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What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 9:43 PM
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Football is still a ways away, so to get us through this winter slump, let's reflect on your favorite Dabo moments.
I'll kick us off.
Moment: Dabo suspends Sammy Watkins.
It's 2012. Program is starting to build up steam even after a rough Orange Bowl to end the prior season. We open against Auburn. It really feels like a bellwether game for how his career is going to unfold at Clemson. Lots of eyes on this game, and even more riding on it. What does Dabo do?
Suspends Sammy Watkins.
Absolutely crickets. Now, we know in CF "suspension" usually means "he'll be in trouble, but not until it's a good time for us." Old ######## Coach a little ways down the road had it written on visor. So, I think we all kind of figured that would be the way it was with Sammy. I mean...the game. AND IT'S SAMMY FOR DON MUNSON'S SAKE. WHAT IS HE DOING???
But what he was doing was this. Sending a message. A message that Clemson is different from that other school in SC. Different from Alabama, the SEC, and everywhere else that football comes first, raising good men come second. And, most of all, sending a message to his team that beneath that folksy face is a man that is not going to tolerate breaking the rules no matter who you are.
I was FLOORED.
That is when I knew Dabo was the man for Clemson, and would be here for the long haul. We were already starting to see what he could do as a coach on the field, but now we were going to see what he could do off the field.
And the proof is in the pudding. We have our behavior issues, yeah...but compared to other schools? Not just USuC, but schools at our level? Chad Kelly found out the hard way that Dabo was not bluffing.
That is my favorite Dabo moment.
SEE YOU ALL REAL SOON.
(Close second though was today when I saw this epic old man today pulling into a parking space with a license plate that said "ROY BUS")
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 10:03 PM
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Back in 2011, when Auburn came to the Valley, Dabo gets interviewed at halftime. His response to the inane question about snap counts was the moment he molded his coaching reputation with me. It's definitely a "Yes!" moment. Check it out!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DE0UO_z8s
Go, Tigers!
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I was about to pot about that. Great job finding video of it.***
Feb 18, 2022, 10:23 PM
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Oculus Spirit [80337]
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Post errrr pot lol***
Feb 18, 2022, 10:24 PM
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 10:09 PM
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The whole week of the monsoon game with Notre Dame was just built for Dabo. From lugubrious to BYOG, that week just defined Dabo and set us on the road to greatness.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 10:15 PM
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Absolutely "Bring your own guts".
Brilliant...
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 10:32 PM
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Agree...I was going to say the same thing.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 10:20 PM
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BYOG-- baby! Go Tigers!
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The spurrier rant was the all timer!
Feb 18, 2022, 10:42 PM
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“My great grandkids won’t be around to see this thing be considered a rivalry..”- paraphrasing of course.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 11:16 PM
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When he picked up Sam Ponder during the post game interview.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 8:43 AM
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That's one beautiful woman!
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 20, 2022, 1:31 PM
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LOL To me Dabo is the kind of guy that walks into a Hooters, orders, blesses the food at the table with everyone watching, and treats the waitress the same as my ol' lady at the Sizzler the whole time.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 22, 2022, 9:50 AM
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I agree. The thing I liked about this moment was the sheer joy and excitement he showed.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 11:20 PM
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Giving it to our punter when he tried running for a first down and missed by about 15 yards. It was in the ACCCG against UNC in 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJc6re_HWyQ
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 22, 2022, 11:10 PM
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That was awesome!
I think that was the first time- I think I saw him get mad!
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 18, 2022, 11:46 PM
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When he accepted the CFP trophy after winning it the first time.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 7:51 AM
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BYOG was right up there but for me it was when Dabo lifted the Lady TV reported in a jubilant bear hug after a big win. Jeanine someythinerother. It was true Dabo and his sincerity and likable manner made the world see it in that very moment. The best part was that she was not offended in any way and was a great sport about it and enjoyed the moment, which says a lot for her, too. You could tell that she appreciated infectious goodness in spirit of Dabo that we all have come to appreciate.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 9:04 AM
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We are just the rednecks that moved into a nice neighborhood!
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 9:27 AM
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Carolina is in Chapel Hill, USC is in California..............
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 10:06 AM
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Tops - BYOG speech
Close 2nd - Spurrier rant
Honorable mentions - making kicker run back on/off field and instituting “all in”
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 11:26 AM
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Coach had been named interim and it may have been the Ga Tech game or one of the other remaining homes games that year.
Clemson kicked off and it went out of bounds
The kicker was walking off the field… Dabo sprinted out on the field and was in that poor guys grill so loud we could hear where we were sitting. Yelling and pointing and made the guy run back out and get the tee.
The crowd’s reaction was awesome. That was the moment for me.
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There isn’t just one IMHO.
Feb 19, 2022, 12:00 PM
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Too many to chose from
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Winner.***
Feb 19, 2022, 12:17 PM
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The Next Time
Feb 19, 2022, 12:18 PM
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Dabo accepts the National Championship trophy.
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I still like the post game interview when we beat
Feb 19, 2022, 12:53 PM
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Auburn in 2011 and Dabo said something like, “ There’s no better place to end their streak than in Death Valley, SC baby!!” I knew we had a coach then.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 19, 2022, 1:46 PM
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I don't have any individual Dabo moments that stand out. I like what he has done as whole obviously.
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Beating the snot outta coots x7. Winning the Natty X2
Feb 19, 2022, 2:09 PM
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the rest is just icing on an otherwise glorious career. Moment? Singular? Nah we got more than that fresh fish.
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Anytime he has a microphone in front of him is cringeworthy.
Feb 19, 2022, 4:32 PM
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But either time he lifted the NC trophy were my favorite moments. When he’s leading the team and not talking to the media he is at his best.
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Re: Anytime he has a microphone in front of him is cringeworthy.
Feb 19, 2022, 5:19 PM
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This statement verges, ever so approximately, on hyperbole…I hope…
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“It’s been 34 years since Clemson played for the national championship…
Feb 19, 2022, 4:45 PM
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but it ain’t gonna be much longer!!!”
Miami, FL
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Dabo at camp
Feb 19, 2022, 6:12 PM
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Dropped my son off for football camp
Circa 2011 He spoke to all us parents for about
15 minutes outlying his vision for success football and beyond.
I knew right there that moment we would win it all !! Dabo exudes Greatness
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half Miami 2015, "you win with class you lose with class"
Feb 21, 2022, 2:37 PM
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Epic speech. Even with the beat down we were giving Miami he is still serving their hearts instead of their talents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hNGY6R-ibk
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Yes. Love that one.***
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Feb 21, 2022, 8:18 PM
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 22, 2022, 7:21 AM
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Little ol' CLemson:
"We're not supposed to be here, and I'm not supposed to be here, but we are, and I am, and HOW BOUT THEM TIGERS!!"
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 22, 2022, 10:11 AM
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Don't worry about criticism from people that you wouldn't seek advice from.
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Re: What is your Favorite Dabo Moment?
Feb 22, 2022, 10:13 AM
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"We've won more bowl games than they've ever been to."
"They ain't Alabama. They ain't LSU. And they're certainly not Clemson. That's why Carolina's in Chapel Hill and USC's in California and the university in this state always has been, always will be Clemson."
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"We got twins"
Feb 22, 2022, 1:20 PM
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"We got twins"
When Dabo took the trophy, he didn't even have to think about where it would sit in Clemson's facilities. "We got twins," he said, referring to Clemson's 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy.
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