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This video reminds me that no matter what, this is the single most important game of the year.

CLASS EXUDED

Tigernetter TigerPaulS pointed out that the only two decades where Sakerlina has a winning record against us happen to be decades where most of Clemson's men were overseas fighting, as we were still a military college at that time. Maybe if a draft is enacted SCAR can get a few more over on us, as most of their students are probably too coked up to pass a piss test without Goldenseal. Also note that prior to 1960, every game in the series was played in Columbia.

1896-1909 5-2
1910-19 8-1-1
'20-'29 5-5
'30-'39 7-3
'40-'49 4-5-1
'50-'59 4-5-1
'60-'69 6-4
'70-'79 6-4
'80-'89 7-2-1
'90-'99 7-3
2000-05 5-1

JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY BE DAMNED.

Please observe what we Clemson fans have to put up with as supposedly South Carolina’s premiere news publication, The State newspaper. The impetus of this article was the matchup between the University of South Carolina (Known in the state of South Carolina as USC) and the University of Southern California (Known by everyone else in the world as USC) in a men’s basketball game (USC won). Sakerlina fans like to sit around and make excuses (they’re good at that) for why they should be called USC instead of Southern Cal. So far the only decent reason they had is that they were around first. Wow. Congrats. The State, being comprised largely of South Carolina journalism grads and yankees who don’t know any better, decided to create an end-all-be-all list of who’s better.

While I’ve posted the image of the original article, I’ve decided to correct the misguided ways of the State’s editorial staff and give you the truth on each and every point of contention the paper brings up.

Location: Let’s see… sunny California where the silicone abounds and the tans are butter pecan or the sunbaked plateau of the South Carolina midlands where, well, where they have a b-b-q joint where you can get Confederate Flag merchandise… this is a close one, but I’ll agree with The State and say Advantage SoCal.

Weather: “South Carolina, a day off when the white stuff flies” what, when Syvelle drops his bookbag and a brick of yayo busts and floats away with the breeze leaving him and his o-line licking pavement for the next three hours? Try once every two years that snow hits the ground, and more often during freeze warnings. If we’re going by nature’s wrath I think SoCal has earthquakes and those pretty much kick ass. 72 degrees year-round and smog-enhanced Technicolor sunsets or ten months of all heat and humidity and 2 months of sack-shrinking cold? Advantage Socal.

Heisman Trophy Winners: Somehow OJ in the group means that crackhead and known coke dealer to the New Orleans Saints George Rogers trumps 7 Heisman Trophy winners. WTF? Advantage SoCal, even with The Juice.

Mascot: The State claims nothing fake about Cocky, as opposed to people “duped by a wooden horse.” Hey honor students, the horse was fake (not really, if you look at it, it was a trick), not the f*cking Trojans. A goddamned chicken forced to fight by Mexicans and rednecks or a proud warrior race and usually trusty brand of condom? Again, advantage SoCal.

Most Famous Hoops Player: I didn’t even know Alex English was known outside of SC, arguably Cheryl Miller has gotten more press with being on television lately, but hey, I’ll give them this one. Advantage Sakerlina.

Final Fours: Advantage SoCal.

Failed NFL Coach: Spurrier over Carroll? Have they seriously been huffing Testors model paints over there? I’ll take 3 national championships over moral victories and ill-gotten recruits anyday. Advantage SoCal.

National Championships: Holy f*ck, advantage SoCal.

Mike McGee: Mike McGee is a massive douche who, after a notable career as a lineman at Duke, went on to move through more universities in his career than the Gameday crew. I don’t trust a guy who’s list of workplaces needs the fat alligator clips to hold em all together. Advantage: Push, both schools had to pay this prick.

Famous Alums: SoCal has tons of actors, directors, and producers while Carolina has a duo that sounds like a drive-time morning zoo: Hootie n Leeza. Advantage SoCal.

Alums In The Movies Now: They pick the frat boys in Borat over Ferrell because he won’t match the success of Old School. Five f*cking minutes of research would’ve showed that even Elf grossed more than Old School (104 mil domestically versus 77), and I believe that Talladega Nights has been a bigger moneymaker as well. This bulletpoint seriously baffles me. Advantage SoCal.

Kevin Bacon Connection: People are seriously still doing this shit now? Really? I bet the same morons who still do the Six Degrees of KB game also know every episode of Friends by name (both are totally acceptable if you're a chick, but out of line for a man or a newspaper). Again, I’m sure Kevin Bacon has more connections to SoCal due to its location and the sheer number of movie heavyweights the school has produced. Advantage SoCal.

Fashion Sense: Sure, I’ll take you guys’ word for it. Fags. Advantage SoCal.

Local Music Sensation: Hootie or Blink 182. Ouch. Advantage: Push, nobody should have to listen to either group.

There you have it, when you add it up that’s 11 for SoCal, 1 for Sakerlina, with 2 categories thrown to the wind. Winner, and still real USC: The University of Southern California.

