clemson.......

ok, so i read the article about lou holtz's last game saturday.....south carolina against clemson....where a minor riot broke out...a riot which received much less attention than its due because of the pacers/pistons minor riot.......holtz commented that he hated for his career to be marred by such an incident at the very end......just like what happened to his mentor woody hayes..(holtz, like many top coaches, got their starts at osu as assistants under hayes)..i had forgotten about that.......hayes was nearing the end of his career with osu, and they were playing clemson at clemson.....and a near-riot broke out, and woody got involved and ended up punching a clemson player........and that was it for his career........he was retired and that was it.......it nis easy to ask 'what is it about clemson?'.....but that is far from the point......the major issue is testosterone and adrenilin.......which fuels the intensity on the playing field, but intensity cannot so easily be diffused before the players, coaches, and sometimes fans walk off the field and back into the real world.......i grew up in an osu household, and therefore i grew up at the alter of the hayes legend....3 yards and a cloud of dust........archie griffin won 2 heisman's for woodie when i was at osu.....and i actually saw him once on campus coming out of the history building........he taught classes on the history/strategy of combat.....of which he was a lifelong student......in ohio many believe that he did and he still sits at the right hand of god.......and so i feel doubly sorry for lou holtz.........