Spartanburg Touchdown/Tip-Off Club
Speakers/Programs 2008-09

(Meetings are held noon-1 p.m. each Friday beginning Aug. 29, 2008, at the Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park.  Cost is $12 for members; $20 for guests.  Click here for membership information)

AUGUST 2008
August 29 – Bobby Bentley, head coach, Presbyterian College

SEPTEMBER 2008
September 5 – High School Coaches
September 12 – Mike Ayers, head football coach, Wofford College
September 19 – Alex Hudson, former Clemson player and son of Bill Hudson
September 26 – Danny Ford, former head coach, Clemson University

OCTOBER
October 3 – George Rogers, Heisman winner, former NFL and S.C. running back
October 10 – Rocky Turner, former University of Tennessee Chattanooga and N.Y. Jets wide receiver
October 17 – Buddy Pough, head coach, S.C. State University
October 24 – Tom Hayes, analyst, South Carolina Sports Network
October 31  – J.C. Shervert, analyst, Big Spur

NOVEMBER
November 7 – Mickey Plyler, analyst, Tiger Net & 104.9 FM
November 21 – Bobby Lamb, head coach, Furman University
November 28 – Pete Yanity, Clemson University sports announcer and NewsChannel 7 sports director, and Todd Ellis, University of South Carolina former quarterback and radio play-by-play announcer

DECEMBER
December 5 – Phil Kornblut, sports talk radio host, South Carolina Network
December 12 – Mark Hauser and Matt Smith, anchors, Open Mic Daily, ESPN 1400 Radio WSPG
December 19 – Coaches, 2008 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas Luncheon (Confirmed as of 11/25/08 - Jim Grobe ( Wake Forest), Butch Davis (North Carolina), Tom O'Brien (North Carolina State), Dabo Swinney (Clemson), Steve Spurrier (South Carolina), Bill Curry (Georgia State) and David Cutcliffe (Duke)) For tickets, contact Art Pettigrew at Wakefield Buick or call 864-680-4958. (More on the Shrine Bowl Luncheon)