Clemson Tiger/ Green Bay Packer

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NCAA 2014 Award Winners
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Heisman Memorial Trophy	Johnny Manziel (JR)	QB	Texas A&M
Maxwell Award	DJ Howard (SR)	HB	Clemson
Walter Camp Award	DJ Howard (SR)	HB	Clemson
Chuck Bednarik Award	Stephone Anthony (SR)	MLB	Clemson
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Stephone Anthony (SR)	MLB	Clemson
Davey O'Brien Award	Chad Kelly (SO)	QB	Clemson
Doak Walker Award	DJ Howard (SR)	HB	Clemson
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Sammy Watkins (SR)	WR	Clemson
John Mackey Award	Justin Tikes (SR)	TE	UCF
Outland Trophy	Gifford Timothy (SR)	RT	Clemson
Rimington Trophy	Austin Blythe (JR)	C	Iowa
Lombardi Award	Corey Crawford (SR)	LE	Clemson
Linebacker of the Year	Stephone Anthony (SR)	MLB	Clemson
Jim Thorpe Award	Robert Smith (SR)	SS	Clemson
Lou Groza Award	Kyle Brindza (SR)	K	Notre Dame
Ray Guy Award	Craig Lawson (FR)	P	Tennessee
Returner of the Year	Sammy Watkins (SR)	WR	Clemson

Clemson 2014 Award Winners
QB SO Chad Kelly- 1st Team All NCAA
HB SR DJ Howard- 1st Team All NCAA
WR SR Sammy Watkins- 1st Team All NCAA
RT SR Gifford Timothy- 1st Team All NCAA
LE SR Corey Crawford- 1st Team All NCAA
DT SR Grady Jarrett- 1st Team All NCAA
DT SR Josh Watson- 1st Team All NCAA
MLB SR Stephone Anthony- 1st Team All NCAA
CB SR Garry Peters- 1st Team All NCAA
FS JR Travis Blanks- 1st Team All NCAA
SS SR Robert Smith- 1st Team All NCAA

C JR Ryan Norton- 1st Team All ACC
RT JR Shaq Anthony- 1st Team All ACC
CB SR Bashaud Breeland- 1st Team All ACC

WR SR Charone Peake- 2nd Team All ACC
LG SR David Beasley- 2nd Team All ACC
RE SR Vic Beasley- 2nd Team All ACC
ROLB FR Ben Boulware- 2nd Team All ACC

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2014 College Football Playoffs


Peach Bowl
(7-5) Kentucky vs. #16 (9-3) Virginia Tech


Cotton Bowl
#15 (9-3) Alabama vs. #21 (8-4) Baylor


Rose Bowl
#4 (8-4) Ole Miss vs. #22 (9-4) Arizona State


Orange Bowl
#5 (11-2) Miami vs. #8 (10-2) Maryland


Sugar Bowl
#7 (11-2) Florida vs. #6 (9-3) Oklahoma


Fiesta Bowl
#3 (11-1) Texas vs. #12 (11-1) UCF


BCS National Championship
#1 (13-0) Clemson vs. #2 (11-2) Ohio State

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#2 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. #1 Clemson Tigers

For weeks Clemson and Ohio State had been preparing for this inevitable matchup. Wide Receiver Sammy Watkins was one of many Seniors on both teams that were hoping to end their collegiate season with a ring. Watkins who came away with the Returner of the year award took the opening kickoff 101 yards for the score. In a blink of an eye Clemson had the Buckeyes on the defensive. Miller and Kelly both followed with TD drives where they displayed their precise accuracy. At the end of the first Clemson held a narrow 14-10 lead.


Early in the 2nd quarter with the ball in their redzone Kelly threw an INT giving the ball right back to a red hot Buckeyes offense. Clemson SS Robert Smith however picked off Miller on the very next play and returned it for a 50 yd TD. Miller shook off the poor decision and threw a bomb on his next drive to WR Devin Smith for yet another score. If it wasn’t obvious for the fans in the audience before they knew after watching the first half that they were watching the two highest scoring offenses in the league. RB Thomas Dye started to find the holes in the 2nd quarter and the back tacked on two more scores. The Buckeyes poor clock management prevented them from getting a FG off and Clemson snuck into the half with a 35-24 lead.


