Of course the big question is whether they are going to make it to 33.

Okay, the Ray Ray thing. It’s a bad situation all the way around, but the bottom line is that Ray Ray is getting screwed. From a purely athletic standpoint, it’s the right call. They need the scholarship somewhere else, and he’s the weakest link. The tragedy, of course, is his brother, and the fact the thing that’s keeping him from being the next level as a player is that he’s concentrated on getting his degree, to a much greater extent than most other players. He’s always put school first, which is what you hope for from your student athletes. But that meant missing practices sometimes, and now he’s being punished for it. However, I think it’s a good example he’s setting for his brother Fahmarr. Since that story you linked was published, Ray Ray’s decided to transfer. He won’t talk to the media about it, so we don’t know where to. But I’m pretty sure he’ll have a ton of friends at Clemson for life, even if he resents the school. I’m also pretty sure that the trust fund will continue for him.

Coastal is getting a pretty big payday–close to half a million–for its game at State College, and we’re also playing Kent State in the fall. It was also announced that we’re playing Clemson in 2009, bumped up a few years from when it was scheduled. Coach David Bennett was a graduate assistant for the Tigers under “legendary” coach Danny Ford. It seems that Coastal is making all the right moves to develop its program so that one day it can make the leap to Division I–I mean, Football Bowl Subdivision.

I’d also like a clarification of the difference between “snazzy” and “impressive”.