Former 40-year FB SID at Clemson. Notre Dame class of 1977. Co-author of Basketball for Dummies. Son of late Irene and Chuck Bourret, all-world parents.
Coincidence Deshaun Watson threw for career high 426 yards and had career best 158.3 passer rating the day his mother was honorary captain in honor of her fight against cancer? I dont think so.
All you need to know about Kelly Bryant and culture of Clemson football. Former Clemson teammates went to Missouri to support Bryant at Missouri Spring Game.
After the Alabama game last night Clelin Ferrell came to me in the locker room. "Mr. Bourret if you need someone to go to the press conference I will go." That is leadership to the very end.
Total class by Pittsburgh special teams players. They came put to practice kicks with 8 minutes left on halftime clock but stood at attention until Clemson completed military appreciation day festivities. Showed great respect for Clemson traditions.
Enjoyed giving Dabo tour of Notre Dame campus after walk thru today. He has a great appreciation for college football history and respect for Notre Dame.
Years from now Clemson fans will reflect on the impact Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence had on the program from the QB position. Incredible as it may seem, both had exactly 90 touchdown passes in their respective careers.
I have been covering Clemson basketball for 40 years. Today's 84-53 win over a 26-win Auburn team ranked 19th in the nation and the regular season SEC champion is the most impressive clemson basketball performance I have seen.
Clemson wins National Championship in home of San Francisco 49ers the team of former great Dwight Clark, who passed away in June. His birthday is Jan. 8.
If Clemson beats Alabama, Dabo Swinney will move ahead of Nick Saban in career winning %, 77.86 to 77.72. If Tigers win Natty he will move ahead of Bear Bryant 78.03 to 78.00.
Myles Murphy not making first, second or third team All-ACC is biggest snub of a Clemson player I can remember. Led Clemson in tackles for loss and caused fumbles, co-leader in sacks and tied for third in tackles on team that led ACC in total defense and scoring defense.
Former Tiger WR and now Oakland Raider Hunter Renfrow, met current San Diego Padres Hunter Renfroe last week. Since the meeting Renfroe has hit 5 home runs in 4 games. Renfroe by the way was the
#13
pick of the 2013 MLB draft. Renfrow wore
#13
at Clemson.
Trevor Lawrence, that Clemson quarterback who had all those interceptions early in the season, has now thrown 16 TD passes since his last interception. His streak of 111 passes without a pick is second longest active streak by a Power 5 Conference quarterback.
Twelve years ago today at 9:00 am I got a call from Tommy Bowden. "Hey Tim, you need to come to my office and bring a pad." Three hours later I was putting out a release that Dabo Swinney was Clemson interim head coach.
RIP George HW Bush, the only President to play a sporting event against Clemson. Had a hit vs. Tigers as starting first baseman for Yale in 1947 NCAA baseball tournament at New Haven, CT.
Hunter Renfrow had 7-107 receiving today in Raiders win. Incredibly it is his first 100-yard receiving game at any level. Never had 100-yard game in high school or college. Yardage high at Clemson was 93 at NC State in 2015. Had 92 in Natty win over Alabama end of 2016.
If the committee ranks Alabama over Clemson in final CFP rankings, all their talk about winning a conference championship as an important data point is BS. Both teams have two losses
Both losses to teams in top 20 of CFP poll. Clemson beat 9 Power 5 teams, Alabama beat 7.
Dabo Swinney just announced at team banquet that Clelin Ferrell, Austin Bryant, Kendall Joseph, Mark Fields all returning for senior year. Did not say anything about Christian Wilkins.
Congrats to Kyle Parker. Still the only athlete in Division 1 history to throw 20 TD passes and hit 20 home runs in same academic year just walked across the stage ar Littlejohn Coliseum to receive his Clemson degree.
How many recruiting experts thought Nolan Turner would become an All-American the day he signed with Clemson? Congrats Nolan on making the Football Coaches second team. A product of the Clemson program's culture that develops players.
