Reign Supreme Alway: Sports in Clemson

Hey Clemson Family, the Tigers will take on the Tennessee Volunteers in the upcoming Orange Bowl and both teams will be without some of the top talent from this year’s rosters. Who will have replacements at the ready? We’ll talk about Clemson’s two-deep as the game approaches. Plus: Recruiting isn’t over with Early Signing Day in the rear-view mirror, so reporter Grace Raynor of The Athletic joins...

Hey Clemson Family, you’ve got 28 new men joining the fold today on Early Signing Day in a busy morning that gets the recruiting class of 2023 jumping. Running back Jay Haynes added signing-day excitement by committing to Clemson on the morning of college football’s signing-day festivities, adding to a wealth of offensive talent that includes QB Christopher Vizzina, WR Noble Johnson, a trio of sta...

Hey Clemson Family, we’re fortunate to have insights on Peter Woods, Christopher Vizzina, Stephiylan Green and all 25 commits for the Tigers’ recruiting class from guest Jeremy Johnson of On3’s Clemson Sports as Early Signing Day approaches in Death Valley. Find out who can play sooner than later, perhaps as freshmen; why each of the players figures to make an impact on the green grass of Memorial...

Hey Clemson Family, the next highly rated quarterback joining the Tigers offense is Christopher Vizzina out of the state of Alabama, we’ll take a look at him and the other offensive players ready to come to Clemson with early signing day less than a week away – including wide receiver Noble Johnson, running back Jarvis Green and several offensive linemen with the size and skill to compete for earl...

Hey, Clemson Family -- Signing Day is just more than a week away for the  early period in the 2023 class and the Tigers defense is about to bring  in a group that could form a starting 11 all on its own! From six  defensive linemen including Peter Woods, Tomarrion Parker and Vic Burley  to a pair of standout linebackers in Jamal Anderson and Dee Crayton to a  quintet of de...

Hey, Clemson Family -- Early signing day is almost here for college  football and we've got the latest on the Tigers, including the current  hole for the RB room that might soon be filled by Jamarius Haynes and/or  Jarvis Green. Plus the way the class has grown to 23 commits and still  is seeking more -- largely because nine Clemson players have hit the  transfer portal, h...

Hey Clemson Family, the Tigers now own 21 ACC titles thanks in large part to the emergence of Cade Klubnik at quarterback Saturday night in a 39-10 win over North Carolina in the 2022 ACC Championship game – and Clemson now is headed to another New Year’s Six bowl game in the Orange Bowl, where Klubnik will make his first career start. Plenty of other players were huge factors in the win over the...

Hey Clemson Family, it’s time to see if the Tigers can again pick themselves up off the mat and avoid back-to-back losses as they prepare to travel to Charlotte to face the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2022 ACC Championship Game. Find out which angles fans will want to watch for. What’s going to give way: Can UNC’s offense led by stellar QB Drake Maye break its trend of struggling (well, relati...

Hey, Clemson Family -- Yes, two big winning streaks for the Tigers came to a stunning halt Saturday in Death Valley, we'll go over why South Carolina beat Clemson in 2022 and what problems need to get worked out for the TIgers short-term and long-term. One solution moving forward could be wide receiver recruit Tyler Brown of Greenville, who committed to Clemson on Thanksgiving, we'll talk about hi...

Hey, Clemson Family --can DJ Uiagalelei, WIll Shipley, Phil Mafah and Antonio Williams keep the Tigers' playoff hopes on life support against South Carolina? It would be a success that Tennessee wasn't able to manage. Longtime sports journalists Daniel Shirley and Bill Zimmerman analyze what Clemson must do on offense and defense to keep Spencer Rattler and the Gamecocks from pulling off a major u...

Hey, Clemson Family -- another Hurricane comes and goes through Death Valley as the Tigers win again. Barrett Carter, Trenton Simpson and the Clemson defense flooded Miami with pressure behind the line of scrimmage to hold the Canes to just 98 yards of total offense for the game in a convincing 40-10 win. DJ Uiagalelei and the tight ends barged their way down the field, with only a few undertow mo...

Hey Clemson Family, it’s time for the Tigers to hang onto their hats and the football against the Miami Hurricanes as Clemson tries to extend its home winning streak – now the longest in the ACC – against the team that has the longest such streak in NCAA history. Running backs Will Shipley and Phil Mafah figure prominently in whether or not the Tigers will prevail. Head coach Dabo Swinney might be...

