CLEMSON — Prior to No. 4 Clemson running down the hill for its top 10 matchup against ninth-ranked LSU on Aug. 30, someone on Clemson’s spirit squad will sound the cannon and lead the charge as the Tigers make their grand entrance into Death Valley.
Later, when Clemson scores its first points and every score after that, the same student will sound the cannon to let the 81,500 packed inside Memorial Stadium that their Tigers are on the scoreboard.
The cannon is a tradition that has occurred at every Clemson football game since 1954, the same year a young man by the name of Georgia Bennett presented it to then head coach Frank Howard.