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Danny Ford To Be Honored

Former Clemson University head coach Danny Ford will be honored prior to the start of the Tigers’ 2013 season opener against Southeastern Conference powerhouse Georgia. According to Clemson’s sports information office, Ford and former Tiger baseball Coach Bill Wilhelm were inducted into their respective sports’ “Ring of Honor” this summer. “Ford…

Former Clemson University head coach Danny Ford will be honored prior to the start of the Tigers’ 2013 season opener against Southeastern Conference powerhouse Georgia.

According to Clemson’s sports information office, Ford and former Tiger baseball Coach Bill Wilhelm were inducted into their respective sports’ “Ring of Honor” this summer.

“Ford will be inducted during pregame ceremonies of the Clemson vs. Georgia game on August 31,” the school’s release notes.

Wilhelm will be inducted at a separate ceremony next spring prior to a Tiger baseball game.

Ford compiled a 122-59-5 record in sixteen seasons as a collegiate coach – including a 96–29–4 record in eleven years at Clemson. During that stretch he won five ACC championships and six bowl games – including a 22-15 win over Nebraska in the 1982 Orange Bowl, which secured Clemson’s 1981 national championship.

He ranks second on Clemson’s all-time wins list, behind Frank Howard.

Clemson and Georgia haven’t played each other in football since 2003 – when the Bulldogs blanked the Tigers 30-0 (the last time a Tiger football team was shut out). This year’s contest figures to be much more competitive, with both teams appearing in the preseason Top 10. The game will be televised nationally by ABC, with ESPN bringing its College Gameday program to Tigertown.

 

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50 comments

TontoBubbaGoldstein August 9, 2013 at 10:51 am

About effing time!

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Frank Howard August 9, 2013 at 11:08 am

I’ll be listening to that ceremony from my eternal box in Cemetery Hill behind the South Stands that day.

Danny is one of my favorite boys.

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TontoBubbaGoldstein August 9, 2013 at 10:51 am

About effing time!

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Frank Howard August 9, 2013 at 11:08 am

I’ll be listening to that ceremony from my eternal box in Cemetery Hill behind the South Stands that day.

Danny is one of my favorite boys.

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Squishy123 August 9, 2013 at 10:57 am

This is going to be upsetting to Gamecock fans who will one day realize that their last two coaches wlll not go down in history as USC football coaches, but coaches for Florida and Notre Dame.

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Steve Spurrier August 9, 2013 at 11:59 am

One GC football coach will be known as the man that made Dabo his bitch.

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Squishy123 August 9, 2013 at 1:04 pm

Is that the guy from Florida?

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steve spurrier August 13, 2013 at 12:40 pm

You mad, bro?

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Gamecock Hall of Fame August 9, 2013 at 12:39 pm

What the fuck could Lou-ser go down in history for at USC? Give me Morrison over the marble-mouth old geezer any day. The fight was great though.

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Squishy123 August 9, 2013 at 10:57 am

This is going to be upsetting to Gamecock fans who will one day realize that their last two coaches wlll not go down in history as USC football coaches, but coaches for Florida and Notre Dame.

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Steve Spurrier August 9, 2013 at 11:59 am

One GC football coach will be known as the man that made Dabo his bitch.

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Squishy123 August 9, 2013 at 1:04 pm

Is that the guy from Florida?

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steve spurrier August 13, 2013 at 12:40 pm

You mad, bro?

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Gamecock Hall of Fame August 9, 2013 at 12:39 pm

What the fuck could Lou-ser go down in history for at USC? Give me Morrison over the marble-mouth old geezer any day. The fight was great though.

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Nölff August 9, 2013 at 11:22 am

“Kia of Greenville, they’re my kind of people”. Here in the upstate, they play KIA commercials with him in it. It comes on way too much.

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DogVomit August 10, 2013 at 9:41 am

I was thinking when I saw that commercial, “Yeah, I’m sure he drives a fucking KIA.”

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CNSYD August 10, 2013 at 8:10 pm

Go by Dyer’s restaurant near Pendelton at lunch most work days and you will see for yourself.

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Nölff August 9, 2013 at 11:22 am

“Kia of Greenville, they’re my kind of people”. Here in the upstate, they play KIA commercials with him in it. It comes on way too much.

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DogVomit August 10, 2013 at 9:41 am

I was thinking when I saw that commercial, “Yeah, I’m sure he drives a fucking KIA.”

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CNSYD August 10, 2013 at 8:10 pm

Go by Dyer’s restaurant near Pendelton at lunch most work days and you will see for yourself.

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a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 11:37 am

Am I missing something? Read the fourth paragraph in the Clemson article below and explain why Ford should be in a ring of “honor.”

