Dabo lands first commit

Four star safety Jonathan Meeks of Hargrave Military Academy became Dabo Swinney's first commitment as head coach. The 6'2 193 lb Meeks played high school ball in Rock Hill, SC before attending Hargrave. He will enroll in Clemson in January.

Update on Korn and R. Taylor

It seems that Willy Korn's injury has been around since his original injury over 15 months ago. It makes you wonder how these things get by the coaches and training staff when year after year, quarterback after quarterback, we hear that guys are 100% then they have surgery. Simply amazing.

Also an interesting tidbit on Rendrick Taylor and speculation whether he will be back at Clemson next year or use his final year of eligibility somewhere else.

Tigers crush Dogs

Ten Clemson Tigers broke into the scoring column as the Tigers cruised past S.C. State 90-63 Saturday to move to 10-0. K.C. Rivers had 19 points and Trevor Booker 18 to lead the Tigers.

The Tigers next game is against North Florida (when did they start playing basketball?) on Tuesday.

Maryland-Nevada setting record pace for bowl tix

People wonder why Clemson was invited to the Gator Bowl with a 7-5 record? Uhh, how about fan support during an economic downturn. I'm sure more people would be willing to travel to Jacksonville for New Years than Boise in December, but here's a report on the ticket sales for each school in the Humanitarian Bowl between Maryland and Nevada.

As of Monday afternoon the University of Maryland says it's sold about 16 tickets to the game. The University of Nevada says it's sold 8 so far.

Tigers officially hire 3 new coaches

Two had previously coached at Clemson (one of these is a former Clemson player - Pearman), all three coached at Alabama as some point in their careers.

Power Rankings - Pre-Bowl

1. Florida 156.0439
2. Oklahoma 153.8462
3. Texas 152.2409
4. Utah 150.0000
5. Alabama 149.2566
6. Ohio State 142.5070
7. Georgia 142.0868
8. Texas Tech 141.8067
9. Boise State 140.6863
10.USC 139.8459
11.Penn State 139.5658
12.Michigan State 139.0756
13.Pittsburgh 138.3754
14.Oklahoma State 132.7031
15.BYU 132.2829
16.TCU 132.0278
17.Cincinnati 131.9328
18.Oregon 128.2314
19.Georgia Tech 126.8207
20.Missouri 124.5637
21.Boston College 123.9819
22.Mississippi 123.6695
22.Northwestern 123.6695
24.Iowa 123.4594
25.Oregon State 123.1093

Tigers nearly flame out against Liberty

Clemson (9-0) avoided a disastrous loss by edging Liberty 80-75 Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum. K.C. Rivers led the Tigers with 32 points.