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Production from Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne plummets in second half of 59-7 escape of Boston College. Spiraling Clemson suffers 23rd consecutive win and falls to 8-0 on the season.
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Alabama has won 55 of its last 58 games. Clemson has won 57 of its last 61. How often in college football history have two teams been this dominant? I say again: People are not sufficiently appreciating coexistence of two monsters like this. Usually they're in different eras.
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Dabo, on the transfer portal: "It's chaos right now. Tampering galore. Adults manipulating young men. Education is like the last thing now." Calls for the return of one-year sit for transfers, and get that year back upon graduation. "Keep the focus on graduation/education."
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OK this may only interest me but the SAME DUDE (a Clemson fan who wants his distress known) has placed himself directly within the camera shot of postgame coach interview after the last 3 Clemson home losses (2023, 2022, 2016)
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Maybe Tennessee and South Carolina were already exhausted from the brutal SEC schedules that come after today?
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Happy 50th birthday to a man who probably doesn’t even need to blow out the candles; all he has to do is stare at them. 🎂
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Students have been more accurate throwing their water bottles than Jake Bentley has been throwing footballs.
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Big news: Clemson defensive tackles coach Todd Bates is going to Oklahoma to be co-defensive coordinator. More coming shortly at Tigerillustrated.com
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After 16 years of crack addiction, Tee Higgins' mother has been clean and sober since 2007. Now she chooses the family that chose her during the lowest of lows. Thank you to Lady Stewart for sharing her powerful story to Tigerillustrated.com (FREE) clemson.rivals.com/news/ties…
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Still can’t figure out how this is a penalty. Are you not allowed to touch the QB as he clearly tries to pursue the man with the ball?
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Dabo, asked if he stretches before sprinting down The Hill: "You ever see a dog stretch before he runs off the porch? Ain't much in there to stretch for me, man. You gotta just go."
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That’s Clemson’s new WR coach on the left, Tyler Grisham, and OC Tony Elliott at Jeff Scott’s introductory press conference. Too cool.
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Brent Venables said he actively tried to get Clemson decommits to change their minds last week and stick with the Tigers. This tells you so much about BV and the program he left:
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A post on our message board regarding Clemson’s 55-15 hammering at the hands of Texas Tech in 2002. Holy smokes.
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Nothing at all against Oklahoma fans: They are excited and they should be. But the context of them celebrating his departure from Norman 10 years ago in the wake of one bad season as DC, juxtaposed with them worshiping him upon his return, is impossible to just totally ignore.
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Pat Narduzzi, asked to compare Clemson and Notre Dame: "There's no comparison. Clemson is the best team we've played to this point. They'll probably win the national championship."
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Shane Beamer to ESPN: "We're going to win the game in the second half because of Rattler."
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Clemson's offense had nine snaps in the fourth quarter of the Fiesta Bowl, final kneel-down included, and came back to win. It's been five days and I still cannot process this.
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Dabo Swinney surprised his family with a new dog over the summer. He named it Levi "just in case I forgot we got him the year we won it all at Levi's Stadium."
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TCU's Garrett Riley expected to be Clemson's next offensive coordinator, Tigerillustrated.com has learned. More coming shortly.
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Easily this guy’s best work yet. The new rules for going on the field mean he had to SPRINT to the cameras after the alma mater. Thanks to @chapelfowler for noticing this. I’m slipping as a reporter.
OK this may only interest me but the SAME DUDE (a Clemson fan who wants his distress known) has placed himself directly within the camera shot of postgame coach interview after the last 3 Clemson home losses (2023, 2022, 2016)
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Dabo into the headsets: “We gotta get a turnover here boys.”
10 seconds later….a HUGE turnover to preserve a 46-point edge.
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We got rape being covered up at one place, a coach inciting on-field brawls and then lying about it at another, and untold other dirty stuff happening at other places, and Dabo is the power-mad coach who's lost his way. Okey doke.
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Had Alabama won last year's championship by four touchdowns, won 24 straight games and carried the same exact 2019 resume Clemson has right now, would they be No. 5? Just asking. clemson.rivals.com/news/wedn…
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It’s not every day you’re passed by a Dodge Charger on Hwy 123 between Clemson and Easley and the driver is Christian Wilkins, and he’s staring at you while brushing his teeth vigorously.
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You just can’t fake being a good dude:
Great encapsulation of who PJ Hall is. Fierce competitor, but just a damn good human being.
Thanks to @theAndyMead for the photo help last night!
