Clemson Sports Columnists

There were five finalists, taking part in the closest race in Heisman history. But none of them were named C.J. Spiller. Clemson’s do-everything senior tailback finished sixth, the Tigers’ highest Heisman finish since Steve Fuller finished tied for sixth in ...

Ask Clemson fans which they’d rather do — beat South Carolina or win an ACC championship — and you’ll get a split decision.

Clemson gets a chance at a party in front of 80,000 fans in Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. home game against the hapless Cavaliers, losers of four straight.

Tigers control their own destiny.

Coach Dabo Swinney laid down his own law — one of belief. Ever since he officially took over as head coach last December, he has brought one thing into every team meeting: a wooden carving of the word “Believe.”

Boise State — a program that will likely finish the 2009 campaign undefeated but has no chance of winning a national championship — is looking for more Clemsons.

The weekend’s biggest boost to C.J. Spiller’s Heisman Trophy chances had nothing to do with Clemson’s 49-3 rout of Coastal Carolina at a wet Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon. It came approximately 24 hours later, when ESPN/ABC programmers decided Clemson’s showdown ...

So it comes to this: beat Florida State, N.C. State and Virginia (a combined 3-7 in league play), and a rematch with Georgia Tech looms in the Sunshine State.

Swinney gets biggest coaching victory to date.

Saturday’s 38-3 win over Wake Forest quieted critics who spent the last two weeks stewing over the direction of Clemson’s program under Dabo Swinney, but it also might become a turning point.

Five games into Dabo Swinney’s first season, Clemson's 2009 campaign has turned into a learning experience, but not a winning one.

None of Clemson’s young offensive talents — guys like Jamie Harper, Andre Ellington, Jaron Brown and Dwayne Allen, among others — have shown they’re capable of stretching defenses and making opponents pay for their mistakes.

Sunday morning, the most important piece of Clemson’s season walked into the training room and lifted Dabo Swinney’s spirits. Junior left tackle Chris Hairston, who sprained his medial collateral knee ligament in Saturday’s 25-7 win over Boston College, came in ...

It’s hard to walk away upbeat about Clemson's and South Carolina's losses.

Despite Thursday’s 30-27 loss at No. 14 Georgia Tech, coach Dabo Swinney is convinced his team can contend for the Atlantic Division title and an ACC title.