Monday August 07, 2006
| |||||||||||||||||||
|
250 Baldwin Road,
Baldwin Pointe
Seneca, SC
| Please take a moment to view the web commercial for this beautiful home at 250 Baldwin Road. You will not be disappointed! |
|
Monday August 07, 2006
The Worksheet; Football Practice; Top 20?
The Worksheet Below you will find what I use each week to evaluate some games I watch. The worksheet has two main parts. The first is a sheet of goals for the offense, defense and special teams. The second is a subject look at the details of each game. These goals are for specific statistics for a college game. High schools play 12-minute quarters and the NFL is so different from the college game that these goals do not apply. Also note that the games may be shorter this season because the game clock will start on a change of possession this year. Offense Defense Penalty yardage less than 50 per game The second part of the worksheet is a subjective analysis. It is a report card with room for comments on more specific parts of each game. Below you will find Part two of my worksheet:
Overall Report Analysis-Grades and Comments on: Offense-Rushing Offense-Passing Offense-Overall Defense-Overall Defense-Running game Defense-Passing Game Special Teams Punt return/block-Blocking, returners Field Goals/extra points-snap, hold, protection, kick Overall Team Coaching Throughout the season I may publish these two worksheets after each game. I think it would be interesting to see your thoughts on whether the blog should publish this information each week. Please e-mail me your vote and comments on this subject at mickeyplyler@hotmail.com. Thanks. Football Practice Top 20? I know the university has made tremendous strides in recent years and the plans for the future includes more progress. But we are not as good in one area that we were once the industry leader for many years. Many of you may not even know this but since moving from the P & A building to the Hendrix Center, the milkshakes are not what they used to be. In fact, they are now average at best. There was a time when Clemson was second to none in this field but somehow that has changed. There was a time when I made special trips just for milkshakes. It was a major production and I would imagine it was a profitable one. Now you stand in line at the Hendrix Center while others ahead of you order smoothies. And get this, now you can order ice cream that is not Clemson ice cream. In my opinion this should not be a option. There was a day when I could not look at the P & A building and not think of milkshakes. If you have not tried the new system and new ice cream or milkshakes, don’t waste your time. You will be extremely disappointed. The old arrangement was unique. It was special. Now it looks like any other cafeteria on any college campus. I could even overlook the hassle of the new set up if the milkshakes tasted close to what they used to taste like. I say top 20 is not enough. I think the goal should be higher. No, not in some magazine’s polls. Instead I say Clemson needs to return to its spot as number one in something that really matters—milkshakes. Mickey's Blog also brought to you by: 864-834-6060 The Brad Hughes All-State Insurance Agency
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Account Settings | TigerActive Chat | TigerNet Forums | Tiger Tickets | T-Mail
Please mail any comments, corrections or suggestions
Disclaimer and Privacy Statement Copyright © 1995-2008 TigerNet
Interested in advertising on TigerNet?
Right on with the milk shakes--when in highschool I came to Clemson from Greenville on a couple of Summer weekends with my parents just to get some Clemson Ice cream. I wasn't even planning on coming to Clemson then either!!!
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=47844>hocysk8er723</a> on August 07, 2006 at 12:46 PM EDT #
mickey, you're right on about the "mildshakes" (thats what we call them now). its funny how something like that can reflect the loss of the personal touch. back then, you felt like a friend, now you feel like a customer. shame indeed...
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=59696>woodyforprez</a> on August 07, 2006 at 12:52 PM EDT #
I also agree. The milkshakes have gone downhill big time. No excuses.
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=52470>kenc80</a> on August 07, 2006 at 01:16 PM EDT #
Mickey, I don't remember the old days of milkshakes at P&A all that well, but the class of '57 has been working on a project to bring ice cream and the other Clemson student created food items under one student run umbrella. Its called the Class of '57 Exchange, and it is in the corner of the Hendrix Center nearest to Lightsey Bridge. (by the way, nice job making me think you were about to go on a rant about top-20)
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=34761>orangetiger05</a> on August 07, 2006 at 03:53 PM EDT #
RE: Milkshakes
I've heard the ice cream and blue cheese isn't even made at CU anymore. They sold the recipes to a company around the great lakes and they actually produce it and send it back to CU. Can anybody confirm? Damn shame if it's true.
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=866>ivacat</a> on August 07, 2006 at 03:54 PM EDT #
Who can we fax ? Seriously - - some things ARE sacred.
