YAHOO LIVEBLOGS HAVE UNSEEN, UNKNOWABLE POWERS
So, during the Yahoo(!) liveblog last night, a running gag of sorts crept in re: Willy Korn, the redshirt freshman QB whom many Clemson fans see as the answer to their stagnant mosquito pond of an offense. The game was excruciatingly, eye-gougingly awful for most of four quarters, and in the name of a) seeing something, anything interesting happen, and b) utter delirium, we got it into our heads that invoking the name of Willy Korn, over and over again, could somehow make him just appear on the field, like the Candyman. This rapidly spiraled out of control, of course, leading to updates like “First down Wake inside the Clemson 25. (Willy Korn)”, and at the end of the night we shut our laptops, Kornless, dejected, and a little dumber for what we’d just watched.
Redshirt freshman Willy Korn will replace senior Cullen Harper as Clemson’s starting quarterback, coach Tommy Bowden announced Friday. Korn, one of the highest-touted quarterback recruits out of South Carolina’s Byrnes High two years ago, will be behind center next Saturday when Clemson (3-3) plays Georgia Tech.
The report adds that “Bowden also sighted Korn’s mobility”, which we’re assuming is a typo, since Tommy Bowden, for all his qualities, is not a hunter. No, if anything, he’s a hunting dog: sad-eyed, inbred, and born without opposable thumbs. What you really need to take away from the story, however, is WE HAVE POWERS. Empirical proof that The Secret is for bitches, comrades—invoke Willy Korn, and all things are possible. (Willy Korn)












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I am in total agreement with you there. There are some good young o-line guys, but baptism by fire clearly hasn’t been fruitful for them.
Comment by Chili — October 11, 2008 @ 7:31 am
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The REAL area of incompetence lies in the OL. How in the hell can a school that gets top notch recruits have such a pathetic OL? Clempson should have at least 8-9 solid, experienced OLs available every year.
Gawga’s had as many OL injuries and they can still pass block and open holes.
Comment by yoyofutbawl — October 11, 2008 @ 5:47 am
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Poorly worded quote for sure.
And Bowden is just magnificently incompetent in his use of Davis & Spiller, as is OC Rob Spence, who in response to the Maryland loss said he “prayed a lot” and after the Wake Forest game said he “didn’t understand what’s going on, okay?”
Mmm… fantastic.
Comment by Chili — October 10, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
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“one of the highest-touted quarterback recruits out of South Carolina’s Byrnes High two years ago” . . . can’t Clemson at least aspire to THE highest touted quarterback recruit out of SC’s Byrnes High?
BTW, are Spiller and Davis over-rated, or is Bowden magnificently incompetent in his use of them?
Comment by allaha — October 10, 2008 @ 5:23 pm