Saturday was Clemson’s annual Military Appreciation Day, which was only fitting with The Citadel as the Tigers’ opponent. Here are five other reasons to stage a day honoring the nation’s fighting forces:
HIGH AND TIGHT
Short hair is popular among the younger generation; just check out Thomas Austin, Willy Korn, Jamie Harper and Aaron Kelly (OK, so Brandon Mayes and Da’Quan Bowers didn’t get that memo).
ZOOM-ZOOM-ZOOM
Always a crowd-pleaser when a school stages an Air Force jet-fighter flyover before the game or an Army sky diver with the game ball. Just make sure the latter finds the correct stadium.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS?
Given the Tigers’ surly attitude after that Alabama debacle last weekend, The Citadel’s players might need automatic weapons.
YES SIR! NO EXCUSE, SIR!
Clemson running backs James Davis and C.J. Spiller are planning for the draft next spring — oh, wait, that’s the NFL draft.
MILITARY MUSIC
With lyrics such as “Anchors Away,”
“Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder,”
“From the Halls of Montezuma”
and “As Those Caissons Go Rolling Along”
— nothing says “marching band music”
like the military services’ anthems. And then there’s “Amazing Grace”
— with bagpipes.
WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
The No. 1 reason for Military Appreciation Day: another excuse for Clemson marketers to roll out a new sale of specialty T-shirts.
