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Cant remember the last time I was this uninterested in an upcoming game
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Cant remember the last time I was this uninterested in an upcoming game

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Nov 9, 2024, 8:20 AM
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Unfortunately, I don’t see a lot changing for the rest of the season. Pretty much everything is off the table at this point with the exception of the SC game, and they honestly look like a better football team than us right now.

Defense has been an absolute letdown. Offense has been hit or miss, but hasn’t performed against decent opponents.

Dabo has some moves to make or I’m afraid this spiral will continue. And yes, it’s been a spiral for the last few years.

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Nov 9, 2024, 8:24 AM
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I feel the pain. I felt that in the dj years.

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Nov 9, 2024, 8:31 AM
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Similar feelings..... We have a Tommy Bowden aura it seems.

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Nov 10, 2024, 1:32 PM
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Really? Bowdens years were filled with unbelievable losses. Early 2000’s I traveled to Duke only to see Clemson lose on a game ending field goal. OC Mike O’ Cain said after the game that he was confused by Duke’ s defense! This game was a week after beating miami he week before.

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what does that have to do with today's state of the team? smh***


Nov 10, 2024, 4:53 PM
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Nov 10, 2024, 1:32 PM [ in reply to Re: Cant remember the last time I was this uninterested in an upcoming game ]
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Really? Bowdens years were filled with unbelievable losses. Early 2000’s I traveled to Duke only to see Clemson lose on a game ending field goal. OC Mike O’ Cain said after the game that he was confused by Duke’ s defense! This game was a week after beating miami he week before.

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Nov 9, 2024, 8:36 AM
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Who we playing?

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Nov 9, 2024, 8:46 AM
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Not uninterested but def apprehensive and not excited. Unfortunately I think we may be approaching Tommy west era as much as Bowden. Last week we were mentally and physically outplayed in every phase. Shocking.

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Playing against our pathetic schedule is a double edged sword.......

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Nov 9, 2024, 8:57 AM
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we have a FLOOR in this conference of 8-4/9-3, which allows Dabo to get to Double digit wins including a bowl..........which in turn makes Dabo think the program is consistently good........which leads to him thinking "nothing's wrong".................then lather, rinse, repeat.

We've been embarassed by the only TWO teams with a pulse on our schedule, but the path to the lauded "10 win season" is well in play and that's Dabo's fall back argument for the false sense of how good our team/program is.


ELITE is gone from the program............and has been for several years now.

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Nov 9, 2024, 12:58 PM
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Except he didn’t get to double digit wins last year.

And he won’t this year either.

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:02 AM
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I feel that way about the sport as a whole. Generally uninterested. Apathy. Still interested in Tigers, though not particularly optimistic about the direction they may be headed.

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Then dont watch

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:08 AM
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Instead of pontificating on a sports message board about how you don’t care


You care enough to be negative


Go Tigers, Beat VPI


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Re: Then dont watch

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:38 AM
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Plenty of that on here any given Fall Saturday. Sad.

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negativity?........or harsh reality that you're slow to accept???

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:54 AM [ in reply to Then dont watch ]
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confusing negativity and reality is a large reason why Dabo's failed the last several years and why we are where we are.

"Unfortunately, I don’t see a lot changing for the rest of the season."........TBD....his opinion.....SEEMS LIKELY

"Pretty much everything is off the table at this point with the exception of the SC game, and they honestly look like a better football team than us right now."............................TRUTH

"Defense has been an absolute letdown."..............TRUTH

"Offense has been hit or miss, but hasn’t performed against decent opponents.".....................................TRUTH

"Dabo has some moves to make or I’m afraid this spiral will continue. And yes, it’s been a spiral for the last few years."..............................TRUTH

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Whatever, I was taught not to give up on the things I care about

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:58 AM
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You’re more than welcome to though

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Oh I'm not giving. up......you have me confused w/ someone else.......

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:10 AM
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I care deeply about this program and always will............that's why I'm so adamant about our coach seeing the REAL PROBLEMS and fixing them.................he doesn't and it's neglectful at this point.

He's tying one arm behind the program's back and asking them to win the fight.............it's a failing model in this era of CFB.

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Personally Im heartbroken and livid at the trajectory of our universitys

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:13 AM
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football team. We have the resources to be one of the best in the country and to completely dominate the ACC (and our instate rival). But, here we are. Fresh off a demoralizing loss at home where we were a 10 point favorite and had everything on the table in front of us.

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:45 AM [ in reply to Oh I'm not giving. up......you have me confused w/ someone else....... ]
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I disagree. Our issues have NOTHING to do with not utilizing the portal.

