Odds and ends

By: Will Vandervort

I'd like to take a second to go ahead and recommend Dan Scott's Big League BBQ in Liberty. Some of my friends over in Clemson and I made the short trip
yesterday for his opening and it was well worth it.

I'm not just saying that because Dan is my friend. It was truly great and
the sweet tea was awesome. I got the chopped pork plate with fries and Mac
'n' cheese. It was outstanding. It is really good stuff. I hear the potato
salad and the slaw are good as well. You should go and check it out.

Now that I'm hungry again, let's talk some Clemson sports.

The baseball program will be back in action tonight as it makes the trip
to Cullowhee, N.C. to play Western Carolina at 6 p.m. The same two play
again tomorrow night at The Doug. Those this mini-series doesn't have the
same draw or feel as last week's two with South Carolina and Miami, this
is a chance for the Tigers to show some consistency by beating a pretty
good Western Carolina ballclub.

The fact Clemson is a relatively young squad as a whole, means it is due
for a possible let down after two emotionally charged series. I guess we
will see.

The 18th-ranked Tigers hope to keep the bats going against Western
Carolina. In their last eight games, they have scored no fewer than 6 runs
in an outing and are averaging 7.9 runs per game. Clemson is coming off a
series in which it outscored the Hurricanes 26-19 and outhit them .352 to
.255. The Tigers had 38 hits in the three-game series.

Clemson also hit .405 with runners in scoring position and .452 with two
outs. Matt Sanders went 6-for-9 with a homer and seven RBIs, while Jeff
Schaus went 7-for-14 with four runs scored. Wilson Boyd totaled six hits
and five runs and Kyle Parker went 4-for-10 with two homers and seven RBIs
in the series.

As for the Trevor Adair situation, there is more to the story than what we
have heard through news outlets and we should no more in the coming weeks.
However, the men's soccer coach still remains on a leave of absence until
a full investigation by the university is completed.

Because of the nature of the situation and since this is a family issue,
I'm going to respect Coach Adair and the situation and not speculate on
anything other than what the facts are. Right now, those facts are, Adair,
who has been in charge of the men's program since 1995, was charged with
two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature stemming
from a family dispute this past weekend.

I will try to provide more when the situation warrants it.

Now back to the playing fields. I want to wish Nancy Harris and her
women's tennis team good luck at the ACC Championships this week. The
Tigers, the No. 3 seed, are the defending champions. I have had the
pleasure to cover this team the last couple of years and they are a fun
team to watch.

Of course keep in touch with us at CUTigers.com. We will have more
football news and recruiting information over there so go check us out. We
will have some of that up later today and throughout the week.

Now it's time to go eat some more BBQ. I'll talk at you later.