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Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Sep 30, 2012, 10:54 PM
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I know it shows some kind of class. but I think Dabo should have gone for a TD when he kneeled at the 1. I love Dabo to death(No ####), but killer instinct is one thing he doesn't have. Even if he did go for the TD it would not have blown out Boston College. You could see the look on Tajh's face when Dabo was signalling for a kneel. He looked at Dabo like " really coach? " When a coach has killer instinct it give the player confidence, and it rubs off on them. It really don't take killer instinct to take a 21 score lead, but Dabo did not have it in him.
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Nope. Sportsmanship is great. BC was beat.***
Sep 30, 2012, 10:55 PM
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Re: Nope. Sportsmanship is great. BC was beat.***
Oct 1, 2012, 9:46 AM
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I was surprised we didn't take a knee on the previous play, too.
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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I think we were gunning for the TD on that last first down
Oct 1, 2012, 10:01 AM
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run by AE... then when he got stopped a yard short we decided to just end it. It's not like AE fell down before he got there... we would've taken the points.
But after the first down, wouldn't have been classy to take two more shots on em. I have no issue with it.
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Orange Blooded [2929]
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Sep 30, 2012, 10:57 PM
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would've been a d-i-c-k move to go for it. Only spurrier esque coaches pull that crap.
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Orange Blooded [2213]
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Dabo did the right thing.....
Sep 30, 2012, 10:57 PM
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...I don't want to have coaches at Clemson who are remembered as ###### like some other schools that shall go unmentioned...
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CU Guru [1709]
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Dabo is all about class.
Sep 30, 2012, 10:58 PM
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If you ever see how he runs this program its first class all the way. No need to rub BC 's nose in the dirt.they are a class program.
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Orange Blooded [3405]
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Sep 30, 2012, 10:58 PM
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I really wanted the TD, but he made the right call. Jimbo did something similar last week and could have piled on points in the past 2 mins a didn't. It's what separates the Dabos and Spurriers of the world.
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Orange Blooded [2351]
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Only a complete ###### would score there***
Sep 30, 2012, 11:55 PM
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Spelled S-P-U-R-R-I-E-R.***
Oct 1, 2012, 9:52 AM
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110%er [8681]
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The game was over
Sep 30, 2012, 10:59 PM
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we already "killed" BC no need to be a ###### about it
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Loved the move...game was over***
Sep 30, 2012, 11:00 PM
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Sep 30, 2012, 11:05 PM
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I would have lost a ton of respect for Dabo if we did not take a knee. The game was over. PERIOD. Get over it. FSU took a knee last week for us. It's the right thing to do. It proves nothing other that you are a p-ri-ck of a coach. We know some of those coaches, and they suck.
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Orange Blooded [2727]
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I'm glad "he didn't have it in him". What purpose does it
Sep 30, 2012, 11:06 PM
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serve to get a meaningless score when the game is decided. Class is what Clemson is all about. I back the decision not rub it in.
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110%er [7831]
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Had he gone for it
Sep 30, 2012, 11:14 PM
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And someone got hurt, you'd be complaining about how stupid that was. He did the right thing
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110%er [6729]
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Killer instinct...? Going for it on your own side of the
Sep 30, 2012, 11:16 PM
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field in the 4th quarter should count as killer instinct in my opinion.
Scoring a meaningless touchdown while the clock runs out is not killer instinct...that's called Spurrier-ball.
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CU Guru [1113]
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Danny Ford said dont disrespect your opponent you play every
Sep 30, 2012, 11:17 PM
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Year by running up the score it will come back to haunt ya
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Nope - that's what he should have done. It has absolutely
Sep 30, 2012, 11:19 PM
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nothing to do with killer instinct. Zero.
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yeah, we're SO DISAPPOINTED that he didn't act like the
Sep 30, 2012, 11:24 PM
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OLD BALL SACK. That POS would've called time out to try and score. Good on Dabo, he has class !
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Orange Blooded [3336]
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Only time you don't let back is...WAIT FOR IT!....
Sep 30, 2012, 11:28 PM
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You guessed it Sackerlina. Also Gay Tech. You don't hold back on them 2 teams. You keep scoring till time is out.
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110%er [5406]
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I don't disagree...
Oct 1, 2012, 9:53 AM
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But remember in the 63-17 game, we easily could have lit them up for 2 more.
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110%er [8095]
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NO. Dabo is great. Dabo has class and loves Clemson.***
Sep 30, 2012, 11:28 PM
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actually, I'm kinda bummed...
Sep 30, 2012, 11:30 PM
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excuse me, kinda dumbed, by reading your post.
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CU Guru [1900]
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Think of it this way
Sep 30, 2012, 11:37 PM
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if your hunting and you kill a deer, when you walk up to it, do you shoot it again? Why would you? its already dead.
Scoring another TD wouldnt have proven anything, we had the W, everybody knew we couldve scored it if we wanted to, Dabo just took the high road and decided on the classy choice. Good job Dabo.
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Sep 30, 2012, 11:52 PM
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Are you stupid? Blind? Or both? Tajh didnt have that look on his face at all.
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Little harsh
Oct 1, 2012, 12:03 AM
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I'm all for the kneel and believe it was the right call but yes, you could tell Tajh was disappointed. Generally, when you throw your hands up, look down and shake your head means he wasn't happy with the call.
