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Varsity [104]
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Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 7:57 AM
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Thats terrible scheduling.... oh lord. And both within the first 3 games?????? Is that true? Awful. We can do better.
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Re: Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 7:59 AM
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Does it really make a difference whether we do or don't?
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Paw Warrior [4755]
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Yes, i think it does.
Jan 20, 2020, 10:33 AM
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I would like to see us build up our schedule so that we might lose one game in a season and STILL be in the CFP. Better non-conference scheduling seems to best way to do that.
If you are happy winning the ACC keep it like it is.
If you want to consistently win Nattys - strengthen the schedule.
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Tiger Titan [48079]
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Re: Yes, i think it does.
Jan 20, 2020, 10:58 AM
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I was thinking the ACC will be improving some. Also, we do play ND. I think we will go again this next season. It would be nice to be a touch more battle tested though.
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The ACC & SCAR are the problem, not Akron & Citadel
Jan 20, 2020, 11:18 AM
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If we didn’t play SCAR every year, we could add a power 5 team that raised our sos.
Heck, even playing teams like TAMU hasn’t helped recently.
And the ACC is just what it is right now. Great programs have been brought in and they have proceeded to dry up.
It’s not a simple problem. But it’s what we have.
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Hall of Famer [23994]
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You coots can't be complaining about Clemson scheduling
Jan 20, 2020, 7:59 AM
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The citadel. Need I remind you the last time you two played?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM5uYPTTehc
Citadel will probably be military appreciation weekend in November.
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Re: You coots can't be complaining about Clemson scheduling
Jan 20, 2020, 8:04 AM
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I would guess the Citadel game will be the military appreciation game late in the year. Schedule announced Wednesday on P & D show.
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Orange Phenom [14570]
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It's the same scheduling formula we've been using for like
Jan 20, 2020, 8:04 AM
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15 years now. 1 in-state FCS, 1 G5, SC, and one big P5. It just so happens that Akron is a really, really bad G5 right now, but these schedules are done so far out it's nearly impossible to know which G5 programs are going to be good.
The bad schedule is next year or whenever we play Wyoming. That one is a joke.
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Re: It's the same scheduling formula we've been using for like
Jan 20, 2020, 10:03 AM
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How is Wyoming a joke compared to our usual G5? Seems to me that is a somewhat better - or at least more intriguing -- opponent than the regular Troy, Charlotte, poop.
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Orange Phenom [14570]
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It's not Wyoming, it's the fact that we played Wyoming
Jan 20, 2020, 3:31 PM
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in place of our usual big OOC game against Notre Dame, Auburn, A&M, Georgia, etc. If the ACC and SC are both bad that year we could have no decent game on the entire schedule.
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Top TigerNet [31312]
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Wyoming beat Ga. State in the Arizona Bowl
Jan 20, 2020, 10:37 AM
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Finished 8-5 this year with a young squad. There freshman QB, Levi Williams 6’5” - 210, got some quality playing time in the Bowl game...2 passing TD’s and one by run.
He’ll be experienced & seasoned by the time we play them.
We could’ve done worse.
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Walk-On [118]
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Re: Wyoming beat Ga. State in the Arizona Bowl
Jan 20, 2020, 11:12 AM
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I don’t think the criticism is of Wyoming. Agreed, they are a pretty good G5 team that knocked off Missouri this past season. But the other 3 OOC games are SC State, UConn, @SouthCarolina.
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Clemson Conqueror [11587]
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EVERY P5 team in the country plays 2-3 "akrons".......
Jan 20, 2020, 8:04 AM
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and/or "Citadels" per year.
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Paw Warrior [4755]
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Re: EVERY P5 team in the country plays 2-3 "akrons".......
Jan 20, 2020, 10:36 AM
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Not every P5 school is competing for the Natty.
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Varsity [104]
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Bama is playing Ga St, Kent St, and UT Martin
Jan 20, 2020, 10:45 AM
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Ultimate Tiger [33610]
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Cancel your iptay membership***
Jan 20, 2020, 8:08 AM
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TigerNet Elite [69781]
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You c0c# lovers scheduled Akron a year ago...
Jan 20, 2020, 8:12 AM
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instead of rescheduling the game with Marshall. Not only was it a sad, pathetic, weak and desperate attempt to become bowl eligible, you were afraid to play Marshall because it would have been a likely loss for you.
Surely you remember the Akron game. Not only was it the game where the University reported attendance in the 50,000 range when only about 5,500 uof6c fans actually showed-up, it was the game right before your humiliating 30 - 0 loss to UVa in the Belk Bowl.
How'd that all work-out for you?
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All-In [10738]
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Think it was only 28-0 - BigCU ... way tighter game .....
