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Howard’s Rock Case Damaged

CLEMSON, S.C. – Early Wednesday morning at approximately 6 a.m., the case protecting Howard’s Rock was vandalized by an unknown individual. Clemson University Police are investigating the incident. The damage was reported by construction crew members working on renovations to the suite and club levels of the stadium. Police were…

CLEMSON, S.C. – Early Wednesday morning at approximately 6 a.m., the case protecting Howard’s Rock was vandalized by an unknown individual. Clemson University Police are investigating the incident.

The damage was reported by construction crew members working on renovations to the suite and club levels of the stadium. Police were immediately notified, and the investigation continues. Damage was limited to the glass case protecting the storied rock, one of several security measures put in place following vandalism which occurred in June 2013. The pedestal upon which Howard’s Rock is attached was not damaged.

Clemson has removed the Rock and its pedestal from its permanent location atop the hill in the east end zone to secure it until a replacement covering is available.

“Howard’s Rock is a very important and visible part of our campus and our stadium, and we know many students, alumni and fans come to see it throughout the year,” director of athletics Dan Radakovich said. “We’ll work to quickly have it back in its home and available for all to see as quickly as possible.”

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95 comments

jimlewisowb February 26, 2015 at 8:36 am

Somebody at MooU needs to watch Big Bang

Use the 3D printer and make a replica of the real rock. Put the replica on display 24/7 and display the real rock only on game days or special occasions – I’m sure Seal Team 6 can be contracted with to provide security on days the real rock is out and about town

Then the real rock can go back to its rightful place as a doorstop

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Stoned February 26, 2015 at 9:04 am

I pray to Jesus everyday that Clemson can find security measures strong enough to protect a rock.

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a face in the crowd February 26, 2015 at 11:07 am

They’re working on it. Right now the priority is covering up the Hipps case.

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CNSYD February 26, 2015 at 11:44 am

Since obviously you have, as usual, all the “inside information” I am sure you have shared it with the appropriate LE (which is Oconee County not Clemson). If you haven’t then I have to assume either you have nothing or that you are withholding evidence from LE.

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a face in the crowd February 26, 2015 at 12:00 pm

If I had information, I sure as Hell would not share it with Rosco P. Coltrane and his deputy Enos.

Funny how Clemson got rid of the associate VP who tried to make fraternities more accountable, replacing her with an over-the-hill Clemson true believer when people started asking questions.

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CNSYD February 26, 2015 at 1:25 pm

So you have no information. Why am I not surprised.

a face in the crowd February 26, 2015 at 2:28 pm

I have the same information everyone else has, and I am confident in stating that the case is being dragged out intentionally in order to protect those who know exactly what happened as well as the reputation of the university.

CNSYD February 26, 2015 at 7:06 pm

So you are in possession of the complete files on this case that are held by the Oconee County Sheriff’s office? How did you obtain said information?

Gator HC Dabo Swinney February 26, 2015 at 4:06 pm

Wow, you must be so fun at parties, old man. Your posts are a constant strait of mundane gibberish. We liked it better when you hid like a coward for 5 straight years when your boys lost to THE USC. I really wish Dabo hadn’t mortgaged his young QB’s future just to beat THE USC this year. That way you would have remained underground. Everything will be righted this Nov. when the Cocks start a new streak. Maybe this time your coach should set a clock for trying to beat FSU instead. HA!

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 5:16 pm

That’s THE UofSC to you now, THE USC is thousands of miles away and has won conference and national championships.

CNSYD February 26, 2015 at 7:12 pm

As Squishy has already noted, Clemson has not lost 5 straight years to Southern Cal. Maybe you meant Carolina. No, that name is taken already by UNCheat.
Have you been underground for 66 of the last 112 years?

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 9:17 am

It’s a fucking rock….

1000 years from now, someone’s going to find that rock under the rubble of what was once the stadium…and they’re gonna go “Why the fuck would someone have put a rock in a clear plastic box? Where they retarded 1000 years ago?”

