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What was your first Clemson football memory?
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:34 PM
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I remember Woody Dantzler taking over at QB and that general era. The GT game stands out to me because I remember being pumped for the ‘01 game and a family member explaining to me (I was relatively young) that Clemson would never really be able to compete with GT anymore because of the ATL talent pool. Now this family member was a diehard Clemson fan and would’ve fit in on TNET just fine. But that’s the memory I have. So I always think of that conversation around the GT game and how happy that family member would’ve been the last decade and a half. They passed in ‘09.
In any case, what’s your first memory(memories) of watching Clemson football?
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:41 PM
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on the hill '81 vs Georgia
lindsey scott laying out in front of us missing a catch in the endzone
walker couldn't score either
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:44 PM
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I bet that was pretty cool!
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:42 PM
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1983 - World Record Balloon game against Maryland! First game, what a way to start!
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:44 PM
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Most balloons released? Not aware of this.
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Re: Thats mine too!!***
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:21 PM
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I have pictures made from the top deck of that event. Have a great one framed in my upstairs ‘man cave’.
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:11 PM
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1983 - World Record Balloon game against Maryland! First game, what a way to start!
I was at that game also. 12 years old in '83,what a memorable experience.
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:45 PM
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First home game as a Freshman, Fall '75. Lost to Tulane 17-13.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:46 PM
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1976 Coach Red Parker's last game. Upset the Coots 28-9
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Re: Danny's 1st game, Woody's last .
Nov 5, 2023, 9:31 PM
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That was awesome! I just watched the whole video.
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:50 PM
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I was about 12 so around 1958. Just another mill hill kid, but blessed with a great Scout leader.
Our Troop 73 (Chester) got free tickets and went there. The game atmosphere made me want to be a part of that.
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:52 PM
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That’s neat. Glad you had that experience. Who would’ve thought that would be the seed for decades of fandom?!
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:00 PM
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My first game at Clemson as a Freshman in 1966. Clemson was playing Virginia whom they had never lost to. Virginia led 35 - 18 in the 3rd qtr. The Tigers came back, led by Jimmy "The Needle" Addison, to win 40 - 35. He was selected the AP Back of the Week and the Virginia QB, Bob Davis, was selected the Sports Illustrated Back of the Week. Quite an introduction to Tiger football!
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:02 PM
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That’s awesome. Sounds like a great experience!
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I was there but have no memory if it now.
I do remember a local girl -- Judy from Pelzer or was she from Belton?
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Sadly a game in the 70s against Duke that ended in a tie.
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:52 PM
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I was a little kid, remember Duke kicker hit a long FG as time expired that hit the crossbar and went through.
18-18 maybe, can't remember the year.
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Re: Sadly a game in the 70s against Duke that ended in a tie.
Nov 5, 2023, 9:21 PM
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Same for me. Homecoming 1976…I was 5 almost 6 and was crushed when they hit the FG. Long ride back to Kingstree
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Re: Sadly a game in the 70s against Duke that ended in a tie.
Nov 5, 2023, 10:55 PM
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Same for me. Homecoming 1976…I was 5 almost 6 and was crushed when they hit the FG. Long ride back to Kingstree
I was 5 in 76' as well.
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Watching from the hill in 1981
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:56 PM
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Somehow I was always on the hill for free (I’m sure friend’s parents got me in).
I had a picture of Homer Jordan from a program that I found on the ground, and I got him to sign it after the game at the paw. We were pretty much homeless at the time, so I kept it rolled up in a saltines canister until I could tape it up on the wall a couple of years later.
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Re: Watching from the hill in 1981
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Nov 5, 2023, 6:59 PM
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What a great time to get in on the fun.
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:00 PM
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Not my first game(s) but senior year in high school (1966) I was there when we were losing to UVA 35 - 14 I think after 3 quarters but came back to win 40 - 35. Also the first game that Howard's Rock was placed on the Hill.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 7:03 PM
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That was someone else’s first memory. Pretty cool!
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:01 PM
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Savannah Georgia , Memorial Stadium Clemson and Gt JV game . Probably around 1970.
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Tiger Spirit [9214]
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The Catch ( Butler).***
Nov 5, 2023, 7:05 PM
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Riding with grandpa on the way to Clemson from Greenwood...
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:07 PM
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And passing the spot of intersecting transit. There can be a car, boat, train, and plane at the same latitude/longitude at the same time. I was maybe 9 or 10, and every time I pass it, to this day, still mention it out loud. Probably annoying so.
