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We could have went 9-3
Dec 10, 2013, 8:51 AM
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and beat the Coots but some of you would still complain. It obviously sucks to lose to them but the fact is we're 10-2, headed to the Orange Bowl. We've won 10 games 3....3 consecutive years. During the TB era, some of you would have given a kidney for a 10 win season. The coaches/players/staff all understand the importance of beating the Coots but some of you need to enjoy the success we're having and quit whining.
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I'm pretty sure
Dec 10, 2013, 8:52 AM
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it's illegal to give out kidneys
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Re: I'm pretty sure
Dec 10, 2013, 9:02 AM
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I gave a kidney to a lady i work with almost 2 years ago.
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Orange Blooded [3881]
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details and pics?***
Dec 10, 2013, 9:21 AM
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Re: details and pics?***
Dec 10, 2013, 9:26 AM
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A lady at work told me she needed a kidney transplant and had no immediate chance for a donor. Being O+ blood type, I decided to get checked to see if I was a match for her. As luck would have it, I was a match so on April 13, 2012 the transplant took place. They took the kidney out through my navel and the only evidence of a scar is a freckle above my navel. I was only in the hospital over night (operation on Friday, released Saturday at noon), but the doctor gave me a month off from work because he said I need to rest even if I felt good. My co-worker was back at work in 8 weeks and it's like I gained a whole additional family.
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Oculus Spirit [81925]
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That's actually pretty awesome, but we need pics of
Dec 10, 2013, 9:39 AM
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the lady's life you saved 
Butt seriously, well done.
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Re: That's actually pretty awesome, but we need pics of
Dec 10, 2013, 9:59 AM
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This was taken to put in a company newletter after margaret came back to work.
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110%er [5576]
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Coach Swinney handwritten note.
Dec 10, 2013, 10:32 AM
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Here is a note CDS sent me after the surgery.
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Re: Coach Swinney handwritten note.
Dec 10, 2013, 11:33 AM
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I gave my dad a kidney 6 years ago but CDS didn't send me a note. I suppose I understand why
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All-In [25393]
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Sometimes, amid the chaos and confusion, there arise
Dec 10, 2013, 2:13 PM
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tales of sacrifice that renew my faith in mankind.
My respect and compliments to you and to Allan.
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Re: Sometimes, amid the chaos and confusion, there arise
Dec 11, 2013, 10:08 AM
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Thank you. Now I have to actually like someone with a 100% tiger pulse. But I suppose I can adjust
Seriously, that is very nice and I appreciate it.
Everytime I listen to him ##### about something stupid the Coots did in some sporting event, I just smile. It is good to be able to hear him whine about it, you know?
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This was the best read on the board today. Thanks for sharin
Dec 10, 2013, 12:34 PM
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You are a true gentleman. Nice work!
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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Thank you for doing that. My mom had a kidney transplant
Dec 10, 2013, 10:42 AM
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back in 2009 that saved her life. I don't know who it was, she was on the donor list, but I think you for being willing to give.
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Re: What ####### gave this a TD?
Dec 11, 2013, 10:15 AM
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Probobly the same ####### total piece of #### guy that has a sig pic of one of the most universally loved and respected amateur athletes this state has ever seen with his leg broken in half.
Seriously dude....###?
Mods can ban me if they want to but that is one of the lowest class things I have ever seen on a message board.
I have many Clemson friends so I don't judge the whole lot on your stupidity, but you sir can kiss my ###!
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Re: Do you like to draw?
Dec 10, 2013, 11:42 AM
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b/c Im really good at putting the d in raw
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So, when one of you goes to the restroom, do you say
Dec 10, 2013, 11:52 AM
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"take a whiz for me while you are in there"?
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Re: So, when one of you goes to the restroom, do you say
Dec 10, 2013, 1:33 PM
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I went to Hawaii for my daughter's wedding 6 weeks after the transplant. The recipient, Margaret, said her kidney (that she named Allie because my name is Allan) was jealous that my kidney was in Hawaii and her kidney wasn't.
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You should have brought back some Hawaiian bottled water
Dec 10, 2013, 2:03 PM
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for the other kidney to process.
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Orange Blooded [3573]
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You can only give a kidney as a recruiting advantage
Dec 10, 2013, 9:37 AM
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just ask the Wake baseball coach.
