A First Glance at Clemson's 2014 Schedule

The ACC released the 2014 football schedule this past Wednesday afternoon, which was a lot sooner than usual. The schedule usually isn't released until sometime in February, so Swofford was really on the ball this year. It's clear the reason the schedules used to take so long to come out was Maryland, who is now leaving the conference to go to the B1G. God, Maryland I hate you so much go away. I'm glad those Terp clowns are leaving, good riddance. Anyway, I digress. Here's a few quick thoughts on the 2014 Clemson Tiger Football Schedule:

August 30th at Georgia
-Two teams with new quarterbacks, should be a good one. Personally, I'm looking forward to heading down to Athens for the first time.

September 6th vs. South Carolina State
-Can't wait to hear their band again.

September 20th at Florida State
-Great to have a bye before the Seminoles, but they have one the week before too, so I don't know how much it will help. I'm ready to head back down to TallaNasty though, I already hear Bullwinkles calling my name. ($10 all you can drink FYI). *Also, going Athens and Tallahassee within a month of each other is going to be a hell of a lot of fun.

September 27th vs. North Carolina
-This game looks really tricky coming off of the FSU contest. I am excited to see T.J. Logan come to town.

October 4th vs. N.C. State
-Second home game in a row. Should be starting to cool down some by this game so hopefully it won't be scorching.

October 11th vs. Louisville
-First contest against the new conference foe. Bobby Petrino's offense scares me, but luckily they lost Teddy Bridgewater and hired Todd Grantham to coach the defense.

October 18th at Boston College
-I have heard it's a fun trip, but I doubt I'll be making it this year. I think Steve Addazio has this team going in the right direction.

October 25th vs. Syracuse
-Man, I hate these guys so much already. I hope we curb stomp them in the Valley and Dabo puts Shafer's sorry a** in a Crippler Crossface at midfield after the game.

November 6th at Wake Forest
-Thursday night game that could be a little tricky. However, the Demon Deacons have been severely lacking in the talent department the past few years so they should be no problem. (HA! that reminds me of the line in Angels in the Outfield where Danny Glover says, "There's a thing called talent, they don't have it!")

November 15th at Georgia Tech
-Screw the triple option.

November 22nd vs. Georgia State
-Ho hum, another snoozer. It's also probably going to be freezing at this point in the year.

November 29th vs. South Carolina
-There's nothing to be said. I'm already excited for this one.


Overall, I think this is as good of a schedule that Clemson could've hoped for. Bye week before FSU, ten days to prepare for GT, and a cupcake before the Gamecocks. Should be good season, I can't wait for August. Spot the damn ball.

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R.I.P. Jugheads

When I got on twitter Sunday night, I wasn't expecting anything really, I was just going to read some tweets to see what my friends were up to. Instead, I received some most disturbing news, Jugheads was closing. My twitter timeline was filled with people tweeting about Jugheads closing and how sad and heartbroken they were. It was like a bomb had been dropped on me. Like I had been stabbed in the heart with a dagger. I couldn't believe it. I was shocked. I even tweeted, "Wait, Jugheads is closing? WHY, GOD WHY?!"

For you guys that don't know about Jugheads, it was this great hotdog place in downtown Clemson with hotdogs named after former Clemson greats. My personal favorite was The Terry Allen, which came with chili and cheese. Get an order of sweet potato fries on the side and I was set.

I loved going to Jugheads for more reasons than the food, though. I always enjoyed the atmosphere and talking with former Clemson and Chicago Bears Tight End, Keith Jennings. They also had the best window seats of anywhere downtown to sit and watch people walk by. I had a lot of good times at Jugheads. From me and my buddy Brett eating at the window and shooting the breeze with Keith about the scenery walking by to all the nights after going DT where I decided that I had to have a hot dog.

One of my favorite memories was one night after DT when I ran into former Clemson & NFL Safety Michael Hamlin in Jugheads. I asked him where the "Mike Hamlin" was on the menu and told him he had to get Keith to put him on there. He thought it was hilarious and we joked to Keith about it all night and actually had a twitter conversation about it that night and the next day. Good times, good times for sure.

But anyway, I digress, I guess the old saying is true, "you don't know what you have until it's gone." I'd love to have one more Terry Allen. I hope that somewhere down the line Jugheads will reopen somewhere else in Clemson so that classes to come can enjoy it's awesomeness. Until then, I guess I'll have to keep reminiscing on the good old days.

Jugheads, gone but never forgotten.





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