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Will Muschamp: "Nobody was bitching last year when we averaged 425 yards and 30 points a game." Ah, the glory days of South Carolina finishing 7-6 and getting shut out by Virginia in the Belk Bowl.
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Kelly Bryant is 15-2 as a starter. He has been a catalyst in big road wins at Louisville, Virginia Tech, South Carolina and Texas A&M. Yet to hear some Clemson fans complain about him you'd think he were 2-15. Kind of sad.
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Dabo just got it right: "A shame someone had to lose that game." Wow. A classic in the desert.
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Two hires by Terry Don Phillips, Mike Noonan and Dabo Swinney, have brought Clemson four national titles in eight years. Not too shabby.
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It's still astounding that Brent Venables' defense held that absurdly talented 2018 Alabama offense to 16 points in the national championship game. Six. Teen. Points.
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“Hey, FSU dudes on the sideline: Please sum up the Noles’ season in six seconds or less.”
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Since Clemson lost to South Carolina for the fifth consecutive time in November of 2013, the Tigers are 65-7 and the Gamecocks 33-32.
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After this month's batch of graduates, of 315 eligible senior lettermen and early graduates in Dabo Swinney's 13 full years as head coach, 309 will have earned a degree during their time at Clemson.
To the Twitter dopes who think Dabo is some sort of crazed villain for openly lamenting the education/graduation pitfalls that are most certainly coming in the portal era: His former players from the last 13 years would like a word.
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Could argue this guy ranks among the Top 10 most important figures in Clemson football history. Joined Tigers in 2005 when there was plenty of reason not to, and was instrumental in C.J. Spiller coming aboard a year later. 👇👇👇@Only1JamesDavis
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The deal is done: Brent Venables is the new head coach at Oklahoma. Wow, what a ride. All the best to that guy and his family.
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Earlier this year I singled out some casual, finesse blocking by Clemson’s receivers. So it’s only fair to highlight the exact opposite here from freshman Dacari Collins. So good. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
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This FSU trustee live stream hasn't even begun yet and it already has better ratings than your standard Wake Forest-Boston College football game.
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If Dabo followed through on going somewhere else, guessing he won’t get this type of turnout for a highly underachieving 1-2 team.
Just saying.
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FSU at Clemson on Sept. 23 will be the biggest game at Death Valley since the epic 2016 Louisville game and nothing else is close. The fact it’s been that long says a lot about why many Clemson fans are ready to leave the ACC.
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Jeff Scott notes the huge rushing totals for Clemson over last three games. “Somebody needs to send that to Desmond Howard so he can get his facts straight.”
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Dabo Swinney seems, uh, not happy with how Clemson fans responded to six losses in the last two years. His paraphrased answer to a question about whether fans need a reminder to appreciate what's been accomplished:
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DAD-BRAG ALERT: Proud of my 8th grader for turning on the afterburners to win the upper-state championship in the 3,200 meter for @DWDanielHigh at a time of 12:04 🚀🚀🚀
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ESPN's @JBradEdwards, to Tide 102.9-FM in Tuscaloosa: "This isn't just another Bama-Clemson game. This isn't just another matchup of two undefeated teams for nat'l championship. This is one of the greatest single-game matchups we've ever seen in college football history." Bingo.
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Hope all the folks who were all over Dabo for whining too much all season will maybe give him some props for a remarkably gracious postgame press conference. Really, really good stuff.
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In '18, Bama averaged 47.7 ppg before mustering 16 vs. Clemson in the title game. Since that night, Bama has averaged 47.5 ppg over 18 games and hasn't been held below 35. Anyone suggesting Venables ain't the best coordinator in CFB should be laughed out of the room.
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Just read that there's speculation about Miami possibly looking to leave ACC if commish Jim Phillips can't "come up with some solutions" with the conference's lagging TV contract. Maybe the Canes ending this two-decade football faceplant could be considered part of a solution?
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Proposal: If you are an SEC team and you lose to a Sun Belt team, you are slapped with a one-year ban on anyone in your organization saying "....in this league."
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The day after he and other players were booed in Kansas City for their show of unity, Deshaun Watson is back in Houston helping a recently-evicted family find a place to live. ❤️
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Diondre Overton recently went through some serious soul-searching about transferring but decided Clemson is where he wants to be. "You can either sit here and compete, or complain and transfer. I chose to compete." (FREE) clemson.rivals.com/news/peri…
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Nothing against the name Tyler. But this Venables kid should go by Brent. Goodness it’s uncanny.
