today we sent fox carolinas ashley daley into the tigers den...to see how fans are preparing. so ashley...have to imagine lots of fans are making the trip! 3 and check this out...if you gps the stadium where the tigers are playing its 1981 miles. fans today also getting game day. 3 3 3 the clemson tigers are goin to the national championship. 3 3 it was just nothing i ever could have imagined. it was just surreal.and while many already have their travel plans...monday, fans were stopping by ibrahims sports shop in clemson to stock up on their orange. 3 we have a good team, a good coach. we're excited about going. 3 3 we've had more customers come through our doors than ever. we were here for the 81 championship and it's quite a bit different.theres the national championship shirt...fresh off the hangers. and of course the...the i wanna party like its 1981....glendale or bust...shirt.and if those arent for you...julie ibrahim who manages the store, says they'll have all the merchandise worn by the team after the orange bowl...in store by wednesday. 3 3 we're getting the players

either.fox carolinas ashley daley joins us now with more on the story. 3 3 3 3 3 yeah -- and one of the roads which has seen potholes open up is highway 11 here in cherokee county. today we spoke with one lady who hit one. 3 3 "it almost made me wreck my car this morning."darlene humphries is describing the moment she hit not one, but two potholes while on her way to work on highway 11 in cowpens. 3 "i just hit it and the tire went flat right away." humphries says the potholes were so deep... 3 "like a gully, a canyon."they not only popped her tire but also caused damage to her car. here and it also cracked my side panel here."she says the potholes along highway 11 have been an on going issue for years.and after this latest incident --shes calling on sc dot, who maintains the highway, to put a permanent fix. 3 "that we can get somebody to come out here and not doctor our potholes but maybe pave our whole road." road." 3 "if there's a crack or a spot in the pavement or any kind of moisture it tends to make the pavement weaker and the base weaker."stephen ellis, a maintenance engineer wit

listen to this. 3 one of the largest game watching parties is happening ashley daley has more from the bon secours wellness arena. 3 3 3 3 3 and you dont even have to be a clemson fan for this event to sound really cool.to give us more details is beth paul, the general manager of bon secours wellness arena. beth -- this is quite the event. 3 3 yes, we've partnered with iptay, the alumni association and the clemson club here in greenvillle to create an event that is family experience and in the biggest venue in town. expecting?well we're ready for 12- thousand, so come one, come all. we'll activties down on the floor for families. 3 it is a free event as well. and its not like going and listening to a game at a bar...this is an arena. its tremendous. our sound is concert-grade, the soudn will be great the quality of the visual is high-definition in the arena. so for people who want to come, do they need a ticket or just show up?no tickets needed, just show up. we open the doors at 7 o'clock for the 8:30 kick-off. one question fans are asking, is regular food and 3 beverage offerings wil

-- as he joins his bandmates at school for the first time since his surgery. 3 fox carolina's ashley daley was there for the emotional reunion. 3 she joins us now live in the newsroom with his story. and ashley ...a pretty miraculous recovery right there. 3 cody -- doctors say isaiah suffered from a brain a-v-m -- which isishen blood vessels that are abnormally formed begin to bleed. his mother said she was planning for a funeral -- but is now planning for her son's future. 3 3 3 3 3 music... for the last four months -- the mauldin middle school band has held a seat for 8th grade trumpet player, isaiah custodio. 3 3 one day hes in class playing for us, and then the next morning you realize he is literally closer to death than life with no warning of any kind. this past september isaiah underwent emergency brain surgery -- after collapsing on the football field during practice.doctors condition called brain a-v-m -- where blood vessels in the brain tangle and then rupture. isaiah's mother christina custodio says mentally she was preparing for a funeral. 3 3 that's what i prayed. i just said

either.fox carolinas ashley daley met with the driver this to get roads repaired. repaired.she joins us now with her story, live from along highway 11 in cherokee county. 3 cody and diana...this morning darlene says she was driving down highway 11...when right 3 3 3 "it almost made me wreck my car this morning."darlene humphries is describing the moment she hit not one, but two potholes while on her way to work on highway 11 in cowpens. i just hit it and the tire went flat right away. humphries says the potholes were so deep...like a gully, a canyonthey not only popped her tire but also caused damage to her car. 3 3 this is the damage done to here and it also cracked my side panel here. 3 she says the potholes along highway 11 have been an on going issue for years.and after this latest incident -- shes calling on sc dot, who 3 that we can get somebody to come out here and not doctor our potholes but maybe pave our whole road. 3 3 if there's a crack or a spot in the pavement or any kind of moisture it tends to make the pavement weaker and the base weaker. stephen el

jail.thats where we find fox carolinas ashley daley. 3 cody...former neighbors say contreras loved her daughter... and took her everywhere with her.they say they don't condone her actions but say there must be more to this story. 3 3 3 i didn't think that somebody who loved her daughter like she did would care enough, would do something like that.a former neighbor of pamela contreras...who asked not to be identified, says she knew pamela and her daughter well. she says pamela was a loving mother. she greatly loved her daughter, she walked her daughter around down here where she lived at and she took her everywhere she wanted to go. the neighbor says pamela's daughter, who has down syndrome, would often spend time with her at her apararent in kelly acres. oh i loved her to death, she'd come over here and sit with me two and three hours at a time. she do anything, but she'd just sit and look at you. the neighbor says she was shocked to hear that on tuesday, pamela was arrested by spartanburg police -- accused of trying to poison and kill herself and her daughter. police reports say pamel

say they don't condone her actions but say there must be more to this story, as fox carolina's ashley daley reports. 3 well before moving to spartanburg, pamela contreras spent several years in a few of her neighbors who say not only was she a great mother -- but that non os this makes sense. i didn't think that somebody who loved her daughter like she did would care enough, would do something like that.a former neighbor of pamela contreras...who asked not to be identified, says she knew pamela and her daughter well. she says pamela was a loving mother. she greatly loved her daughter, she walked her daughter around down here where she lived at and she took her everywhere she wanted to go. the neighbor says pamela's daughter, who has down syndrome, would often spend time with her at her apartment in kelly acres. oh i loved her to death, she'd come over here and sit with me two and three hours at a time. she could not talk, she could not do anything, but she'd just sit and look at you. the neighbor says she was shocked to hear that on tuesday, pamela was arrested by spartanburg police -- accu