In 1988,
#1
ranked Miami (FL) came to Notre Dame with a 36-game regular season win streak. ND won 31-30. This Saturday
#1
ranked Clemson comes to Notre Dame with a 36-game regular season winning streak.
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Entering last night's game Justyn Ross needed 153 receiving yards to reach 1000 yards for the season. No opponent had over 109 receiving yards vs. The Tide prior to last night. Ross got exactly 153 to reach the magic number vs. Alabama
My sincere admiration to those in administration who decided to award Demontez Stitt his Clemson degree posthumously today. The only Clemson basketball player to start on 4 NCAA Tournament teams was just 1 course short when he died on July 12 2016.
When Clemson faces Syracuse next Saturday it will mark the first time two teams with at least six wins and no losses have faced each other in the 81-season history of Clemson 's Death Valley
Clemson finishes in a tie for third in ACC standings after being picked 13th in the preseason media poll. The 10 place improvement from preseason poll to final standing is the greatest improvement in ACC history.
Dabo Swinney doesnt give out a lot of game balls, but gave one to BT Potter today after booting 51-yard field goal and allowing just one kickoff return on 8 kickoffs against
#1
return man in the nation.
So new CFP rules that start in 2024 State Notre Dame can't have a first round bye as a top 4 seed because they don't play in a conference championship game. But they just gave Ohio State a top 4 seed without playing in a conference championship game.
The fact that
@deshaunwatson
won Player of the decade from The Sporting News is another example that Heisman should be given out after last game is played.
At the end of the National Championship game on Monday night, 12 College Football Playoff games will have been played the last four years. Clemson and Alabama will have won 11 of the 12.
In 1956 African American Notre Dame basketball player Tom Hawkins was not served in a pizza place in South Bend. Fr. Hesburgh barred ND students from going there. It was Hornung's favorite place. So he picked up Hawkins and took him there. They got served. End of problem.
Last Saturday Trevor Lawrence led Clemson back from 16-0 deficit to beat Ohio State. Can Deshaun Watson lead Texans back from 16-0 deficit this Saturday?
One of the greatest games in NFL history decided by a coin toss. This is one rule where college gets it right allowing each team to have a chance on overtime.
Two days after keeping Nick Saban from breaking Bear Bryant"s record for National Championships by a coach, Dabo Swinney wins Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Award for a record third time.
When I mentioned to Dabo Swinney after the game that Marcus Freeman had lost his first three games as Notre Dame head coach the ever optimistic Swinney told me that Gene Stallings lost his first 3 games as Alabama head coach in 1990, then won the National Championship in 1992.
According to collegefootball Travis Etienne has moved into first place in yards per rush in college football history among Power 5 Conference players with at least 300 career attempts. He has an 8.1 career average.
Eight years on a row Clemson has finished at least equal to its preseason ranking in AP and Coaches poll. No one else has done that in history of the poll. Preseason rankings began in 1950.
Dexter Lawrence's girlfriend, who is from Alabama and is Notre Dame graduate, is transferring to Clemson to play softball for Tigers inaugural season. If only I could work in an Oklahoma reference we would have entire College Football Playoff covered.
On my last day in the Clemson AD I want to thank former President Jim Barker for the painting he made of a Death Valley view from the practice fields where I spent a lot of hours the last 40 years. Dr. Edwards and Fr. Hesburgh are smiling down.
On Jan. 8, 1972 the NCAA announced that freshmen could play varsity sports. Today, on the 47th anniversary of that announcement, Clemson fans would like to thank the NCAA for making that decision.
Clemson had three first team All-Americans on its defensive line in 2018, a first in college football history. The one who didnt make All-American, Austin Bryant, was defensive MVP of the Cotton Bowl.
Sammy Watkins has 98 receiving yards, most by a former Clemson player in Super Bowl. Previous best was 77 by Dwight Clark for 49ers in Super Bowl end of 1984 season. Watkins last game for Clemson had Tiger record 227 receiving yds vs. Ohio State in same stadium.
