FOOTBALL: UNC vs. Clemson
UNC vs. Clemson
Saturday, October 22
Noon • Memorial Stadium
This game will be televised via ESPN. Check your local TV listings or cable/satellite provider schedule for details.
Fans are asked to arrive on campus early to accommodate the earlier kick-off time. Parking lots will open at 6 a.m. andMemorial Stadium will open at 10 a.m. to allow time for fans plenty to enterthe stadium before kick-off. The athletic department is advising fans with IPTAY parking permits to be in their assigned lots by 9:30 a.m. to avoid traffic and delays getting to campus.
If you have a car parked on campus or plan to drive a car on campus or around town this weekend, we urge you to read the separate “Parking/Transit” e-mail and heed the warnings to avoid the expense and frustration of your car being towed from a space designated as reserved football parking.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Clemson participates in EPA Game Day Challenge
<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Tiger Band gets things started 90 Minutes Before Kick Off
<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->Young Tigers invited to Tiger Band Kids Klub
<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Tiger Walk welcomes players on game day
<!--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->Clemson security plan includes policies for backpacks, chair backs
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Clemson participates in EPA Game DayChallenge
Clemson University will be participating in this year’s EPA Game Day Challenge, hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency. On Oct. 22, Clemson will compete with universities around the nation to reduce their trash levels and recycle as many materials as possible on game day.
Clemson will be ranked with other universitiesbased on the amount of trash disposed and reported waste reductions. To help out, dispose of all cans and bottles on game day in one of the many recycling bins that can be found in all parking lots or outside Memorial Stadium.
For more information, email
recycle@clemson.edu or look for updates on the Clemson Recycles Facebook page (
Clemson Recycles | Facebook).
2. Tiger Band gets things started 90 Minutes Before Kick off
The Clemson University Tiger Band is doing its part again this season to take the already electricClemson spirit to the next level on game day.
“90-Minutes Before Kick-Off” is a mini-concert and pep rally that occurs 1 hour and 30 minutes before the start of each home football game at the Outdoor Theater (betweenSikes Hall and the R.M. Cooper Library). Fans can listen to halftime selections, enjoy university favorites such as “Tiger Rag” and the Alma Mater, and get ready to cheer the Tigers to victory with the help of Clemson’s cheerleaders, Rally Cats, and mascots. This Saturday’s show begins at 10:30 a.m.
Following “90-Minutes Before Kick-Off,” Tiger Band will take its traditional march through the heart of campus down Fort Hill Street from the Outdoor Theater to Memorial Stadium.
3. Young Tigers invited to Tiger Band Kids Klub
The Clemson University Tiger Band invites families to get in the Clemson Spirit early by attending the “Tiger Band Kids Klub.”
Children from the ages 1 to 13 and their parents are encouraged to visit the Tiger Band practice field (located on the corners of Perimeter and Cherry Roads) at 5 p.m. every Friday night before home football games to meet Tiger Band musicians, see instrument demonstrations, and participate in other band activities. Kids Klub membership is free and offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the Tiger Band.
4. Tiger Walk welcomes players on game day
The run down the Hill into Clemson’s Death Valley may be “the most exciting 25 seconds in college football,” but a 200-yard walk through the stadium parking lot also stirs up tremendous noise and emotion.
Tiger Walk, initiated by head football coach Dabo Swinney, is a display of mutual admiration as loyal fans line up in the large parking lot west of Memorial Stadium to greet the Tigers, who are grateful for their support.
Saturday’s Tiger Walk will begin approximately two hours before kickoff in P-3 parking lot (aka IPTAY lot 5) when the Tigers depart their buses and walk to the team entrance in the WestZone of Memorial Stadium.
5. Clemson security plan includes policies for backpacks, chair backs
Clemson reminds all fans coming to the game that backpacks are not allowed inside Memorial Stadium on game days. Security measures adopted post-9/11 exclude backpacks and any large bags from the list of items allowed.
Fans attempting to enter the game with backpacks, tote bags, brown paper bags or other large carryalls will be told to return the item to their campus residence or vehicle. These items will not be claim-checked at the gates.
A new policy also restricts large chair backs.Chair backs with arms, large pockets or those that are larger than 17-inches wide will not be allowed into the stadium. These items will not be claim-checked at the gates; fans will be asked to return them to their vehicles.
Clemson continues to allow pass-outs this season, which means fans can leave and be readmitted to Memorial Stadium at designated entrances.
However, those fans will have to go through the same level of security screening as they did upon originally entering the stadium.
Items allowed into the stadium, but subject tosearch are purses, diaper bags, seat cushions, binoculars, cameras, video cameras, cell phones, radios, Walkman-type radio/recorders and hand-held TVs.
Event Staff can check umbrellas and strollers at the gates.
State and local bomb detection dogs and technicians will be on hand to check the stadium and cars parked near it, and only cars bearing IPTAY placards will be allowed access to roads in the vicinity of the stadium.
Adults attending the game should have an official form of photo identification with them, and children should remain with an adult at all times during the game.
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