College football entrance's: The Hill, the Crowd, that Roar!

Jan 27, 2006, 9:15 AM

I has having a discussion, last night with a few buddies at a local sports pub about college football entrances. Of course all my friends knew that I was Clemson biased, but I tried to remain objective. I listened to their arguements.

Yes yes yes I agree that FSU's entrance is a staple in College football tradition, and the flaming stick stick in the middle of the field is certainly intimidating, but does that really center around the team.

My other buddy is a VT fan and YES the energy in Lane stadium during the Hokies entrance is amazing. I mean I love Metallica as much has the next Mullet grower, but ..... again ......does this anticipation center around the team?

My arguement was as follows, the energy around Clemson entrance starts WELL before the team runs down the hill. I guess the frenzy really starts when those inside Death Valley hear the sirens of the police Escort as the team travels from the WEZ to the Hill. When the Orange Bowl march starts up the crowd starts to cheer and clap, but we arent cheering and clapping to the song but rather cheering because we know our Tigers are about to step foot ontop of the Hill. When the first Orange helmet appears through the gates, the crowd goes nuts and with each additional player that comes on the Hill the crowd gets louder and louder. The Tiger Rag starts, the cannon is fired and down the Hill they come, but by that time the crowd has been at a deafening roar for several minutes, an 80,000 person mosh pit has already broken out and this lasts until after the first kick off.............

You dont see this at many venues around the NCAA. We dont need a movie or platinum hit song to get us up for the game. We dont need fireworks or some announcer begging for cheers. All we need is just the idea that our team is right around the corner about to play the best game on the planet.

You see Terry , CJ, Marcus, Craig, and many other. You have the oppurtunity to be apart of a culture that lives just to see you excel in teh class room and play the game you love. You have a chance to be fathers to a reborn championship program. No other program youre considering can offer you that. Sure you all are great and talented, but only at Clemson will you be written into lore as the building blocks of Clemson return to national prominance.

Come to Clemson, write yourself into the record books, let us cheer you down the Hill. Be Tigers

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