The middle 1970s were a turbulent time for Clemson. After the basketball fiasco that led to the departures of head coach Tates Locke and freshman phenom Skip Wise, a plasma-hot controversy ensued that involved the mysterious and abrupt firing of football coach Jimmy "Red" Parker. Depending on whom you asked back then, you could get any number of...

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