Tigers In The NFL - Week 14

Offense

Charlie Whitehurst did not play in the Seahawks' 40-21 loss against the 49ers.

	CMP	ATT	CMT%	YRDS	LNG	TD	INT
@SF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	16	29	55.2	166	36	1	3

James Davis was active, but did not get any carries in the Redskins' 17-16 loss to Tampa Bay.  Ryan Torain received most of the carries with Kieland Williams playing on third downs.

	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	19	60	3.2	0	4	45	11.3	0

CJ Spiller had 8 carries for 33 yards in the Bills' 13-6 win against the Browns.

	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
CLE	8	31	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
Season	56	232	4.1	0	20	82	4.1	1

Jacoby Ford had two catches for 43 yards, in the Raiders' 38-31 loss against Jacksonville.

	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
@JAC	2	43	21.5	27	0
Season	19	367	19.3	52	2

Chansi Stuckey caught 1 pass for 1 yards in Cleveland's 13-6 loss to Buffalo.

	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
@BUF	1	1	1	1	0
Season	34	301	8.9	25	0

Michael Palmer didn't record any stats in the Falcons' 31-10 win over the Panthers.  Palmer is back to third string after Justin Peelle returned from injury.

	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
@CAR	0	0	0	0	0
Season	5	29	5.8	11	1

Barry Richardson started at OT in the Kansas City Chiefs 31-0 loss against the San Deigo Chargers. Richardson has started the all 13 games on the season at tackle.

	GP	GS
SD	1	1
Season	13	13

Defense

Kevin Alexander didn't record any statistics in the Broncos' 43-13 loss to the Cardinals.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@ARI	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	4	3	0	0	0	0

Phillp Merling played, but did not record any stats in the Dolphins' 10-6 win against the Jets.  Merling was expected to miss the entire season after having surgery only four and half months ago, but made his return last week.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@NJJ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nick Eason didn't record any stats in the Steeler's 23-7 win against the Bengles. Eason has 1.5 sacks on the season from his DT position. Eason is used primarily as a pass rushing specialist by the Steelers.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	15	6	1.5	0	0	0

Trevor Pryce didn't record any stats in the Jet's 10-6 loss to the Dolphins.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
MIA	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	4	3	1	0	0	0

Dorrell Scott had his most active game of the season in the Rams' 31-13 loss to the Saints.  Scott had 3 solo tackles and one assist in the game from his DT position.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@NO	4	3	0	0	0	0
Season	11	7	0	0	0	0

Kavell Conner was in the starting line-up in the Colt's 30-28 win against the Titans. Conner had 5 total  tackles including 4 solo tackles and 1 assists in the game.  Conner is seeing more playing time with Clint Session out with an injury.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@TEN	5	4	0	0	0	0
Season	38	26	0	0	1	0

Anthony Waters didn't record any stats in the Saints' 31-13 win over the Rams.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
STL	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	8	7	0	0	0	0

Crezdon Butler didn't record any stats in the Steelers' 23-7 win over the Bengles. Butler is on the roster, but has been inactive for every game this season.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	0	0	0	0	0	0

Chris Clemons recording three solo tackles in a 10-6 win against the Jets.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@NYJ	3	3	0	0	0	0
Season	51	44	.5	1	2	0

Michael Hamlin was activated from the Jaguar's practice squad following Jacksonville's 17-6 win over the Titans.  Hamlin is expected to provide depth in the secondary after Courtney Greene suffered a shoulder injury.  Greene is expected to miss at least one game.  Hamlin played, but did not record any stats in Jacksonville's 38-31 win over the Raiders

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@TEN	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brain Dawkins missed the Broncos 43-13 loss to the Cardinals with an injuried knee.

	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR
@KC	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season	50	40	1.0	1	1	0

Notes:

-Leroy Hill, Ricky Sapp are injuried.
-Tyler Grisham (PITT) is on teams 8 man practive squad.

The Incompetence of ACC Refs

Not travelling in the ACC.

Billy D'Andrea's Letter To IPTAY Reps

I hope when you receive this it finds you and your family preparing for the holiday season. We are excited about our football team's opportunity to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte December 31st at noon against rival South Florida.

I realize there has been a lot of chatter, rumors and innuendos, and everyone has a lot of answers on these internet sites and web sites. I'm sure you have heard some people expressing their concerns about not joining IPTAY next year.

First, I want to thank each and every one of you for all your support and leadership this fall. Jason does a great job of keeping our staff apprised of various IPTAY Rep activity and we are pleased with the number of new members that have joined through your leadership.

I'm confident with the decisions made as we move forward, and optimistic these emotional outburst will settle down and IPTAY will continue to show strong support and ticket sales. We have a place in Clemson that will always display more loyalty and support than our critics. So stay positive, support our teams by encouraging donors we need their contributions now more than ever. And the bottom line is if they do come out, they are only hurting our opportunities for our student-athletes and Clemson. Therefore, when you hear negative comments, I know you will take the high road. IPTAY and Clemson will be here long after we're gone and I'm confident IPTAY will continue its strong historic support of Clemson Athletics.

I want to again thank you for all you do to support IPTAY and wish you and your family the very Merriest Christmas and New Year.

Jim Barker and The BOT Don't Care About Winning

When Jim Barker said yesterday that "Terry Don Phillips has done an outstanding job as our director of athletics" in spite of the fact that Clemson is 1-7 against South Carolina this academic year, despite not winning an Men's ACC Championship since 2006, despite the large majority of Olympic Sports getting worse over the last eight years, the message was loud and clear.   Simple put Jim Barker and The Board of Trustee's do not view winning championships as a priority.

State Of Clemson's AD

We along with many other beat writers, blogs and others in and around Clemson expected that Terry Don Phillips was not going to survive as Clemson's Athletic Director, but all that changed on Friday when Terry Don Phillips along with his lawyers meet with Jim Barker.

What caused the change of tune it up for speculation.  A number of rumors tune have surfaced since after the meeting including the following:

- Jim Barker didn't want to payout the remainder of Terry Don Phillip's contract valued at roughly $1.1 Million over the next 32 months.

- Terry Don Phillip's threatened a lawsuit that would be played out in public where Phillips' defense would be to shift blame back onto Barker for pushing or signing off on a lot of the issues that Phillip's is now catching heat on.

- It was just a normal job evaluation between Barker, Phillips and his lawyers

Regardless of the reason for sticking with Phillips, it is crystal clear that the leadership at Clemson University doesn't care what the fans think no matter how many letters, emails and calls they receive expressing their displeasure with the current state of the athletic department.  They know that the fans will simply continue to hand over their money to IPTAY year after year regardless of the results of the field.

I am not going to tell people how to spend their dollars, but I do encourage people to take a stand whether that be by withholding money from IPTAY, withholding money from the Clemson Fund, boycotting products from BOT's companies, joining "Fire Terry Don Phillips" Facebook group, joining a grassroots protest or any other way of expressing your displeasure.

Da'Quan Bowers Wins Ted Hendrick's Award

Da'Quan Bowers Win Ted Hendrick's Defensive End Of The Year Award.

Congrats to Da'Quan!