Introducing Our New Writing Staff at STS

I bring you all fantastic news. After a great response from y'all we've been able to round out the writing staff here at STS. There may be another addition or two in the coming weeks, but this group will be the majority of the staff in the coming months. In addition to QT, Ryan Kantor, Mark Gordon, Calvin Craft, and the other returning members; below is rest of the staff.

I hope you'll join me in welcoming them to the site. Some of them are familiar faces and others are brand new. We have some fantastic plans for the upcoming season and beyond.

Jay

My name is Jay Ingles. I graduated from Clemson in 2012 and have covered Clemson sports in one form or another since I was a freshman at the university. I am also a former sports editor of The Tiger student newspaper. I am a lifelong Clemson fan and am looking forward to contributing to STS.

Twitter handle: @JayIngles

Ryan

Hey everyone, my name is Ryan Flinn. I am currently a student at Clemson University. I first found STS when I searched SB Nation for the Clemson site. Before making the decision to attend Clemson I visited other campuses but after I visited Clemson for the first time I knew right away that this was the place I wanted to be. Ever since I got accepted into Clemson I have been a huge fan and IPTAY supporter of Clemson athletics. I especially enjoy supporting and keeping up with the football, basketball, and baseball programs.

Aside from being a devoted Clemson Tiger fan, I am also a fan of the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, and Nashville Predators. I look forward to writing for STS and helping this site reach its full potential. Go Tigers!

Twitter handle: @rwf1994

Kraken

What's up fellow Tigers!  I'm really looking forward to contributing to Shakin The Southland this year and I want to thank Brian for bringing me aboard. I've been a long time fan of STS and frequent poster here. Therefore, I just want to say that Dr. B and Figure Four's contribution here has been truly awesome. I think that this site has had a more positive impact on Clemson athletics than any other Clemson site and has been a wonderful resource for Clemson fans. Dr. B and FF are irreplaceable in my opinion and they have left a whole lot of slack out there that needs to be picked up. So basically, I'm here to try and pick up some of the slack and to do my best to build on the tradition that was started by them. My goals here as a writer are to be interesting, thought provoking, and to promote discussion while also throwing in a chuckle or two.

I have to say that, right now, I am more than ready to go ahead and get started because football season is coming. We are just 50 days away from a warm evening in Athens where a sea of angry red commoners will gather to chide a collection of orange helmeted knights. It is written that the orange and red have been at war for 117 years, yet, the intensity of disdain between the two remains high. A newly crowned orange leader from a blueblood hereditary line will step forward into formation as the commoners in red will pollute the air with unspeakable sound. An aged man of striped clothing places the spherical token of victory between the two teams and steps a safe distance away from the impending warfare. The orange leader, knowing that he will momentarily become the most sought-after man on the battlefield, bravely screams above the deafening noise for his orange knights to engage the red warriors in combat. And thus, for the next 50 days, the supporters of the orange can only imagine what will happen next. Football season is coming...

Metal Tiger

Hello, you can call me Metal Tiger. I have a fierce passion for anything Clemson and it springs from growing up just a few miles away and spending many Saturdays in Tigertown watching the Tigers play, and this love culminated by joining the faithful ranks of Clemson Alumni as a 2013 graduate. I first got turned onto STS while studying at Clemson after I had heard a professor of mine mention that STS was a true place to get unfiltered Clemson sports news. I visited the site that same day and have since been hooked. I never really posted much in the past (as in I think I have ~4 posts total at this point), but I've read just about everything that has been posted to STS. As a writer, I hope to fulfill any and all needs that you may have, especially when it comes to Tiger football. I am excited to have the opportunity to write here, and to continue the great things that this site was founded on while at the same time moving it into new directions. I guess that's about it, if you have any questions/requests/snide remarks, leave them in the comments below? Sure. Have a good day and go Tigers.

Matt

My name is Matt Goldin. I'm a Junior at Clemson. I have been a Tiger fan since birth, with my Dad being an alum. I grew up in Rockmart, Georgia, a small down in Northwest Georgia, not too far from the Alabama-Georgia line and the Tennessee-Georgia line. Being a Clemson fan in an area dominated by UGA, Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia Tech fans was definitely and interesting experience. Having always loved Clemson sports, when the opportunity rose for me to write at STS, I had to give it a shot.

I cut my teeth in sports media by doing a weekly article for Peach State College Sports during this past semester. There, I was a Clemson contributor for a site dedicated to college sports. I look forward to writing toward an audience of Clemson fans. My Twitter handle is @MattFGoldin, and I tweet a lot about Clemson sports and sports in general.

Mayclore

AJ