Clemson 38 – Auburn 24

1. Auburn loses a game in the state of South Carolina for the first time since 1951.

2. Clemson accumulates 624 yards of offense, converts 77.7% of third-down opportunities.

3. Former Tennessee commit Tajh Boyd lights up Auburn for 416 yards of total offense,, throws for 386 yards, second best in Clemson history.

4. Jon Solomon: “For the first time in 60 years, Auburn has allowed 34 points or more in three consecutive games.”

Vanderbilt 30 – Ole Miss 7

5. Largest margin of SEC victory for Vanderbilt in 40 years.

6. James Franklin first rookie coach at Vandy to start 3-0 since World War II.

7. Vandy opens up the playbook – running back Zac Stacy goes for 169 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown run. Highest output for a Commodores running back since 2001.

8. Houston Nutt: “I’ve never felt that way on a sideline.”

Georgia 59 – Coastal Carolina 0

9. Biggest margin of victory for the Bulldogs since 1994.

10. Five-star recruit Ray Drew makes his Georgia debut.  Quarterback Hutson Mason and tailback Carlton Thomas make their 2011 debuts.

11. Isaiah Crowell takes a shot to the ribs.

Florida 33 – Tennessee 23

12. Seven straight wins for the Gators over Tennessee.

13. Pat Dooley: “In some ways it was like two years ago when Tennessee came into The Swamp and lost by 10 and bragged about it because it shouldn’t have been that close. Except Derek Dooley has way more class than Lane Kiffin.”

14. John Adams: Vols still not ready for “big-boy football.”

15. Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps combine for 297 yards of offense.

16. Vols lose wide receiver Justin Hunter early. Further tests needed to know extent of knee injury.

Reason #6,322 why I hate Twitter…

Yesterday, news broke that South Carolina quarterbacks coach GA Mangus had been arrested in Greenville on a charge of “public nuisance” after drunkenly urinating in a city street.  He has been suspended indefinitely by Steve Spurrier.  Mangus, of course, is viewed as the “mentor” to Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia, who has also had a number of alcohol-related incidents over the years.

The reaction came quickly on Twitter.  Even Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd piped up via his keyboard:


“Like coach, like QB, shaking my head.”


Pretty judgmental for a 20-year-old rival quarterback.

Boyd has now given this writer someone to pull against this fall.  Every interception he tosses and every fumble he loses, I’ll be chuckling to myself that the popper-offer might be better at tossing barbs than he is at tossing touchdowns.

Last season, as a freshman, Boyd completed 33 of 63 passes for 329 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions.  And those kind of numbers give him the confidence to mock the personal troubles of another program’s quarterback and coach… a coach who has just done serious damage to his career?

If not for Twitter — and coaches stupidly continuing to allow their players to use the medium — I would have never known that Boyd had such a self-righteous attitude.

Well, he’d better hope he doesn’t step out of line during his next three years on Clemson’s campus, lest it be his rear that’s roasted in the Twittersphere.

As someone 20 years older than Boyd, I know that when I call someone out for a moral failing, it could be my flaw that someone else is mocking the next time around.  (Which is why you don’t see this site get too judgmental over moral issues.)

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