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 9:21 am

The average USCe Dirtpecker fan wouldn’t know a tradition if it bit him in the ass. The only tradition USCe Dirtpecker fans know is to leave at halftime so they can beat traffic out of the industrial park.

How would USCe Dirtpecker fans feel if someone maliciously scratched their only record of 2001?

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jimlewisowb February 26, 2015 at 9:38 am

that’s funny

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Tradition February 26, 2015 at 9:54 am

Worshiping a rock is something the rest of us leave to primitive tribes in uncivilized areas of the world.

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CNSYD February 26, 2015 at 10:10 am

The Scots say Hi. The Stone of Scone. Beats worshiping the discharge from fire extinguishers.

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mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 11:21 am

Kind of like grown men wearing shirts that say “Love my Cocks”?

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 11:23 am

Yeah, USCe Dirtpecker fans have evolved into worshiping chickens.

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Jackie Chiles February 26, 2015 at 11:36 am

Yeah, USC puts chickens in glass cages and rubs them before every game.

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 12:30 pm

Hey it’s been recently announced that the University of South Carolina is no longer USC, it is UofSC. USC is now officially the University of Southern California. Also the interlaced SC is also a patented symbol for the University of Southern California.

http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/

Jackie Chiles February 26, 2015 at 12:36 pm

Shaq announced his nickname was the Big Aristotle, but nobody gave an eff.

Point of Order February 26, 2015 at 12:47 pm

He probably would have had more success if he’d have tweaked it to “Big Cross Eyed Aristotle”.

Hopefully we’ll see him do a cameo on “Mike Tyson Mysteries”.

RHood2 February 26, 2015 at 3:52 pm

Umm, use of that twitter handle is not “official” abandonment of the initials.
The specific interlocked SC with red and gold is a registered trademark. But it’s just initials. Can’t trademark initials. You can trademark the design. It is still in court whether USC’s design of the SC initials infringes on the SC initials design of Southern Cal.
So there was no announcement of the former or latter. And there is no patent.
So I could rewrite your entire post with semantically equivalent words as “Wrong. Wrong. And wrong again.”

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:56 pm

So why is anything official coming out of Osborne these days labeled “U of SC” and not USC?

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:46 pm

No they just build electric powered carts to drive chickens around on before every game.

Dirtypecker February 26, 2015 at 11:20 am

Squish, you forgot to mention they like to fuck in the dirt in the parking lot.

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 11:35 am

Not worth mentioning, it’s just a typical USCe student date night.

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Jackie Chiles February 26, 2015 at 11:38 am

Funny to hear the voice of non-traditional everything on Fits suddenly remembering how important traditions are. I guess in Squishy’s world the tradition of rubbing a rock before a football game for the last 30 years >>>>>>>> greater than the tradition of marriage being defined as a man and woman for the last 6000 years.

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 11:55 am

Since when have I said marriage shouldn’t be defined as a man and a woman?

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Jackie Chiles February 26, 2015 at 12:09 pm

So now you’re a bigot?

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 12:31 pm

Are you a faggot?

Jackie Chiles February 26, 2015 at 12:37 pm

Careful, your Clemson education is showing.

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:48 pm

You mean I’m making sense, unlike that USCe diploma mill rag you hang on the wall?

BTW – I’m not a Clemson graduate, I’ve only been to the campus twice.

Jackie Chiles February 26, 2015 at 4:14 pm

Imagine how bad you’d be had you went there for 4 years.

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 5:14 pm

Couldn’t be any worse than if I had gone to this Michael Brady designed campus in Columbia. USCe should change their school colors to tan, every fucking building on this campus is sun faded tan.

RHood2 February 26, 2015 at 3:54 pm

Hey, I’m not for current marriage being redefined, but I’m not so crazy as to think marriage has been one-man one woman for the past 6,000 years. Solomon and his 700 wives and 1,000 concubines would disagree, as would Joseph Smith and all the sister-wives.

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hide your kids February 26, 2015 at 11:47 am

Squishy what are you doing posting? Shouldn’t you be stalking some kids you sick predator?

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????? February 26, 2015 at 12:09 pm

I’m new to all this. What does the “e” mean? Nobody at my office has a clue. I get the Dirtpecker reference!

