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ACC Sports Latest Sports HeadlinesLatest HeadlinesDon't get fooled againFriday, Oct. 10, 2008WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Tommy Bowden fan club arrived in a minivan and left in a Toyota Corolla. Times are tough, and tougher after a 12-7 loss Thursday night at No. 21 Wake Forest. Read story. Forget the Gipper, cue up GainesThursday, Oct. 9, 2008CLEMSON — Even at the halfway point of the college football season, Clemson's game tonight at Wake Forest has that make-or-break feel for the Tigers. But a players-only meeting last week and head coach Tommy Bowden praising his veteran leadership means nothing without some follow-up smiles in the end zone. Wake Forest also offers football scholarships, you know. Jim Grobe's Demon Deacons are led — often on the field as well as off — by a veteran group including 13 redshirt seniors, 19 redshirt juniors and a grad student. Read story. The Deacons look good because the ACC isn'tTuesday, Oct. 7, 2008It's a great story, the one about the nice kids from the little school with an enrollment of 4,412 asserting themselves as an ACC powerhouse. Jim Grobe is a famously good guy, and in demand. Winning at Wake Forest is worthy of full respect in any decade. Read story. Leaves may change, but App St. doesn'tSunday, Oct. 5, 2008BOONE, N.C. — Upset-minded Citadel fans who made it up the steep grade past Possum Hollow and Blowing Rock had a chance Saturday to sample free chili from Sledgehammer Charlie's at a tent set up outside Kidd Brewer Stadium. Then it was mostly a diet of football indigestion, a 47-21 Southern Conference loss to Appalachian State's mighty Mountaineers. The halftime score was 41-7. Read story. Scenes from a baseball boomSunday, Oct. 5, 2008Again, the Atlanta Braves are not in the playoffs and don't bother waiting 'til next year. But aside from one of the few Smoltzless Octobers in your recent lifetime and Clemson missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 22 years, the 2008 season was full of highlights for players and teams with Palmetto State and Lowcountry ties. Read story. How to lose people and not alienate fansFriday, Oct. 3, 2008Sometimes all it takes is a change of scenery. Look at Joe Torre of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Or Doc Rivers of the Boston Celtics. Or the giddy fans of both teams. It can work in football, too. Read story. The top 10 fan panic questionsThursday, Oct. 2, 2008Sorry, like Henry Paulson I cannot answer all of your phone calls, e-mails and text messages. But five games in, here are the consensus Palmetto State football concerns, quibbles and accusations from people threatening to jump off the ledge of their tailgates: Read story. It's Tampa or bust for Bowden's 3-2 TigersTuesday, Sept. 30, 2008Pete Carroll, Bill Belichick, Urban Meyer, Mike Shanahan and Jim Grobe lost their most recent football games to inferior foes. Those guys, however, own what Tommy Bowden hasn't won at Clemson, a large first-place trophy. Read story. Salad days and nights for GarciaSunday, Sept. 28, 2008COLUMBIA — Stephen Garcia started filling out his South Carolina quarterback job application Saturday night. Read story. Wanted: USC effort and C of C fansFriday, Sept. 26, 2008Sporting notes, compiled while trying to cope in a college football world without Larry Munson as The Voice of Georgia football: --This just in: That madcap Princeton band has signed a huge contract for a Charleston-based "Survivor" series. Co-starring Citadel cadets as themselves. Read story. Sticking it to the fanWednesday, Sept. 24, 2008COLUMBIA — There is no federal bailout plan for college football fans beset with rising ticket prices, Personal Seat License fees, increased fuel costs and revised parking "plans." Quite the contrary, Mr. Chairman. Read story. Yes, and this kid has more potential than Beaver CleaverTuesday, Sept. 23, 2008C'mon, Ken, look at the bright side. Redshirt freshman quarterback Stephen Garcia has what it takes to save the South Carolina Gamecocks' season (and maybe a Palin-Biden or Biden-Hockey Mom ticket would help the country). Read story. Thigpen's TD pass explains the problemSunday, Sept. 21, 2008Tyler Thigpen took a third-down snap from shotgun formation last Sunday and hastily scanned the Oakland Raiders defense. He turned left and a few miles down I-70 from the Harry S. Truman Library launched the kind of pass unseen since Truman was president. Overdue is an understatement. Read story. Harper: Bit of slump or concern?Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008CLEMSON — Pretty hard to quibble about a 54-0 victory, good weather and reasonably priced concession stand beverages. Clemson mercifully let the clock run out at the South Carolina State 3-yard line Saturday at Death Valley after piling up 416 yards of offense. Read story. Spurrier's play-calling experiment settles inWednesday, Sept. 17, 2008COLUMBIA — It is no less than one of the most fascinating college football transition plans since the addition of the forward pass: Steve Spurrier, renowned master of forward pass strategy, announcing during the offseason his intention to share some of the South Carolina play-calling duties in 2008. Read story. Newer stories | Older stories |
Gene Sapakoff writes columns and covers a variety of sports subjects (and sometimes non-sports subjects) for The Post and Courier. An Oregon native and graduate of Colorado State University, he moved to the Lowcountry to study history and eat Frogmore Stew. He has won many national writing and reporting awards. Since 1997 he has won South Carolina Press Association awards in eight different categories. His work has appeared in The Sporting News, Sport, Sports Illustrated, California, Us, Basketball America and Pro Football Weekly.
