Here it is folks, your weekly football weather forecast. Light-saber sold separately.
Wel begin to trend towards what we typically expect during the grid iron season, with Saturday being the warmest of the three days anyone heading to Tiger Town will experience. It’s still going to be hot. Projected high around 85 but it may not be until late in the afternoon. However, due to the overnight and early morning showers that have been projected, it could be a steam bath. We may get a good dose of “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” At least we won’t be wilting under the sun with temps in the mid 90’s in the tailgates and pushing 100+ in the stadium. When the sun pops though, be sure to have that sunscreen out, especially if your plans include pre and post game fun. The days may be getting a little shorter but the flaming ball in the sky will still leave you with quite sunglass and farmer tan line.
Look for the Paladins to get knocked off their horse early and often. It should be another great game for Harper and back field tandem to build stats. At the same time, expect to get another dose of Korn to keep the heat on Furman and hope for a better performance from the late game D.
Weather on Friday and Sunday should be about the same with highs around 80 and a decent chance of rain (Rain, what is rain?) on Friday. It should be great overall weather in God’s Country for man and gnome alike. Hopefully so as we celebrate eldest gnome’s two hundred and 30th birthday. Happy Birthday Clem!

-Furman was the first football team Clemson ever played. The game was held in Greenville, SC on October 31, 1896, Clemson won 14-6.
-The second meeting between the two schools was not until 1902. (Clemson-28 FU-0)
-Clemson won the first seven matches between the two school between 1896-1918.
-Furman’s first win came in 1920 with a 20-0 victory.
-Clemson’s first win ever on Riggs field came against Furman in1916.
-Since 1937 Clemson has gone 28-0 against Furman dating back to a 0-0 tie in 1937.
-Furman’s last win, Nov. 26 1936, with a score of 12-0, is Clemson’s only recorded home game, played in the snow.
-The overall record between the two schools is 40-10-4 (Clemson of course)
-Since 1960 Furman has only scored 21pts total against Clemson, 17 of which came in the last meeting in 2003.
-On Oct. 8, 1960 Clemson and Furman wore the same uniform pants. Clemson played Virginia in the afternoon, shipped the pants to Furman for a night match up against William & Mary. Both teams won their games. The story goes, the Furman players had to tape the pants around he waist and the legs to keep them up because the Clemson Players were so much bigger. The pants are regarded as the only Clemson uniforms to defeat two opposing teams from the same state, on the same day.
-Two current Clemson coaches are Furman graduates, Billy Napier and Mike Dooley.
-Clemson has not lost to a Southern Conference school since joining the ACC in 1953, a 37-0 record.
-The last time a team currently in the Southern Conference defeated Clemson was 1936 (Furman), which is interesting because the University of South Carolina was a member of the Southern Conference between the dates of 1936-1952.