According to CSTV, The ole ball coach may be lookin to get out of Cootlumbia. The chatrooms are abuzz on this news and the Shamecock nation is surely on the edge of their seats after seeing this in print. It may be a bunch of hullabaloo (yes I said hullabaloo) but it’s still fun to think that Spurrier would dispose of the cocks like the dirty rag they are and leave them sprawling for another “legendary” coach. In short, the entire article reads:

“According to sources late Saturday, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier will likely be named the next head coach at Miami. Spurrier, who won a national championship at Florida is in his second season with the Gamecocks with a 13-10 overall record, including 6-5 in 2006. The coach is in the second year of a seven-year contract”

Hmm, can’t wait to see the signs in Death Valley next week on this one!!

UPDATE: ESPN is picking up the winds of change as well.

This just in, like ya didn’t see it coming from the armpit of South Carolina: Blake Mitchell has had all charges dropped on the simple assault case mentioned here previously. His only reprimand, he can’t go to the bar where the confrontation occured. Talk about a slap on the wrist, man that chicken law sure is tough on people!

Ok can someone please explain to me the power trip that Blake Mitchell, The University of South Carolina’s starting QB, was on when he decided to beat up the large human form at the bottom of the page. Also, this might possibly mean that Chris Smelley, the uber recruit QB, will start against Wofford this weekend. This may be a bad thing if Smelley starts getting his feet under him this early in the season and their offense has a chance to blossom.

Broken Adds: How about a little mugshot goodness?

The men’s soccer team got off to a good start beating USuCk in Columbia, 4-3 on Friday night. The womens team got off to a good start as well, going 2-0 in the opening weekend. The women look to keep their momentum going Friday @ Colorado while the men take on Ga State in Clemson tomorrow night. Tiger volleyballers hit the road for the Mortar Board Invitational, going 1-2 and taking third place out of 5. One of the losses came to a top 20 Purdue squad on their home floor. They look to get back on track against USuCk Thursday night in Tiger Town as part of the Big Orange Bash which will also include games against Western Carolina and Tn State Friday and Charlotte on Saturday.

Speaking of Saturday, things look to be ready to roll in Death Valley. The West End Zone is ready and campus, much less the stadium looks to be in it’s best shape in quite sometime as many construction and renovation projects look to have wrapped up, at least on the west side and around the Hendrix Center. Here’s looking forward to a successful week in kicking off Tiger Sports this fall.

Being in the Redneck Riviera you expect some funny stuff. Confederate flags, way too many fireworks stands, big women in clothes made for small women etc. It’s kinda like going to the zoo. You know what the elephants and monkeys look like and will be doing but you still enjoy seeing them. Well, today I got the experience you hope for but usually leave disappointed in not having. Walking through Barefoot (but not noticeably pregnant) Landing I noticed a man with a couple rug rats running around. I was expecting him to make a very redneck dad comment when one of the rats indicated they just “had” to go in a store. What I noticed was this little kids hair. I didn’t notice at first from the front, typical short close to buzz cut. When he whirled around the gloriousness of the Redneck Riviera was before me. This wasn’t just a mullet; this may have been the best mullet under 18 I have ever seen. It wasn’t just a little long in the back; it clearly came down a minimum of 3-4 inches past his shoulders. I saw the White Tiger or the Silverback Gorilla. I would have paid good money to have a camera on me at that moment. Mullets galore would have some great new fodder.

Broken adds: Maybe they’re related to this guy

Louser “Granny Clampett” Holtz is releasing a new (auto?)biography.

And there no doubt will be much rejoicing.

Did you know this about him:

A standout is Holtz’s long-term position at Notre Dame, of special importance not just because of his devout Catholicism but also his refreshing devotion to strict academic standards for the players. In fact, what stands out is his modesty and adamant belief that football is ultimately less important than education.

But oh, there’s more:

It’s clear from the beginning that Holtz sees coaching as nurturing more than mere athletic achievement; it’s an opportunity to mold promising student-athletes into superlative young men…

Well congratulations Lou, you succeeded admirably. Maybe you missed the opportunity at USCe because you couldn’t find any “promising student-athletes”, although I’m sure that wasn’t your fault.

One more item to make you chuckle:

Thanks EDSBS.

With a 10-5 win tonight, Clemson took the season series with South Carolina 3-1. Carolina won the first game at home on March 4th. Clemson won the next day back in friendlier confines. The Tigers second win of the series came April 5th in Columbia when the Gamecock-a-doodle-doos were the # 1 team in the country.

It doesn’t sound like the matchup tonight was much of a contest. In the least, Carolina pitching was way off. Every Tiger starter had a hit by the end of the 4th.

Anyway, it looks like the ugly sweep at the hands of UVA served as a good wake-up call to the team. Since then the team took two games against Elon, swept NC State, split a home & home with Georgia, pulled off a 3 game sweep at Miami, dropped on to WCU, won in Columbia, swept the fearsome Turtles, paid back Western Carolina, then took the game tonight.

That adds up to 15-2 in the last 17 with 5 straight wins and 9 of the last 10.

Before the game tonight, Clemson was leading Boyd’s pseudo RPI (thanks to Wreck Ramblin for the link). This weekend we play 3 at GT, who’s #8 on that list.

So I’ve probably just jinxed the team. I’m stoked about winning the series against Carolina. Still, in the grand scheme of things the importance of the series is less than an ACC championship, and far less than a national crown. This gnome’s fingers will remain crossed.