MEETINGS AND SPEAKERS

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 29Bobby Bentley, head coach, Presbyterian College

SEPTEMBER 2008
September 5High School Coaches
September 12 Mike Ayers, head football coach, Wofford College
September 19Alex 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 10Rocky Turner, former University of Tennessee Chattanooga and N.Y. Jets wide receiver
October 17Buddy Pough, head coach, S.C. State University
October 24Tom 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 8/12/08 - Tommy Bowden, Butch Davis, Steve Spurrier, Jim Grobe, David Cutcliffe, Tom O'Brien)