Re: Leading 17-7 I belive going into 4th

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We were silent all through the pregame. People were

Oct 7, 2014, 3:00 PM

whispering to each other in the stands. It worked well because there were very few obvious ND fans (dressed in green, their home color in those days with Dan Devine as head coach).

Our fans, and students (I was a freshman at Clemson) were so amped up that when the Tigers ran down The Hill the place exploded. It was literally the loudest single moment I have experienced at DV, even with the then capacity of 55K (no upper decks).

The crowd was so in tuned to the head cheerleader in those days. The crowd would stop and start cheering on demand from the head cheerleader. The head cheerleaders mic could be heard in both the north and south stands. We would explode with noise when ND would break the huddle and then on occasion, we would stop in the middle of the QB calls, making ND OL jump and create an illegal procedure penalty. Other times the noise wouldn't start until the QB got under center and continued to the snap, often creating delay of game penalties.

Clemson led 17-7 going to the 4th quarter. We lost 21-17 following a ND touchdown after Steve Fuller fumbled near midfield late in the 4th.

A couple of things to remember, ND had beaten a good Ga Tech 69-14 the week before. They went on to win the National Championship that year beating Texas 38-10 in their bowl game.

Oh, and they had this guy named Joe Montana playing QB.

Next to the January 1 1982 Orange Bowl game against Nebraska for the National title, the ND loss in DV is my second favorite memory at a Clemson game. Part of that was where Clemson had come from after 18 years (no bowl since 1959) of wandering in the wilderness. To almost beating ND in one of their National Chmapionship seasons.

Having said all that, pulling off a similar silent treatment today would be a lot more difficult than 1977. The lack of coordination through a head cheerleader to the now 80K+ in the stands, and the greater number of opposing teams fans will water down the silent treatment a great deal.

That said, all Tiger fans yelling their butts off before each Louisville offensive play will be enough to let those players and coaches know there is NO PLACE ON EARTH LIKE DEATH VALLEY IN CLEMSON, S.C.!!!

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Just so I get this right we were silent against ND

Barely, to the eventual national champions with Joe Montana

Leading 17-7 I belive going into 4th

Re: So basically the FSU game this year was a success?***

Ok, ok, we get it. You don't understand. No point in

We were silent all through the pregame. People were

Re: And what does being silent before the game have to do

Wow, you really don't understand silent treatments. They

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