Howard's Rock As A Gift View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7oDbfq0G9E Today’s photo is a unique photo of Howard’s Rock in the mid 1980’s as the Tigers prepare to run down the hill. Notice the gloves on the offensive lineman…something that was very common during this era.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!   Clemson started rubbing the Rock for the first game of 1967, which was a 23-6 waxing of ACC foe Wake Forest. Trivia Question Many know the rock came from Death Valley in California, but who gave the rock to Coach Howard? (Place answer in TPS So ..read more

Cheap Seats Legend View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrdBddwjnmU Today’s photo is of the Cheap Seats Bus, which is located in right field at Clemson’s Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Started in January 2003 by Dave Topham, Frank Murphy, Bryan Griffiths, and 15 other Clemson students, the "Cheap Seats" is a mini-bus that has been transformed into a tailgating machine.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!   The bus is equipped with a wooden deck on its roof, a classic Clemson paint job, an assortment of deck furniture, and a grill. Trivia Question Legend has it ..read more

Parking At Wannamaker Hall View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Guj5tFfdQ Today’s photo is of Wannamaker Hall taken just after World War II. One striking note from the photo is the number of cars parked.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    Prior to the WWII, very few Clemson students had access to cars. But as cadets came home from Europe and the Pacific, they were settling into homes and purchasing cars at a rapid pace. Obviously, parking was an issue at Clemson in the mid 1940’s, as it is today! Trivia Question Wannamaker Hall is not the or ..read more

A First And A Record View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab3ae_dOlRw Today’s photo is from 1999 and shows Florida State Head Coach Bobby Bowden shaking hands with his son, first year Clemson coach Tommy Bowden. The game was dubbed “Bowden Bowl I”. Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    While heavily favored in the game, the top ranked Florida State Seminoles sneaked away with a 17-14 win over Clemson in college football’s first major college father/son coaching game. Trivia Question On this night in 1999, a record was broken. What was that record? (Pl ..read more

Mystery Meat Not The Only Schilletter Controversy View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCoLAIQJ4o Today’s photo is quite humorous and may solve the age old question of what was the mystery meat served from time to time at Schilletter Dining Hall in Clemson! The photo is from the late 1970’s or early 1980’s and shows a vehicle backed up to the loading dock at Schilletter with horses written on the front of the truck.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    For those that have eaten the mystery meat inside of Schilletter, I’ll let you make your own ju ..read more

Classic Car's Significance View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOCWfpizD1g Today’s photo is of a great looking classic car decked out in Tiger Orange! The picture was taken on a fall afternoon in Clemson prior to a football game in the mid 1960’s. You can also note the fiberglass Tiger on top of the car, which was owned at the time by Ruby Ellenburg who lived in Liberty.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    To the best of my knowledge, the fiberglass Tiger today resides with a man by the name of Terry Pierce. Trivia Question If you notice, the ..read more

1984 National Champions View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWb5aW2satU Today’s photo is from 1984 and is of the Clemson Men’s Soccer team celebrating their National Championship win over Indiana at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    Indiana was the two time defending soccer champion, and the game was tied 1-1 going into the final two minutes of play. Trivia Question Many know that Clemson won the National Championship in Soccer in 1984, but few know who scored the game winning goal to break the 1-1 tie with ..read more

1973 Snow Storm Record View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTiUcw9s3Z8 Today we will step back to February of 1973 and a record breaking snowstorm that hit South Carolina and provided some fun for Clemson students when classes were cancelled. It was not uncommon for students to “borrow” dining treys from a dining hall to use as a sled.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    Here, some enterprising Clemson students poured water down the driveway outside of Johnstone Hall. With the cold temperatures, the water froze and provided a slick track to sli ..read more

Dr. Bruce F. Cook And Tiger Band View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBI4US1-oIU Today’s photo is of the 1967-1968 Clemson University Tiger Band under the direction of Bruce F. Cook. Cook came to Clemson in 1966 as Interim Director of Bands while John H. Butler pursued his doctoral degree at the University of Georgia.   Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    Cook directed Tiger Band from 1966 to 1980, except for three years, 1971-1973, while he pursued his own doctorate Trivia Question Tiger Band members had a nickname for Dr. Cook. What was that ..read more

Tiger Band And Rat Caps View On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuTqgPY4Dgs Today’s photo is of two members of Tiger Band beating a drum beside the Thomas Green Clemson statue in front of Tillman Hall in the 1950’s. We can note that these two students are Freshman at Clemson because they are wearing the infamous Rat Caps, which started under Clemson’s Military system. Click To Become A Tiger Pregame Show Patron!    Once the military system ended in 1955, male rats still had to wear their orange rat caps. Trivia Question When Clemson became co-educational, they too f ..read more