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Orange Blooded [2594]
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What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:12 AM
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Mine was Clemson's bowl game vs pitt
It was in 79 , if I remember correctly. I do remember we got pounded. But the next year we beat Ohio state and started it all. But the Pitt game just plain hurt my feelings. What's yours?
GO TIGERS!!!!!
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:13 AM
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App St 1997 I think. First game of the season my Freshman year. Was blown away then and been ride-or-die with the Tigers ever since 
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First game as a freshman. Sept 7th vs app st.***
Jan 20, 2016, 8:16 AM
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1991***
Jan 20, 2016, 8:18 AM
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77 Notre Dame...
Jan 20, 2016, 8:18 AM
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My dad was inducted into HOF that day. Second in my memory is 78 Gator Bowl - Woody Hayes punch
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Orange Blooded [2594]
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Re: 77 Notre Dame...
Jan 20, 2016, 8:23 AM
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That game was pivotal. Not only because of the punch that just shocked everyone. But that we beat woody haze. He was the man back then. It was one of the greatest games in our history.
GO TIGERS!!!
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Re: 77 Notre Dame...
Jan 20, 2016, 12:55 PM
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Was at the game with my brother in the student section. My parents were there in a different section and my father was pulling for ND cause we are Catholic ! lol He still pulls for them. He graduated from the Citadel and liked this season but I haven't had the heart to tell him Mike Houston is gone. But anyway that 77 ND game was so big and I feel lucky to have been there to see Clemson's coming out on the national college football stage. I still have the program. It was also my one and only chance to see Joe Montana play . I hated that guy for awhile after that but it was easier when he became Dwight Clarks teammate. Who knows where Super Joe would have been without Dwight's catch .lol
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Orange Immortal [68701]
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1971 against Maryland
Jan 20, 2016, 8:22 AM
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My grandfather (Clemson class of 24) took me. I was eight years old.
Clemson won 20 - 14.
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Hungry Hungry Hippos.***
Jan 20, 2016, 8:23 AM
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:28 AM
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1999 - first Bowden bowl. Sat in the old west end zone with my parents. Still have the cup from that game.
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Orange Immortal [62658]
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I remember the basketball team coming to my hometown
Jan 20, 2016, 8:29 AM
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and playing an exhibition game. They used to tour the state during the off-season playing practice games.
Tree Rollins, Jo Jo Bethea and gang coming to our little high school gym. I got Tree's autograph. Biggest guy I ever saw. I was in awe.
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"The Catch" #1 - 1977 - became a Tiger, beat the chickens
Jan 20, 2016, 8:29 AM
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and I never regretted it one day.
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Athletic Dir [1160]
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Re: "The Catch" #1 - 1977 - became a Tiger, beat the chickens
Jan 20, 2016, 8:33 AM
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the first game i remember was my first game i attended... western carolina 1987... shutout!!
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Re: "The Catch" #1 - 1977 - became a Tiger, beat the chickens
Jan 20, 2016, 8:37 AM
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I remember that game very well. I was a Junior in high school went to a Buddy's house to watch. Drank my first Budweiser that day.
GO TIGERS!!!
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Re: "The Catch" #1 - 1977 - became a Tiger, beat the chickens
Jan 20, 2016, 1:01 PM
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I was with my father in Orlando the night of the 77 SC game. We were visiting Disney World and we stayed at a Hyatt Hotel. I watched Rocky for the first time that night on the hotels version of pay per view. I remember thinking that Clemson would win the game easily and I didn't know about the catch till the next morning. Glad we won!
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:36 AM
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1986 the "kick" by David Treadwell against Georgia. 31-28 win
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Orange Blooded [2594]
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:41 AM
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That was a great game. We lined up, he kicked and danny stood up with a" that's the way we do it" look on his face
GO TIGERS!!
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:51 AM
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1981 National Championship
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The 1967 "Orange Shoes" game vs. NCST is the earliest
Jan 20, 2016, 8:53 AM
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one I can remember as far as circumstances, outcome, details, etc. (I was 8 years old), however I can remember bits and pieces of games and players earlier than that as I attended Clemson games since I was a baby.
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 8:58 AM
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1977 Wake Forest
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Orange Blooded [4367]
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1980 vs. UGA is where it started for me***
Jan 20, 2016, 9:43 AM
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Orange Blooded [4367]
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First became aware when we beat OSU in 78 gator
Jan 20, 2016, 9:45 AM
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but became a fan in the 1980 season
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Letterman [156]
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 10:16 AM
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2005 vs aTm! 1 defensive touchdown and 5 Jad Dean FG's, including one with 02 seconds left to win! My first as a Clemson fan/student. I actually attended for the academics at first...
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1965 - first time in DV with my now-late father but........
Jan 20, 2016, 10:56 AM
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I don't remember who the game was against. I know it was against an ACC team - think it was Wake Forest but I'm not sure.
Can't believe I'm old enough now to be going to Clemson games for 50 years!!!!
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Orange Blooded [2594]
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Re: 1965 - first time in DV with my now-late father but........
Jan 20, 2016, 11:38 AM
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Time fly's can believe its been 34 years since the national championship,
GO TIGERS!!!
