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Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 5:21 AM
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Never happen but how beautiful if everyone stopped supporting college athletics until they got some kind of enforcement in place, especially for the stupid portal. I know it would be hard choice to do. Another fantasy is how lovely it would be if everyone outside SEC/big 10 got together and formed a new alliance and refuse to schedule anyone from the those two ESPN prima donnas
Now back to reality. It’s just everything seems so corrupt lately and all we do is lie here and take it.
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Clemson Conqueror [11436]
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I agree.
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Jun 17, 2025, 5:44 AM
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Definitely agree that it will never happen…unfortunately.
Here’s why:
Us dinosaurs who hate it are too addicted to it to go away.
And the younger generations seem to think it’s all great now. No appreciation for what college sports was supposed to be.
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Commissioner [1262]
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Re: I agree.
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Jun 17, 2025, 6:11 AM
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Agreed with everything you said
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Clemson Conqueror [11121]
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Re: I agree.
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Jun 17, 2025, 7:23 AM
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I can assure you it is not just the younger generation who thinks things are just fine. When Labor Day weekend gets here, get off your high horse of doom, watch the big opening weekend football games and I promise you they will still use a ball, still have 11 on 11, still block and tackle and the game will look the as it did before the Portal was invented. Try it, you might see the error of your ways.
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Commissioner [1262]
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Re: I agree.
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Jun 17, 2025, 8:13 AM
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Not doom here at all friend. No, I won't be watching the opening games. I quit watching most games that don't directly involve our Tigers. It's for the same reason I quit watching Pros decades ago. Zero interest in colleges now becoming mini pro leagues. But again, not gloom. I just don't center my entire week around college football like I used to.
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All-TigerNet [5691]
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Re: I agree.
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:28 AM
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Yep. College football for many many years was almost all-consuming. Driving 3 hours from the other side of Atlanta for every game, then back again after the game was over. Tents, tables, TVs, batteries for TV, satellite dish for TV so we could watch all the other games before and after ours. Gameday. Watch recaps and replays on Sunday. Watch Thursday night games, Friday night games.
COVID showed us that staying home and watching on a huge TV was almost as good as being there, especially as we get older and less happy about lugging tons of stuff around and sitting in boiling sun or freezing rain.
The paying of players, portal free-agency, and the whole "we're being exploited" and the "you're all racists" stuff really knocked a lot of the shine off the apple, too.
Nowadays, we manage to take in the Clemson games and then get back to all the other things we're doing on Saturday. Barely care about any other games. 100% not watching Gameday or wrap-up shows.
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All-TigerNet [5605]
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Re: I agree.
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:39 AM
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Just even harder to pull for any other ACC school
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Orange Phenom [15053]
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Error of his ways? High horse? He looks at what' s going on, thinks about it,
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:21 AM
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and doesn't care for it, instead of just blindly accepting it.
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Clemson Conqueror [11518]
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You are correct sir. However, this dinosaur is entering his final season of
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:14 AM
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being a season ticket holder and IPTAY member. I'm sure there will be someone waiting, more than willing to scoop up my tickets.
I AM addicted to the Clemson friends and family football game day experience. My plan is to make my rounds during tailgating and see everyone I want to see. I'll go to a game occasionally.
I just don't have the connection to the team that I used to have - I'm not interested in cheering for kids who are attending Clemson because we outbid everyone else.
Dabo did the best he could to fight it - or I probably would have done this 2 years ago.
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 7:00 AM
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The alliance thing was tried, remember?
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Campus Hero [13320]
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 7:14 AM
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And I wish even cars had truck beds
And every road was named Copperhead
And coolers never run out of cold Bud Light
And I wish high school home teams never lost
And back road drinkin' kids never got caught
And I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
I wish honky-tonks didn't have no closin' time
And I wish grandpas never died
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Commissioner [1262]
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 8:19 AM
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Sounds like lyrics to a country song.
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Asst Coach [819]
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Jun 17, 2025, 7:47 AM
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If there was consensus that everyone was going to do it I would try. But Im not sure I could keep myself busy enough in the fall to not watch football
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Rival Killer [2638]
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Re: I have one word for you. FORE!***
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:24 AM
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 7:58 AM
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Alliance's LMAO! It worked until the B1G wised up and said why are we aligning with the two weaklings and their clown leaders the PAC and the ACC.
However I believe it will not be long until the B1G and the SEC stop playing footsies and one stabs the other in the back. I think the B1G will eventually flex their muscles over being a national conference with their three big network partners over the more regional SEC.
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:01 AM
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One of the reasons we should be trying to get in with the B1G.
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Dynasty Maker [3383]
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:01 AM
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As time marches on things will continue to change to become the new norm for a brief while. Then change will happen again.
We can choose to adapt or not, that’s on us. But as long as we keep our minds we can always remember and that can’t be taken away.
For now, Come on football season.
GO TIGERS
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Orange Phenom [15053]
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Awesome post. It would be wonderful.***
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:17 AM
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Re: Wish fans could force a change
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:30 AM
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I still watch Clemson when I can but the joy of watching teams outside the ACC just isn’t there anymore.
Aside from the Super Bowl I don’t think I’ve watched a complete NFL game in years.
I’ve enjoyed watching college baseball more as well.
College basketball is still watchable but I haven’t sat down to watch the NBA in over 20 yrs.
I did start watching a bit of hockey and lacrosse though during those times slots.
Nil, portal and primadonas have all but ruined it for me.
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:44 AM
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Let me add that if Dabo filled his roster like many do by keying on the portal
transfers my interest in Clemson football would be on a big decline.
So thank you Dabo for building a team the right way.
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Jun 17, 2025, 10:11 PM
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I still watch Clemson when I can but the joy of watching teams outside the ACC just isn’t there anymore.
Aside from the Super Bowl I don’t think I’ve watched a complete NFL game in years.
I’ve enjoyed watching college baseball more as well.
College basketball is still watchable but I haven’t sat down to watch the NBA in over 20 yrs.
I did start watching a bit of hockey and lacrosse though during those times slots.
Nil, portal and primadonas have all but ruined it for me.
NFL games at this point are a lot more fun the College games. They take 3 hours not four and everyone is aware it is about football only not pretending to be interested in academics
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Redshirt [97]
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I diagree that the portal is a bad thing, these are college kids and should be
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Jun 17, 2025, 9:53 AM
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allowed to switched schools just like any other student.
It shouldn't be any harder for a student to switch than a coach.
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All-In [10117]
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Pipe dream, but it would be grand to remind the powers that be
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Jun 17, 2025, 10:08 AM
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just where the real power is.
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Clemson Icon [27798]
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Jun 18, 2025, 4:46 AM
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and fans enter into the fray in attempts to level the playing field.
It cannot exist in a format where two conferences dominate the conversation, so to speak, for some very significant programs, like ours, will be left out, and that isn't going to cut bait.
Hence, I believe an eventual reorganization will arise, more geographically-oriented, of four super conferences, north, south, east and west, perhaps of 18-20 teams each. A new playoff formula will come about, kind of like the NFL's. The term student-athlete will disappear, and we'll have paid players with salary caps and so on. Hopefully, the players will understand that most will never play higher-level pro ball and will see the value of furthering their education.
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