The Clemson Dubcast

For decades as a member of the Secret Service, Billy Davis had to confront and resolve fear and danger every single day. So what advice and wisdom does he have for everyone who's dealing with fear and danger with the current pandemic? Davis, a member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team, also unearths some great stories from his recruitment as a blue-chip prospect from Virginia in the late 1970s -- including when Danny Ford found a Notre Dame pamphlet in Davis' bedroom and slapped him over the head with it. Davis went to New York in early April to visit Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Samaritan's Purse Field Hospital in Central Park.

For decades as a member of the Secret Service, Billy Davis had to confront and resolve fear and danger every single day. So what advice and wisdom does he have for everyone who's dealing with fear and danger with the current pandemic? Davis, a member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team, also unearths some great stories from his recruitment as a blue-chip prospect from Virginia in the late 1970s.

Chris Knight and Doug Jones -- both successful musicians, and both hardcore Clemson fans -- join The Dubcast to give their insight into how the world being turned upside-down has impacted the music and entertainment business both nationally and locally. Knight has played with Liann Rimes and Montgomery Gentry in addition to working as a Nashville studio musician. Jones is the frontman for the group Cravin' Melon and is a prominent figure in the Greenville music scene.

In a rare moment of downtime, Kelly Gramlich joins The Dubcast to talk her crazy schedule now that she's juggling ACC Network duties with her regular spot as a daily sports-talk co-host on Clemson flagship station WCCP-FM. Kelly also reflects on the fateful beginning of her radio career and how it led to her being noticed by ESPN, offers her thoughts on the state of Clemson Basketball, and much more.

Joey Knight of The Tampa Bay Times joins The Dubcast to share what he's learned from the early stages of Jeff Scott's tenure at South Florida. And we chat with Chris Low to dig into Scott Cochran's reverberating decision to leave Tuscaloosa for Athens, and what it means for Alabama and Georgia. Low also gives his take on Clemson as the Tigers move away from the championship-game loss to LSU and toward another promising season in 2020.

Clemson's basketball season has featured immense highs, deflating lows and a lengthy list of injuries and ailments. Through it all, this young team just keeps fighting. Brad Brownell sits down for a lengthy chat to reflect on the spirit of this team, the many schematic adjustments he and his staff have made, and the future.

For Quandon Christian, a Clemson linebacker from 2009 to 2013, life after football has taken some interesting turns: From coaching and teaching in high school, to managing a Waffle House, to now shifting back to football as he prepares to be a graduate assistant at South Florida under Jeff Scott. Christian reflects on the Dandy Dozen recruiting class, the high points and low points of his time at Clemson, and a bunch of other interesting stuff.

After 14 years in newspapers, Manie Robinson decided to leave the media business and start teaching it as a professor in South Carolina's journalism school. Robinson joins The Dubcast to reflect on a conversation with Clemson legend Jeff Davis that set this move in motion, and talks about how difficult it was to leave the incredible story that's currently unfolding with Clemson Football.

Palmetto State native Kent Babb ranks among the foremost sports feature writers in the country. He has dug deep on profiles of Dabo Swinney and, more recently, Deshaun Watson. And he established a connection with Kobe Bryant in reporting a 2018 story on the superstar who died tragically earlier this week. We go deep with Kent on the process of reporting and writing such long-form profiles, his thoughts on Dabo and Deshaun, his difficulty in dealing with the death of Bryant and his daughter, and much more.

Charlie Whitehurst made the trip to New Orleans to watch Clemson play in its fourth national championship over the past five seasons. He gives his thoughts on the Crescent City, the majestic play of quarterback Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence's off night, and a bunch of other stuff including who he likes in this weekend's NFL conference championship games.