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Scene SC Kick Off Party tonight in Columbia

COME ROCK OUT WITH US AND SOME OF OUR FRIENDS
If you’ve wondered where I’ve been the last few months, I’ve been livin’ large over at SceneSC.com. It’s a music site I launched a few months back to cover South Carolina music and so far we’re kicking ass.
So to celebrate, I’m throwing a Kick Off [...]

Ms. Teen SC Loves Pork and Beans

Just when we thought that Lauren Caitlin Upton’s 15 minutes of fame might be coming to an end Weezer swoops in to save the day.
With the first single off of their upcoming Red Album the Weez brings in about a dozen and a half YouTube celebrities to put them back at the [...]

Stringer to Run for House District 18

The race to replace Rep. Phillip Shoopman began Thursday as Greenville native Tommy Stringer announced he will enter the race. The announcement comes on the heels of the retirement of Sen. Lewis Vaughn (R-Greenville) and Rep. Phillip Shoopman’s announcement to seek Vaughn’s seat.
Stringer is founder and President of Stringer Company, a pension compliance services [...]

BELIEVE THE TRUTH SQUAD

There is a new Truth Squad in town and this time they are defending the record of Barrack Obama. Yeah I didn’t know he had a record either. I guess they saw how well it worked for McCain last week, so they built their own team of winners (and some losers).

Former [...]

Clemson Now the Minor Leagues for WWE

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I know that people can do some stupid (I really mean awesome) things when they get drunk at Tailgates, but this really takes the cake.  Too bad Ric Flair doesn’t go to Clemson games or this guy would already be wrestling Rowdy Roddy Piper for the WCW Championship Belt.

2008 Preseason College Football Polls In

Since the College Football season is now officially wrapped up, Rivals.com has already released their 2008 Preseason Top 25. Clemson comes in at #10 and South Carolina at #24.
They also nailed the one liners on each team.

10. Clemson (9-4)
With so much talent back on offense and defense, the Tigers can’t come up short [...]

Romney Helping McCain?!?

I don’t get a chance to post a lot, but I’m bored so I figured I would post this Fox News poll about Romney.
Republican primary voters in New Hampshire were asked which Republican candidate practiced dirty politics the most during the campaign, with 39 percent naming Mitt Romney, according to a FOX News Election [...]

Gamecocks Slighted in 2007-08 College Power Rankings

CollegeHumor has released their 2007-2008 Power Rankings with Clemson coming in at #9 and the Gamecocks at #15. It is hard to question this flawless formula, but there are a few categories that I must address. According to my calculations if the following changes were made South Carolina would jump to #8, one [...]