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Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 8:51 AM
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One game to go, one more stone to roll away to complete the resurrection of Clemson football.
We have stood here before, many times. Why then does this all seem so new?
Perhaps because so many times, the stone slipped. The load shifted, the foreman wasn't paying attention and it all tumbled back on us. We ended up with our path blocked, the ever-building combination of frustration and sadness that drives men mad....or crushes their spirit entirely.
Since we find ourselves back at this point, I think we can assume our spirit has not been crushed. We've never been broken, just badly bent.
Now it all is so freaking close ... look out your window this morning and you can see it.
Clemson in the ACC title game. Let it roll around in your morning coffee for just a minute. Think back, just a minute on all the times we've been this close before ... and failed.
Think of these times just once more. Then cast them away.
They will not be coming back. We will not be chained to the stones that denied us before.
We are Clemson again.
We are the guys people fear. You can see it on their message boards and on their scorebaords. They aren't looking at a soft, "punch-em-in-the-mouth and they vanish" foe. They are looking at Shiva, the Destroyer, the bringers of pain.
This is as it should be. And far more fitting, certainly to we who remember the ancient past, that Virginia should be the lamb of sacrifice. I can think of no foe more fitting to roast in the Valley to atone for the past 18 years of our exile.
White meat. Tender and juicy, roasting in the fiery pit of damnation that is Death Valley. Carved up for us all.
One more game. One more stone.
Don't just roll this one aside, Tigers. Demolish it. Crush this stone into tiny, little fragments, and let each of the faithful take a piece to hold in our hearts.
To remember the day the Tigers' roar was truly heard again o'er the mountain's height.
It is there for us this Saturday, Tigers.
We are ready.
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Amen and Amen*****
Nov 15, 2009, 8:55 AM
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 8:55 AM
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I foresee this post getting around 125 points. Just about as many points as we put up on UVA
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Re: Im in***
Nov 15, 2009, 8:55 AM
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 9:08 AM
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Obvisously,you didn't listen to Dabo's press conference yesterday.
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I did.He said what needs to be said in his positon...
Nov 15, 2009, 9:27 AM
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...and I say what needs to be said in mine.
We would be far better served on his end with a team focused on it s foe.
We'd also be better served with 80,000 roaring maniacs ready to shed the weight of 18 years of bondage.
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Re: I did.He said what needs to be said in his positon...
Nov 15, 2009, 9:47 AM
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but what he needs to say in his position is more important than what you need to say in yours.
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Please clean up your feathers before leaving.
Nov 15, 2009, 9:49 AM
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LOL
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Re: Please clean up your feathers before leaving.
Nov 15, 2009, 10:11 AM
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What feathers?
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The ones the gators didn't already pluck.***
Nov 15, 2009, 8:51 PM
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Re: I did.He said what needs to be said in his positon...
Nov 15, 2009, 10:25 AM
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For crying out loud... Could we please please bring back the thumbs down on this board? This guy would be so far in the negative that he would never see daylight again.
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 9:10 AM
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D@mnation Rev....you are too much (in a good way, that is).
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Amen. For once, I have complete confidence that we will
Nov 15, 2009, 9:31 AM
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win on Saturday.
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I was thinking you had to pull out the snakes during the
Nov 15, 2009, 9:34 AM
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fumble/no play/TO/review/no fumble.
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 9:36 AM
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I was there yesterday and noticed that the swagger is back - with the team and with the fans. It's been too long in coming.
Virgina will indeed be white meat and I'm booking my flight to Tampa today.
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Re: Rev i think you have made very good points. At least
Nov 15, 2009, 10:09 AM
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half of tiger nation now, was either to young, or was'nt even born when we were a feared team. Most teams that came in Death valley in our glory years, did'nt come expecting to win. They came to try and not get slaughterd, and crippled. The days of our greatness was great. Alot of our fans now don't know whats its really like to walk around with your chest poped out, and walk with that arrogant swagger. And for us that does the memory has faded. And once again, another no name coach with no HC experience, no OC experience, no DC experience that most t-netters was against. And he is one game away from poping them chest back out and putting that swagger back in our step. And two games away from making us arrogant again. And just maybe two years away from putting us back into that BIG spot light again. Nuff said, im ready. GOOOOO TIGERSSSSS
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WE ARE READY!!!! DV will be the best place on earth Saturday***
Nov 15, 2009, 10:19 AM
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thanks as always Rev!***
Nov 15, 2009, 10:22 AM
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Bump for the nightsiders...White Meat must die!***
Nov 15, 2009, 6:26 PM
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone***
Nov 15, 2009, 6:32 PM
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone***
Nov 15, 2009, 6:43 PM
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Just as i thought...well on the way to over under of 125...Rev...how do you do it
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I tell folks this is a "vote for CJ post"
Nov 15, 2009, 6:51 PM
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...nothing to it!
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 6:55 PM
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Amen Rev, AMEN!
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 7:50 PM
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Amen. I remember the days of Death Valley being a place other teams feared...and it is awesome to be there again. As Dabo says...BELIEVE!!! Go Tigers!!!!!
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Can I vote multiple times for this post like I do for CJ??***
Nov 15, 2009, 7:52 PM
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Masterpiece...
Nov 15, 2009, 8:39 PM
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Looks like you've been working on that one for quite some time!
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Re: Sunday sermon: Roll away the stone
Nov 15, 2009, 8:46 PM
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So Be It!!!!
White Meat from UVa--the WF of 1981...
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WOW...WELL SAID AND AMEN***
Nov 15, 2009, 9:13 PM
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Re: WOW...WELL SAID AND AMEN***
Nov 15, 2009, 9:15 PM
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Ok can I not get some points for calling this....just spare me a few rev
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Well done! Now the team must score this many points...
Nov 15, 2009, 9:17 PM
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White Meat Must Die!
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