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Re: 1965 - first time in DV with my now-late father but........
Jan 20, 2016, 11:40 AM
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Hey Tigersincepell I've tried TMailing you on here... Check your inbox.
Thanks in advance
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Orange Blooded [2594]
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Re: 1965 - first time in DV with my now-late father but........
Jan 20, 2016, 11:57 AM
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OK I'll check it.
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All-In [10326]
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Re: 1965 - first time in DV with my now-late father but........
Jan 20, 2016, 12:23 PM
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I replied to your message
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74 versus UGA
Jan 20, 2025, 2:01 PM
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later in yr versus Usuck - both victories. fav player Bennie Cunningham
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Re: 74 versus UGA
Jan 20, 2016, 12:41 PM
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I don't know if it's true or not but I have heard that because DV was so packed for the 74 Georgia game that it was at that point the university first began considering expanding the stadium.74 must have been a exciting season given that Clemson was coming off the deck so to speak. We had just moved to SC in the fall of 74 and were a little busy getting settled in so I didn't get to go to any games that year but my brothers first game was that year in DV vs North Carolina. He always talks about what a great player Benny was. One thing I don't think I have ever seen is one of those 74 commemorative Pepsi bottles!
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I have one of those Pepsi's
Jan 20, 2016, 2:22 PM
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It still has the soda in it. Imagine what THAT would taste like over 40 years later.
The UGA game in 74 was also my first Clemson game.
My 2nd game was the 18-18 tie with Duke, where Stan Rome was placed underneath the goal post to try and block the long Duke fg which tied the game. Stan almost got it.
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CU Guru [1271]
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I was at that Duke game . It was in 76.
Jan 20, 2016, 2:46 PM
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I was with my family. The field goal was an ACC record about 60 yards or so? I was in shock .lol I kept looking at the field as the Duke players went nuts then back to the scoreboard. It was like "What?!What happened?!!" Years later I met this guy while working in real estate who was on the team that year and he said the whole team was in shock too.
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CU Guru [1271]
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September 75 Clemson vs Tulane
Jan 20, 2016, 12:29 PM
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Re: September 75 Clemson vs Tulane
Jan 20, 2016, 12:35 PM
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Maryland in 61 or 63
Sec G / UG
With my late father . Had those seats for almost 30 years.
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Derrick Hamilton vs UNC
Jan 20, 2016, 1:54 PM
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'03 when he returned the kick 100 yds to score
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Paw Master [17472]
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First specific memory Wake Forest 1981
Jan 20, 2016, 1:58 PM
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Though I had been to several games over the 2-3 years preceding that
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 2:24 PM
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We were playing middle Tennessee state under tommy Bowden. I was lil
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CU Guru [1904]
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Re: What's the first game you remember as a tiger fan?
Jan 20, 2016, 2:27 PM
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However when I truly fell in love with Clemson was the 2010 loss to auburn. My heart was broken and I fell in love.
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Jan 20, 2016, 2:26 PM
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"The Catch", Fuller to Butler, Go Tigers!
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First game I really have strong memories of
Jan 20, 2016, 2:31 PM
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is the 1998 46-39 loss to NC State on Halloween. Torry Holt made some kind of ridiculous catch on a bomb pass right on the tiger paw.
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The '83 tie with UGa where Iggy tried a kick from 68 at the
Jan 20, 2016, 2:44 PM
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end and missed, then Butler tried from 66 with 1 second remaining and missed. Only game I have ever seen that ended on consecutive field goal attempts, 1 by each team.
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TV: Fuller to Butler... The catch
Jan 20, 2016, 3:01 PM
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In the valley: wake forest with jay Venuta, Wayne Baumgarner, and Kenny Duckett. John mackovic coached them. Other memorable in person games as a kid : VT with Bruce Smith, the Maryland brawl and the infamous Ferrell Edmunds non catch, and the furious 28 pt deficit comeback against nc st. When Rodney threw the ball 53 times in Danny's offense.
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Jan 20, 2016, 3:58 PM
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Gator bowl v. West Virginia. Danny Ford's last game. We were supposed to get rolled up in that one too... go figure. I remember they actually ran promo spots saying "Major Harris means major trouble for Clemson." Big Chester (RIP) had something to say about that.
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Jan 20, 2016, 6:03 PM
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My freshman year at Clemson on my 18th birthday (9/12/1970) . . . Clemson 24, The Citadel 0!
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WaKe Forest some time b/w 94 & 96
Jan 20, 2016, 6:07 PM
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Spent most of the game sliding down one of the hills in the West Endzone.
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Jan 20, 2016, 7:47 PM
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Furman 1964. Rat season. Seems like some furman fans came on the field with a sign and we rats had to go out and try to get it before the game.
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Woody Hayes getting punched in face game***
Jan 20, 2016, 7:51 PM
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i don't remember the game, whether we won or not, but
Jan 20, 2016, 7:52 PM
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it was in '74, i was a freshman in hs, i got in on my older brother's student ticket and there were good looking coeds everywhere.
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Orange Blooded [2594]
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Re: i don't remember the game, whether we won or not, but
Jan 20, 2016, 8:09 PM
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Hence why you don't remember the game. HA HA HA.
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