![Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, center, is expected to coach the Tigers back into the College Football Playoff this season.]()
Predicting the 2022 national championship, biggest bowls
Sometimes a prediction can feel right even though it ends up wrong. And vice versa.
Last season, this column projected both Ohio State and Alabama to miss the College Football Playoff. Bold? Dumb? The line is fine.
One out of two isn't bad, …
![Former Clemson head coach Monte Lee is now on the other side of the state's biggest college rivalry, taking a role at South Carolina as an associate head coach and recruiting coordinator.]()
Ex-Clemson baseball coach Lee embracing role as SC assistant
COLUMBIA - Monte Lee, born about a half hour from South Carolina, learned long ago the importance of the Gamecocks' fierce rivalry with Clemson.
Now, Lee walks a seldom-traveled path as Clemson's ex-baseball coach who's joined South Carolina's …
![Clemson defensive end K.J. Henry (5) and the rest of the Tigers' defensive will be crucial to their success this fall.]()
No. 4 Clemson counting on 'Avengers' D-line for a title run
CLEMSON - No. 4 Clemson is pinning its hopes of another championship run on "The Avengers."
The Tigers, 10-3 in 2021 but out of ACC contention by midseason, have a stacked defensive line with experience and depth. They've named themselves after …
![Alabama quarterback Bryce Young (9) and the Crimson Tide are the No. 1 team in the Associated Press' preseason Top 25.]()
No. 1 Alabama tops preseason AP Top 25; Ohio St, 'Dawgs next
With two of the best players in the country leading the way - and a championship game loss as motivation - Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason college football poll for the second straight-season and ninth time overall.
Heisman …
![Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney answers a question at the NCAA college football Atlantic Coast Conference Media Days in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 20, 2022.]()
Clemson returns as preseason ACC favorite
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Clemson is favored to return to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.
The Tigers were the preseason pick to win the league for the seventh time in eight seasons, according to voting results released Tuesday …
![Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips speaks during ACC media days in Charlotte on Wednesday.]()
ACC looking to boost revenue, shrink financial gap
CHARLOTTE - Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips leads a league bringing in record revenues, with more and more money going to member schools.
It's also a league struggling to keep up with peers in the Big Ten and Southeastern …
![Clemson's PJ Hall (24) will have surgery on his right knee.]()
Clemson's top scorer Hall to have right knee surgery
CLEMSON (AP) - Clemson's top scorer PJ Hall will need right knee surgery and there's no timetable yet for when he might return to the court, the school said Monday.
Hall is a 6-foot-10 rising junior who averaged 15.5 points and 5.8 rebounds last …
![Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney and the Tigers will have a new look to their schedules in the future, as the ACC is moving on from its division format.]()
ACC changing scheduling model for football in '23 and beyond
GREENSBORO (AP) - The Atlantic Coast Conference is going forward with a plan to change its football scheduling model, with the biggest change being the elimination of divisions.
The new plan, adopted by the league's athletic directors and faculty …
