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The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 8:53 AM
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This QB controversy is just the latest manifestation of a bigger problem. But it’s hard to ignore the obvious: our coaches are just being lazy by naming Bryant the starter. Rather than put the hard work into evaluating all the candidates, they took the easy route. “Oh, we need to name a starter? ####, let’s just plug in that kid from last year, he did OK.” But anybody can plainly see the hippie dude is much better.
Paradoxically, the beginning of the end was on April 20, the international holiday of all hippie dudes. That’s the day a fella bought a Clemson ink pen that wouldn’t write. As I noted at the time:
If "Best Is The Standard" then by gawd a Clemson ink pen should work. This is how complacency creeps in and destroys elite football teams. It's like a cancer that starts small and eventually spreads throughout the whole program. A pen doesn't work and nobody notices. Then people start slipping empty envelopes into the New Spring offering plates. Next thing you know, the players are skipping voluntary workouts. I guaran-damm-tee you the Bama pens work.
So, what has happened since that fateful day in April?
We got lazy on the recruiting front. Nothing but 3-stars. Not only that, but we started giving away 5-stars to other teams. We gave Hunter Johnson to Purdue, and we made an early Christmas gift of Josh Belk… to the freaking Lamecocks. (You know, maybe Brad Scott was a trojan horse. It took 20 years for the master plan to come together under his son, but it's obvious that someone is undermining the program from within).
It gets worse. Now players don’t even have to transfer to another school to try to beat us. I read the other day that a Clemson student is the starting QB for Furman. ###??? Talk about a program that is totally out of control. I guess we shouldn’t be shocked if Big Dex suits up for FSU when we play them.
You turn on the TV this summer and Dabo is all over the place. He’s a celebrity now. I guess Oprah is next, maybe a guest spot on The View. How about the team… surely they’re grinding it out in preparation for another title run, right? Hardly. The only grinding I've seen are lap dances for MILFs. You know, in between playing on their cute little swingsets and going down the slide…
You know what Bama was up to this summer? Saban did 2 weeks of training with the Navy Seals, and then meditation in the Himalayan mountains to sharpen his mental focus. The Bama players are toting concrete blocks up and down the stadium steps in the midday sun until they drop. If they complain about being thirsty, they get a nice little water-boarding session, and then back to the steps.
Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. We just couldn’t handle success and got complacent.
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By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. -- Ecclesiastes 10:18
Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school. -- Thucydides
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TL,DR: We're hosed.
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This is why we can't have nice things***
Aug 28, 2018, 9:05 AM
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 9:08 AM
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought we gave Hunter to Northwestern not Purdue?
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OMG the complacency has creeped into Tigernet now!!!***
Aug 28, 2018, 9:09 AM
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I have no other option
Aug 28, 2018, 10:30 AM
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ONLY if they BOMB Pearl Harbor !!!!!!
Aug 28, 2018, 11:26 PM
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!!!!
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Oculus Spirit [83232]
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HOF.***
Aug 28, 2018, 9:10 AM
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110%er [7657]
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LOL
Aug 28, 2018, 9:11 AM
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@_@
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 9:16 AM
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Toad Ellis...is that you ?!?!?! Bless your heart !!!!!***
Aug 28, 2018, 9:22 AM
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Re: Toad Ellis...is that you ?!?!?! "Purdue?"
Aug 28, 2018, 10:08 AM
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I guess Toad Ellis on a bicycle is PURDUE.
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 9:22 AM
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Well, I've heard from reliable sources within the state of SC, that CLEMSON is "cycling out", while other teams in SC are "cycling in". So there's that.
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CU Medallion [64730]
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I especially like the part....
Aug 28, 2018, 9:34 AM
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where right after he said that, not only did his team get throttled by the Tigers again, their offense didn't cross midfield until after the 4th quarter when the coaches had pretty much cleared the bench.
Clemson's back-ups got more playing time in that game than they did against Kent State and elCid.
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 9:35 AM
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All-In [26643]
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Well, Dabo does have a new castle with a drawbridge
Aug 28, 2018, 9:35 AM
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from what I hear.
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Re: When a lunger lectures us about pen)s that don't work
Aug 28, 2018, 9:38 AM
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What a time to be alive.
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Legend [15230]
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Seriously? You couldn't be more wrong.
Aug 28, 2018, 9:38 AM
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Dabo's a cheerleader and never built anything. He lucked into one good QB who got lucky on some catches and accidentally beat Bama. You can't destroy something that wasn't there.
Even Jake Bentley knows that they were just as good as us the last 2 years despite the scoreboard. It's not about score.
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Re: Seriously? You couldn't be more wrong.
Aug 28, 2018, 10:55 AM
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What are the sarcasm indicators we are using now to separate tongue and cheek from idiocy?
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Orange Blooded [2115]
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Pssst!!
Aug 28, 2018, 2:38 PM
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Look at the pulses
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Oculus Spirit [94291]
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I didn't know all that and wish you hadn't told me.
Aug 28, 2018, 9:45 AM
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Now I'm so depressed.
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I know. It's sad. But we'll always have 2016.***
Aug 28, 2018, 10:10 AM
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It needed to be said - Thank You!***
Aug 28, 2018, 10:07 AM
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 10:49 AM
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I actually enjoyed your post/essay. I'm not saying I agree with much of it but took the good with the bad. I especially liked your Ecclesilastes 10:18 quote! There is MUCH to be said for that. While I'm assuming much of your words were"tongue in cheek", you are a talented writer. Enjoy this and future seasons. THE Tigers will continue to reign!
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Hall of Famer [22389]
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No, I'm serious. As serious as a midget in a John Holmes flick.
Aug 28, 2018, 12:38 PM
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Wow
Aug 28, 2018, 11:02 AM
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It was fun while it lasted.
Aug 28, 2018, 11:10 AM
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 11:16 AM
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Don’t forget we cheapened water too..
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This is a very accurate account of the situation
Aug 28, 2018, 11:19 AM
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The only thing you forgot to mention in regards to bama is that they also have the special ability to s#@t out 5 star players to replace any current player that gets injured.
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Thank you both for posting.
Aug 28, 2018, 11:24 AM
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There you have it from West & Bowden...the Two Tommies playing all week!
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Hunter is really at Northwestern, but I understand your
Aug 28, 2018, 1:05 PM
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point, even though you probably also think the Japanese are the ones that really bombed Pearl Harbor.
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The Jap Zeros used aftermarket parts from the German Stukas.
Aug 28, 2018, 2:05 PM
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You fill in the blanks.
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All those words, and no mention of Dippin' Dots?***
Aug 28, 2018, 1:34 PM
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Well crap! Guess I’ll just quit enterwebbing on the tnets.
Aug 28, 2018, 2:12 PM
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No sense in hanging around here anymore. Thanks for rurning my life! Oh, the humidity of it all! ??
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 2:35 PM
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ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl, another one......Just like the other one..........................
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dude, you hosed the thread....***
Aug 28, 2018, 2:43 PM
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Re: The demise of the Clemson football program has begun. (long)
Aug 28, 2018, 2:42 PM
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dont give up your day job.
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sorry, I'm not hiring. day drinking is solo work.***
Aug 28, 2018, 3:18 PM
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Who would td this? Bama fans? Epic post.. hilarious!!***
Aug 28, 2018, 3:13 PM
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Only Heller, Orwell or maybe Danny Ford & his Hemp Machine
Aug 28, 2018, 10:36 PM
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could have layed it out there as well as you Pink ... the lunatic is on the grass ... thank you for that refreshing post brother ...
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