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Paws Up, Paws Down: Clemson Overcomes Slow, Sloppy Start to Take Down Duke 35-6

Before we get into the good, bad, and ugly from Saturday night's 35-6 victory over Duke, I wanted to give a huge, heartfelt thank you to a friend of mine named Mark Haselden. Mark passed away this week after a long, tough battle with cancer.

Mark has been doing sports for the local paper here in Florence, The Morning News, for as long as I can remember, and he was a fantastic writer, very talented.

If not for him, it's unlikely you’d be reading this right now, because I would have never written it. It was him who first told me writing was something I should try, and that he thought it was something I seemed to have a knack for.