We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Oxford Farm. Prime rib, potatoes, apple pie. Oxford Farm jackets, hats, and throws. Time with family and a peaceful Christmas Day.
This is something I am starting Christmas night. Since leaving Anderson University in early 2009 to take care of my mother, I have not had an outlet. I will take mostly sports because that's what I know the most about. But if you read this blog and are somewhat or mildly entertained, I will be happy to comment or try to answer any questions you may have.
2014 was a stressful year for us at the farm. We are hoping for much better things in 2015. We are excited about the prospects on several fronts. We want to make a difference in the community and believe God has led us to this farm to do just that.
Clemson football -- The bowl game versus Oklahoma is Monday and all reports are the Tigers are putting their work in for the game. The determining factor in the game will be Clemson senior quarterback Cole Stoudt. Jeff Scott and Tony Elliott have been working to pump him up. This is his last game. If he takes care of the football, the Tigers, who are underdogs to the Sooners, will have a chance to win their third consecutive bowl game. I am interested to see if Scott/Elliott use Stoudt in a different way from Chad Morris. It seemed as the season progressed Morris lost faith in Stoudt and the play calling got extremely basic.
Clemson basketball -- The lunatic fringe is all over Brad Brownell. A 7-4 start and loss to South Carolina in Columbia has the fringe screaming for a different style of basketball, a new coach, a new direction. But don't spend any money on basketball because it's not worth it. That makes a lot of sense. Some of these people are too stupid to breath. I am all in with Brownell. He is intense, tough, and an excellent in-game coach. If anything, he might be too tough on his players. But he wants to build a program and he wants to build a consistent winner in the toughest league in America. Nothing has been easy for the Tigers this season. They have some impressive victories (Arkansas, LSU) and some depressing losses (Winthrop, Gardner-Webb). Clemson has issues -- senior point guard Rod Hall has been erratic so far, Landry Nnoko has yet to develop a soft pair of hands, the offensive goes into extended droughts, free throw shooting ranges from acceptable to awful, 3-point shooting has just been awful, help from the bench has been almost non-existant. Brownell hails from Indiana, so he knows he needs shooters who can score. Clemson has shooters now. They just don't make a lot. Defense is not an issue and it will be better as the season continues. But the defense could suffer if the scoring doesn't pick up. The Tigers should go 8-4 with a victory over Robert Morris on Dec. 30. But then the ACC schedule opens -- UNC at home, at Louisville, at Pittsburgh, at Virginia, Syracuse at home. Thank you very much, ACC. On paper, none of those games look winnable. If the Tigers can get two of the five that would be huge. If they take a doughnut, the fringe will be in full voice wanting a new coach. I say leave him alone and let him do his job. He is the right guy. You can't do any better.
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