I know Dabo has a heavy heart as he learns of Bobby Bowden's passing this Sunday. Directly and indirectly through Tommy Bowden he had a huge effect on how Dabo runs the Clemson program. No opposing coach had a bigger positive impact on our program.
The Clemson vs Georgia game in Charlotte will be the site of ESPN College Gameday. It will be the 21st time since 2015 a Clemson game has been the Gameday site, more than any school in the nation.
Clemson is only school in nation in top 15 in AP football and men's basketball. Tigers
#3
in final AP football poll and
#12
in latest AP men's basketball poll. Clemson also currently
#1
in men's soccer and
#6
in women's soccer.
If a college football team that goes 15-0 with 13 wins by at least 20 points, including each of the last 10, including both playiff games by at least 27 points cant win an ESPY it will never happen.
This will be the first time since 1991 that Clemson fans will wake up on Christmas morning with a football team and a mens basketball team with just one loss.
Proud of Clemson nation at halftime in their contribution to filming of the movie "Safety". Awesome enthusiasm. This film will do for Clemson what "Rudy" did for Notre Dame.
Last night ESPN released its top 10 players in the 150 years of college football. 9 of the 10 are running backs. In three years at Clemson Travis Etienne has more touchdowns and higher yards per carry than 8 of the 9 running backs who made top 10.
P.J. Hall is brought to tears following the Tigers 72-64 win over Baylor. Tell me this guy doesn't care deeply about his teammates and Clemson University.
Amazing!
Must watch emotion.
@WSPA7
In 2030, when ESPN does it's show on the Greatest Injustices in Sport in the decade,
#1
seed NC State having to play
#2
seed UCONN in Connecticut (where UCONN has not lost an NCAA game since 1993) will be near the top of the list.
If Clemson beats Boston College next Saturday, Dabo Swinney will have a higher winning percentage as Clemson football coach than Coach K has as Duke basketball coach.
Ok Clemson fans....1st time Clemson has beaten Duke & North Carolina on hardwood at any point in same season since 1995-96. First time defeated Duke & UNC in consecutive games since Feb 24-28, 1990. First time beat NC State, Duke, UNC in consecutive games since Feb 14-18, 1967.
This morning I announce with the family's permission that the great Fred Cone, who Frank Howard proclaimed as his greatest player, Clemson Ring of Honor member, Green Bay Packer great, passed away over night at age 95. He watched the Tigers win Wed. night. A life well lived.
Congrats to James Skalski, Darien Rencher, Will Spiers and Nolan Turner who join small list of Clemson student-athletes with two National Championship rings and a Masters degree. Christian Wilkins and Chad Smith also accomplished this.
Christian Wilkins leadership was as important as Trevor Lawrence passes in Clemson's run to a title. RT
@TigerCommenter
: Remember that breakfast Wilkins took his true freshman QB to? What an awesome moment.
With his first quarter catch, Hunter Renfrow has caught at least one pass in each of his last 66 football games, last 43 games at Clemson and first 23 in NFL.
As Jeff Scott heads to South Florida we thank him for his career as a Clemson player and coach. Clemson went 70-5, averaged 40 points and 500 yards with Scott and Tony Elliott as co-coordinators. Will be a lot of South Florida fans in Clemson next year.
Proud of former Tigers J.K.Jay & Jonathan Meeks and Clemson Nation. They started GoFund Me page for funeral & other exp. for Tyshon Dye who died suddenly on July 4. Had goal to raise $25,000. 366 people combined to reach goal in 1 day. Thats Clemson at its best.
Clemson leads the nation in wins over teams in the current AP top 25 with three. The entire Big 10 has two. And one of those is by Indiana. Ohio State has 0.
With today's College Cup Championship victory over Washington, Clemson is the first school to win at least three AP National Championships of college football, and three NCAA Men's soccer championships.