Inside Clemson’s New FB Facilty

TIGERS BREAK GROUND ON NEW FOOTBALL COMPLEX …

Clemson University has been spanking its arch-rival the University of South Carolina on the recruiting trail of late … (with a little help from Clemson graduate Nikki Haley, the Palmetto State’s governor).

Now the Tiger program – which oh by the way is currently ranked No. 1 in America – is about to add to its recruiting advantage.

Clemson broke ground this week on a new state-of-the-art 140,000 square-foot football operations complex.  The $55 million facility is scheduled to open in February 2017.

Picking up the tab?  The school’s athletic department, its booster organization and private donors.  An estimated $19.5 million of the project will be financed with athletic revenue bonds.

What will the new facility look like?

Take a look …

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Um, yeah.

“We are very excited and very appreciative of the approval of this project and a new day-to-day home of our program,” head coach Dabo Swinney said in a statement.

Ya think?

Meanwhile, in Columbia …

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