But that doesn't matter. If the tigers get a chance to run the score up on the #####, I'm ALL IN.
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Showed "some kind of class?"
Oct 1, 2012, 12:05 AM
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His decision showed a lot of class. You don't have to embarass another school, its players etc., in a situation like that. Thanks, Dabo!
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Dabo made the correct call
Oct 1, 2012, 12:10 AM
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The kneel down was the right thing to do. As others have said, the game was over. Had we scored on the previous play I would have been fine with it as we were vanilla running the ball up the middle and BC had every chance to stop us. No one would have faulted us for scoring at that time. But going for it at the one yard line with time about to expire, it would have been a total lack of class.
Just look back a week ago to the FSU game. Jimbo had his Seminoles take a knee (as well as not throwing a pass their last few possessions) when the game was out of reach at the end. They had us beat. And while an extra touchdown or two would have made them look even better in the polls, long term it would have only been a negative.
All that being said, I understand why many would say it is the defense's job to stop the offense and I can't find fault in that. If I was a quarterback like Tajh in the middle of the fight I would have been upset that we didn't punch it in. College football on occasion is about teaching life lessons and maybe some of the players learned a little something taking the knee.
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Orange Blooded [4820]
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NO! It was the only thing to do.
Oct 1, 2012, 12:13 AM
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Oct 1, 2012, 12:48 AM
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GO BACK TO FGF COOT!!
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Oct 1, 2012, 12:51 AM
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thats why dabo's coach and taj is a player that obeys..the greatest play in foot ball is taking a knee the all time winningest programs so cal notre dame michigan make a living doing it..clemson ..will be taking lots of knees if i have my way
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Orange Blooded [2189]
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The only situation where that would have been permissable is
Oct 1, 2012, 5:36 AM
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against USuC and Spurlid!
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AMEN ***********
Oct 1, 2012, 10:13 AM
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Oct 1, 2012, 6:27 AM
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Florida State could have done the same to us the week before. We had what it took to keep the ball and get the first down that allowed us to run the clock out. The game was over, they were already dead. So, no, I would have been bummed if he went for the score though.
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How quickly you forget
Oct 1, 2012, 6:32 AM
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How relieving it was to see EJ Manuel slide to the ground on that long run....then the FSU proceeded to take a knee. I've never been more relieved watching a ball game than I was there. We beat them, no need to pad stats or run the score up when you have em beaten already.
Biggest game of the year this week...he can run the score up on the yellow faggots from Atlanta!! Go Tigers!!
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Oct 1, 2012, 6:35 AM
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I have been saying it for way to long now, over the past 20+ years now the Tigers only play to win not to beat, and any one who has ever played a sport should know they are not the same
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Is that you.....
Oct 1, 2012, 6:59 AM
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Spurrier?
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How Old R U?***
Oct 1, 2012, 7:04 AM
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Orange Blooded [4757]
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I think it was absolutely the right decision
Oct 1, 2012, 7:27 AM
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If you'll notice, we went hard for the score right up until the last play. Nobody told Ellington to stop and be tackled at the 1; he was trying to punch it in. For us to try for the TD on the last play of the game, however, would have been tacky.
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All-In [27366]
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Classiest act anywhere Saturday.***
Oct 1, 2012, 7:41 AM
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Rock Defender [54]
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Right decision - But I hope we RUTS this coming weekend!***
Oct 1, 2012, 8:01 AM
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Orange Blooded [2563]
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Nope...but if we can hang 63,64..or 75 on the yardbirds...
Oct 1, 2012, 8:10 AM
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He better run that scoreboard hot.
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There were three offensive decisions that disappointed me...
Oct 1, 2012, 8:46 AM
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on Saturday but kneeling at the goal line was not one of them.
No. 1 was the trickeration play that led to an interception. It was a redciulously foolish decision IMO. Had Clemson just ran its normal offense, we could have taken a 24-7 lead into the half and the game would have been all but over. Instead, we make a boneheaded decision which lead to a turnover, a BC score, a 14 point swing, and a momentum shift.
No. 2 - The decision to got for it on forth and short. We should have punted and pinned BC deep. Instead, we game BC the ball at midfield.
No. 3 - The play that was called on 4th and short. The play bunched all of the linemen together at the LOS and eliminated the running lanes. Spread the field and run the normal offense.
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Orange Blooded [2683]
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Why risk injury? Game was over.***
Oct 1, 2012, 8:53 AM
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110%er [5268]
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You need to pick another team
Oct 1, 2012, 8:59 AM
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or another sport ...if you aint caught on to half the reasons why he did what he did then you know very little about football in general and the class of our coach in particular ....
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we're not fsu or the coots***
Oct 1, 2012, 9:11 AM
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Legend [15749]
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Now I've seen everything. Turning "taking a knee" against
Oct 1, 2012, 9:55 AM
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a defeated opponent into some sort of coaching character flaw.
Unreal.
There's no killer instinct associated with scoring on a team that is dead. BC was dead. The game was over. If you want to talk about coaching decisions that rub off on the players, how about the coach showing some respect to the opponent after a hard-fought game?
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Re: Are yall kinda bummed? at Dabo
Oct 1, 2012, 9:59 AM
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Would have served no purpose other than to make us look like jerks. We still climbed two spots in the poll. We are still the second highest ranked 1-loss team. Another 7 points would not have made a difference, and not going for it may have endeared us to some of the AP voters.
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