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Over the past seven seasons, South Carolina has averaged 26.2 points per game at home against SEC opposition.
And five points a game in four games against Clemson.
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Trevor Lawrence staring down South Carolina's sideline after the TD throw. Welcome to the rivalry, kid.
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Sapp, on Dabo Swinney: "Every single year I was in the NFL he would send me a letter: ‘Hey, you need to come on back to Clemson and graduate, buddy.’ Dabo and I got a selfie when I graduated, and it was an amazing feeling for me, my mom and my dad. That’s just who he is, man."
One of the coolest things about this job is seeing how much players grow years after football. Case in point: Ricky Sapp was shy around reporters when he was a player and hated public speaking. Now he's a motivational speaker. Love stories like this (FREE) clemson.rivals.com/news/in-t…
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Dabo has this former Greenville columnist so shook that he doesn’t remember Clemson ran the ball the entire final 10 minutes last year against Alabama. 😂😂😂
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If Clemson goes to four national title games in the next five years, it will never face offenses in back-to-back years like Alabama last year and LSU this year. Brent Venables is the undisputed🐐defensive coordinator if he finds a way to hold these guys down tonight.
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Dabo had one last thing to say before the field-goal team broke that huddle: "HEY! HAUSER! Knock this bitch through!"
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Clemson offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter has been fired, Tigerillustrated.com has learned. More coming on the site shortly.
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When Brad Brownell gets to his cell phone in the locker room he's going to have 150 texts. And 130 are going to be from Dabo.
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Clemson has filed its lawsuit against the ACC in Pickens County. Much more through the day at Tigerillustrated.com.
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Alabama has allowed 40-plus points twice in the past 10 games. Clemson has gone 44 consecutive games without allowing 40 points.
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Korey Foreman: "Everybody asks, 'Why Clemson?’ But if you were able to talk to Dabo Swinney for just one conversation or for as long as I did Saturday night, it’s just different. Everybody else would want to commit just like I did. I felt I was stupid for not doing it earlier."
Dabo Swinney telling recruits Clemson is on the verge of the greatest decade college football has ever seen. That and a TON of other excellent recruiting intel from @PaulStrelowTI in this Monday Insider: clemson.rivals.com/news/mond…
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Since I started covering Clemson in late 2003 there has been one head-coaching search in football, one in basketball and two in baseball.
Four coaching searches in 20-plus years.
That's insane and I can't imagine any other school is close.
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These words from Nick Saban sound, hmmm, a lot like the words that Dabo Swinney has been saying -- and gotten totally blown up for -- for years.
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Six years ago, Clemson lost to South Carolina for the 5th straight time and some fans were saying Dabo had to go if he couldn't beat the Gamecocks. Since, the Tigers are 77-7 with 2 national titles and 4 CFP appearances. South Carolina is 37-39. (FREE) clemson.rivals.com/news/memo…
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1) To say Ohio State got zero breaks is silly; 2) Big-time, high-stakes games between evenly-matched teams don't come down to luck. They come down to which team makes the 3-4 plays that are there to be made. Ohio State didn't. Clemson did. That's why Clemson is moving on.
Rewatched the Fiesta Bowl and my main takeaway now is this: There were 10 key things that happened, and if one of those 10 things went Ohio State’s way, it probably would have won the football game. Ohio State got zero breaks.
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Dabo Swinney said he's been mesmerized at all the analysis about "what happened to Alabama?" "How about Clemson just had the better team?"
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The last time Clemson allowed a touchdown in Williams-Brice stadium was in 2017 when Gamecocks scored with 2:45 left to make final score 34-10.
The last non-garbage time TD allowed by Clemson in Columbia: 2015.
Tigers have won last three at W-B by a total of 102-13.
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Terry Don Phillips hired the football coach who won two national titles (and played for two more), the soccer coach who won two national titles, and now the basketball coach who has taken Clemson to its second Elite Eight in history.
Amazing.
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If Clemson produced rings for being 4-0 last year, Kelly Bryant definitely deserves one. If he announced plans to transfer but stayed with the team for the duration, he definitely deserves one. Otherwise, this ain't much of a story folks.
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OK, this is WILD: Former backup kicker Jonathan Weitz, who graduated Clemson last year and was done with football, is back with the team. He was taking online graduate courses from his home in Charleston. Dabo called him Sunday. Here's the story:
clemson.rivals.com/news/majo…
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