It seemed the game was all but over when Clemson jumped out to a commanding 42-24 lead in the third quarter. But the Buckeyes clawed back into the game and with time winding down found themselves inside their ten trailing 45-31. Braxton Miller went out plays before with a concussion and was forced to watch from the sideline as the backup QB Cardale Jones stepped in and threw a touchdown to bring them even closer. Clemson Team Captains TE Seckinger and MLB Anthony however would put the game away for the Tigers. Anthony would force a fumble on the goaline and Seckinger would catch an 18yd seam on 4th and 1 to run the clock out. With his conversion time ran out and with the scoreboard reading 45-38 Clemson was National Champions!

Ohio State Buckeyes at Clemson Tigers
Jan 6, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#2 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-2)	10	14	7	7	38
#1 Clemson Tigers (13-0)	14	21	7	3	45

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Miller 23/37 398 4 1 C. Jones 4/6 52 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD B. Miller 12 163 13.5 0 R. Smith 7 38 5.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Marshall 9 188 20.8 2 M. Thomas 5 73 14.6 0 R. Smith 5 46 9.2 0 D. Smith 2 90 45 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Roby 11 0 0 (2) 0 D. Grant 5 0 (1) 1 0

Clemson Tigers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Kelly 22/29 265 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Dye 20 196 9.8 2 C. Kelly 8 60 7.5 0 W. Gallman 1 11 11 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD S. Watkins 6 68 11.3 1 C. Peake 5 94 18.8 0 G. Hopper 4 31 7.7 0 S. Seckinger 4 48 12 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD FS T. Blanks 10 0 0 (1) 0 MLB S. Anthony 8 (2) 1 (1) 0 (3) 0 SS R. Smith 4 0 1 1 DT G. Jarrett 3 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 CB B. Breeland 2 0 0 (3) 0

Records broken
DJ Howard single season rushing yds
DJ Howard single season rushing td
Chad Kelly single season pass yds
Chad Kelly single season pass tds
Sammy Watkins single season receptions
Sammy Watkins single season rec yds
Sammy Watkins single season rec tds
Sammy Watkins single season rec tds
Sammy Watkins career receiving yards.
Sammy Watkins career receptions.

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2014 College Football Playoffs


Peach Bowl
(7-5) Kentucky vs. #16 (9-3) Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech W 35-28

Cotton Bowl
#15 (9-3) Alabama vs. #21 (8-4) Baylor
Alabama W 42-21

Rose Bowl
#4 (8-4) Ole Miss vs. #22 (9-4) Arizona State
Ole Miss W 24-14

Orange Bowl
#5 (11-2) Miami vs. #8 (10-2) Maryland
Maryland W 28-20

Sugar Bowl
#7 (11-2) Florida vs. #6 (9-3) Oklahoma
Florida W 36-22

Fiesta Bowl
#3 (11-1) Texas vs. #12 (11-1) UCF
UCF W 35-21

BCS National Championship
#1 (13-0) Clemson vs. #2 (11-2) Ohio State
Clemson W 45-38




Unbeaten Clemson was the heavy favorite in the BCS Championship game against Ohio State. Buckeyes QB Braxton Miller put up over 500 yards of offense against the best defense in the country despite missing most of the 4th quarter. Clemson went on to win 45-38 but many wonder how it would have ended if Miller wasn’t knocked out the game.


Tennessee and Iowa played in the Capital One Bowl. Both teams were serious contenders at one point in the season and were looking to end the season on a winning note. Iowa QB Cody Sokol threw 4TDs in his last collegiate game but Tennessee kicked in a FG with 17 seconds to pick up a 38-35 win.


The Fiesta Bowl pitted two 1 loss teams as Texas took on UCF. The Black Knights led most of the game and won 35-21. QB Blake Bortles accounted for all five scores and DE Deion Green picked up 3 Sacks on the night.


The Pac-12 made up for not having one standout team in their conference by winning 9 out of 10 of their Bowl games. Their only loss was the Sun Devils loss in the Rose Bowl. The Big 12 on the other hand lost all six of their bowl games.


