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Solid Orange [1303]
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A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:15 PM
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Neither is a Clemson grad absolutely a true Clemson fan. I only bring this up because a few trolls on here use attending Clemson as “evidence” of being a true fan. Their words prove otherwise.
Before you ask, my humanity credits wouldn’t transfer from Starfleet Academy.
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Clemson Icon [24690]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:18 PM
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Bluffton not going to like this 🤣
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Varsity [103]
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Well, I don't like BS.
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:01 PM
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Apparently the non Clemson grads that call me a Coot do.
My Clemson education taught me to improve my critical thinking, research, and evidence based opinions. It also taught me to not let personal bias interfere with reality.
The sunshine pumpers and Dabo cultists apparently didn't get that at Clemson - or anywhere else.
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Ultimate Tiger [33092]
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you're not going to be elected governor at palmetto boy state with that
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:11 PM
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platform.
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Varsity [103]
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Re: you're not going to be elected governor at palmetto boy state with that
Jan 9, 2025, 7:27 AM
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I have no plans to run for political office, so that doesn't matter.
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Rival Killer [2610]
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Re: Well, I don't like BS.
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:23 PM
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That's not it, at all.
It's your unrelenting arrogance. Plain and simple.
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Top TigerNet [29862]
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Re: Well, I don't like BS.
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:08 PM
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Exactly. Wonder which class at Clemson he learned that in? It wasn’t taught when I was at Clemson a long time ago, but I know a lot of things being taught there now are different…
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Varsity [103]
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Funny how many Dabo cultists and sunshine pumperss
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:34 PM
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Hate facts and think it's arrogant to post them. If you don't like it, prove me wrong. Few even try.
Most of the TNetters that don't like me just go straight to childish name calling or as you just did, to Ad Hominems.
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Oculus Spirit [44202]
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This is a canard***
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:58 PM
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Varsity [103]
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No, it isn't.
Jan 9, 2025, 7:27 AM
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Your opinion doesn't refute anything.
Go ahead, actually try next
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Varsity [103]
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...time******
Jan 9, 2025, 7:28 AM
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Top TigerNet [31194]
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Since you have an ®, you can edit your post
Jan 9, 2025, 7:37 AM
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instead of making another post to correct it. hth
Btw, congrats on getting the ®.
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Paw Warrior [4840]
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Re: Funny how many Dabo cultists and sunshine pumperss
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Jan 8, 2025, 4:19 PM
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Most of the TNetters that don't like me just go straight to childish name calling or as you just did, to Ad Hominems.
It seems your hypocrisy knows no bounds ~ Doc Holliday
Bluffton: "When the argument is lost, insults become the tool of the loser".
"You just outed yourself as one if those...and not for the first time."
Also Bluffton:
"Patently you are FOS." "Again, smart people don't do that." "He can't even add value......to his Depends in the nursing home." "You are FOS." "Did I mention that you are FOS?" "Your drool bucket is overflowing. Get your mommy to change it." "Oh, and give back the GED. "You didn't earn it. "You are completely FOS." "You are an embarrassment to Clemson." "Let me guess, you're an incel, too." "You're the biggest embarrassment to Clemson" "You're pathetic." "You're pathetic. Time for a diaper change."
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Varsity [103]
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Thanks for confirming that I didn't start retaliating in kind
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:18 AM
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Until long after the personal attacks on me started
I didn't open the door. Now you and others like me are whining about what comes through it.
You missed the starting line and the first several laps,, Skippy.
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Varsity [103]
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Paw Warrior [4840]
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Re: Funny how many Dabo cultists and sunshine pumperss
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Jan 8, 2025, 4:27 PM
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You mean facts like
"No such thing as tampering" "I post as I please. I like the 1st Amendment like that." "Three of those teams CANNOT use the portal" (referring to Army, Navy, Air Force)
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Varsity [103]
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Yep
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:08 AM
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The NCAA hasn't tried to enforce anything about tampering this football season because they don't want to use another federal case. The rules against it is illegal, because it is anti competitive.
The other two are exactly factual.
Your sicko obsession with me is factual, too. Duh.
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Paw Warrior [4840]
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Re: Yep
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Jan 9, 2025, 9:06 AM
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Your honor, I rest my case.
