Clemson fan live-tweets his trip to the hospital

UPDATED BELOW: Clemson Tom, a huge Tiger fan who talks a lot of smack on Twitter and does some hilarious videos, had a little health problem today while in Las Vegas, and he tweeted about it:

It started with some food poisoning. And got worse:

I feel like Spencer Shuey just "Goldburg style" tackled me in the stomach. I've never felt this bad. The flight home could get interesting
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

He alerted his hotel:

@Cosmopolitan_LV might wanna check some of the fish at Blue Ribbon. I've got food poisoning
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

And then called a doctor:

And now I'm going to the doctor...
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

And then:

I need an ambulance
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

And then:

Dehydrated laying in the sidewalk. My hotel wouldn't pay for a cab. The Hilton man picked me up, walked me to the hospital.
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

And then:

Cant express my anger. I can't walk, drink water, and y'all wouldn't pay for a cab to drive me .5 miles, when its you're fault I'm sick?
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

And then:

They got me on 2 IVs. I'm better now. Thanks for all your tweets. I've never felt that bad in my life
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

And finally, the Foursquare check-in:

I'm at Harmon Medical Center (Las Vegas, NV) http://t.co/J0dZB8uxhT
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

UPDATE: All's well that ends well:

Haha The hotel sent a limo to pick me up from the hospital to take me back to the hotel
— Clemson Tom (@ClemsonTom) August 6, 2013

Clemson Tom, I hope you feel better soon.

Twitter talk: 'How many UGA students' edition

16 University of Georgia students indicted in fake ID ring. Giveaway that it was UGA students was when they spelled "ID" wrong.
— Richard Chinnis (@rchinnis) August 3, 2013

Twitter talk: Serious Clemson fandom

Seen on Twitter:

There’s a group of guys tailgating in Lot 4 for the 1st practice. Looks like those guys are all in. Where’s everyone else? #Clemson #BeatUGA
— Sons of Clemson (@SonsOfClemson) August 2, 2013

Wow.

Clemson's players are OK with Twitter ban

Chris Fuhrmeister of SB Nation rounds up some reactions from Clemson players to coach Dabo Swinney's season-long ban on Twitter. The summation:

The Tigers appear to be much more concerned with their results than with their Twitter ban. That is most definitely a good thing for Clemson.

Sounds good to me. #focus

Dabo Swinney's Twitter ban: The right call?

Brandon Leigh of Bleacher Report seems to think it is a good idea to keep Clemson's players off Twitter during football season:

It's a simple calculation of pros versus cons. For every Teddy Bridgewater visiting a sick student in the hospital, there are 10 Johnny Manziels sending combative tweets to trolls. The platform is useful as a way to aggregate news, but Swinney knows that's not what his players are doing. 

They're using it as a way to become the news.

I'm a little worried about the free-speech implications of this, but if it keeps the players focused, it can't be all bad.

Clemson players forced to log off Twitter

Orange & White is reporting that Clemson coach Dabo Swinney will enforce a tough new rule as training camp starts -- no tweeting by Clemson players until the season's over:

"I'm just a believer that these are young people, and all of a sudden you have a guy with 20,000 people following him," Swinney said. "It's just one more thing that you have to check every morning - brush your teeth, comb your hair, shower, eat breakfast, and year, I've got to send my tweet out. In my opinion it's just one more thing." 

And then there's the question of content: the possibility that a spur of the moment, digitalized thought can turn into a national headline. 

"If they say just one little thing just a little wrong - and these are young people - and in the world we live in, it's a firestorm and a I'm having to deal with it," Swinney said. "I don't like distractions - I hate distractions."

Will the coaching staff be able to enforce this? Stay tuned.

Twitter talk: Tajh Boyd an early Heisman favorite

I like this:

Kevin Neghandi of ESPN picks Tajh as the Heisman fav #clemson #greenville #greenvillesc #upstatesc #clemsonfootball pic.twitter.com/Rvj5KN9B9P
— Tiger Moving (@TigerMovingSC) July 31, 2013

Twitter smack talk

I like it:

Ranked SEC teams have only lost seven games outside the league in the last two years, and three of them have been to #Clemson.
— Steven Bradley (@stevenbradley3) July 30, 2013

Clemson has two more chances to beat SEC teams this year. Will they do it?

From Twitter: CJ Spiller reps the Tigers

The former Clemson standout showed up for a Buffalo Bills press conference decked out in purple and orange:

.@CJSPILLER up next at the podium ... in a Clemson hoody pic.twitter.com/gHT4t3WmeB
— Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) July 27, 2013