UPDATE

We will be posting, later this week, our opinions as to what some of the top Clemson-USC games in the series are, as well as an updated Mac cup as it winds into the final handful of weeks. Willy Mac is down with a f*cked up knee he suffered in a kitten stomping incident. He may tell you it was from Club Football but I saw him stomping a cluster of Persian kittens after trying to unsuccessfully feed one to an ATM machine.

The big rumor this week is that Spurrier will flee to Tha U to take over for Coker. I don't know if I see it happening, but money talks. Steve is revered as a God in Columbia and has a pretty sweet deal, I doubt that he leaves.

Sakerlina, as they are want to do, committed recruiting violations in the theft of recruit Travian Robertson from Clemson (recruitment of, if you will).
That's it for now, more to come later.

DO THEY NEED A TEAM MASSEUSE?????

Tonight I bring you a much more... um.. pleasing version of women's football than Willy Mac showed you earlier. (Possibly not safe for work, definitely not safe for kittens) God bless whatever f*cking country this video was shot in.

NEVER FORGET

We all remember what happened last time the Gamecocks paid a visit to Death Valley - a beatdown. Literally. The tone was set when a USC coach led about 20 players to crowd the bottom of the Hill as Clemson players started their entrance. The fight was sparked when Bobby Williamson lingered over Syvelle Newton's just-tackled corpse a little too long and some Cocks didn't care for it and shoved him.

From today's issue of The State: Tommy Bowden and Terry Don Phillips have stated that they will make sure the SEC officiating crew is aware that players from USC should be kept between the 20 yard lines while Clemson makes their entrance to avoid the kind of situation from 2004. No word as to whether USC players' ankle monitors can be adjusted to coincide with this guideline.

Bowden says he don't wanna shake no muthaf*ckin hands. "Every time you do it, you bring (the fight) up," he said Wednesday. I like the attitude, but I heard he's just pissed because last year in Columbia Steve got him with the ol hand-buzzer trick.

THE MAC CUP: WEEK 12 PICK 10/OPEN DATE

I've been bringing in good numbers and all I can hope for is for Chili and Lola to drop a few picks. All I needed them to do was get worse. What do they go and do? THEY GET BETTER. WTF!

Last weeks results
NC State @ Clemson - Clemson
Sakerlina @ Florida - Florida
Oregon @ USC - USC
Georgia @ Auburn - Georgia
Tennessee @ Arkansas - Arkansas
Wake Forest @ Florida State - Wake Forest
Miami @ Maryland - Maryland
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Nebraska @ Texas A&M - Nebraska
Louisville @ Rutgers (Thursday) - Rutgers


On the week
T1 Chili -2
T1 Lola -2
T1 Uttles -2
T4 Willy Mac -3
T4 Clemsonfan420 -3
T4 NoleCC -3
7 Brad -4


Overall
1 Chili -27
2 Lola -32
3 Brad -38
4 Willy Mac -39

Just for fun
1 Uttles - Back to good picking
2 Clemsonfan420 - Glad you could join us
3 NoleCC - Glad to have you back... you need to get on this next year

Week 12 Pick 10 Games as follows
#2 Michigan @ #1 Ohio State
#5 Arkansas @ Mississippi State (Miss St. at home in November)
#19 Virginia Tech @ #14 Wake Forest
#15 Auburn @ Alabama
#21 Maryland @ #20 Boston College
Arizona @ Oregon
#17 California @ #4 Southern Cal
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech
UCLA @ Arizona State
#8 West Virginia @ Pitt (Thursday Night)
Just for fun: Clemson vs. Open Date

Get your picks in before game time Thursday Night

Chili's Picks
OSU
Arkansas
VT
Auburn
BC
Oregon
SoCal
TT
ASU
WVU
Rarely are activities preceded by the phrase "Just for fun!" any fun at all, and the two instances of the phrase in this post are evidence to that fact.

Willy Mac's Picks
#2 Michigan @ #1 Ohio State - Michigan
#5 Arkansas @ Mississippi State (Miss St. at home in November) - Arkansas
#19 Virginia Tech @ #14 Wake Forest - Wake Forest
#15 Auburn @ Alabama - Auburn
#21 Maryland @ #20 Boston College - Maryland
Arizona @ Oregon - Arizona
#17 California @ #4 Southern Cal - USC
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech - OK State
UCLA @ Arizona State - ASU
#8 West Virginia @ Pitt (Thursday Night) - WVU
Just for fun: Clemson vs. Open Date - Open Date


As you can tell, this week has been a bag blog week for Chili and I both. I've had five tests this week and have one to go. Chili has been swamped at work. Since our boys in orange are taking the week off, we feel that we deserve one too. We're gonna give the blog some love in the mouth all next week. We'll make it up to you. And we promise, we weren't out till all hours of the night with other blogs. Seriously... you can trust us. Along with your picks, we're going to ask that you post your top five favorite Clemson/USC games of all time (#1 being your favorite). Even if you don't post picks, post your top five games. No anonymous.