Not only does the person in question refuse to acknowledge independent 3rd party proof that his assertions are simply wrong, the self-described constitutionalist believes his right to post on a private message board is protected by the First Amendment.
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Top TigerNet [29862]
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Re: Funny how many Dabo cultists and sunshine pumperss
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You are generally the first to resort to name calling. For you to even bring that up is absurd. Your opinions that you believe to be facts have nothing to do with it. Arrogance is constantly calling people ignorant or uneducated and acting like you know more than everyone else. It’s also claiming to occupy some higher moral ground while doing it.
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Varsity [103]
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Bogus
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:10 AM
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I avoided that for months after some TNetters started the personal satacks instead of responding to the topic. I got tired of it and responded in kind. If you're late to that fact, that's your issue, not mine.
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Oculus Spirit [39223]
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LMAO
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Jan 8, 2025, 5:52 PM
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“Anyone who disagrees with me lacks critical thinking skills or the ability to be realistic, they’re just uneducated cultists.”
“See? They just jump straight to ad hominem and insults.”
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Varsity [103]
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Long before I started retaliating in kind
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:15 AM
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Try to keep up.
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Varsity [103]
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Thanks for reinforcing
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:25 AM
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That I now return serve in kind.
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Valley Legend [12308]
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Re: Funny how many Dabo cultists and sunshine pumperss
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Jan 8, 2025, 6:06 PM
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Lack of Self-Awareness! Obvious case:
Key characteristics of someone lacking self-awareness: Not recognizing the impact of their actions: They might say or do hurtful things without realizing it, often blaming others for negative reactions.
Overestimating their abilities: They may believe they are performing better than they actually are and take excessive credit for successes.
Defensive to feedback: When confronted with criticism, they become defensive and struggle to accept constructive feedback.
Inability to adapt behavior: They might use the same approach in every situation without considering the context or how others might perceive it.
Ignoring social cues: They might miss important social cues or misunderstand others' intentions.
Blaming others: They tend to attribute their problems to external factors rather than examining their own role in a situation.
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Varsity [103]
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That obviously doesn't apply to mem
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:14 AM
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I'm completely self aware. I simply don't care what other people don't like about what I post.
Again, I like freedom of speech. I'm a Constitutionalist that way. Obviously, I have to be self aware to understand my own Constitutional philosophy.
Nice as himem in a thread where people claim that I start the personal attacks is, tho. Tall need to get your stories straight...if you can.
Consider your bogus screed mythbusted.
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Rival Killer [2610]
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As opposed to the arrogance of those that
Jan 9, 2025, 7:41 AM
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call for a return to the old, NCAA exploitation because they don't like the portal and NIL, then called me crazy or a Coot because I actually pay attention to the court cases that affect one of both?
Riiiiight.
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Rival Killer [2610]
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Nope
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Jan 9, 2025, 8:06 AM
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You're still missing the point.
But since you only know one song, I'm not surprised.
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1st Rounder [627]
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Re: Well, I don't like BS.
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Jan 8, 2025, 4:17 PM
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Did it teach you how to be a negative Debbie downer. There is difference between critical thinking and constant criticism! Which you are both of these!
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Clemson Icon [24690]
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Re: Well, I don't like BS.
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Jan 8, 2025, 4:28 PM
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No one wants you reminding them every 3 seconds dude.
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Dynasty Maker [3548]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:21 PM
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What about people like me that went to Clemson Fresh/soph years and then got a great internship and finished their degree at another school?
Do I count?
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [99244]
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Not an issue or problem in being a fan or grad of a college team.
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:31 PM
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And Yes, most fans are probably not a grad..nor are grads particularly great sports fans for their college.
Use the NFL..many & maybe most fans can be from the city where that team is located but again many fans of that NFL team could be scattered around the nation & world.
Well, maybe that wasn’t a good example but I tried and am a CU grad & fan. Ha…
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Rival Killer [2708]
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Re: Not an issue or problem in being a fan or grad of a college team.
Jan 9, 2025, 1:27 AM
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How was getting that Parks and Recreation degree?
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Orange Beast [6555]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:59 PM
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What about me a Wofford grad of 1969, a tiger fan since age 10, Iptay since 1978, and having attended all 3 including 1981 Natties. Do I qualify.
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Ultimate Tiger [33841]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 5:53 PM
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Only if you donate your wofford diploma to a goodwill store where some enterprising Coot with a GED can buy it frame it and hang it around his neck as a way to ward off the chicken curse.
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Rival Killer [2708]
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Paw Warrior [4840]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:25 PM
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Of course its non-sense. I have a outlaw (opposite of in-law) that went to Clemson, graduated and doesn't really give AF about being a fan.
Anyone can be a fan. Whether you went there or not. Whether you graduated or not. Whether you are an IPTAY member or not. Whether you are a paying TNET member or not. There isn't nor should there be an actual "entry fee" to being a fan.
Now, when people use "I am an alum" as proof of being a fan repeatedly and unprompted, I do raise an eyebrow.
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TigerNet Champion [119045]
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I know a guy that says he is an architect
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:29 PM
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because he watched a few youtube videos
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Paw Warrior [4823]
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Re: I know a guy that says he is an architect
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you can pretend to be an architect. you also can pretend to be an importer/exporter.
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Head Coach [957]
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Re: I know a guy that says he is an architect
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:40 PM
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Is that you Art? George? +1 for the Seinfeld reference.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [100794]
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You're correct that a Clemson grad isn't necessarily a true Clemson fan
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:40 PM
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but to be a true Clemson fan you must be a Clemson grad.
#rules
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Athletic Dir [1176]
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Re: You're correct that a Clemson grad isn't necessarily a true Clemson fan
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Not everyone put forth the effort or had the grades to get into Clemson. Some,no matter how good their grades are, couldn’t get into Clemson. I have a friend who’s daughter is going to school for nursing had a 4.0 and she didn’t get into the CU nursing program and had to go elsewhere. That’s what happens at top academic schools. Unlike USUCK where anyone gets in.
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Game Changer [2068]
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Re: You're correct that a Clemson grad isn't necessarily a true Clemson fan
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:24 PM
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Clemson wasn't a difficult place to get accepted to when most of this board was getting their education...
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Associate AD [1088]
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Re: You're correct that a Clemson grad isn't necessarily a true Clemson fan
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Clemson wasn't a difficult place to get accepted to when most of this board was getting their education...
You are correct. But if you did not major in RPA it could be a beeeccchhhh to get that diploma. I took one d... course 3 times. Many didn't ever finish for various reasons. Getting in wasn't the problem. It was completing the coursework once you were there. Profs were not afraid to flunk your butt without repercussion. Times have changed.
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Ultimate Tiger [33841]
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Re: You're correct that a Clemson grad isn't necessarily a true Clemson fan
Jan 8, 2025, 5:57 PM
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Profs didn't care if you passed the course or flunked it. Didn't care if you graduated, quit, or just flunked out. Someone was always trying to get there to take your place.
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Solid Orange [1327]
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Re: You're correct that a Clemson grad isn't necessarily a true Clemson fan
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And because of mandatory ROTC there was always that scholarship to Viet Nam if you flunked out!
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Rival Killer [2781]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 12:50 PM
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Yea, I grew up in a Tiger family not far from Clemson. Out of HS, I applied to Clemson, CofC and Winthrop - mainly because of where my friends were headed. I was accepted to all three, but an unfortunate turn of events my junior year of HS sent me to Greenville Tech first, where I admittedly didn't do so hot. I tried to transfer into Clemson two years later and they laughed at me. By that point, I was in a serious relationship with a girl at Clemson. We both moved to Charleston - her for law school, me to The Citadel. Clemson is my team - I support The Citadel, but it's not my team. My sister went to Anderson and married a Gamecock - she's now the most ravenous gamecock you'd ever envision (yea, that kind of fan)..
On the flipside, my gf's son is a senior at Clemson. However, he's from Texas and mainly chose Clemson because his friends did. He loves Clemson, but doesn't really care about the football program - he's an NFL fan (specifically the Packers). He'll come to the tailgates, then heads downtown when the game starts. It crushes me when I ask him about Clemson football and he shrugs and says he doesn't know.. 🤷🏽♂️ - I don't get it, but try to understand football isn't everyone's thing. His mom (my GF) is a huge Longhorns fan, but also pulls for us, when we're not playing UT.
As far as me though, I don't think having a degree from Clemson would make me love them any more than I already do.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess..
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National Champion [7538]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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there are experiences that aren’t shared
…that don’t happen in Death Valley a few Saturdays a year
all fans are welcomed and appreciated
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Orange Blooded [2551]
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I had an intern from Clemson
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Didn’t like the Tigers but wanted the degree and actually worn Gamecock shirt and caps.
I think he eventually got beat up.
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Re: I had an intern from Clemson
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he was asking for it
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Rival Killer [2781]
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Yea I had a buddy in HS, came from an sc family - huge gamecock, but wanted to go into forestry, so he went to Clemson. I occasionally see his posts on social media and he's still a gamecock.. just with a Clemson forestry degree.
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1st Rounder [639]
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Re: I had an intern from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 3:46 PM
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I knew a guy like this in school. He was from the Columbia area, grew up in a Carolina family and always played it pretty neutral until South Carolina came to town our freshman year. He wore a South Carolina hat in the student section and there were about a dozen guys who wanted to fight him at various times (we lost the game so that didn't help) and this dude didn't want that smoke AT ALL. He was one of those guys who could talk a big talk, but he wasn't "'Bout that action, Boss" (as the wise Marshawn Lynch once said.) So I never saw him wear Carolina gear again while we were in school. Who knows where he stands now.
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Ultimate Tiger [33092]
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i don't think IPTAY or 110 society really care . How much money
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are you making in Star Fleet and how much are you going to give to high school kids?
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Rival Killer [2676]
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Non-Alumni don't consider sometimes how something affects the university
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as a whole and it's number one mission.
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Varsity [103]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Man this is early in the offseason for this talk. Usually we go here when baseball ends.
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Asst Coach [821]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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I didn't attend Clemson University, but I did attend every home football game from 1971 to 2022 without a miss. Many away games, many bowl games, and two National Championships. 45 consecutive Clemson vs. usuc games home and away. Saved all ticket stubs. And 43 years of Iptay and still a member. Go Tigers
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Tiger Spirit [9332]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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No argument here:
I think we can all agree that we enjoy the victories the same. However a true Clemson fan is/feels/believes/lives the following:
1. You grieve certain losses, painfully and for days, playing it over and over in your mind, waking up in the middle of the night about it, fantasizing that you could go back in time and tell the coaches about the fake punt, the onside kick, and that there will be an open receiver down the middle on the 5 yard line on the last play of the game.
2. You hate the coots, viscerally and in your soul. The sum of all you love about Clemson is only matched by the hate you have for other teams, and the coots are the underwater part of this iceberg. And I mean their college and sports, not their people, because you might be married to one, and half your family went there too. And you learn to thinly disguise your smugness around them, just enough to not be called out but keep the tension.
Go Tigers!
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Clemson Conqueror [11490]
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+1 for #2.***
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CU Medallion [20386]
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This topic is discussed annually during peak summer boredom
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:42 PM
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Now is not the time.
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Clemson Icon [26854]
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In the dictionary being a Fan makes no reference to being a Clemson Alumni.
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:43 PM
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There is no definition at all as to what a “Real Fan” would be.
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Legend [7053]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 1:50 PM
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I have several close friends who never went to Clemson but who are solid Clemson fans. I even know one person, an acquaintance with whom I’ve played golf a few times, who is a SC graduate but hates them. He’s a Clemson fan.
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Top TigerNet [29564]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 2:35 PM
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I'm not a Clemson graduate but have 7 relatives who are. I have been an IPTAY member for a while now and at one time purchased season tickets until a few years ago. It is true that a few on this site will say I am not a true Clemson fan. To those few, I say lets compare.
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Ring of Honor [22648]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 2:31 PM
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You at least must have stayed at a Holiday Inn to have the requisite knowledge to be a Tiger fan.
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 2:46 PM
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It was never life or death for me and the older I get the less it matters. NIL and portal transfers give it even less meaning now. I just watch from my recliner. Didn't even place a single bet in 2024.
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 2:51 PM
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Correct...and also wrong. Clemson fans come from all walks of life, graduates and non-graduates alike. However, being an alumni is something special. Does it make you better than a non graduate? Of course not. However, spending 4 years struggling to earn a degree, waking up on campus, and having a diploma with the university seal and your name below is a special achievement. Being an alumni is something nobody can take away from you. I haven't had the pleasure of living in God's country in over a decade, this is a shame. I have carried the pride with me of being a Clemson Man and graduate with me all across the nation and overseas. College teams have lots of fans, but to deny there exists a special bond between a university and alumni is ignorant. Being a graduate may not make me a bigger or better fan, but I would like to think I have just a little more skin in the game than those who never understood the battle of earning a Clemson degree.
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Paw Warrior [4660]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:09 PM
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You do have more skin in the game. With that said , I do believe anyone can be a “fan” of a school. It’s a little annoying , however, when a non alum of a school screams loudest with “WE need to fire coaches”.
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:49 PM
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Nailed it. Having the degree and the ring don't make you a better person or a better fan at all, not even close. There are at least 20,000 non-alumni fans who have probably given more money and time to the school than I ever have... but when you meet a fellow alumnus out in public or see someone with the ring on it is an immediate bond. Something that can't be taken away and a connection you will always have with that person.
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Solid Orange [1327]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 3:06 PM
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Of course a person does not even have to attended...but if you are and have gone through the trials of Frank Howard and some of the excuses that followed him...if you watched Woody Hayes clobbered Bauman on the sidelines of the Gator Bowl and listened to 26 renderings of Clemsonning, then you qualify...if you are not patient then we need to check your pedigree...hardly edible waterfowl have sneaked in occasionally and spent the night in the bathroom crawlspace on E4!
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Clemson Sports Icon [55108]
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Hot take: Non-alum and non-employees shouldn't sing the alma mater***
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:11 PM
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All-American [599]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 3:18 PM
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My Fan Qualification Resume:
Im not a grad. I decided to go into the family business to try to make a dollar and bypass higher education. My great grandfather went to Clemson just before deploying to the European theatre in WWII. My grandfather got his undergrad from Clemson and went on to get his MD from Furman. Then my Dad broke tradition by going to App State (chasing my mother). My great grandpa subscribed me into the IPTAY Tiger Cub Club when I was born. I have a brick in front of the Tiger cub statue near the west endzone. Ive been raised a fan and attended my first game at 4 years old. Been to at least a game or two a year every year since (now 34 years old)
Do I qualify?
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 3:20 PM
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Totally agree. I know a lot of die hard Clemson fans that didn’t attend Clemson and I know some Clemson grads who really don’t care about sports. I do think that if you believe there really is “something in them hills” then you know the effect spending 4 years of one’s early life there can have on how you feel about the University, the Paw, and everything associated with Clemson.
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Ring of Honor [23923]
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Clemson needs it's non-alums to have an elite football program BUT
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:23 PM
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...we would be pretending if non-alums were the same as alums. It's a University. The whole point is that it is an academic institution. Fans need to understand they should not try to alter University policies simply to help the sports programs.
Clemson has a culture and it is up to the students and alums and faculty to set the tone for the University. This shouldn't be controversial. But when it comes to supporting the sports programs.... the more you attend and yell when we are on defense the more of a fan you are. I'd rather a non-alum who yells on defense have a seat than an alum who wears blue or green to games and never makes noise.
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Top TigerNet [29862]
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Re: Clemson needs it's non-alums to have an elite football program BUT
Jan 8, 2025, 5:52 PM
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You really should sit next to me. We would have a great time. I’ve taught my kids that if their voice is back by Tuesday, they didn’t try hard enough. As fans, that is our one job.
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All-In [10377]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 3:37 PM
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I am a doctor, but I didn't go to med school.
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 3:54 PM
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I'm a super genius. My business card says so.
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Top TigerNet [29862]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 5:50 PM
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That you, Wile E.?
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 4:04 PM
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I am blessed to have an established and very profitable family business and never saw any reason to waste money on an education at CU. However I love and contribute to the university substantially every year, I don’t consider the two too be inseparable.
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Head Coach [923]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 4:34 PM
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This is the issue with T-net. I am both a fan and a alumni. I have also been critical of the direction and decisions of the football program in recent years. Additionally, Dabo is without a doubt Clemson's greatest football coach, but the man is not infallible. Speaking critically of Clemson football leads to being called a "coot" or accusations of not being a true fan. Hence, the defense of pointing out one's alumni status.
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Paw Warrior [4840]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 4:51 PM
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Very respectfully it is my opinion that its silly to use ones alumni status even if called a coot because it gives the impression that alumni > nonalumni. Half the time the coot its thrown out as a joke or hazing
There are plenty of folks that have been objectively critical of Dabo and don't get called a coot. CSO, NIKE, CUathefinishline, Ridgeland, OneJedi just to name a few
But when a person is predominantly critical and manufactures reasons to sow discord (happens A LOT here), then most here probably put them in the coot or troll category. Its probably justified.
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Head Coach [923]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 5:56 PM
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Fair points. I don't think being an alumni makes anyone greater than a non-graduate, but I do stick by the point that we have a little more skin in the game. The Clemson ring I proudly wear doesn't represent just my favorite sports teams. It represents the school that gave me an opportunity, the credentials needed for my employment, and the diploma on the wall. Most those I bet calling me a "coot" have probably done nothing more than buy a sweatshirt at wal-mart and attended a game. Those qualifications are vastly different.
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Paw Warrior [4840]
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Re: You're trying to justify personal attacks is...
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Jan 9, 2025, 9:52 AM
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Weird, what makes you think anything in my referenced post has anything to do with you?
Fact is there are trolls and rival fans (aka "coots") on all message boards. When they act like such, they are providing justification for being categorized as such. No different than all the other categories we place TNet posters in.. "realists", pumpers, dumpers, lunatic fringe, pro-portal, anti-portal, etc. You do it just as much as anyone.
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Game Changer [1772]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
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Jan 8, 2025, 5:02 PM
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I’ll put it this way… I don’t care whether any person on this site or on the interwebs thinks I’m a true Clemson fan or not. Call me whatever you want. I know in my heart what I am and that’s all that counts to me.
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Varsity [103]
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Same here.
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Jan 9, 2025, 7:22 AM
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It's funny how no one can objectively define "true Clemson fan' when they use the term, though.
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Geez 0310 lab, you're as much of an ### hat as your other t-net handle,
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Jan 8, 2025, 5:32 PM
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blufftoncootman.
just head on back to 0310
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Varsity [103]
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Bogus******
Jan 9, 2025, 7:16 AM
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The criteria for true fanaticism is.....
Jan 8, 2025, 5:35 PM
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to have lived in Johnstone Hall (The Tin Cans) with a shaved head, no AC and a sagging mattresses while performing indentured service (i.e. Dan's Duty) for upperclassmen for 3 of the hottest months of the year.
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 9:36 PM
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Some of the biggest fans were born Clemson fans due to family and friends. I couldn't even name one Clemson football player before I went to Clemson. I grew up in Southern California and was a Trojan fan. Many Clemson fans didn't go to Clemson, didn't go to college, or went to a different for various reasons(finances, grades, better options).
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Paw Warrior [4624]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 10:15 PM
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The greatest Clemson fan I ever knew never attended one class at Clemson.
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Solid Orange [1342]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 8, 2025, 10:28 PM
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As an alum, could not agree more. One of the most dedicated diehard Clemson fans I know is a nursing assistant who never went to any college. We aren’t far removed from the players not necessarily “going to college “. Have you heard anyone concerned about hours of college credit transferring being a factor in the portal?
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Orange Blooded [2274]
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 9, 2025, 7:14 AM
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Here is my logic. 1 graduate and become a fan 2 Grow up as a fan 3 just start watching and become a fan (Keyword just start not jump a bandwagon) 4 Have a kid go there.
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Re: A Clemson fan doesnt have to have graduated from Clemson
Jan 9, 2025, 9:40 AM
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I graduated from Clemson two times in Mechanical Engineering with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. I am a loyal sports fan. However to be a Clemson fan, it does not require a degree from Clemson. If only Clemson grads could attend a home football game, the stadium would probably be 1/4 full. My wife’s brother and his children attend all home games and have for years. Her father and mother who did not attend Clemson, went to home football games for 50 years.When I went to Clemson , Frank Howard was the coach. Most seasons were 6 wins and 4 losses. Our Quarterback was needle Addison, a strong breeze could knock him down. The cheer leading was not impressive. So I welcome anyone that wants to cheer for the Tigers.
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