Re: Share a memory: Best overall road trip to see a Clemson football game

in Tampa. Everybody was hugging at least one Tiger fan/alum after Renfrow's catch. Many of us big boys had tears in our eyes. The aerial shots zooming in on the Clemson sections showing group/family hugs everywhere. I can't imagine a better feeling at a Clemson game.

#2) The Clemson/Nebraska title game in Miami. My senior year at Clemson was 1981/1982. I knew many of the players and got to go down on the field. I actually made it down to the King Orange logo at the 50 yard line after the game. Unbelievable feeling.

#3) Auburn in 2016. It was my first trip to Auburn. My wife is an Auburn grad. She was an All SEC Volleyball player at Auburn. She is very close to her former teammates and we were seated with some of them. The pregame eagle flight around the stadium has an aura much like the Tigers running down The Hill. Of course, we won the game which made it all that much sweeter.

My home game favorite wins in person;

UGA in 1981, SCAR in 1980, and FSU in 2011. The moment we sacked the FSU QB to win the 2011 game may be the loudest single moment for me in Death Valley. The only comparison to me was the 1977 game. No upper decks, but it was incredibly loud. It was a close loss, but all the Notre Dame players could talk about after the game was how loud Death Valley was during the game.

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September 1989. We were on the cusp of kicking in the door on FSU. The previous year we had been beaten by the puntrooski(that was agony). In 89 we went down having a good D as usual but were not sure about the offense. We had been through several toss sweep right, toss sweep left, 3rd and 5 draw play. Passing-what's that?? Chris Morocco was QB and Terry Allen was our back. Our OL just beat the snot out of their DL and our D was up to the task. It was the first time we'd ever been able to give them the "Chop" back. Talk about sore losers, they were vacating like at USuC with 6 minutes left. We were up 28 to 7 at the half. The groans and sighs were priceless. We won 34 to 23. 2 years later, Hatfield had taken over as coach in a shady deal behind closed doors. Danny Ford was forced out for a million dollars which was HUGE back then. We drank Koolaid and went back to Tallahasse in 1993 under Mr Hatfields leadership-or whatever you could call it. We were on the goal line like 3 times in the first half and came up empty. It was a hot day and the team back then was notoriously out of shape-another Hatfield memory. When they came out of the locker room, they were just dead. They didn't take the first play and you knew we were beaten=bad! 57-0 and a long #### ride back to Greenville the next day. From there the program took a nose dive and didn't come up for air until Tommy Bowden arrived in 1999. He started the upturn and we have first class facilities which started with him.

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Share a memory: Best overall road trip to see a Clemson football game

ND in the semifinals couple of years ago and Auburn

Re: ND in the semifinals couple of years ago and Auburn

My three favorites in person; #1) The 2016 season title game

The 1977 game in my post was of course the Notre Dame game.