ESPN college football insider Pete Thamel joined The Pat McAfee Show on Monday and discussed Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney calling out Ole Miss for what Swinney called “blatant” tampering. Swinney and Clemson athletic director Graham Neff met with the media Friday and announced they turned Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding and the Rebels […]
In a recent episode of the College GameDay Podcast, ESPN’s Rece Davis, Pete Thamel and Dan Wetzel dug into Clemson’s struggles and issues, with the Tigers off to a 1-3 start – their worst start under head coach Dabo Swinney, and the worst since the 2004 season. Davis used the analogy of “the casserole tastes […]
During Friday’s edition of ESPN’s College Football Live, senior college football writer/reporter Pete Thamel discussed the top-10 teams that lost in Week 1 – Texas (to Ohio State), Clemson (to LSU), Notre Dame (to Miami) and Alabama (to Florida State). “I think the first thing we need to see is no panic,” Thamel said. “Even […]
On the College GameDay Podcast, ESPN’s Rece Davis and Pete Thamel forecasted big outcomes for Week 1 of the college football season. Davis, the host of College GameDay, weighed in on what we will learn when Clemson and LSU meet at Clemson’s Death Valley on Saturday, Aug. 30 (7:30 p.m., ABC). “We will learn that […]
On the College GameDay Podcast, ESPN’s Rece Davis and Pete Thamel each counted down their list of the top five quarterbacks for the upcoming college football season. As Davis noted, their rankings are not based on No. 1 NFL Draft pick potential, but rather who they think “will have the best seasons, the most impactful […]
Clemson’s hire of Tom Allen got high marks from this college football insider. ESPN’s Pete Thamel commented on the Tigers bringing in Allen as their new defensive coordinator, and Thamel believes it’s a very big get for Dabo Swinney and company. “It’s really a huge hire for the Tigers,” Thamel said in a recent episode […]
Prior to Clemson’s 24-14 road win over Virginia Tech on Saturday, ESPN college football senior writer Pete Thamel gave his take on the Tigers’ 2024 campaign and the current state of Dabo Swinney’s program. During an episode of ESPN’s College Football Live on Friday, Thamel opined that Clemson is stuck in the “upper middle class” […]
In a recent episode of College Football Live, ESPN’s Pete Thamel and Harry Lyles Jr. weighed in on Cade Klubnik, Garrett Riley and Clemson’s offense ahead of the Tigers’ marquee season opener against Georgia in Atlanta on Saturday, Aug. 31 (12 p.m., ABC). As Klubnik and Riley enter their second season together as Clemson’s quarterback/offensive […]
ESPN college football insider Pete Thamel joined College Football Live on Tuesday and provided an update on a few top quarterbacks in the transfer portal. One of those that Thamel gave the latest on is DJ Uiagalelei, who of course re-entered the portal after playing this season at Oregon State, following his three years at […]
Who will be the surprise team in the ACC this season? This answer might surprise you. Only three teams have won ACC titles since 2011 – Clemson, Florida State and Pittsburgh – but ESPN college football insider Pete Thamel believes that the road to Charlotte in 2023 runs through Durham, North Carolina, home of the […]