Hey Clemson Family, the Tigers had a successful effort to control the game and defeat Louisville on Saturday, 31-16, check out the reasons Clemson improved its showings on offense and on defense despite some key talents missing the game because of injury. On defense, linebacker Barrett Carter was among the players who stepped up even as he moved to a new position; Carter had a pretty play hurdling...

Hey Clemson Family, it’s time for the football team to show resilience and find a way to defeat Louisville during the stretch run of three games to close out the regular season before heading to Charlotte for the conference championship. How will the defense respond to having been road-graded by the Notre Dame offensive line? And how will the Tigers’ offense find a way to get the ball downfield on...

Hey, Clemson Family -- There's no good news for Tigers fans out of  Saturday night's loss at Notre Dame, but we've got the straight news  about the results nonetheless. Longtime sports journalists Daniel  Shirley and Bill Zimmerman break down the obvious problems on the field,  including Coach Dabo Swinney taking responsibility for a poor game plan  from him and his staff....

Hey Clemson Family, coming out of the bye week it’s time to reset how each position looks on the field and how the players and coaches grade out as they are in the college football playoff picture at No. 4 in the committee’s first rankings. Plus it’s time to preview the Notre Dame game and we’re lucky to have national college football writer Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel bring his knowledg...

Hey Clemson family, the recent time off for the Tigers football team offers a good chance to get ready for basketball season – and former Clemson player turned analyst extraordinaire Terrence Oglesby joins the show for an in-depth look at the Tigers in 2022-23 before the season tips off! Coach Brad Brownell faces an important season ahead with big man PJ Hall recovering from injury – and when in d...

Hey, Clemson Family -- to find out the latest Tiger football recruiting targets, expert Jeremy Johnson joins Daniel Shirley and Bill Zimmerman as they discuss the latest big news about the talent on the way to Death Valley! From established commits such as quarterback Christopher Vizzina and defensive lineman Peter Woods to new recent offers such as running backs Jamarion Wilcox and Jamarius Hayne...

Hey, Clemson Family -- Maybe the issue isn't whether the Tigers are DJ Uiagalelei's team or Cade Klubnik's team, because it could simply be Will Shipley's team. Clemson beat Syracuse 27-21 by making use of both quarterbacks but the starting running back in Shipley carried the load figuratively and literally for the Tigers offense even as the vaunted Clemson defense once again took quite some time...

Hey Clemson Family, here comes the Tigers’ fourth straight ACC Atlantic Division challenge with Syracuse coming to town and outwardly confident even before the team arrives. Will this be a close contest such as the two games in the last four years decided by 4 points or less? Or will Clemson find a way to decidedly defeat Syracuse as it did the other two games in the last four years? Syracuse play...

Hey Clemson Family, the Tigers are in the driver’s seat of the ACC’s Atlantic Division after their seventh straight win over the Florida State Seminoles, in a game Saturday night that – much like the NC State game two weeks before it – was more convincing than the scoreboard shows. In Episode Thirty-Three of the Reign Supreme Alway podcast, co-hosts Daniel Shirley and Bill Zimmerman discuss how Cl...

Hey, Clemson Family -- it's Clemson vs. Florida State week once again and there's college football recruiting news in the Tigers' program that makes it an even newsier week. Offensive lineman Zechariah Owens has decommitted from Clemson and the rumor mill is churning with the possibility that FSU has serious interest. Owens says money is a significant factor so NIL appears to be in play. Of more i...

Hey Clemson Family, the Tigers took control in the second half against the Eagles at Boston College for a 31-3 win Saturday night, and that helped Clemson move up in the polls. Find out what looked good, as well as which aspects of the Tigers’ game took a step back (hint: running game). Some of Clemson’s key players might be returning to better health, but the absences did hurt in Boston despite t...

Hey Clemson Family, you spoke and we listened, so here’s a preview of the Tigers’ next matchup against the Boston College Eagles this weekend in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Plus we’ll look at the changes to the Clemson defense that helped control the N.C. State offensive attack in last weekend’s top-10 matchup just one week after a rough outing for the D. Join longtime sports journalists Daniel...

Hey Clemson Family, Dabo Swinney and the Tigers easily cast N.C. State aside Saturday night by a 30-20 score that didn’t really reflect the magnitude of the win. It happened thanks to some quote Juice from coach Dabo Swinney and shows the in-season growth that’s been typical of the Tigers in the playoff era. And maybe the Tigers got a sugar boost from those Krispy Kremes last week because both sid...