Much to Prove. I watched ESPN tonight. First it was CFB Live

Aug 23, 2012, 8:41 PM

and then the Herbie Awards. The "kingmakers" of the CFB world were in full force in talking about the ACC.

You would have thought based on their stories and segments that it was FSU and all the rest of us in the ACC were the sisters of the poor. Of course they touted that FSU had two number 2 ranked recruiting classes. But the gap between them and us in those recruiting classes was not mentioned or how small it was. It pissed me off because if you look at how many times we have beat them since 2003 we should be getting some respect just for that.

And over and over was the sentiment that the ACC was meant only to showcase FSU and Miami and if only they were the teams at the top all the time. As if we were not a founding member who was ALWAYS football first. As if Clemson's 30 some year dominance of the conference with 10+ championships, a national title, and numerous big-time bowl apperances has no currency.

Well, I am tired of it. It is time for us to prove we are more than a sister of the poor to FSU. Duke may be. Maryland and BC too. We are not. We have been around longer as a cfb power starting with John Heisman in the 1900's. We have the history, tradition, and fan support to be right at the top every year. If LSU, that was in the dumps for 30+ years, can go to the top again several years back then so can we. We hit a rough spot when Ford was let go and FSU was let into the league. This was really bad timing for us. Danny Ford would have owned or evened the series with FSU in the 90's if he had stayed around. It is a major part of what gave FSU any currency at all.

I do like staying under the radar some of the time but I do not like being thought of as a sister of the poor. Dabo needs to sit our guys down and let them watch the ESPN show on the Herbies as a team. The team needs to know what is at stake this year and how much we have to prove to put ourselves into the national conversation on big-time, elite cfb again. I know if I was a player I would want to prove the "kingmakers" at ESPN and all the rest of the world who doubt us that THEY ARE WRONG.

Looking for our young men to do so! I think they have the heart of a Tiger that we are looking for this year.

GO TIGERS!!!!!!