The GameDay Special
The first thing I would like to say is "Welcome to Clemson University Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit." For years I’ve watched the GameDay Crew on TV grace college campuses across the nation, with most of those campuses being located at Notre Dame. Now I get the chance to watch the GameDay Crew in action right in my backyard…on TV. I would try to be on Bowman Field where the GameDay crew is filming but that would require camping out a day in advance and I'm not really into camping. Plus, everybody else on campus has the same idea so camping spaces aren’t exactly going to be a dime a dozen or even a dime a hundred.
Everybody probably expects a detailed analysis of the Clemson-Georgia Tech game from me but there’s really not much to analyze here. We have a superior running game, a superior offensive line, a superior secondary, and the best Defensive End in the nation in Gaines Adams. On the other side, Georgia Tech has Chan Gailey as their head coach. If you base predictions off the biased way I just presented the matchups, then the game Saturday should obviously be a blowout in Clemson’s favor (I’m thinking 122-0). So there’s not much analysis needed. And since you’ll need something to keep you busy until kick-off—especially those of you freezing inside your sleeping bags tonight—I’ve came up with 10 interesting facts relating to the game that should make you feel all warm inside, especially if you drink rum while reading this.
1. All Purple Petition— There was a big push for wearing all-purple to this game. Fortunately the all-purple movement has been crushed by the “Solid Orange: It’s About Pride” movement. That’s good because “Solid Purple: It’s About Pride” sounds like something meant only for Gay Pride Rallies.
2. The Johnsons— Georgia Tech Wide Receiver Standout Calvin Johnson hasthe same initials as Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl Receiver Chad Johnson. Pure coincidence or a trivial fact I randomly thought of?
3. Chain Gailey Corollary— My friend Zach Parris told me about the ChanGailey Corollary which states: “Whatever Chan Gailey does in life, he’ll end up 7-5.” So if Gailey coaches the ’95 Nebraska Cornhuskers and they played Kent State every game, ’95 Nebraska would end up 7-5; if Gailey coaches Kent State and they played ’95 Nebraska every game, Kent State would end up 7-5; if Chan Gailey goes skydiving, his parachute will open up 7 times and fail to open 5 times.
4. Keeping the World Right-- Georgia Tech is 5-1 thus far this year so listen up Jacket players: the Chan Gailey Corollary is at stake here so you’ll need to start working on a 2-4 finish unless you want to destroy the equilibrium of the world. Yes, I know that the ACC Championship game and a Bowl game gives you 14 games this season so here’s what you guys should do: lose four of your last five ACC game in order guarantee that you don’t win the Coastal Division but beat Georgia and then decline your bowl invitation. You really don’t want to play in the Humanitarian Bowl anyways.
5. The Loveliest of them all— Some guys aren’t too pleased that Holly Rowe will be the sideline reporter for the Homecoming Game and not a more attractive woman like Erin Andrews or Bonnie Bernstein. But Kick-off isn’t until 7:45 at night, which gives everyone plenty of time to put enough alcohol in their systems so Holly Rowe will look hot.
6. Reggie Ball, Part 1— Ball is having the best season ever at Georgia Tech with a career-best Quarterback rating of 85.1 while cutting down on the mistakes that have previously plagued him in the past. Hopefully Ball will revert to his usual mistake-filled nature when he takes the field against Clemson and thus continue up the ladder of the all-time college Quarterback Bad Decision-making List. He’s still 650 mistakes behind leader and FSU Legend Chris Rix.
7. Reggie Ball Part 2— One of most famous (or infamous) errors Reggie Ball has ever committed happened a few years back in the final minutes of a tight game against archrival Georgia. On fourth down, Ball was pressured and threw the ball away; afterwards he explained that he thought it was third down. Ever heard of the saying “There are two types of people in this world: those who can count and those who can’t?” That fourth down play was Reggie Ball’s way of introducing football fans to another saying: “There are two types of Quarterbacks in this world: those who know how many downs are left and those named Reggie Ball.”
8. The 7th ‘Flo Crew Survives—One team Georgia Tech won’t have to worry about in the Coastal Division race are the Miami Hurricanes. Not because Miami had to suspend 13 players for that brawl against Florida International last week but because it took the Hurricanes three quarters to score 14 points against FIU.
9. Stiff Competition-- Not to take away how awesome it is for GameDay to come to Clemson but the only other game this weekend between ranked teams was Texas-Nebraska. If GameDay were the BCS Championship Game and each football game were a team, then we basically competed against Sun Belt Conference competition this week to win GameDay. Not that there's anything wrong with the Sun Belt Conference; any conference with such a geographically-neutral name like that is all right in my book.
