were awesome at the game Wednesday. Your grass roots efforts to end the Woo Hoo is working. I will remind readers to say “Go Tigers! Go Tigers Go!” instead of woo hooing.

I think Kyle Parker will be the starter but I would not be surprised if Tajh Boyd closed the gap and played significant snaps in September. If Boyd plays well or Parker does not then O could see Boyd getting more snaps each week.

Mick,
I was at the UNC game last night and can’t sleep because of the excitement. Was that as loud as you have heard Littlejohn? I am only a sophomore but it was the loudest I have heard yet. Thanks.

Chris

Chris,
I was not in Littlejohn in 1980 when Clemson upset top-ranked Duke but they say that one was extremely loud. That was the game where people were sitting in the aisles and the attendance record was broken. The loudest I have attended was the Wake Forest game of 1996. That one was a zoo. I will say that Littlejohn was rocking Wednesday night. You and your classmates deserve credit for the effort.

Mickey,
Did Trevor Adair resign or did he get fired? Was he really fired because of a noise violation? Have we really lost an entire season of soccer because of a noise violation?

Bennett

Bennett,
Officially Trevor resigned. He was forced to resign, so take it for what it is worth. It would have been nice for the judicial system to work before we rushed to judgement but the athletic director decided he was guilty until proven innocent. So, yes, Trevor is not here because of a noise violation. But the real reason he is gone is an athletic administration that will not stand up for their coaches.

Below is an e-mail I received last night from Jake Nicolopulos’ mom, Ann Louise Nicolopulos. I thought some of you would enjoy an update:

God Bless You and GO TIGERS!! AND WE BEAT UNC LAST NIGHT - YES!!!
Ann Louise Nicolopulos

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