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What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 6:21 AM
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of the last 6 or 8 years? Ali-Frazier? Lakers-Celtics? Yankees-Dodgers? Palmer-Nicklaus?
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Re: What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 7:42 AM
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Is this for the basketball game tomorrow, because if it is for football, Notre Dame is our next game, not Alabama. We don't beat the Irish next week we don't play Alabama. And that is no analogy, that is fact.
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It was a philosophical question, you goober.
Dec 11, 2020, 8:00 AM
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Made by a fan, not a player or coach. Our minds can go wherever we want it to go now. Clemson’s game vs Notre Dame will not be impacted by whatever I’m thinking of right now. But if you, as a #### fan, want to be game ready 24/7 for a game you don’t even play, more power to you.
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Re: It was a philosophical question, you goober.
Dec 11, 2020, 9:02 AM
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First off, I'm not a goober but I choose to follow Dabo's philosophy about the next game ,not about what game might follow. But if you post something, I will answer. And I won't @$$ume you play it either.
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The original post wasn't about the future...
Dec 11, 2020, 9:05 AM
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it was about the past. Dabo is on record with his philosophy on why the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror, but he also acknowledges there is a rearview mirror.
The OP's question is acceptable.
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Re: It was a philosophical question, you goober.
Dec 11, 2020, 4:57 PM
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I’d probably take more issue with being called a Cawlkfan than a goober, but when you’re a Cola fan, the lenses are a little foggy so, I get it Loosey.
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Tbh, the censored word was $hit
Dec 11, 2020, 5:37 PM
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I was calling him a $hit fan
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I would have to say Ali-Frazier. All those others became
Dec 11, 2020, 7:50 AM
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pretty one sided. Like Clemson / Bama the last few years, the overall difference in Ali-Frazier was razor thin. For whatever reason, Frazier just had the perfect style to confound Ali. I still remember Ali's words after their last fight, which he WON when Frazier's corner would not let him answer the bell for the last round:
"This must be what death feels like, I feel like I'm dying." or something to that effect.
I will always believe that the pummeling he took from those three fights, more than anything else, contributed to his Parkinson's tremors later in life.
I will also feel about those missing 3 1/2 years in the prime of his career just like I feel about Bo Jackson's pro football career. Just imagine what we, the sporting public, were cheated out of.
And, that's all I have to say about that.
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Re: I would have to say Ali-Frazier. All those others became
Dec 11, 2020, 8:27 AM
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pretty one sided. Like Clemson / Bama the last few years, the overall difference in Ali-Frazier was razor thin. For whatever reason, Frazier just had the perfect style to confound Ali. I still remember Ali's words after their last fight, which he WON when Frazier's corner would not let him answer the bell for the last round:
"This must be what death feels like, I feel like I'm dying." or something to that effect.
I will always believe that the pummeling he took from those three fights, more than anything else, contributed to his Parkinson's tremors later in life.
I will also feel about those missing 3 1/2 years in the prime of his career just like I feel about Bo Jackson's pro football career. Just imagine what we, the sporting public, were cheated out of.
And, that's all I have to say about that.
As a 63 year old man who served our great country for 11 years in the USAF. I too feel the same way you do about those 3.5 years he was cheated out of. I disagreed with Cassius Clay not serving when drafted, but then when you realize how many "connected" people either outright dodged the draft or used political influence to keep from going to Vietnam, I slowly over the years changed my attitude towards him for that. If Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Bruce Springsteen and many more did it and got away with it then Cassius Clay never should have been imprisoned for the same offense. Justice for all or there is no justice, no one is supposedly above the law, but as we have learned that is an absolute falsehood in America and everywhere else. Justice depends on how deep your pockets go and just who you have offended.
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Re: What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 8:07 AM
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Ever seen the movie "Step Brothers"?
Kind of like that.
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Re: What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 9:10 AM
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Lakers-Celtics. And we are talking about the Bird-Magic years.
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Re: What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 9:14 AM
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I am going with Lakers - Celtics. They dominated over a decade, even though there were occasional worthy challengers.
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I kind of like the golf one best because you also had
Dec 11, 2020, 1:28 PM
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Trevino (OK) Player (tOSU)
It was never just a two man race, but it was clear who the two front runners were
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More Boxing
Dec 11, 2020, 1:32 PM
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Liston Ali. We know how that turned out.
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Re: What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 4:47 PM
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I'm gonna go with Federer/Nadal or Evert/Navratilova. Both have the respect of the opponent but want to beat the 'stuff' out of the other. Years down the line the appreciation of what occurred will grow.
Cheers
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Re: What is the best sports analogy for Clemson-Alabama
Dec 11, 2020, 4:53 PM
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Clemson/Alabama is a sports analogy in it of itself since it is in fact-- a sport. It's become it's own thing for the college football world and will be for the next 20+ years... You can just say "Clemson/Alabama".
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Best answer. Hoping Clemson's run lasts 20. Bama, don't care***
Dec 12, 2020, 1:44 AM
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