Jan 20, 2020, 8:37 AM
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... than you remember !! Lol. Lol. - ">
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Re: Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 8:20 AM
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Good thing an ACC team is not on the Coot schedule.....Oh wait that beating is coming Nov.28. Seventh in a row!
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Heisman Winner [79276]
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Big bad Bama played The Citadel last year and
Jan 20, 2020, 8:42 AM
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took 3 quarters to actually blow them out. And no big time media made a big deal of it.
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Top TigerNet [29861]
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Re: Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 8:51 AM
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I respectfully disagree. I think it is brilliant scheduling. Here's why:
1. (Secondary reason) Getting into the playoffs has two rules - Win 'em all and you're in. Lose one and you need some help. Clemson is in a position where finishing 12-1, winning the conference championship and losing to a "quality out of conference opponent" doesn't guarantee a spot in the playoffs. So, no need to take the chance.
2. (Primary reason) Money. The profit from those two games will pay for the total cost of every non-revenue sport at the university. I think that before each game there should be an on-field celebration. One game should have half the teams - players, coaches, trainers, support staff - on the field. The PA announcer should call out the sports by name and say, "We thank all of you fans here today. Your attendance has made it possible for all of the student-athletes to attend this great university and participate in their sport. Without your attendance, this would not be possible."
Basketball coaches usually refer to is as "buying two wins." I think it makes great sense for a football team to do the same thing.
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Paw Warrior [4755]
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Wouldn't # 2 be true if we played a higher quality team too***
Jan 20, 2020, 10:38 AM
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Top TigerNet [29861]
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Re: Wouldn't # 2 be true if we played a higher quality team too***
Jan 20, 2020, 3:21 PM
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probably not.
1. If you play a "higher ranked team" you might have to play them home-and-home. That would only give you the equivbalent of 1/2 a home game in terms of revenue.
2. If you finde a higher ranked team that is willing to come to Clemson for a one year contract, you would probably have to pay them a lot more money. (Numbers for discussion only) Team A may come for $500K. A higher ranked team B might require $1M. That extra 500k goes a long way in funding those non-revenue sports.
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Freshman [0]
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Re: Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 8:52 AM
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We are inthe ACC dude. These teams are no worse than the bulk of our schedule.
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Ultimate Tiger [33610]
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Rival Killer [2833]
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What would really be the cherry on top would be
Jan 20, 2020, 9:08 AM
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for SCar to have a 5-6 record (at best!) coming into Death Valley on Nov 28th. Means they need a win to be bowl eligible- and they aren’t going to get it! So sweet!
The downside is SCar uses this for negative recruiting. “Go to Clemson and you’ll miss Christmas. Come play for the Gamecocks and you’ll be guaranteed to be home every Christmas.”
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Game Changer [1800]
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Tell em coot! 38-3 !!!!***
Jan 20, 2020, 9:16 AM
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All-Conference [421]
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Voice your opinion with your checkbook
Jan 20, 2020, 9:30 AM
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we only get 6-7 home games. im not paying for 2 of those being absolute snoozers
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TigerNet Elite [69781]
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That's fine...
Jan 20, 2020, 9:34 AM
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but don't b!tc#, moan, whine and complain later when you have to pay inflated prices for tickets to the better home games on the schedule or to the CFP/national championship games
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Varsity [104]
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National Champion [7875]
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Re: Voice your opinion with your checkbook
Jan 20, 2020, 12:26 PM
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Interesting choice of words low pulser. That is the slogan the coots have been using the past few seasons. Very curious...
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Campus Hero [13635]
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Re: Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 11:36 AM
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Pull up the schedule for OSU, OU, LSU, Bama, UF, UGA or Auburn and then tell me about the OOC game that ANY of them scheduled that is tougher than ND at ND. Hint - you won’t find a single one.
What you will find is a parade of nobodies and it’s nobodies played AT HOME. What you will also find is most of those teams play 8 home games, half of them being complete nobodies. The other half are conference cellar dwellers. They’ll play 1 or 2 real games a year and they’ll beat their chest about their brutal conference schedule. It’s an absurd lie.....and most people believe it.
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MVP [546]
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Re: Do we really play akron and the citadel in the same season?
Jan 20, 2020, 11:50 AM
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If I'm seeing this correctly, we will have 2 conference games to start the year, right?? Akron is weekend #3 of season so and all other OoC games are in Nov. So we will have 2 ACC games- Sept 5 and Sept 12.
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Top TigerNet [29860]
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Every power 5 team schedules two patsies each year
Jan 20, 2020, 12:02 PM
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Some even schedule three.
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National Champion [7875]
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We win we in EVERY SINGLE YEAR!
Jan 20, 2020, 12:23 PM
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Why should Clemson be held to a higher standard than the other conference teams?
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National Champion [7902]
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Playing pathetic $EC East teams like...
Jan 20, 2020, 7:35 PM
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USuC and TAMU doesn’t help either.
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