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Florida state BOT blast Swofford

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Shit is about to go down. Clemson better make the right decision

@DaQuanBowers91 "2013?? Get real... I'm playing THIS year 2012"

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@DaQuanBowers91 "2013?? Get real... I'm playing THIS year 2012"

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ACC reaches agreement on next ESPN deal

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ACC is supposedly signing away all 3 tiers of rights again, which is different from the other conferences, and will take home far less money when you factor that portion into it. Basically this amounts to an increase for Clemson of $3 Million per season, and would be WELL behind any Big XII or SEC take-home. Refer here for a comparison of each conference's TV deal, which does NOT include all Tier 3 money. I remind you that in previous posts, we've discussed that the Tier 3 money is what really separates things. For example, a school like Texas could get their $20M deal from ESPN/Fox and another $10M from Tier 3 like the Longhorn Network or other regional network. While Clemson could not get that much from Tier 3 on a "Clemson Tiger Network" channel, for example, we could stand to make considerably more than the $16M per year when you add them together. ACC is signing everything away, so we make no more money, while the other conferences get more and keep the right to sell those TV rights. So while this is better than I had heard we'd get, its going to put us last among the major conferences.

Tigers erase big deficit to defeat Tennessee Tech 9-8

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Shaffer led Clemson's 14-hit attack by going 3-for-6 with a homer, two RBIs, and two runs. Wilkerson totaled three hits, two runs, and a walk, while McGibbon and Costigan added two hits apiece. Brittle went 1-for-5 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to 22 games, tied for the eighth-longest hitting streak in school history

Big XII gives verbal agreement to new TV deal

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$200 Million bucks per year for 10 teams with no title game and all through 2025. Swofford signed over all of ours for $13M per year per team. If he can't get good money for Pitt and Cuse we're screwed with him in charge.

'It would cost either school $3 million if they bailed out of one of the scheduled games, an...

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'It would cost either school $3 million if they bailed out of one of the scheduled games, an increase of $2.5 million from the $500,000 fee in the original contract, according to an addendum to the game contract obtained by the Athens Banner-Herald in an open records request. 'Both schools committed to keeping the games even with the Atlantic Coast Conference planning to increase the number of league games its teams play to nine. 'Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips wrote in a letter to Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity on April 17 that serves as an addendum to the game contract that "despite conference realignment and the expected increase in conference games required by the Atlantic Coast Conference, we are both committed to maintaining the football series between Clemson Universiy and the University of Georgia to play football in 2013 and 2014. To further solidify that commitment and protect either institution from the loss of revenue should either game within that series be cancelled without mutual consent, we have agreed to amend section 15 of the contract agreement and set the cancellation fee at $3,000,000." Both athletic directors have signed the addendum.'

Orange & White report from the Athens Banner-Herald

Clemson University wide receiver Sammy Watkins was arrested by university police and booked into...

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Clemson University wide receiver Sammy Watkins was arrested by university police and booked into the City of Clemson's holding facility early Friday morning, according to Clemson City Police Chief Jimmy Dixon. Chief Dixon would only confirm Clemson University Police booked Watkins into the city's holding facility. Since Dixon's department didn't make the arrest, Dixon wouldn't confirm why Watkins was arrested and said any additional information would have to come from the Clemson University Police Department. Calls to the university's police chief have not yet been returned.

WSPA News reporting. Source indicates this is for simple possession of marijuana.

Sammy Watkins arrested early this morning

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Oh boy. Hopefully nothing too serious. Edit: Just read on Tigernet that it was marijuana possession. Sigh.

The University of South Carolina spent $535,000 in NCAA case

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To prevent being listed as a NCAA Repeat Offender, the University of South Carolina spent a half million dollars to defend players who took roughly $59,000 in benefits from boosters and the Whitney hotel. What this amounts to is ridiculous.