SEC Powerhouses Ole Miss and Florida both picked up huge BCS Bowls win and secure a Top 3 spot in the polls to end the season. It is a bit peculiar though for the Rebels to be ranked above Florida when the Gators won 3 more games and beat them head- to head.

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 11, 2015
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Clemson	14	0	1525
2	4	Ole Miss	9	4	1116
3	7	Florida	11	3	1114
4	8	Maryland	11	2	1083
5	2	OhIo State	11	3	1002
6	3	Texas	11	2	1001
7	9	Georgia Tech	10	3	959
8	12	UCF	12	1	958
9	5	Miami	11	3	894
10	13	Nebraska	10	3	889
11	14	UL Lafayette	11	2	809
12	17	Tennessee	11	2	803
13	15	Alabama	10	3	780
14	16	Virginia Tech	10	3	742
15	10	Iowa	11	3	732
16	6	Oklahoma	9	4	718
17	18	Michigan State	9	4	676
18	20	Michigan	9	4	616
19	11	Texas A&M	10	4	554
20	24	North Carolina	10	4	490
21	--	Connecticut	10	3	450
22	--	Notre Dame	9	4	435
23	--	Ball State	10	3	410
24	--	Northern Illinois	10	3	277
25	--	UCLA	7	6	208

#46 Stanford (7-6)

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Clemson Coaching Carousel

Clemson DC Brent Venables becomes West Vrginia new HC (A+)
Clemson OC Chad Morris becomes Arkansas new HC (A+)

New DC John Thompson former Arkansas State DC (C+)
New OC Dana Holgorsen former West Virginia HC (B-)


2015 Clemson Tigers Draft Prospects

DT Grady Jarrett- (Projected Round 1)
HB DJ Howard- (Projected Round 1)
WR Sammy Watkins- (Projected Round 1)
MLB Stephone Anthony- (Projected Round 2)
LE Corey Crawford- (Projected Round 2)
RT Gifford Timothy- (Projected Round 2)
WR Charone Peake- (Projected Round 3)
LOLB Tony Steward- (Projected Round 3)
DT Josh Watson- (Projected Round 3)
CB Bashaud Breeland- (Projected Round 4)
RE Vic Beasley- (Undrafted?)
SS Robert Smith- (Undrafted?)
WR Adam Humphries- (Undrafted?)


The Tigers lose a whole lot of talent this year. All four members of their D-line nicknamed the Orange Crush for their insane ability to get to the quarterback graduate this year.All four possess legit NFL talent and will be playing on Sundays real soon. They wrecked havoc on offensive lines in their two year tenure together and will go down in campus history. Defensive captain MLB Stephone Anthony was the heart and soul of not just the defense but the team.

The rest of the defense wasn’t any lucky either as they lose their three best CB’s and the leader of the secondary Thorpe winner SS Robert Smith. OLB Tony Steward one of the most underrated players in the country was overshadowed by a defense full of playmakers. Steward only played his senior year but proved to be one of the best coverage linebackers around.

On the offense side of the ball Clemson loses their Top 3 receivers and feature back DJ Howard. Howard and Watkins broke numerous Clemson school records in their tenure at Death Valley. The offensive line lost their best player in RT Gifford Timothy but stay largely intact.

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Off season Wrapup

Superstar Watch List
QB Jordan Smith commits to Miami Ohio
DE Evans Jean Pierre commits to Georgia State

Clemson Tigers Recruiting - 2015
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Matt Jacobs	CB	HS	Statesville, NC	5'9	183
Maurice Romero	DE	HS	Hamlet, NC	6'5	244
Brandon Williams	WR	HS	Warren, PA	6'2	200
Kerry Rivero	HB	HS	Woodfield, SC	6'0	225
Blake McCall	T	HS	Druid Hills, GA	6'8	280
Alan Miller	CB	HS	Fort Sill, OK	5'11	178
Roger Wagner	MLB	HS	Manning, SC	5'9	254
Cory Edwards	CB	HS	Forest Park, GA	6'1	188
Dominique Deloach	OLB	HS	Moss Point, MS	6'0	235
Sam Singleton	CB	HS	Walterboro, SC	5'11	190
Adam Wade	DE	HS	East St. Louis, IL	6'5	260
Chris West	G	HS	South Augusta, GA	6'1	296
Steve Carter	WR	HS	Dunean, SC	5'11	210
Kelvin Hayes	G	HS	Bay Minette, AL	6'0	308
David Davis	MLB	HS	Taylor Mill, KY	5'11	231
Calvin Smith	QB	HS	Simpsonville, SC	6'4	222
Erik Doty	G	HS	Valdese, NC	6'3	291
Seth Dukes	HB	HS	Elon College, NC	6'0	191
Marcus Hill	DT	HS	Duluth, GA	6'4	267
Jonathan Lake	OLB	HS	Red Bank, SC	6'5	233

