Clemson Tigers

The Clemson Tigers won their last six games to get to 10 wins in 2021 for the 11th consecutive season. But you ask anybody in Clemson, SC or the talking head experts and they would tell you that last season was subpar, disappointing, or downright ugly. …

A journey in the career of Terrell McIntyre, holder of an unbeatable record to say the least. “That game was kinda unusual for us, because we played Virtus but we went there right before the game, so we didn’t stay the night in Bologna, cause it was twenty minutes away…

Recently, I answered a question on Quora asking which college football programs were the most successful over the last 10 seasons. That answer, along with a detailed outline highlighting my reasoning is written below. In a former life, I was an accomplished sports writer and sports radio personality. Though, it’s…

Bowl game plays out just like season for Tigers: cagey, but victorious — A sputtering offensive performance that only went as far as the running game could take it. A dominant defensive effort despite injuries to its top line players that needed one last stop. Plays on the football field you’ve never seen before — like a quarterback slapping a tipped pass directly…

Welcome to One Newsletter At A Time, the college football newsletter with a 22 percent success rate. This newsletter is entirely written and edited by Matthew Speakman — a former sports journalist. Clemson’s run as one of the three or four premier programs in college football hit a massive roadblock…

— Welcome back to One Newsletter At A Time. I did this a couple of college football seasons ago for fun for some friends, but I had a job actually writing real and professional stories for a real news outlet. That made it hard to keep doing this, because convincing…

The first REAL Saturday of the college football season is here! — After months of waiting, we are finally getting the great week one games that we’ve begged for. After last season, just having full stadiums and ranked/ranked non conference games is something to truly be thankful for. …

As fall camp opens, a new era in Clemson football begins — Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back In Town” blaring over the sound system of the Clemson indoor facility. Dabo Swinney’s opening statement lasting so long as to stretch the term “statement” to meaningless. The University of Georgia football program, coached by Kirby Smart, receiving national championship buzz which once again…

This story was originally published on Sept. 19, 2020 and received first-place collegiately at the South Carolina Press Association Awards for best sports story. Before the likes of Cam Newton, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson began lighting up the stat sheets, the dual-threat quarterback was much more a novelty than…