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that's fine.......you have the right to be wrong.***

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Nov 9, 2024, 12:57 PM [ in reply to Re: Oh I'm not giving. up......you have me confused w/ someone else....... ]
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Hard to fathom we still have people who believe in this anti-portal stance. It’s like our private delusion.

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:01 PM [ in reply to Re: Oh I'm not giving. up......you have me confused w/ someone else....... ]
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It’s a combination of the portal and Dabos insane coaching hire decisions.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:41 PM
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And not bidding on recruits. They ain’t coming here for free DABO…

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:40 PM [ in reply to Re: Oh I'm not giving. up......you have me confused w/ someone else....... ]
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Lmao!!!!

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Re: negativity?........or harsh reality that you're slow to accept???

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:38 PM [ in reply to negativity?........or harsh reality that you're slow to accept??? ]
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People that get angry and cry negativity are low information fans. They can’t help it.

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Nov 10, 2024, 7:29 AM [ in reply to negativity?........or harsh reality that you're slow to accept??? ]
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Feel free to go watch someone else, like the dirtpeckers

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:42 AM
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Totally agree. With acc champ and playoff bid off table makes it hard to get motivated. We have been spoiled as fans for as great as run as we have had. Need to win out and finish 11-2. Go Tigers 🐅

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Nov 9, 2024, 12:57 PM
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I believe we can do that. We're still a top 25 team. No shame in that season.

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same

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:48 AM
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the rest of the season is meaningless...oh great we get to play in the tony tigers tax slayer dot com bowl..wooo whooo

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Nov 9, 2024, 9:49 AM
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Agree. I can handle a loss but to see us come out flat with no competitive edge after a two week break, night game at Death Valley. It does make me uninterested i have to admit.

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:00 AM
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Think what bothers me the most is I feel we have not played up to our potential and we may not get there all season.

Not sure why we cannot run 2 back sets on occasion to help in the blocking game. Special teams is atrocious. We do not block field goals or punts and rarely return any punts. 4 blocked field goals? I don’t remember having 4 in the last 20 years.

My BIGGEST concern is the DL and the LB’s. If you cannot stop the run against these better teams you will lose a majority of the time. Bad scheming or poor play but it is demoralizing to give up chunk runs.

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:01 AM
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I can’t quit listening to the War Room podcast. Is today Saturday?

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:01 AM
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We may be in trouble if we make moves due to recruiting decommits and some transfers. Dabo doug a hole.

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:41 AM
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That when you should use the portal. I am not a portal guy, but it does help soften the blow of decommits during coaching changes. We all know that’s off the table tho.

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Not me

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:01 AM
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We only get a few Saturdays of this a year. I'm all in

Go Tigers

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:02 AM
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Do what I do. Just record it and go on about your Saturday. Wife and I are going to lunch then furniture shopping. I’ll watch it later on my own schedule. And it’s not so much about the team demise as it is about the state of college football as a whole.

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That last sentence, sir...I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.***

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:09 AM
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Re: That last sentence, sir...I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.***

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:53 AM
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Thanks. It’s very frustrating as there isn’t anything we can do as spectators. Hopefully those in charge put parameters in place over the next few years to salvage some aspect of what college athletics should remain to be.

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It sure is frustrating. It's saddening. There is almost no connection left

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:42 AM
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between players and Universities. I think the only thing we can do is fans is perhaps watch fewer games across the sport as a whole (looking at you SEC and B1G) on Saturdays and this is what I have been doing.

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There's plenty of connection left.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:41 PM
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Literally tens of thousands of fans watch the games on person.

Hundreds of thousands more watch on TV.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:31 PM [ in reply to Re: That last sentence, sir...I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.*** ]
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mrn65

We, as fans, actually have all the power. If we stop watching, they all stop getting paid.

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It is bizarre that many of us have this same sentiment - I can only feel that

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:46 AM
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…from what I have seen on the bookends of UGA and UoL, this Clemson team is going to get their butts handed to them this afternoon.

VT did beat Miami. I think that VT is going to come out strong and fast. Clemson will have to play from behind the entire game.

I base this on the lack of an elite defense, and it feels like Cade has gotten a serious case of the jitters.

I think this ends up 39-10, Hokies.

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:54 AM
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Not sure if it's I'm uninterested or just disappointed all our goals are not obtainable unless chaos happens. I'm not even feeling confident about the coot game. But I will be watching and I will root for our boys, win or lose.

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Nov 9, 2024, 10:57 AM
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I’m right there with you! I was just thinking the same. I can’t remember the last time I was uninterested to the point where Im making plans to not even watch as I have so much other stuff I can be doing on a beautiful fall Saturday.

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:44 AM
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It's a reflection of what more and more fans are feeling about the sport in general.