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19900110&id=WrBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3131,2876746

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southmauldin August 9, 2013 at 11:54 am

I’m impressed with that Celtics box score – Joe Kleine scored three points? That was a career high for him I bet.

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a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 4:41 pm

Try to stay on point.

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CNSYD August 9, 2013 at 5:33 pm

For him to stay on point requires you to have one.

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a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 5:45 pm

70 NCAA violations on one coaching staff. That number, 70, rings a bell. Oh, it is not just the speed limit in WV.

a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 6:31 pm

I actually don’t care either way. I simply wanted to know why he should be given that recognition when his championship team is already recognized.

CNSYD August 9, 2013 at 6:55 pm

If you don’t care, why are you commenting?

a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 9:15 pm

To see if anyone from Clemson can make a substantive point.

CNSYD August 9, 2013 at 6:54 pm

Check your “math”. The article you referenced, assuming it is correct, says Pell and Ford. Sounds like two staffs. So which violations occurred under which head coach. Was Ford ever cited by the NCAA? Did they give him a “show cause” penalty? Did the NCAA prevent Arkansas from hiring him?

a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 11:37 am

Am I missing something? Read the fourth paragraph in the Clemson article below and explain why Ford should be in a ring of “honor.”

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19900110&id=WrBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3131,2876746

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southmauldin August 9, 2013 at 11:54 am

I’m impressed with that Celtics box score – Joe Kleine scored three points? That was a career high for him I bet.

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a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 4:41 pm

Try to stay on point.

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CNSYD August 9, 2013 at 5:33 pm

For him to stay on point requires you to have one.

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a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 5:45 pm

70 NCAA violations on one coaching staff. That number, 70, rings a bell. Oh, it is not just the speed limit in WV.

a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 6:31 pm

I actually don’t care either way. I simply wanted to know why he should be given that recognition when his championship team is already recognized.

CNSYD August 9, 2013 at 6:55 pm

If you don’t care, why are you commenting?

a face in the crowd August 9, 2013 at 9:15 pm

To see if anyone from Clemson can make a substantive point.

CNSYD August 9, 2013 at 6:54 pm

Check your “math”. The article you referenced, assuming it is correct, says Pell and Ford. Sounds like two staffs. So which violations occurred under which head coach. Was Ford ever cited by the NCAA? Did they give him a “show cause” penalty? Did the NCAA prevent Arkansas from hiring him?

Polyphemos August 10, 2013 at 1:34 am

I think most of you know what a devoted Gamecock fan I am. But I am also a pretty good friend of Danny Ford, whom I met when I anchored in the Upstate. I am very pleased to see that he is getting this reward. Good on you, bud.

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Slartibartfast August 10, 2013 at 1:34 am

I think most of you know what a devoted Gamecock fan I am. But I am also a pretty good friend of Danny Ford, whom I met when I anchored in the Upstate. I am very pleased to see that he is getting this reward. Good on you, bud.

Also, I wish you people would quit ragging on each other. There is a time and a place for that. You should want both schools to do well, except for that one game. If you beat a team that sucks the rest of the time, what kind of victory is that? When your guy tears his lungs out, running and struggling that last yard across the goal line at the last second of the game to win, are you gonna piss and moan because he beat a team that could have beaten you? Or are you gonna bitch about the final strikeout in a 1-0 victory against a team that almost wiped your ass across the diamond? I don’t think so. Victory against the strong is the greater victory.

So, quit your belly aching and give the man his due. We’ll win plenty, too.

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Cheater as a role model August 12, 2013 at 7:43 am

Don’t forget the probation

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CNSYD August 12, 2013 at 9:55 am

Carl’s Jr’s probation?

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haha August 12, 2013 at 3:52 pm

If in your opinion USC is Carl’s Jr. who does that make Clemsux? Jack in the Box? Seeing as how they are the laughing stock of the college football world that seems about right.

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Cheater as a role model August 12, 2013 at 7:43 am

Don’t forget the probation

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CNSYD August 12, 2013 at 9:55 am

Carl’s Jr’s probation?

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haha August 12, 2013 at 3:52 pm

If in your opinion USC is Carl’s Jr. who does that make Clemsux? Jack in the Box? Seeing as how they are the laughing stock of the college football world that seems about right.

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Jim Sweet August 13, 2013 at 5:55 am

its’ about dam time danny got in! who ever runs this web sight fox the dam format! cant find the storys like befrore.

known danny for lot a years and done busyness with him lot a times. great man and some one everomne can look upto.

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Jim Sweet August 13, 2013 at 5:55 am

its’ about dam time danny got in! who ever runs this web sight fox the dam format! cant find the storys like befrore.

known danny for lot a years and done busyness with him lot a times. great man and some one everomne can look upto.

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