I don't think there's even water there anymore:
6528 Clemson Blvd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3TKxXmB1HhAjBPFz8
Cool old pig:
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As for game moments, it was 96 vs Maryland...
Nov 5, 2023, 7:15 PM
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Nealon was fun to watch. Instantly my favorite player at the time.
I had been to games before, just really remember family and tailgating in general.
Found that old Gameday program
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_prgms/243/
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Yep, and now you'll never forget either...
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:28 PM
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You should be able to see that Google Street view link of it
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Re: Riding with grandpa on the way to Clemson from Greenwood...
Nov 5, 2023, 7:39 PM
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Same!
Always think of my Ol Pop too. Cool memory to have. I can almost smell that car thinking about it
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All Clemson history professors should, haha.
Nov 5, 2023, 7:42 PM
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Love the title "Cross Roads of America" too.
I wonder the history behind that actual photo. Some old school photoshopped tricks, or real staging.
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Going to the NC State game in 1998 with my dad
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:11 PM
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And seeing a Wolfpack fan wearing a full wolf costume (the game was on Halloween I believe) and Tory Holt making an absurd catch right on the paw.
Very vague memories.
I also vaguely remember West being carried off the field after beating SC. Don’t remember anything else in 1998.
99 season is the first one I recall with multiple memories and 2000 the first I can recall that I actually followed the progress of the season
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Re: Going to the NC State game in 1998 with my dad
Nov 5, 2023, 7:16 PM
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Ah, ok. We are pretty similar then. I didn’t have direct experience with those teams from the 80s and most of my memories start late 90s. Tommy Bowden pulling together some high profile wins was the peak for me. I didn’t fully understand the potential of the program like some of the older folks. It has been fun reflecting some lately due to the adversity.
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:13 PM
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Fumblerooski against FSU in 1988
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:49 PM
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Actually my first game I attended, it had a terrible ending but was a classic game.
Go Tigers!!
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:52 PM
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Stuck with it! I just remember hoping to make it to a bowl and if we could get 8+ wins that was a great year.
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:14 PM
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Clemson-Georgia 7-7 tie in early 60's. Hal Davis returned the opening kickoff for a TD for Clemson. First play by Georgia was a 77 yard TD pass from Larry Rakestraw to tie the game. One play from scrimmage and the score was 7-7. Then all hail broke loose and we all hid underneath the stands for as bad a hailstorm, lightening and rain as I have ever seen. I hopped a ride home. Never saw the end of the game.
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:23 PM
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I was there as a nine year old. Got pelted by that hail. Another old memory is( y’all might not believe this) I got kicked out of the locker room after a game by Frank Howard. I was nine or ten years old
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:17 PM
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1963 Maryland in DV (pre-Rock). My dad was a former player & we got sideline passes. I remember a ref stopping between plays to yank a front tooth from a Maryland player with his red flag (yeah they were red b4 yellow). No TO and the player went right back to the LOS. Tigers won
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:19 PM
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Sugar Bowl ...1957 ... still a high school boy then but I grew into Tiger manhood and still have it!
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 8:00 PM
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78 Gator Bowl. I was 7. Woody Hayes throat punched Charlie Bauman. Had never heard of Clemson til then
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Nov 5, 2023, 8:06 PM
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What a classic event!
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1963 at the Chicken coop.
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Nov 5, 2023, 7:26 PM
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The game that was delayed due to the JFK assassination.
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Re: 1963 at the Chicken coop.
Nov 5, 2023, 7:29 PM
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Dang, that's a trip. I know they say you'll never forget where you were when you heard... kinda makes that one easy
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To clarify. The game was not delayed on the day of the tragedy.. it was
Nov 5, 2023, 9:14 PM
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scheduled the next day, the 23rd. It was rescheduled for the following week and was played on Thanksgiving day.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
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Nov 5, 2023, 8:34 PM
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That game vs GT Streeter was the starter, but broke his collar bone. When he broke his collar bone, he actually stayed in for one more play and took a hit on a scramble on that play that knocked him out.
Streeter was one tough kid that went through a lot of injuries.
He lived in Daniel Square with Richardson, the back up kicker and Watts, a back-up WR. They always threw great parties.
Daniel Square.... I lived across the parking lot from them. The next year Daniel Square made headlines for a riot (I can't remember what the riot was about), but the local news was shooting in the parking lot and people were going crazy all over the place. My buddy is in the broadcast doing the running man behind the reporter.
