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In what sport does Clemson have 2 National Championships?
Jul 15, 2012, 11:06 AM
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Soccer
I. M. Ibrahim won both of them during his tenure.
Frankly, I equate soccer to baseball. Both are non-revenue sports. Soccer will never equal Football, but neither will baseball. My son played both, and I eventually learned to appreciate soccer.
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and helped us to win a few football games.....
Jul 15, 2012, 11:12 AM
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with soccer players. 
Wait. Wut?
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Yep, Danny loved soccer players at FG kicker!
Jul 15, 2012, 11:15 AM
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With our triple option attack under Ford, many games were won by a FG.
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Re: Yep, Danny loved soccer players at FG kicker!
Jul 15, 2012, 11:19 AM
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iggy and arriri. sp? i have no idea.
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Re: Yep, Danny loved soccer players at FG kicker!
Jul 15, 2012, 11:29 AM
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Ariri was enrolled at Clemson in 1977 when Clemson football coach Charlie Pell was in dire need of a kicker. Dr. Ibrahim allowed Ariri to try out only if he agreed to continue to play soccer. Pell agreed, and Ariri went on to nail every attempt thus securing his place as the kicker for the Tigers. His scholarship was shifted to football and Pell insisted that Obed forget about soccer. Ariri never kicked a football until he was at Clemson.
He was so popular in campus during his Senior year that "Obed Ariri for the Heisman Trophy" bumper stickers were made up even though a kicker couldn't win.[citation needed]
In 1979 Ariri was granted permission to play in the 1979 NCAA Division I National Soccer Championships at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The Tigers lost 3-2 to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Ariri's performance during the game led to a job offer with the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League, where he made four appearances during the 1980 season.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obed_Ariri
Donald Igwebuike, Placekicker, 1984: Third-team AP All-American who booted the (ongest field goal in the ACC in each of his last three seasons...led the nation and the ACC in field goal percentage with a .941 senior season mark..came to Clemson to play soccer, he played in two NCAA tournaments, 1980 and 1981...tied for l3th in the nation as a senior in kick-scoring with an 8.1 average...a perfect 43-43 on PATs in his career and made 32-43 field goals...only Tiger to boot at least one 50-yard field goal in four straight seasons...had five career field goals of 50 or more yards to set Clemson record...in his last three seasons he was 107-180 on non-returnable Kickotts...a lOth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Bucs after the 1984 season.
http://www.tigernet.com/football/history/all-american.jsp#Donald-Igwebuike
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On a collegiate level, you're right. On a national level,
Jul 15, 2012, 11:21 AM
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soccer is about as relevant as bowling.
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I would say its about as relevant as Hockey***
Jul 15, 2012, 11:31 AM
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Re: the greatest sports conference in the ultraverse, the SEC
Jul 15, 2012, 11:58 AM
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Title 9 sucks
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Pro baseball's relevancy diminishes yearly
Jul 15, 2012, 2:44 PM
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Have you noticed how few fans actually go to baseball games? With the immigration from Latin America, soccer's relevancy improves over time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a pro baseball or soccer fan. My point in the OP is to make the case that collegiate soccer and baseball are equivalent.
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however college soccer is very low quality
Jul 15, 2012, 2:46 PM
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college baseball does produce MLB players but college soccer very rarely produces good pro soccer players. So because of that I would say college baseball is above college soccer
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