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Clemson football lands nationally ranked recruiting class: Swinney adds 15 new players to the 2017 roster

Colin Halm, Asst. Sports Editor • February 6, 2017

Quality over quantity. That was always the goal for Dabo Swinney’s Tigers. On Feb. 1, Swinney received letters of intent from 11 future Tigers, ushering in a new class to help replace the outgoing...

Previewing Clemson football’s 2017 schedule: Conference foes Louisville, Florida State provide largest challenge for Tigers

Allison Daniel • January 30, 2017

Clemson will be replacing a lot of important players this upcoming fall and many are already wondering if there is any hope of a repeat championship opportunity. The Tigers will be facing a tough conference...

Clemson football hires new defensive line coach

Colin Halm, Asst. Sports Editor • January 30, 2017

The post-National Championship period has officially begun for the Clemson Tigers, which means spring practices, recruiting and coaching changes. Not head coaches, but assistant coaches. The NFL is...

The future of the Clemson quarterback

Colin Halm, Asst. Sports Editor • January 27, 2017

No one will disagree that Deshaun Watson was the greatest quarterback in Clemson history. He led the Tigers to two national championships, winning one, and set plenty of records along the way. After finishing...

How the ‘Clemson culture’ helps out its football team

Cole Little, Senior Staff Writer • January 20, 2017

It would be understandable for one to feel like the Clemson Tigers had reached their ultimate peak by topping the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide 35-31 in the National Championship Game, but the best is yet...

Clemson football has a ‘next man up’ mentality

Allison Daniel, Sports Editor • January 20, 2017

After a come-from-behind victory over Alabama in the National Championship game, Clemson senior linebacker Ben Boulware gave an impassioned speech honoring the players who had come before him and set the...

Choosing the cast of ‘The Mighty Clemson Tigers’ movie

James Kidd, Contributor • January 20, 2017

Almost a week has passed since Clemson won the National Championship, and the whole thing still feels unreal to me. Thirty-five years in the making, this journey was a long time coming, and by God was...

What Clemson’s national championship success means for them off the field

Sophia Radebaugh, Contributor • January 20, 2017

There is no doubt that the Clemson Tigers have made their debut in the college football world. In 2015, Coach Dabo Sweeney led his 13-0 team to another victory in the Capital One Orange Bowl against the...

The reality of Clemson being a ‘Wide Receiver University’

Russell Madray, Contributor • January 20, 2017

Over the course of the past five or six seasons, the Clemson Football program has had a growing reputation of producing NFL caliber wide receivers. This is measured by the high potency of new wide receivers...

Clemson Tigers pull out upset in National Championship, beating Alabama Crimson Tide 35-31

Colin Halm, Asst. Sports Editor • January 10, 2017

Thriller. Revenge. Love. Those three words often describe the premise to a blockbuster movie. Instead, it describes the best game of the 2016-17 NCAA football season; a 35-31 Clemson Tiger victory over...

Clemson Twitter responds to the National Championship

Saavon Smalls, Editor-in-Chief • January 9, 2017

Check out these tweets from Clemson students, alum, faculty and other accounts as you cheer on the Tigers during the National Championship. Updated (10:01 PM EST) Updated (10:28 PM EST) Updated (11:16...

Clemson should have the momentum against Alabama going into the 2017 National Championship

Cole Little, Senior Staff Writer • January 6, 2017

Coming off of what was arguably their most complete performance of the season, the Clemson Tigers should be boasting plenty of momentum in Tampa Bay for Monday night’s National Championship game....