Very cool (and scary) stat

Just a quick one because today is proposal day. That means I run around a lot trying to finish everything before the deadline. Anyways, I found this from Heather Dinich's ACC Blog, as she is talking about another injury to our front lineman.

According to Clemson's sports information department -- which actually has game-by-game starters dating back to the 1930s -- Clemson has not started three freshmen on the offensive line in the same game since 1943 when the US Government drafted Clemson's entire junior and senior class for World War II.

I just love stats like these. In fact, here's another one from Brett Edgerton at ESPN as well:

As if losing to the team that lost to Cal Poly last week wouldn't have been bad enough, Notre Dame also avoided a major history headache by staging a fourth-quarter comeback against San Diego State.

How historic would a loss have been? Well, for starters, it would've only been the second time Notre Dame has lost its home opener to a team not currently in a BCS conference. The other? A heartbreaking 4-0 setback to the always-healthy College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1896. In case you don't remember, that was during Grover Cleveland's second go-around as U.S. president. The Fighting Irish also avoided losing back-to-back season openers at home for the first time since 1887 and '88. Those two years are also known as the first two years of Notre Dame football. Talk about waking up the echoes!

How cool is college football!