Re: Clemson football had a great season of winning

Moontiger · 2024-12-24T17:33:07.855Z

the ACC, winning 10 games, and playing well and making it in the first CFP. Sure I wished we could have defeated our arch rival and won some more CFP games but when you look at SC LSU Texas A&M Alabama Michigan Fl State Florida Miami Louisville Ole Miss and many others that did not make a conference game or get into the playoff I say Tigers not to shabby for 2024

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Dec 25, 2024, 12:47 PM

Great teams rarely lose to teams below their level. Look at Clemson's Natty runs. Those were not 4 loss seasons with defeats against USC and lower tier ACC programs. Unless I'm mistaken we lost 1 game combined both of those years. We lost to a middling Louisville program, a 3 loss USC, and an SMU program in it's first year of Power 5 football, and it took a last minute miracle to beat a Pittsburgh team playing a backup QB. Additionally look at the defensive performance against a team like the Citadel. Yes, we played backups the but result speaks volumes to the issues of this roster and our inability to stop the run. It stinks to admit, but our 2 best victories this season were SMU and maybe Pittsburgh, every other victory was against sub par teams. 10 wins against that schedule is nothing to brag about, especially when taking into consideration how we performed against the 2 elite teams we faced and the likes of USC. It took a last game effort from Syracuse to even secure a conference championship birth. Without that bit of luck k it would have been yet another 9 win season. Like it or not, as it currently stands we are not elite nor was it a great season.

...and no I'm not a coot. The Clemson diploma on my wall says otherwise.

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100% agree. Where I differ however is in looking backwards. Looking at the past is not going to help us improve in the future. Dabo is inarguably Clemson's greatest coach, that's a no-brainer. In todays modern college football (which irritates me to no end) he has proven to be slow to adapt and alter his approach and mindset. This thinking, or lack of adjustment, has taken us from from being elite to a step or 2 down. Being content with 4 losses is not going to help us obtain that elite status again. Comparing today teams to Clemson teams of old is not going to help us reobtain elite status. The expanded season and 12 team playoff has made the days of 10 win seasons a moot point. 10 wins are a nice bragging point, but it is no longer the benchmark for a successful season. Lastly, 10 wins in the ACC is not particularly special, especially considering it is the worst conference in P4 football. Big Picture, I would prefer we look forward, not judge success based on past seasons.

Clemson football had a great season of winning