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 12:31 pm

USCe = USC-east.

As of recent, it’s officially UofSC, because Southern Cal won the rights to use USC.

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Total Fugazy February 26, 2015 at 1:02 pm

OH, so you are a Clemson fan now? You can’t seem to keep up yourself. You weren’t one when USC beat Clemson 5 times in a row, but now you are back to admitting being orange? Typical of your thin-skinned lot.

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:49 pm

No not a Clemson fan, just not a Dirtpecker fan.

I realize that’s confusing to Dirtpecker fans, because they’ve been taught that if you aren’t a Dirtpecker fan, you automatically are a tater fan.

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 9:39 am

I don’t know, “where” they retarded?

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My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 10:44 am

Oh no! I inserted an “h”. Your butthurt is well justified!

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 11:25 am

Just thought it was funny that you USCe Dirtpecker fans feel so perfect and superior to anyone else.

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My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 12:08 pm

lol…actually I’m not a “Dirtpecker”, I’m an outsider that normally steers way away from any discussion in regard to USC vs Clemson…I think it’s all crazy…but especially the rock worship.

mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 12:12 pm

Why is it crazy? Do you have a favorite sports team? If you do, then chances are that there are traditions that are unique to that team, too.

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 12:49 pm

“It’s a fucking rock…”

mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 1:02 pm

And?
What is your favorite sports team?

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 2:27 pm

Not sure I have a favorite. I like the hapless Browns. But I like watching sports for the high level athletic competition, not the ritualistic nonsense.

That said, just because I like any team doesn’t mean I have to like their ritual peculiarities. It’s a fucking rock.

mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 2:44 pm

Pro team. Figures.
Much like they are fucking cowbells at Miss State. Or, a fucking sign at Notre Dame. Or, a fucking car at Georgia Tech. It’s fucking tradition. And, it’s what makes college athletics fucking great.

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 3:36 pm

“It’s fucking tradition.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:51 pm

Maybe he just likes Johnny Football…

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 4:42 pm

Dude knows how to party.

I like him just as much and in the same way you do.

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 5:12 pm

You’ve got a FatHead sticker on your office wall too?

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 7:04 pm

lol…yea, on mine he’s got a beer in his left hand while getting a blowjob from his hot girlfriend and throwing a football to Josh Gordon.

It’s called, “The Bust Trifecta”

I may have to get rid of it after he comes out of rehab,

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 12:32 pm

So what’s your view on cock worship?

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 12:48 pm

Are we speaking of men or women?

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:50 pm

Apparently around here it’s men worshiping it.

My pet rock was named Howard February 26, 2015 at 4:39 pm

Well, I’m alright with women worshiping cock.

The Colonel February 26, 2015 at 10:00 am

“Howard’s Rock” has to be one of the dumbest “traditions” in football. I can sort of understand the “war eagle” tradition for a school whose mascot is a tiger but a rock? Wait, I get it now.

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Bible Thumper February 26, 2015 at 11:07 am

You wouldn’t happen to love Cocks, would you?

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The Colonel February 26, 2015 at 11:15 am

GameCocks…

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mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 11:22 am

Second only to the tradition of piping in a rooster crow during sporting events.

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laughable February 26, 2015 at 11:49 am

No that would be running down a slip and slid yelling “WEEEEEEEEE!!” Gayest entrance ever!!

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mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 11:54 am

Gayest? Strong words from a fan base that wears shirts that say “I love my Cocks”.

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laughable February 26, 2015 at 2:21 pm

come on now Hun. just because you and your team are the little piggies and go we we we all the way home (although we know you aren’t little)

The Colonel February 26, 2015 at 1:25 pm

You ought to hear the Big Cock Crow on Fridays!

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mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 1:46 pm

**fill in your own joke here**

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 11:27 am

I guess they could pick a 1960’s movie theme song and and play it while running out of a tunnel and being shot at with fire extinguishers.

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The Colonel February 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm

We’re in the same damn poll you’re stupid rock is in: http://fanindex.usatoday.com/2014/10/27/the-10-best-entrances-in-college-football/

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Guest February 26, 2015 at 12:41 pm

And what tradition does your school have?

