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For my 1,000th post...
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For my 1,000th post...


Jul 16, 2021, 5:49 PM

My dad was on Frank Howard's undefeated Gator Bowl team. He's wearing the blue jacket in the video. He loved Coach Howard! I remember sitting on the couch in Coach Howard's living room when I was 6 years old as he and Dad told stories... lots of stories. We always got to our seats early to "watch our boys (OB)" warm up. Dad's rules: 1. we cheer for our team. It's OK to moan after a bad play but it must be brief and criticism tempered with hope that OB would do better next time. 2. We want our team to win but it is much more important the OB play hard, give great effort and not give up. 3. We want nothing to happen in a game that would cause one of OB (or the other teams "boys") to make them so embarrassed (such as missing a play that results in losing a game, although Dad always reminded us that no single play ever loses a game though one play might win it) that they wouldn't want to attend their teams reunions. Those team reunions were very important to him. 4. We NEVER leave until the game is over.

I know everyone else on TigerNet thinks that losing is unacceptable, I get it (I think). But I remember when that wasn't the automatic expected outcome. My love for Clemson is not tied to wins or loses. It is a good time to be a Tiger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypvx7f4ooCU

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Jul 16, 2021, 6:34 PM

Awesome to share. How many times have you watched that video?

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Nice 1,000th post...


Jul 16, 2021, 6:43 PM

Great that you have those memories, it obviously made the right impression. I went to most of my games as a kid with my Uncle who was a '52 grad. My 1st game was the '59 Bluebonnet in Texas and a good win. Much different from you, in that winning was very important. Lose to a superior team....no problem, lose to a rival or a game we should have won and it was a long quite ride home. One rule that agreed.....we NEVER left a game before it was over.

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Jul 16, 2021, 7:57 PM

That’s awesome man!

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Jul 17, 2021, 12:39 AM

I'll add one from my father, unless you were an all-american, don't boo a player (except for a cheep shot).

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