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Cant get my heart into this one- had it crushed last week

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:16 AM
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It’s the privilege of being a fan and not o coach or player. I got the answers I needed last week- we are not a CFP caliber team.

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Depressing thread. Wake, NC State, or GT probably needs fans

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:39 AM
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Kirk Herbstreit's dog is getting more love on this board than our team.

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Nov 9, 2024, 11:42 AM
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I'm ALWAYS interested in Clemson football. I'm ALL IN ALL THE TIME!

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Nov 9, 2024, 12:49 PM
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Been that way for me for the last few years

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I agree. It's a one game season now.

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Nov 9, 2024, 12:54 PM
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And we have to play better in that one.

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Oh NO!

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:16 PM
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If fans lose focus our team has zero chance of winning.

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:38 PM
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Were you around last season? It was pretty

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still love my tigers but I agree, not exactly excited about the rest of the

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:46 PM
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season.

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:48 PM
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I think this goes along with the mercurial nature of the team recently.
Could we come out and look great? Maybe.
Could we come out and look terrible? Also maybe.

There's no consistency with this team, not even within games sometimes.

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:49 PM
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AGREE….UGA -OLE MISS looks good. After all I’m a 🏈 fan , I want to watch good, meaningful 🏈

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:52 PM
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Fork over some nil money.

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Nov 9, 2024, 1:58 PM
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You people are pathetic. You must have been born before the success. If you are a fan you love your Tigers and cheer them on no matter what. We get 12 games a year and I'll be ###### if I'm missing any of them. Matter of fact I made the trip to Blacksburg today for the first time. Go Tigers!

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:05 PM
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Didn’t say I wasn’t cheering for them. Didn’t say I wasn’t going to watch it. Just said I’m not very interested like I usually am for every single game.

So if I’m pathetic for pointing out some realistic issues and that’s pathetic in your eyes I guess it is what it is.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:48 PM
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I'm never uninterested when my Tigers play. Just saying. You do you though.

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it's less about success or lack thereof...

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:07 PM [ in reply to Re: Cant remember the last time I was this uninterested in an upcoming game ]
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the move to a more semi-pro, players transferring whenever etc... breaks the emotional connection some have with the team.
In the past, a lot of fans were dedicated because these guys went to class with us, they walked the same campus as us and when they graduated often came back and were lifelong fans. And while 'these guys are just like me' was always lie, it was at least a plausible lie.
That cover has been ripped away now. These guys aren't coming to Clemson for any reason other than money. And if the money/playing time isn't to their liking? They'll bounce.

Expecting unswerving loyalty from fans in this new environment is not realistic. For good or for ill... too much has changed.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:28 PM
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“The Clemson Offense” per Dabo. Whatever that means.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:31 PM
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Sorry meant to respond to the post about offensive identity.

I will tune in to check on the score but the UGA/Ole P i s s game seems promising.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:32 PM
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Not sure how much of the game I’ll catch. Outside getting up leaves and trimming bushes…this seems like more fun at the moment.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:36 PM
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Same. That game last week combined with the Dabo way, left me hopeless for a return to form.

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Nov 9, 2024, 2:36 PM
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We are living through the last 2 season of Spurrier at South Carolina. Talent level is dropping and the bar is being internally lowered. Swinney will be in tbe ring of honor, but will be responsible for building it and unfortunately tearing it down. Our next coach will be forced to portal heavy to try to close the gap. You don't have to agree with me, but just sit and watch this play out.

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Nov 10, 2024, 10:01 PM
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I think that the NIL and the way the portal was allowed to do just as everybody pleases has made most fans shaking their heads from the way the sport of college FB has hit an all time low, and then when your team loses a game the way that we lost to Louisville that should have been a lock win for us, it takes the feeling that we were already having about college FB and shoves our faces deeper in the muck. That one loss took our team completely out of our control of us having what we thought was going to be another ACC championship, and hoping to go deep into the playoffs. Even with a 10 win season against the bad teams that we will have played, 10 wins will feel like a mediocre season for us, and it is very hard to get excited about that. But we should be hoping that it doesn't get any worse bc it could get worse before it's all over!!!

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Nov 10, 2024, 10:50 PM
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Found another team to route for yet?

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Nov 10, 2024, 10:58 PM
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All of your 'truths' may be so in your mind just like Alabama's were after losing to Vanderbilt. Hitting on the key players and avoiding key injuries are the key to any sport year in year out. FSU the last 2 years was 1 example and Miami proved last week if your best player has a bad day, you lose. The parity in football let's anyone beat anyone these days. Chill and remember it's a sport for our entertainment and others profit.

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