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| Still Roaring: Jim Phillips's Life in Broadcasting |
Jim Phillips was the only voice of the Clemson Tigers for generations of fans. For 36 years, his matter-of-fact play by play brought Clemson athletics to life over the radio in South Carolina and wherever the Clemson network was broadcast. Phillips covered football from Frank Howard to Tommy Bowden, including the 1981 national championship season under Danny Ford. He broadcast Clemson's first 15 NCAA tournament games in seven appearances. In workmanlike fashion, he helped build audiences and credibility for baseball and women's basketball when many top college broadcasters delegated those sports to less experienced colleagues. Although Jim Phillips died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm on September 9, 2003, his memories endure in Still Roaring: Jim Phillips's Life in Broadcasting. In interviews before his death, Phillips told the story of his life to author Ken Tysiac. They talked about football in the president's box after games at Death Valley; about basketball at a Chili's Restaurant halfway between Duke and Chapel Hill; and about college baseball at Cascio's Restaurant in Omaha during the College World Series. In Still Roaring, Phillips recalls a personal guarantee from Charlie Waters before a huge victory for venerable coach Frank Howard. He shares memories of quiet time spent with Danny Ford after the Tigers captured the national title in the Orange Bowl, and he relates the message Rick Barnes gave the Clemson basketball team before a rare, memorable win at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. He also traces the beginnings of future major leaguers such as Mark Lemke and David Justice back to the time Phillips covered them with the Greenville Braves. Phillips's memoirs are often humorous and always heartfelt-a personal history of Clemson athletics and the South Carolina sports scene.
About the Author
In the press box before Clemson met Georgia Tech in a 1998 football game in Atlanta, Jim Phillips asked Ken Tysiac to write his memoirs. Tysiac was covering Clemson for The State Newspaper in Columbia, S.C., and had previously written a profile on Phillips for the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail. Tysiac transcribed and organized his interviews with Phillips over the years into this, his first book. Tysiac covered Clemson from 1995 to 2003. He has won numerous awards; including second place in 1999 and third in 2000 among news and sports beat reporters from the South Carolina Press Association. He now covers Duke, North Carolina, and N.C. State for the Charlotte Observer.
• Hardcover: 236 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582619468
• ISBN-13: 978-1582619460 |
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| Tales from Clemson's 1981 Championship Season |
In 1981, a team from a school nestled in the rural foothills of the Appalachians in South Carolina captured the fancy of college football fans everywhere. Coach Danny Ford’s Clemson Tigers struggled early against Wofford and edged Tulane before finding their groove to defeat national powers Georgia, North Carolina, and Nebraska to go 12-0, and eventually win the national title.
In Tales from Clemson’s 1981 Championship Season, veteran ACC sports writer Ken Tysiac tells the story of Clemson’s greatest team from the perspective of the players and coaches who made it happen.
The team’s cast of characters is almost as impressive as its accomplishments. Long before he became a national icon as "The Fridge" with the Chicago Bears, William Perry was a giant Clemson freshman and went toe to toe with the greatest center in college football—Nebraska's Dave Remington—in the Orange Bowl. During the days leading up to the Orange Bowl, Perry exhibited his charm on a national stage for the first time in Miami, gleefully jumping to dunk a football through the goal posts for the television cameras.
Perry Tuttle was a wide receiver with the gift of gab whose celebration of a touchdown catch in the Orange Bowl was immortalized in the only Sports Illustrated cover ever to feature Clemson. His roommate, bruising linebacker Jeff Davis, would talk with Tuttle before they went to sleep at night about their dreams of winning a national title.
Danny Ford was a tobacco-chewing country boy much smarter than he let on with the "Aw, shucks" demeanor that made him a local hero. On the field, his fiery countenance instilled the toughness that made Clemson’s defense nearly impregnable in a season that changed the stature of the entire community forever.
Once supported almost exclusively by its loyal alumni, Clemson became the darling of a new legion of fans as well as corporate donors looking for tickets to impress their clients. A school with humble agricultural roots became nationally known due to the accomplishments of an unforgettable team.
A quarter-century later, members of that team remain proud that they dared to dream.
About the Author
Ken Tysiac spent some of the best years of his life covering Clemson for The State Newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Anderson Independent-Mail (SC). Now the ACC beat reporter for The Charlotte Observer, based in the Raleigh area, Tysiac covered Clemson from 1995 to 2003. He has won numerous awards; including second place in 1999 and third in 2000 among news and sports-beat reporters from the South Carolina Press Association. He also wrote the memoirs of the late, great Clemson broadcaster Jim Phillips in Still Roaring, also available through Sports Publishing LLC. Tysiac resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Lura; daughter, Ashley; and son, Ken III.
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Sports Publishing (August 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596700610
ISBN-13: 978-1596700611
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| 1982 Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Nebraska |
It happened only three times in 88 years of Clemson Football - perfection. That's what coach Danny Ford and his Clemson Tigers were looking for when they traveled to the 1982 Orange Bowl to take on Nebraska. Nebraska came into the Orange Bowl with one of the top offenses in the nation, led by future NFL stars Mike Rozier, Roger Craig, Irving Fryar, and massive center Dave Rimington. Clemson's plan was to counter the Huskers' high-powered offense with a lightning-quick and very athletic
defense that featured All-American safety Terry Kinard and a soon-to-be celebrity,
295-pound freshman guard William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
• This National Championship victory by Clemson marked the 1st National Championship attained in the school’s history in any sport
• Danny Ford won several coach of year honors and is still the youngest coach ever
to win a National Championship
• Complete NBC Broadcast of the Orange Bowl
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| Braggin' Rights DVD/VHS Video |
| Motion Picture about one of College Football's Greatest Rivalries. Also available in DVD. VHS Sold Exclusively at Mr. Knickerbocker |
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| Daily Devotions for the Die-Hard Clemson Fan |
Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans: Clemson Tigers combines the great passion of the Tiger fan with the great passion of the fan of Christ into one set of devotions, one book that is fun while providing a time of reflection about God and your faith.
The greatest woman's basketball player in Clemson history came to school on a volleyball scholarship.
Frank Howard had only one contract his entire career -- and he lost that one.
School administrators once had the entire Clemson football team arrested.
Clemson's decision to go to the 1952 Gator Bowl eventually reshaped the landscape of college football.
Clemson track star Shawn Crawford once raced a giraffe.
These stories and more are recounted here. Also appearing are Danny Ford, William Perry, Perry Tuttle, Dabo Swinney, Kris Benson, and many others. Their stories - along with legendary games, improbable victories, and historical events - are told with a twist: They are all tied to God's story. |
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