Coming off a mediocre season last year, I’m happy to see that fan support for Clemson is still at an all-time high. We can pack out over 80,000 people there and already we have both the Florida State and Texas A&M game sold out.
The September 3 season opener between Clemson and Texas A&M at Clemson Memorial Stadium is sold out. The announcement was made late Thursday.
It is the second preseason sellout for the Tigers, who earlier announced the Florida State game on November 12 was also sold out.
Limited tickets remain for the other four Clemson home games, Miami (FL) on September 17, Boston College on September 24, Temple on October 22 and Duke on November 5.
Go Tigers!
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Laughing at a fantasy football article:
Everybody has a buddy who is a little too geeked about his or her Fantasy Football draft…
…Nervous about a Fantasy Football draft? It’s not your wedding, pal.
I confess I’ve had those feelings some for my draft Saturday. Not nervous though. I’m anxious to play!
Seth Godin has a very thought-provoking thought about oil and supply and demand:
So they said on the radio today that for the first time ever, oil consumption worldwide is exceeding oil production.
How does that change your world? How will it change your world a decade from now?
It’s making me think. What do you think, if indeed this is true, this could mean for our future? It’s kind of fun to dream.
I know this brings up all sorts of political views (drill for more oil, wean off the Middle East, etc), and there are environmental issues (drill for more oil, alternative fuel).
Makes me think though…why does the price of technology get cheaper while the price of oil and other mechanical processes increases?
Every time I think we’re going to be fine, I read more maps that say once Katrina gets out into the Gulf, she may swing back our way again.
These models I’m looking at are taking her more to Jacksonville via north of Tampa. That gives us more wind and rain.
The good news is if it does that, it won’t pick up much strength because it won’t be over the Gulf long.
No matter what, it looks like she’s going to hit Florida twice.
Good grief.
I hate tropical storms and hurricanes. We’re going to be fine from Katrina, but I just hate it. After last year it’s worse. Can’t help but remember the stress.
I walked outside this morning and I could feel it. Smell it. There’s something about the air when a tropical storm is coming. We’ve already had a couple of fast moving rain clouds. We’ve had worse thunderstorms…almost daily! But there’s something about tropical storms…
Someone had to use that as a title for Tropical Storm Katrina. She could be a Category 1 hurricane when it hits Florida…the first time. Right now they are saying she’ll come over south Florida (getting us in Orlando wet and breezy), head out into the Gulf, and turn up into the panhandle again.
Looks like that area (FL panhandle to New Orleans) is this season’s Central Florida.
What team has the best home field advantage? The Hokies do…according to rivals.com.
I’ve been there for a game or two. It was about 10 years ago…back when my wife was my girlfriend and a hokie undergrad. I wasn’t all that impressed. It was also pre-Vick. That boy changed everything in Blacksburg.
It’d be fun to go back.
The best sports blog, Fanblogs let me know about the rankings.
I’m now waiting for the Tech cheer to appear in the comments…
Well I said I was looking forward to trying out Google Talk and I’ve enjoyed it so far. I’ve had two conversations: one with a friend in Spain and one with a friend in Little Rock. Both calls were clear…or at least just as clear as Skype.
I started my conversation with my Spanish friend using Skype. Our signal bounced in and out sometimes and once we had to restart the conversation because the signal was so bad. We switched to Google and went for 30 minutes without any real problems. A couple blips here and there.
Comparing Google Talk to Skype, I’d have to say that Google right now is clean and easy to use. I like that it integrates my GMail account and contacts in there. That’s a bonus. What I’d like to see is the ability to conference call like Skype can do. I really like the ability to conference call with this technology.
Not only can Skype conference call, but you can call phone numbers for a cheap price. That’s only significant for me when I travel out of the US because it makes it cheap to call home. In the US I have a national mobile plan with Sprint and at home use Vonage to call the US and Canada free.
My wish list for Google Talk: add conference call ability, maybe add the ability to call phone numbers cheap, and allow me to chat with other IM accounts like AIM, MSN, etc (a la Trillian). I love convergence and I love Google’s clean and functional products.
UPDATE: I just realized Google Talk CAN get your Trillian account in there IF you have Trillian Pro. So if you pay for trillian, you can get Trillian in Google Talk. Bummer.
After I wrote this I felt a little bad. I started thinking about how I was name-calling and casting stones. But that was my first reaction. I thought about taking it down but decided for authenticity of my reaction rather than censorship.
I wouldn’t call him names again…though I have my own strong personal opinions about him and his ilk. What bugs me is that he is seen as a leader in the Christian world and represents the US to many — but he doesn’t represent me…though what I do have in common with him is we both say things we shouldn’t. I can relate to the poor sap, that’s for sure!
Another fleeting thought I had was what’s the difference in calling for Chavez’ head and being upset when missile strikes on Osama bin Laden were scrubbed? In the latter, I’m upset the strike didn’t work (BTW, these were pre-9/11). The former is assassination. Murder is murder. Argh!
No matter what, this was a dumb statement for Robertson to make. That’s what frustrates me. But then again, I’m glad it’s him and not me. I’d probably say dumb things too if more mics were pointed at me.
What I want my life to look like is not like Robertson, but more like Jesus. Unfortunately, what scares me a little, is when I examine my life, I see more of the boneheaded-ness of Robertson then the righteousness of Jesus in my life.
That’s when I really shudder.
Google Talk is here. I look forward to playing with it to see what all it can do.
Keeping an eye on TD 12. Will become TS Katrina soon probably and head through Florida this week.
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