It could be worse. You could be a Clemson fan today.
Dabo Swinney is asked if college football is in a good place right now, especially with the $ going around: "Uh, no. College football's not in a good place for a lot of reasons. There's a lot of change going on and I think some unintended consequences with that."
— Grace Raynor (@gmraynor) December 5, 2021
Dabo’s gotta replace both coordinators. His AD is about to bolt for greener pastures in Miami. He’s got a quarterback problem that makes Smart’s look simple.
All that’s before you get to that hideous purple/orange jersey configuration. Just sayin’.
Filed under Clemson: Auburn With A Lake
““For me and Chris, it took us a long time to get here, right?” Bennett said. “Really no option but to play well now, right? When things start going bad, what are you going to do? Stop? Like, no. We knew how hard it was to play for the University of Georgia, right? So now we’ll do almost anything to win.””-- The Athletic, 12/3/22
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Clemson sucks.
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I also like driving in my truck.
(It’s the barn with a lake so I guess it fits..)
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Let’s see how many assistants bolt with Venerables. And it will be interesting to see if his recruiting class holds – with the first signing day – just a few days away.
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I guess one thing we can all agree on is how terrible that color scheme is, fuck orange teams.
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Hate orange. Just an awful color. Except for pumpkins, pumpkins are ok.
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And the Baltimore Orioles, but I guess that goes without saying? 🙂
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Nah, I hate the O’s too. I attended UGA as an out-of-state student, and the closest MLB team for me wasn’t the Braves but the Washington Senators. My allegiance gradually shifted to the Braves by the early 1980s, but the return of MLB to Washington left me highly conflicted (especially since I hold a degree from a DC school as well as from UGA).
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Dabo making key decisions with his AD out the door for another ACC school.
This will be interesting.
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Will the last rat leaving drop the stupid rock in the lake.
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Bwahaha too good
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Dabo and his cheating ‘holier than thou’ house of cards is about to fall down.
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I was really surprised Dabo didn’t bolt for another job before all of these defections.
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Who else would put up with the act?
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No, you’re right, we definitely wouldn’t put up with his bullshit if he put two national title trophies in our case along with a slew of playoff appearances. He’s a clown, but he’s a clown who has won.
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That’s my point. Clemson will put up with it.
You see that act working anywhere else while he tries to add a 3rd?
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I think LSU would have absolutely turned cartwheels in the street for his act. And they aren’t the only school that would.
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That’s where I thought he would go.
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Instead, they paid a king’s ransom for a guy that hasn’t won jack shit.
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He should take his piety to Notre Dame or his amateur athlete fandom to an Ivy League School.
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Zero chance that evangelical, southern protestant piety would fly at Notre Dame.
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As a lapsed Catholic, I might note that they aren’t THAT pious there!
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There’s a marked difference between the Dabo who assembled that 5 year run at Clemson and Dabo today. Clemson fans are getting irritated with post-Natty Dabo.
You think LSU fans would love a coach who chronically undersigns, backfills roster holes with 3 stars ‘case he’ll just coach ’em up, and thinks transfers are beneath him? Chastises fans for not understanding football when they’re squeaking past Georgia Tech?
The press conference honeymoon would last about 4 games into the season.
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Agreed. Thought he might have actually jumped ship to LSU. He had to know this was all going down.
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Nawww man. Dabo is waiting for Saban to retire so he can go home.
He thinks.
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For the mistake by the lake to quote my old baseball buddy it’s about to get worsier and woriser glad we not on that team.
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Just shows how fast a situation can change. You better have backups for your backups and be a flexible and capable manager. Satan (er, Sabin) excels at this. I think Kirby Smart does too. Dabo has held his crew together for awhile, he is probably more resilient than we think.
Note: The above comment is not implying in any way that Clemson doesn’t suck.
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It will certainly be interesting to see how Clemson and Dabo respond. Many opined that Venables was cut from the same cloth as Bud Foster and would be happy just remaining a DC and losing Venables is a big deal. Saban has been able to make regular DC and OC changes largely blips on the radar. We are about to see if Dabo can do the same.
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We have a backup starting at qb. So yeah, Kirby gets it.
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After 2001, Georgia choked out the Tennessee program via recruiting. Looks like we may be doing the same thing to Clemson. Hopefully by the time we play them in Atlanta in three years the gap is clear.
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Yeah, it must suck being a fan of a team with 2 national championships in the last 5 years with 2 wins over Bama/Saban.
Where do I buy my purple hoodie to make that happen for my team?
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Knock yourself out, pal.
