Fear the Blue Hose
Ahh…college football is finally here this week.
Presbyterian mascot
And, we get to see so many stunning week one match ups. Can’t wait to see Stamford take on the Seminoles. Or, Stony Brook playing in South Florida. How about the Mountaineers hosting Coastal Carolina?
But, the worst game of the year isn’t this week, but next week when Clemson hosts Big South member Presbyterian in Death Valley.
You may have heard of Clemson. The Tigers have been a pretty fair team over the years and have the tenth top defense in the NCAA this season.
Presbyterian, on the other hand, has not. The Blue Hose were a perfect 0-11 last year so this year they decided to upgrade and play two ACC schools to start off the season (It’s Wake Forest this weekend.).
Located in Clinton, South Carolina, the Blue Hose have 1200 students to pick from in their student body (including girls of course). There are 84 professors on the Presbyterian campus. The Tigers have more cplayers than Presbyterian has professors. The Blue Hose play in a stadium that seats 6500 Presbyterians and non-Presbyterians.
The PC mascot, the Blue Hose, wears a Scottish kilt and blue stockings which would likely not strike fear in any opponents, except for the Leprechaun at Notre Dame perhaps.
The last time Presbyterian brought a football team to Clemson was 1957. Then coach Lonnie McMillan actually coined the term “Death Valley” so it’s no wonder that it’s taken the Blue Hose 53 years to come back.
Last year’s team gave up over 40 points per game to teams such as Stoney Brook, Elon, and Gardner-Webb. This year’s squad returns 17 players so that’s the good thing.
The bad thing is that the team returns 17 players.
