Clemsonites know that Bowman Field is the center of the universe. Bowman Field is ALWAYS green, even when covered in a layer of snow, it's still green. Why is Bowman Field eternally green? Well, legend has it that Floride Clemson, daughter of Thomas Green Clemson, thought she was the princess of a magical land. Sparkly green fairies came to visit Floride and she would follow them out into the night and do as they asked. One night, the fairies asked her to retrieve a special item from the cavern (located directly under where Bowman Field is today) of a hideous, sleeping monster with eyeballs in his hands. The monster was surrounded by a huge banquet table of the most delicious food Floride had ever seen, but she was not supposed to eat any of it, or the monster would awaken. Floride was a bit of a dolt, and a little selfish, so she ate the food. The monster woke up and smashed the fairies to bits. Floride escaped but the green fairy blood remained, all over the field. It is said that this fairy blood, combined with Floride's tears are what keep Bowman Field green to this day.*
True Clemsonites sense the magic of Bowman field and that is why it is the place where they most like to be seen (though TTT on a Wednesday night is a close second).
*It is actually the $1.2 billion that Clemson spends each year on Bowman Field that keeps it green- funded, of course, by parking tickets... because it's not like that money goes to creating more parking spaces.
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