President B - - make it so - like it used to be . . .
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=31494>kktigers</a> on August 07, 2006 at 04:32 PM EDT #
Hey Mickey,
I think the problem is actually Newman Hall. My wife was in the Ag. Science program at Clemson and she worked in Newman back when that was the dairy processing facility. It seems like right around when she graduated (1996) OSHA shut down Newman. It was still impeccably clean, but there were all kinds of safety issues related to the fact that that facility was built around 1950. I think at that point we started selling the milk from the dairy farm to Coburg in Charleston and letting them process it. We were getting some of it back as "Clemson" ice cream, but it certainly wasn't the same. Anyway, that's the way I remember my wife explaining it when I went on the same tirade about the milkshakes.
-Moon
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=602>Moondog</a> on August 07, 2006 at 10:31 PM EDT #
About football practice: while I respect the coaches' wishes to have it closed, I disagree with the decision. It gives the impression that they think they are special and need to work in secret. If you can't take hitting and bad language, don't go. Those of us that CAN take those things should be able to attend, at least the early part of the practices. If it gets boring, then leave. The apparent attitude that football is too important to allow the common fan to attend practice bothers me. If Rick Barnes and Jack Leggett can have open practices, so can Tommy Bowden.
As for the milkshakes, it's amazing the amount of misinformation that gets spread. The recipe used for the ice cream is the same that it's always been. It's still processed in Newman Hall (they reopened the dairy plant a couple of years or so ago) and it's made by student workers. It is NOT made in the Great Lakes or anything crazy like that. DHEC DID shut down the processing plant several years ago, and the ice cream was made by Coburg using Clemson milk and Clemson's recipe. I think the whole reason why people don't think it's the same is that you don't buy them in Newman Hall any more.
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=37189>baseball fan</a> on August 08, 2006 at 01:52 AM EDT #
Couldn't agree more on the milkshakes. I started enjoying them when my brother was at Clemson in the mid 1950s and that enjoyment continued during my time at Clemson from 1960-1964. I introduced my wife (from Alabama)to them when we were dating in the late 1960s and she became as addicted as I was. That continued with our two children. Clemson milkshakes have been a part of our family tradition until it was rudely interrupted by someone who sacrificed a great Clemson tradition. The P&A was always our first stop when we travelled to Clemson from Alabama for football week-ends. I have been travelling to Clemson from Alabama since I moved here from S.C. in 1966 after returning from Viet Nam. I've only missed three spring games since I graduated from Clemson in 1964 ...two while in the Army and one due to a death in the family. At the Spring games we often had one before and another after the game. When our children were growing up, we would always make a side trip to Clemson for a milkshake as we traveled on I-85 from Alabama to visit family in Union County. Two generations (my son and I) in our family have grown up taking a break from studying and going for a milkshake. It is a shame that today's students are missing that treat. When I was at Clemson, we had milkshakes... but very few co-eds. Now given a choice, I would rather have the co-eds, but a top 20 university should have both!! Wish I had a P&A peach milkshake right this minute. President Barker is doing a great job. He has an architecture background, doesn't he? Surely with the hours the architecture students spent in their building, it was a short walk to the P&A? By the way, Chic-fil-A's new milkshakes(I like the Cookies and Cream)are pretty good....but ...aah, for the good ole days!!
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=1246>ALAtigerfan</a> on August 08, 2006 at 08:43 AM EDT #
I have to disagree with you on the milkshakes. I had numerous milkshakes at the old P & A building and have had even more from the Hendrix Center. Maybe my memory is fuzzy, but I think that the milkshakes are just as good as they've always been. I thought that they were still made with Clemson ice cream? Maybe I'm wrong. If they can make a milkshake better than the one they're currently making, I'm all for it. But I have no problem with the ones they are making now.
No offense, but it could be a nostalgia issue... like how the orange was even orange-er during the Danny era.
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=34887>hotfoot28</a> on August 08, 2006 at 02:57 PM EDT #
Yeah the milkshakes do suck now and one of the main reasons is that they need to get a freezer that actually works, if you put thawed and soft icecream in a cup it is pretty much already a milkshake. Additionally when you add milk all you are doing is making soup.
The other problem is the icecream is not what it once was. Don't know what changed but something definately has
Posted by <a href=http://tigernet.com/view/profile.do?id=46098>Clemsoninmd</a> on August 08, 2006 at 03:55 PM EDT #