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In honor of Tigergal85 -> 2+ years since last post?
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Dec 16, 2021, 6:41 AM

Has anyone heard from her, is she ok? In her honor thought I would post a great post she wrote after our 2016 National Championship! It’s really a great post!

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Clemson ain’t Bama. They ain’t Southern Cal. They ain’t FSU or Texas or Michigan or Ohio State. They are Clemson.

It just isn’t acceptable that CLEMSON won the national championship. It just isn't right that Clemson hasn't gone back to its place in the pecking order. It just isn’t right that CLEMSON has handed convincing wins to elite programs. It just isn’t tolerable that CLEMSON joins the ranks of the elite. No, instead, it is the birthright of all other programs to achieve the same thing. If CLEMSON can do it, so can they.

SINCE Clemson did it, so MUST they.

Step aside, Clemson. It's [FILL IN THE BLANK]'s turn.

Clemson’s ascension to the top turned the heat up to white hot for most everyone else. From the elite programs to the bottom-feeders, Clemson turned the college football status quo upside down. Clemson is clearly not a flash in the pan. They all know that. Clemson instead has an unexpected momentum. And the powers-that-be for programs country-wide are now on full throttle to do the same thing.

CLEMSON changed the paradigm. CLEMSON in many ways has evidently become an even bigger threat because CLEMSON isn’t a blue blood, according to the college football world. This isn’t supposed to happen. Programs have gone to their emergency planning systems.

The frenzy to catch that lightning in a bottle is going to have some serious impacts. It will impact the bag man. It will impact programs’ budgets. It will impact the coaching expectations, facilities races, and social media boon. As if they weren't already impacted enough.

We know Dabo said he wanted other programs to be like Clemson. Well, we know it’s happening, too. But not exactly as we expected. Instead, there is an arrogance, of sorts, that Clemson doesn’t deserve this special place at the table all by itself. The perception is that it is easier to make this happen than they ever dreamed. Dabo had proven as much, right?

However, in actuality, it is much harder to do. It's no secret that it takes special leadership, discipline, values, vision, intelligence, and belief. It takes talent. It takes commitment. It is comprehensive, serving the whole player, the whole program, the whole culture. It doesn’t compromise. It must be nurtured and protected.

There are many programs that will compromise to get a result that appears authentic. There are many programs that may have short-term success that deceptively appears real. No program is guaranteed to last forever.

Dabo is building something to last. He is still building. Hopefully, he will stay and keep building. Look around. There are many programs that think they should have what Clemson has. And they want it…Right Now. It will be interesting to see how they go about accomplishing that. Which ones will take short cuts? Which ones will compromise? And which ones will have patience and come up with their own version of the tried and true way to build it brick by brick?

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