Clemson Posts Video of Cade Klubnik Sledding in Memorial Stadium Amid Rare Snowstorm

Maybe the Tigers are a cold-weather team after all.
Cade Klubnik before No. 25 Clemson's 66–20 win over Appalachian State on Sept. 7, 2024.
Cade Klubnik before No. 25 Clemson's 66–20 win over Appalachian State on Sept. 7, 2024. / ALEX HICKS JR./USA TODAY / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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It's hardly a unique arrangement in the college football world, but life in the ACC allows Clemson to play a balanced diet of cold- and warm-weather teams. The Tigers may battle Boston College one week in Arctic conditions, and then turn around and visit tropical Miami.

On Friday, however, Clemson got an answer to the question—what would life be like if it were a cold-weather team?

As a rare snowstorm blanketed the Tigers' South Carolina home, quarterback Cade Klubnik showed off his sledding chops on the team's social media accounts.

"Go Tigers," he says to the camera before plummeting down Memorial Stadium's hill in a makeshift cardboard toboggan.

For the trivia-minded out there: per Clemson's 2023 media guide, the coldest home game the Tigers have ever played in took place on Nov. 25, 1972. Clemson beat South Carolina 7–6 that day in 39-degree weather.

The Tigers are scheduled to open the 2025 season on Aug. 30 at home against LSU—presumably in temperatures much more to their liking.


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Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .