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Get over the loss and move on. We have a big game Saturday and a real chance to make the CFP. Did today suck? Yeah, really bad, but it’s not 1995 when we were playing for a bowl berth there is more to play for now. Go Tigers!

Syracuse definitely carried us

There is a glimmer of hope in Tiger Town tonight!

Woohoo

Correct? Am I crazy? Syracuse won. So that puts us in?

Didn't see that coming! What's our chances vs SMU?

SYRACUSE SO REAL FOR THAT 😭

(1) Win the opener

(2) Make the ACC title game

(3) Win the state

(4) Win the ACC

(5) Win the closer

I don’t believe Dabo should be fired, like some of the more extreme fans here. But I do think he could use some humbling against his own standard: 0-2 so far, and 0-4 if Miami beats Syracuse.

Professionally if anyone (college coach or otherwise) didn’t hit ANY of the year’s goals for defined success, that necessitates change.

Hopefully Miami falls to Syracuse and we have a chance to play more football. But if not, Dabo’s own blueprint says stark change is needed.

I don’t know if Mafah is hurt, slow, checked out, or all of the above but Jay needs to be on the field more than Mafah in whatever game/s we have left.

Is Dabo perfect no. Do the losses hurt. Yes.

That’s being said if you think Dabo needs to be fired take a hard look at what Clemson football has been for its history. The man dominated the sport in ways only Saban has done for a decade.

And then the whole sport turned upside down the NIL and the transfer portal. Now that the dust is settling he is by far the most qualified person to lead the tigers in this new era.

Have some patience and faith in the man who has proven he can do it. He brought more success to the program than many realistic fans thought was impossible.

He is constantly in the top 15, competes for ACC championships, runs a clean program with a high graduate rate and the love of his players. That’s all you can ask for.

And if you want more it’s because of the success Dabo brought changed the standard.

EDIT:

To address the most common responses.

Yes NIL and transfer is holding us back but I think now that they can pay players directly Dabo will be able to bring in the talent we were before.

Yes the coordinators need to do better but any serious hire needs to be given at least 4 years. I would like to see Grisham go but the freshman WR look a lot better and Dabo made a huge upgrade on OL by firing Austin and being in Mat Luke.

Goodwin has been generally good and the scores reflect that. With few exceptions, we just got spoiled with the GOAT Coach V for ten years.

I’d you think we should win the ACC every year then great but that’s impossible and the fact that we brush aside championships is a credit to Dabo.

Lastly, imagine being the top 2 in your field for over a decade and the after 3 plus years of simply above average performance your boss told you to move it along. Go find me a program that is seriously happy with their coach. Parity is the new name of the game and it’s now survive and advance all year long. No one will ever dominate like Bama and Saban did again

I’ll get downvoted into oblivion but I don’t care - Dabo is the problem with Clemson football. We’re not at the point anymore where incremental changes are enough to fix the problems.

Defense has gotten worse every year under Wes. Offense has been listless and confused since 2020 - and with three different offensive coordinators. Dabo refuses to use the transfer portal. Dabo refuses to use the transfer portal or pay market rate for high school recruits. So talent leaves the team faster than it comes in, all the while Dabo is making 11.5 million a year and laughing all the way to the bank.

Everytime Dabo gets even close to called out, he cuts access to the fans and rages about how thankful we should be that he’s even here in the first place. They basically killed off the coach’s show after fans started questioning Dabo. Dabo is the first to talk about how he’s won 9+ games more than any other Clemson coach, and then ignores that Clemson even play 9 games a season for half its existence, and only started playing 12 games with 2-3 annual gimmes against FCS and G5 schools 20 years ago.

Dabo thinks he’s bigger than Clemson. He needs to retire for the good of the program, or Neff and the BoT needs to hand him a pink slip.

We could have had the 3 easy points on that 4th and 1 can we please start shamming dabo on his bullcrap aggressive calls. The many fake punts and missed 4th downs, we would have been going for the winning drive rather than the tieing. TAKE THE POINTS ITS NOT HARD!!! I don’t care what analytics say our offense has been terrible against ranked opponents all season take the points when you can get them, this isn’t hard!!!

don’t see sarycuse winning this one. down 14. thanks garret riley

I haven’t felt this level of pain as a Clemson fan since the OT game against FSU in like 2013 and I think this was far worse

I know you all will hate me for this but frankly I couldn’t give any less of a McFuck about that. We sat pat at the transfer portal and Dabo went as far as to shit talk it. Well we could’ve ended up with Will Howard or someone like that who could actually throw it and not make costly picks late in games. Our defense could be an all time great one but we still will go 8-5 every year because we have no offense. We can’t even compete with national championship contenders anymore because we can’t execute offensively. We lost by over thirty points to Georgia because our offense couldn’t get throws off quickly enough. Now I don’t want to hear about the strength of schedule in September or first game nerves, we got our ass whooped by Georgia. We are going to eventually leave the ACC for the SEC to go 7-5 every year and then nothing will ever change if we keep beyond this and next year. Anyway, thank you for coming to my ted talk.

Looks like a forgotten skill

Did the refs just make up a rule? Mafah on the ground with the ball and has it secured enough to try and pitch it but he never secured the ball???

Getting killed on the ground, like we have been all year. Tired of watching our defense get worse every year under him.

How about it Goodwin? How many times is your line going to blow through and put Sellers on the run only to not have anyone in the 2nd layer anywhere near? Let’s see him do something with his arm.

Try rushing 4 and leaving a LB on spy.

Let get it done and show the cfp we are worthy.

Hey yall! I am a photojournalist coming to Clemson to photograph the rivalry game! Are there any pregame traditions or places I should go leading up to and during the game that will really speak to the spirit of Clemson?

I will be going to the tailgates and the game but I am looking for things happening around town too!

Driving 6 hours for the Clemson/USC game for the first time. Looking to checkout the nightlife too since I like to dance. Military guy in mid 20s here.

If I'm in the wrong thread, please redirect me as this is the closest thing I can find.

Hey y’all,

My brother will be flying over the game at kickoff,so my family is planning on coming to watch.

Couple questions:

• With a noon game, how early should we get there for parking?
• I’ve heard there’s parking at the driving range, is that a good option?
• if not, anyone have other suggestions? Pre paid is pretty expensive on StubHub, so looking for some different options. Don’t mind a little walk.

Thanks! Go Tigers!

Hey y’all,

My brother will be flying over the game at kickoff,so my family is planning on coming to watch.

Couple questions:

• With a 12:30 game, how early should we get there for parking?
• I’ve heard there’s parking at the driving range, is that a good option?
• if not, anyone have other suggestions? Pre paid is pretty expensive on StubHub, so looking for some different options. Don’t mind a little walk.

Thanks! Go Tigers!

Fucking sucks. Dont transfer to UTK. I know the poverty school sounds good with its allure of easy education. But as someone who did transfer. Say at Clemson. This school fucking sucks in comparison.