A VIP shows up at Clemson's practice session

Former Alabama coach Gene Stallings was in attendance at Friday's practice session, which was a tune-up before today's major scrimmage in Death Valley.

WATERS RUNS DEEP: The Anderson Independent-Mail has a profile of sophomore linebacker Anthony Waters, who is having a very good spring. He's expected to fill in for the departed John Leake.

MORE ON PHILLIPS: Here's another story about athletic director Terry Don Phillips' love for Oklahoma State, the school where he worked from 1994 to 2002.