Here comes the rest of rest of the 2015 Clemson recruting class. Some guy to watch out for in the future is DE Maurice Romero and MLB Roger Wagner. They'll spend the freshman year redshirting but look out for them soon. WR Brandon Williams is a big body receiver who will fill some holes left in the receiving corps.


Conference Changes

-Navy Joins the American
-Notre Dame and BYU accept membership into the Big 12
-Old Dominion tries its hand in the Sun Belt

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in your early years at wyoming did you get any transfers? if so where from?

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Here is a look at the newest team to join the NFL…….The London Black Knights!

London Black Knights Depth Chart - 2014
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	R. Cobb (96)	J. Jones (88)	J. Gallon (74)
TE	J. Finley (91)	D. Williams (75)	C. Coyle (70)
LT	B. Bulaga (90)	D. Bakhtiari (76)
LG	J. Sitton (90)	G. Van Roten (74)
C	B. Stork (80)	E. Dietrich-Smith (77)
RG	T. Lang (85)	J. Tretter (79)
RT	J. Webb (84)	D. Sherrod (79)
WR	J. Nelson (92)	K. Britt (81)	C. Johnson (75)
QB	A. Rodgers (99)	B. Coleman (820	K. Colter (67)
FB	J. Kuhn (76)	C. Hyde (78)
HB	E. Lacy (88)	C. Hyde (73)	J. Franklin (67)
Base 3-4 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	B. Raji (86)	J. Worthy (74)
NT	D. Peko (80)	T. Cody (79)	J. Miller (66)
RDE	E. Hemer (78)	D. Jones (72)
LOLB	N. Perry (95)	N. Palmer (75)
LILB	R. Lewis (91)	B. Jones (78)
RILB	A. Hawk (87)	B. Jones (78)
ROLB	C. Matthews (95)	D. Mozes (73)
CB	C.Hayward (89)	S. Shields (84)	J. Bush (75)
SS	S. Parker (82)	M. Jennings (77)
FS	K. Rhodes (89)	M. Jennings (77)	J. McMillian (73)
CB	T. Williams (89)	D. House (78)	M. Hyde (70)
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	M. Crosby (91)
P	T. Masthay (86)
PR	R. Cobb (81)	J. Gallon (77)
KR	R. Cobb (86)	J. Nelson (72)
LS	J. Sitton (91)

The NFL has been looking for ways to expand the game globally for years now and this seems to be a step in the right direction. An American Football team headquartered in Europe is a bold new idea. But owner Mark Murphy remains confident in his decision and is eager to show the people of London how dominant his team is. “The idea here is us bringing our talented team over from Green Bay will get all those folks cheering at those soccer games lining up to see us play.” Forget Seattle and Kansas City because it looks like London is going to be the place to be.



Wasn't much work done on the offense this season besides picking up Kenny Britt and drafting Carlos Hyde. Britt is a big body receiver who will do a lot of his work near the goal line running fades and working on smaller defensive backs in the slot. Hyde adds a little more physical play to team already with a young superstar at tailback in Eddie Lacy.


Already with playmakers on defense the Black Knights added depth up front with the addition of defensive lineman Peko and Cody. Two rookies SS Sean Parker and DE Ethan Hemer will be starting and bring some young blood into the fold. The biggest acquisition however was getting HOF LB Ray Lewis from retirement. With the talent this team has in their receiving and linebacking corps along with Aaron Rodgers expect another 10+ win season.