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Hey, I never said I was changing teams.
Just willing to wear ugly clothes to make my team win.
LOL 😛
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I never liked you no gotdam way.
😉
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How many years in for Dabo when he won his first? How many Bama type teams did he have to beat to make the CFP? ACC Sucks…..makes life much easier.
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He beat Bama too, though, dumbass.
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Twice!! And one of those was an epic beatdown, the likes of which Georgia can only dream of.
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LOL, point went right over your head..
But to answer my one question, just over 9 years for his first title…
Carry on.
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At one point, Dabo lost FIVE straight to Sack Liner.
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You hate to see it, but more than that, you love to see it.
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Bluto, this actually makes me feel slightly better this a.m….call it the hair of the dawg post
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Not me. Still feel horrible. Especially since Kirby still has ‘the utmost confidence’ in SBIV. Gonna be a long damn month.
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I get it
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Last I checked, Dabo was pulling down more than $8 million a year. I need his crocodile tears over the evil influence of money in CFB about as bad as I need a Tabasco enema.
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There might not be a more selfishly dishonest, full of shit, self-important asshole in college football than Dabo, and that’s saying a lot.
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FTG
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But he ain’t wrong….
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No he’s not it just when your taking your millions from the same system maybe STFU.
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This doesn’t help me at all. I need some salve for my chapped ass. Too bad I have to wait a month.
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Preach it, brother!
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Don’t use all the salve. You’ll need the rest once Stetson trots out there again on NYE.
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Nah, he will be able to beat UM.
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Wouldn’t hurt my feelings if the new narrative became Dabo, a product of his assts.
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That burning smell is another orange dynasty coming to an end
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Welp, I guess we’ll see who the brain was behind the operation…
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Kirby without a generational talent at QB has played for the natty.
Dabo without a generational talent at QB is……this.
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Kirby left his generational QB talents to rot on the sideline so that he could start the game manager and the walk-on. Dabo benched his veteran starter (that got clobbered by Bama the previous year) part way through the season so that Sunshine could lead them to a title where they delivered Saban his worst loss since 2007.
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This guy gets it.
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This guy doesn’t get it…he still thinks he knows more about football than Kirby and in that, along with various others, shows his total lack of tootball knowledge.
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Dan Mullen also knows a lot more about football than I do. Doesn’t mean I can’t point out shortcomings.
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Does Dabo honestly really care? He got a 10 year/$10 million contract and he says Cfb now is not in a good place? He could easily publicly express his full support for his coordinators getting promoted & leaving head coaching jobs but no, he bitches. Who would want to come work with that BS.
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Dabo’s lack of staff turnover is a sign that people like working with him. Saban’s staff turnover is a sign that it sucks to work there and people only go there for the resume boost before getting out.
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Fuck Dabo and Clemson.
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I always liked you.
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It’s somewhat commendable that Dabo has had the success he has without abusing the portal or being a rehab center for coaches. It might bite him, though.
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I don’t know if I’d call it commendable. Basically all Dabo did was mount up on his usual high horse, acting like he was somehow above using the transfer portal to fill immediate roster needs, and that stubbornness is a big part of the reason why his squad went from perennial national title contender to 9–3 with a busted-ass offense. I guess you could say he stuck to his principles, but I’m not sure those principles are any loftier than believing players surrender all rights once they sign with his program.
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I know about Venables, but where is Elliott going?
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Word is he has his choice between Virginia and Duke.
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I believe UVA is the best job in america. Great town, all 4 seasons climate. You need only win 7-8 games.. maybe sneak into the ACC title game every few years. As long as hoops is strong you are gold. Sort of like Kentucky but even less pressure, and IMO a slightly better geographic location
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And if you like Liberals.
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Well Dabo has a couple of trophies he took from Saban to comfort him in this tough stretch.
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When asked what part his large compensation package had in changing the landscape of college football, Dabo had no comment.
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I thought he was compensating for a SMALL package?
How can he have both?
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Manny Diaz and Mullen are available to be united again.
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Dang, I think they are going to run out of head coaches before they run out of head coaching jobs.
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We have a backup starting at qb.
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You thought you were being cute by that comment but I believe one day you’ll see SBIV in a coaching position and doing good.
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At least they don’t have to deal with the constant taunts of “1981!”
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Does anyone know when cutoff scores for Orange Bowl tickets are coming out?
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Late this week is what I was told.
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I have had a condo reserved in the Doral area for a week or so now, but I don’t know if I want my score to get me a ticket now. I’m definitely not into it enough right now to buy tickets on the aftermarket.
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