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Clemson Opens and Closes 2008 with SEC Opponent
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Clemson Opens and Closes 2008 with SEC Opponent


Feb 8, 2008, 1:11 PM

Clemson Opens and Closes 2008 with SEC Opponent

Clemson will open and close the 2008 football season with SEC opponents and play at home in all four Saturdays in the month of September. Full Story »


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We may lose another game somewhere else but the true outcome


Feb 8, 2008, 1:35 PM

of our season will be decided between 11/1 & 11/8. Also, noteworthy that Wake now merits Thursday night ESPN game

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Easy at home - challenging on the road. I'm ready now!***


Feb 8, 2008, 2:38 PM



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..:: ru4god2 ::..


Re: Easy at home - challenging on the road. I'm ready now!***


Feb 8, 2008, 2:44 PM

It is about time that the ACC championship come home where it belongs Clemson!Go Tigers!

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Should read Clemson opens 2008 season with SEC


Feb 8, 2008, 3:10 PM

Opponent and closes with SEC Patsie!!

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Happy to see VT off the schedule... until maybe the ACCCG.***


Feb 8, 2008, 5:49 PM



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Feb 8, 2008, 8:15 PM

I count 12 wins there. Now if we just can find out who we play in the ACCCG and NC games !!

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Playing Alabama in Bham is not neutral. Maybe it isn't


Feb 8, 2008, 8:44 PM

the official stadium of the Tide, but Bham is crawling with Bama fans, seeing as how it is Bama.

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good thing the game is in Atlanta then***


Feb 8, 2008, 8:45 PM



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I was referring to this quote...


Feb 8, 2008, 8:48 PM

The Alabama game will mark the first time Clemson has opened the season with a neutral site game since 1904 when Clemson defeated Alabama 18-0 in Birmingham

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it was 1904... and indeed a neutral site....


Feb 8, 2008, 8:50 PM

those types of games happened all the time back then and later into the 1950s and 60s. Games like the Tobacco Bowl in Norfolk and the games in Charlotte against Wake and other teams.

Sort of like the HBCU classics at a neutral site now.

Totally different than a game at Legion Field would be now.

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If it is in a city in the same state as one of the teams, it


Feb 8, 2008, 8:53 PM

really isn't a neutral site. Sure it was in 1904, but Birmingham has been one of Bama's largest cities for a while now, and is crawling with Bama fans, and has been for ages.

The Georgia Dome is not officially UGA or Ga Tech's stadium, but if we were to play either there, it really wouldn't be truly neutral.

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but technically it is.. neutrals count the same as away


Feb 8, 2008, 8:56 PM

for RPI in hoops, I would assume it's similar for football power rating.

Anytime a game isn't on a team's home field, it's neutral.

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ok, technically yes. It isn't Clemson's stadium or Bama's


Feb 8, 2008, 9:03 PM

stadium, but I would be willing to bet that there were many more Bama fans there, mainly because of the proximity. And the almost central location of Bham within the state, makes it easy for Bama fans that live in AL to get there.

Bama is the flagship university of the state of Alabama, so really and truly it isn't 100 percent neutral.

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no game is neutral in fan support...


Feb 8, 2008, 9:04 PM

except maybe the ones at a neutral site with even ticket distribution.

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It's as simple as this...


Feb 9, 2008, 10:57 AM [ in reply to ok, technically yes. It isn't Clemson's stadium or Bama's ]

... There were no interstates in 1904. As a matter of fact, a lot of people still got around on horseback. Birmingham's population was about 50,000. My point is that football then wasn't even in the same himisphere as it is today. Playing at home back then was neutral compared to today's standards. Stop trying to grossly over analyze something that happened 104 years ago! Stick to grossly over analyzing whether or not Tommy Bowden should make what he makes, or wear his hair how he does!

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playing Free Shoes U will be tough in midseason***


Feb 9, 2008, 11:30 AM



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