10. Devil's Advocate--Perhaps GameDay should've chosen to go to Lincoln so they could ask Nebraska Head Coach Bill Callahan in person whether he thinks Texas fans are as redneck as Oklahoma fans. After all, only a red river divides those two schools, right?
Next week: I'll give you the transcript of my interview with Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit!!!
Everybody probably expects a detailed analysis of the Clemson-Georgia Tech game from me but there’s really not much to analyze here. We have a superior running game, a superior offensive line, a superior secondary, and the best Defensive End in the nation in Gaines Adams. On the other side, Georgia Tech has Chan Gailey as their head coach. If you base predictions off the biased way I just presented the matchups, then the game Saturday should obviously be a blowout in Clemson’s favor (I’m thinking 122-0). So there’s not much analysis needed. And since you’ll need something to keep you busy until kick-off—especially those of you freezing inside your sleeping bags tonight—I’ve came up with 10 interesting facts relating to the game that should make you feel all warm inside, especially if you drink rum while reading this.
1. All Purple Petition— There was a big push for wearing all-purple to this game. Fortunately the all-purple movement has been crushed by the “Solid Orange: It’s About Pride” movement. That’s good because “Solid Purple: It’s About Pride” sounds like something meant only for Gay Pride Rallies.
2. The Johnsons— Georgia Tech Wide Receiver Standout Calvin Johnson hasthe same initials as Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl Receiver Chad Johnson. Pure coincidence or a trivial fact I randomly thought of?
3. Chain Gailey Corollary— My friend Zach Parris told me about the ChanGailey Corollary which states: “Whatever Chan Gailey does in life, he’ll end up 7-5.” So if Gailey coaches the ’95 Nebraska Cornhuskers and they played Kent State every game, ’95 Nebraska would end up 7-5; if Gailey coaches Kent State and they played ’95 Nebraska every game, Kent State would end up 7-5; if Chan Gailey goes skydiving, his parachute will open up 7 times and fail to open 5 times.
4. Keeping the World Right-- Georgia Tech is 5-1 thus far this year so listen up Jacket players: the Chan Gailey Corollary is at stake here so you’ll need to start working on a 2-4 finish unless you want to destroy the equilibrium of the world. Yes, I know that the ACC Championship game and a Bowl game gives you 14 games this season so here’s what you guys should do: lose four of your last five ACC game in order guarantee that you don’t win the Coastal Division but beat Georgia and then decline your bowl invitation. You really don’t want to play in the Humanitarian Bowl anyways.
5. The Loveliest of them all— Some guys aren’t too pleased that Holly Rowe will be the sideline reporter for the Homecoming Game and not a more attractive woman like Erin Andrews or Bonnie Bernstein. But Kick-off isn’t until 7:45 at night, which gives everyone plenty of time to put enough alcohol in their systems so Holly Rowe will look hot.
6. Reggie Ball, Part 1— Ball is having the best season ever at Georgia Tech with a career-best Quarterback rating of 85.1 while cutting down on the mistakes that have previously plagued him in the past. Hopefully Ball will revert to his usual mistake-filled nature when he takes the field against Clemson and thus continue up the ladder of the all-time college Quarterback Bad Decision-making List. He’s still 650 mistakes behind leader and FSU Legend Chris Rix.
7. Reggie Ball Part 2— One of most famous (or infamous) errors Reggie Ball has ever committed happened a few years back in the final minutes of a tight game against archrival Georgia. On fourth down, Ball was pressured and threw the ball away; afterwards he explained that he thought it was third down. Ever heard of the saying “There are two types of people in this world: those who can count and those who can’t?” That fourth down play was Reggie Ball’s way of introducing football fans to another saying: “There are two types of Quarterbacks in this world: those who know how many downs are left and those named Reggie Ball.”
8. The 7th ‘Flo Crew Survives—One team Georgia Tech won’t have to worry about in the Coastal Division race are the Miami Hurricanes. Not because Miami had to suspend 13 players for that brawl against Florida International last week but because it took the Hurricanes three quarters to score 14 points against FIU.
9. Stiff Competition-- Not to take away how awesome it is for GameDay to come to Clemson but the only other game this weekend between ranked teams was Texas-Nebraska. If GameDay were the BCS Championship Game and each football game were a team, then we basically competed against Sun Belt Conference competition this week to win GameDay. Not that there's anything wrong with the Sun Belt Conference; any conference with such a geographically-neutral name like that is all right in my book.
10. Devil's Advocate--Perhaps GameDay should've chosen to go to Lincoln so they could ask Nebraska Head Coach Bill Callahan in person whether he thinks Texas fans are as redneck as Oklahoma fans. After all, only a red river divides those two schools, right?
Next week: I'll give you the transcript of my interview with Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit!!!
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