Re: Is this the most disrespected team of Dabo's tenure at Clem?

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Seriously?

Aug 13, 2024, 8:13 PM

Some of you act like we are unranked and picked to finish near the bottom of the ACC.

THAT would be some legitimate disrespect.

We finished 20th last year, after going 9-4. It was the third year in a row that we failed to meet preseason expectations.

In other words, we have been OVERRATED the last three years.

From last year’s team, we lost six players to the NFL. Five were on defense, and one was our starting running back. We also lost about a dozen guys to the transfer portal, including our starting safety and our starting receiver.

As you know, we did not get anyone from the portal. We are counting on guys currently on the roster, as well as true freshmen, to make up the difference.

Thankfully, we do get some key guys back from injury, which is perhaps why virtually all media outlets (yes, the awful, evil media many of you characterize as being anti-Clemson) have picked us to be BETTER than we were last year.

Disrespect? No way. We are actually getting a ton of respect for being picked six spots ahead of where we finished last year, despite some very real unknowns when it comes to our personnel.

I know a lot of you like playing the disrespect card as much as you can. It fits well with your little ‘ol Clemson, ROY bus, blue collar characterization, which of course you love to say that Dabo will use as motivation. In reality though, we’ve been given a ton of respect these last few years even though we haven’t earned it on the field during that span.

The fact that we are predicted to be better than we were last year is consistent with that trend. How anyone can consider that disrespectful is beyond me.

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Because most of the last decade the teams you mentioned were completely irrelevant save for Bama and Georgia. We, on the other hand, were not. We won two natties and went to six straight playoffs. We were the only rival to Bama for several years in regards to overall success.

Obviously Georgia has taken our place this decade, but those other teams have been absolutely useless. So why would they prop them up and hold them to a standard to which they haven't lived up to since way before our success?

The other thing is we still recruit well and have so much talent yet have done so little with that talent. But none if it matters anyways. They are going to to say what they want. Only thing I care about is that we get back on track this year. None of what they say will affect how we perform on the field one way or another.

Is this the most disrespected team of Dabo's tenure at Clem?