Those were crazy days..... I am so glad social media wasn't around then. Is Daniel Square still standing??
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Nov 5, 2023, 8:36 PM
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Gave you 1.7k!
Expectations were very different in those days. Streeter was a tough dude.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 8:39 PM
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Those years the ACC was great.... GT had athletes all over the place like Megatron. NC State had Rivers and about three or four pro bowl WRs. UNC was good, FSU was good. MD wasn't bad. When we went and got VT and Miami a few years later, it was projected to be one of the best.
To be honest, I didn't give a hoot when MD left for the Big 10, but it turned out to be a great move for them.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 8:43 PM
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I remember hoping we would get to play VT in a bowl game when they had Vick. I think we ended up playing Texas Tech instead.
Those days were fun in the ACC. I remember Youngblood catching (maybe) the game winner against UVA. Fun times.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 8:57 PM
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We played VT on thursday night in Blacksburg in 1999 when they had Vick. We couldn't contain him... but nobody could.
VT lost to FSU in 1999 for the Natty. We lost to FSU 17-14 that year missing a kick as time expired to tie.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 8:59 PM
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Everything is blurry for me in that time period without looking it up. So I’ve probably mixed somethings up.
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Nov 5, 2023, 8:45 PM
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My dad was a bartender in Buffalo, NY, would work all night, buy chicken wings every Friday night and eat them at 3am before he crashed. WOuld wake up Saturday around noon and we would watch college football on TV, 1980 ish, remember watching Clemson and he saying, now that’s a team. Loved the colors, the paw, and they won the natty and became my team…. As soon as I could leave buffalo, went to Clemson and haven’t looked back…
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I remember being a 5 year old kid and hearing my dad’s recliner snap shut as he stands up to yell as Jacoby Ford caught the ball over the middle against Miami in 2009. He took me and my sister to Clemson from Simpsonville that night to meet the team when they got back. I’m a sophomore now and am happy to say that 2023 ND is the best game I’ve seen since I’ve been in college. Go Tigers forever
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:00 PM
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First game I attended as a wee lad.
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 9:03 PM
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I was at that game too. That TD was memorable. However, CJ bursting through the middle of the line and then pointing to the crowd… that TD in that game was up there for me too.
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:07 PM
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Sitting on the hill in 1960 at the age of 7 for the first ever Clemson-SC game at Death Valley.
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:08 PM
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First memory as a kid was the Labor Day game VS FSU in 2007.
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:44 PM
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Probably '66 or '67 and got to go down and run around on the field after the game. Awesome experience.
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:27 PM
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Woody is one of my all time favorite Clemson players. He lived a floor below me at Mauldin Hall. He was a quiet dude from OW. I drew a picture of him and got him to sign it in2001. I’ll try to post it for you.
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1991 NC State game
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:33 PM
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I was in the 5th grade. Sat on the hill with my dad. I was so confused when Clemson came out in purple jerseys because all I knew of Clemson was ORANGE!!
Distinctly remember a liquor bottle rolling down the hill late in the game and a drunk guy yelling “there’s the problem with this world, alcohol!”
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Re: What was your first Clemson football memory?
Nov 5, 2023, 9:49 PM
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The 81 championship game. My family had the Tigers game on and I remember seeing UNC too as part of my family were Tarheels.
For what it is worth, my first pro memory was the Steelers playing the playing the Cowboys in the 70’s.
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I have a strange one.
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Nov 5, 2023, 9:59 PM
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In 1968 we moved to Moultrie, Ga. A next door neighbor, my dad's age, was a Clemson grad and a huge fan.
Back in those days Clemson played GT often, but not every year. And, the game was always in Atlanta. GT dominated. I just looked it up. From 1908 to 1968, GT record against Clemson was 28-2. The last time Clemson had beat them was 1945.
Well, Clemson won in 1969 (which would have been my freshman year of college) the neighbor was probably in his mid 40s.
He came over to our house, had obviously been drinking (he definitely had a drinking problem in general, not just an occassional over-imbiber). Anyway, when we opened the door he was in and was openly crying, not just sobbing, but closer to bawling. He hugged my dad, hung on, and repeated over and over again, "This is the happiest day of my life. I never thought I would live long enough to see Clemson beat Georgia Tech."
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When Hootie Ingram stopped The Hill entrance,
Nov 5, 2023, 10:47 PM
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1970, 1971, and the first 4 games of 1972!!
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