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The Colonel February 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm Reply
Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:52 pm

I didn’t realize 2001 had been around that long. Did fans file out and haul ass in their Model T’s at halftime back then too?

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The Colonel February 26, 2015 at 4:03 pm

That leaving early tradition started because we have other things to do in Columbia besides riding asses and watching the grass grow. For the last few years, we’ve seen a lot more folks when the last whistle blows. Particularly in the last five or six years, yeah, there were a lot of Cock fans watching the boss in Orange gang their heads.

Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 5:10 pm

Ironically those things in Columbia to do always conflict with the 2nd half of a home football game.

Or is it that you have to get the fuck out of that neighborhood the stadium sits in before it gets dark?

mamatiger92 February 26, 2015 at 1:50 pm

cue the fire extinguishers!

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yep February 26, 2015 at 2:36 pm

slip and slides are fun, so fun we take a bus half way around a stadium to go down one

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Beartrkkr February 27, 2015 at 1:43 am

…And a person in a chicken suit coming out of a shower curtain

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GrandTango February 26, 2015 at 10:15 am

A-This story is days old
B- Who the F*#k cares?
C- Is this click bait, in place of coherent thought?

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Try To Keep Up February 26, 2015 at 10:40 am

YOU are click bait in place of coherent thought? See, you and FITS have plenty in common. Congratulations!

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Frank Howard February 26, 2015 at 11:59 am

Rubbin’ my rock ought to be done on gamedays. Otherwise my rock should be presented among the trophies housed in the West End Zone.

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richardthelong February 26, 2015 at 1:45 pm

I do not care which of the states largest schools win or lose, however don’t they play 10 or 12 games a year in that stadium? So roughly a dozen days use. Why can’t they just put the rock away the rest of the time? I mean really and truly it is a damn rock.

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 3:54 pm

Could the Dirtpeckers save money by just running down to the lovely downtown chicken plant and grab a chicken out of a crate 5-6-7 times a year? Think of all the chicken feed money that could be saved.

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Gator HC Dabo Swinney February 26, 2015 at 4:02 pm

Yet another redneck crime in Death Valley Jr. Wonder if the simpletons who root for that team ever think that outside of their shitty little patch of Bumblefuck, SC, NO ONE considers it the real Death Valley. That would be at LSU. Now cue the incessant orange tears: “Wah-Wah-Wah, you Gamecocks stop hurting my feelings.” LMAO

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CNSYD February 26, 2015 at 7:17 pm

Is this the same LSU that Clemson beat in ATL?

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Beartrkkr February 27, 2015 at 1:41 am

Sorry, but Clemson was using this term way before the corn dog eaters thought of using it.

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mamatiger92 February 27, 2015 at 9:43 am

“Wonder if the simpletons who root for that team ever think that outside of their shitty little patch of Bumblefuck, SC, NO ONE considers it the real USC.”

FTFY

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Manray9 February 26, 2015 at 5:21 pm

Their most valued possession is a rock. That says a lot.

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Squishy123 February 26, 2015 at 6:45 pm

What about the other school who’s most prized possession is a chicken? Rocks are free, chickens are about $2.00/lb. I don’t see a lot of bragging rights here.

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Point of Order February 26, 2015 at 7:08 pm

You can eat a chicken.

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Timmy Tebow February 26, 2015 at 5:29 pm

Dammit Will, you knew this would happen when you posted this…150+ comments of Gamecocks hatin on Tigers, and Tigers hatin on Gamecocks. Clickbait porn at its finest.

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Hippocritter February 26, 2015 at 7:07 pm

Says the man with shirtless Tebow avatar…

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Timmy Tebow February 27, 2015 at 8:45 am

Well I am Timmy Tebow; who’s avatar should I have?

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Scooter February 26, 2015 at 10:33 pm

The Coots are still butt hurt.

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Frank Howard February 27, 2015 at 9:50 am

Take this rock and throw it over the fence or out in the ditch. Do something with it, but get it out of my office.

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