Re: Tonight will cement the trajectory of this program

Tigre77 · 2024-12-07T20:23:12.312Z

Win and we’re still a CFP type team, albeit not at 2018 levels. Lose and the free fall will continue. Winning tonight will have as big an impact as DW4 beating the coots on one knee

Sorry but this just isn't true at all imo. Tonight is simply about tonight and perhaps a chance for our last hurrah. With modern college football like it is Clemsons run is just over. We cannot remotely compete for top prospects anymore. Just look at this years recruiting class.

I think people will be much happier in the long run if they just accept this. Clemson is now struggling to compete for ACC titles moving forward. It is what it is. I'm still a fan and I will pull for them until football is no longer played but I don't think there is much chance of super success here anymore. Not unless there are HUGE changes made to NIL and paying players. As long as there is no cap we're going to get smoked.

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Dec 7, 2024, 4:56 PM

I don't agree that last week cemented his legacy. I think at the moment, Cade will go down as one of the biggest disappointments we've had at QB (though nowhere near DJ's level or probably Willy Korn), just because of the high expectations we had for a 5 Star who won the Elite 11. And unlike the past couple years, he's really had little excuse for the offensive miscues, since he has a pretty good running back, the best receiver stable we've had since 2019, and an offensive line that has been leaps and bounds better.

That said, Cade isn't done yet. He has more to go and his legacy could definitely be fixed.

Look at Tajh Boyd. He was the QB of two of our most humiliating losses of all time: the Orange Bowl beatdown by West Virginia and the horrible 2013 game against FSU where we were #3 in the country, but got beat at home 51-14 and Tajh was horrible. He also never won against South Carolina, and most of those losses were blowouts. Nevertheless, we remember him fondly because he came through in many of our most important games for our program. He beat LSU and Ohio State, and those two wins propelled us into the limelight.

Cade has an opportunity to right his legacy. He'll have the stats. He'll have a good win-loss record. But he needs to win when it matters instead of falling apart. Right now, he has the ACC championship from 2 years ago, but since then, has been blown out in every top 15 matchup we've had. If he can beat SMU and have a playoff run, and then do well next year, he could still end up as many people's third favorite QB of all time.

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