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All-In [35541]
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mangy af bruh
Oct 25, 2017, 8:01 AM
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http://www.wyff4.com/article/clemsons-howards-rock-isnt-what-it-was-thought-to-be-curator-says/7162922
CLEMSON, S.C. —
It’s been 50 years since Howard’s Rock debuted at Clemson’s Death Valley, but a paleontologist discovered the rock isn’t what it was thought to be.
The story of one of Clemson’s most celebrated symbols has been told by national and local media, and in a number of different articles over the years.
Many of the publications reference a white flint rock from Death Valley, California, brought to Clemson and given to former Clemson Head Football coach Frank Howard.
It was placed on a pedestal at Clemson’s Death Valley for the first time in 1966, and the tradition of football players rubbing it before running down the hill during home games started a season later.
Dr. Adam Smith, the curator at Bob Campbell Geology Museum, was recently asked to do a mock-up of the Rock for a new football facility.
"It was pretty obvious even to the most rudimentary student of geology that this was not white flint, but was in fact quartzite," Smith said. "There’s a couple different quartzite formations in Death Valley, so that would make Howard’s Rock a really old, really cool rock something like 350 to 550 million years old, so a lot of history there before it traveled to Clemson."
Clemson Athletic communications director Sam Blackman said he’s unsure of where the white flint identification came from.
"I guess they didn’t go to geology class that day, or just misidentified it," Blackman said with a laugh. "It needs to have its own identification in the geology book: Howard’s Rock."
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CU Medallion [54046]
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Write something I can rub my #### on!!!!
Oct 25, 2017, 8:03 AM
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Or quit posting your uncles ########.!.!
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Heisman Winner [136011]
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LOLUTZ.
Oct 25, 2017, 8:19 AM
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Rocks for Jocks.
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Lot o points [156327]
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FIFY
Oct 25, 2017, 8:40 AM
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Rock n Jock
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Dr. Adam Smith:
Oct 25, 2017, 8:32 AM
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Oculus Spirit [79304]
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Lutz @ the Clemson geology department
Oct 25, 2017, 8:46 AM
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Stank on y'all's faces. Serves you right for giving me a D. And for giving me one letter grade above failing.
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All-In [45047]
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Does this mean we have to vacate all our home wins since
Oct 25, 2017, 9:15 AM
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we've been using the wrong rock?
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Hall of Famer [23693]
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Unless we can find some way to blame it on the Russians
Oct 25, 2017, 9:20 AM
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I guess we do!
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Oculus Spirit [79304]
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110%er [9129]
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Rock on***
Oct 25, 2017, 10:09 AM
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All-TigerNet [12270]
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sirrus quesion: does rock, like many other seemingly solid
Oct 25, 2017, 10:43 AM
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fixtures of this ever changing world, (ie; the lounge) go soft as it ages? asking for an old friend. 
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