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Odds are it would be the same people still complaining too***
Dec 10, 2013, 8:56 AM
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Re: We could have went 9-3
Dec 10, 2013, 9:04 AM
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Just facts
During Tommy B years
Miami won national champ and were good
FSU was much better year in year out
Miami and FSU in ACC would have kept Clemson out of BCS game
The ACC is worse today than at anytime during Tommy Bs coaching tenure (just look at ranked teams)
Fact Clemson and Dabo have recruited better, win on the weaker ACC level yet there are mixed emotions on the big stage games
Who knows how Tommy would do in today's ACC but we do know since being added to the ACC FSU, Miami, BC, Va Tech have all gone down hill and are fighting back to find relevance
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Vt was much better yr in and out as well. Success has been
Dec 10, 2013, 9:20 AM
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Great but putting it in perspective, the acc is considerably weaker. BC, Vt and gt were all stronger at the same time 5 to seven yrs ago as was WF. This may have something to do with why we are double digit favs in so many games that we cover in. Great stat but to take the next step our program needs to play much better in big games. We had a nice two gAme streak only to now have a bad two game streak and the overall is not good at all. Sadly, five of these big games are against the coots
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Re: We could have went 9-3
Dec 10, 2013, 7:57 PM
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And Florida, Tennessee, and arguably Georgia have fallen on hard times and yet you chickens can only manage 1 division championship and a blowout in the conference championship game. Paaaaaathetic.
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Re: Actually.......
Dec 10, 2013, 9:07 AM
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I did give a kidney, involuntarily, when it failed after drinking heavily during the Bowden era to cope with the pain.
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kickincoot
Dec 10, 2013, 9:12 AM
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Saying the ACC is the weakest its ever been, I'm pretty sure the argument that the sec east is the worst its ever been could be made also. Where is the Florida, Tenn, Georgia teams of old. I'm sure those teams being down has no bearing whatsoever on SC being up.
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they don't want to talk about that.....***
Dec 10, 2013, 9:23 AM
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If both are up then it still comes down to 0 and 5 not sec
Dec 10, 2013, 9:26 AM
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Vs acc. And I hate the sec
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Re: kickincoot
Dec 10, 2013, 11:37 AM
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Well, UGA has been in the top 10 each year for the past 3 until this year and were 12 yards from being national champs last year so they haven't really gone anywhere. And UF and UT are down, but are you sure it isn't because us and Mizzou are up? I mean, we are both ranked in the top 10. We are 1 of only 4 teams in the BCS to have 10+ wins for 4 seasons in a row. It isn't like UF and UT has fallen behind some weak team that only lives off their weak conference to get wins.
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Re: kickincoot
Dec 10, 2013, 11:39 AM
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oops....BCS = FBS
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You and mizzu have nothing to do w tenn and fla,
Dec 10, 2013, 6:55 PM
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They got beat by almost everyone. Not a joke, y'all had no business losing to them but they both suck and fla is an embarrassment at this point
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Orange Blooded [3573]
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Ease up a bit on the magical 10 win threshold
Dec 10, 2013, 9:26 AM
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we only recently started playing 12 regular season games. We used to play 1 hard, 1 easy and South Carolina. Now we play 1 hard, 2 easys and South Carolina. He's getting a free win every year (granted SC has gone from an easy win to a legit team)
Dabo's winning percentage ranking for those 3 years are
2012 - 10th
2013 - tied for 11th with 5 other seasons (if we win the OB it will be tied for 10th, if we lose it will be 21st)
2011 - tied for 33rd.
Obviously having 3 seasons in the top 30ish in Clemson history is not something to dismiss. But lets not pretend he's taken us to heights we've never been. Howard has 6 seasons in the top 30 by winning percentage Ford has 7, and even Hatfield has 3. 19 of the top 30 years comes from 4 coaches and Dabo is in that list (some of the others that are in the top 30 only played 4 and 5 game seasons). So Swinney is in position to be up there with some of the big names in Clemson history.
But 10 wins doesn't automatically separate the wheat from the chaff. Its like when just getting to a bowl became diminished.
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Or, gone 9-3***
Dec 10, 2013, 11:56 AM
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Could have GONE 9-3
Dec 10, 2013, 12:26 PM
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This is a Clemson board!
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I could have gone
Dec 10, 2013, 2:22 PM
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to English class.
Coots could of went to Walmart
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We "went" is grammatically correct, actually. Some folks...
Dec 10, 2013, 7:43 PM
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Would be happy with 7-5 and beating coots. That's why TB lasted so long. I for one like national relevance, and the coot can s u c k it!
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