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Historical Eye of the Tiger: Clemson @ NC State

The Clemson Tigers head to the Old North State on All Hallows Eve to take on the NC State Wolfpack for the annual "Textile Bowl," a rivalry they have dominated to the tune of 54-28-1 all-time.

The only other caning that even remotely rivals the one our Tigers administered last weekend in Miami came in 1856 when South Carolina Representative Preston Smith Brooks pummeled Massachusetts' Senator Charles Sumner with a gold-headed gutta-percha cane on the floor of the U.S. Senate chambers in Washington, D.C. And just as they did then, people across South Carolina are again shouting: "Hit ‘em again!