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Game Changer [2016]
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2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 8:47 PM
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We all know who is the best, who do you have as the 2nd best to ever line up behind center for the Tigers?
For me it's Tajh Boyd. Acc career leader in tds and elevated our program to a level we hadn't seen since the 80's.
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Fuller***
Apr 11, 2017, 8:48 PM
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Tiger Spirit [9517]
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I agree - Fuller elevated our game into what we.......
Apr 11, 2017, 8:51 PM
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hadn't seen since the 50s - brought us into modern-day national prominence - and he was cooler under pressure IMO that Tajh Boyd.
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Agree on Fuller
Apr 11, 2017, 8:55 PM
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Different era so you can't compare stats. Finished 6th in the Heisman his senior year.
Top 5
DW, Fuller, Homer, Boyd, Whitehurst
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Re: Fuller***
Apr 11, 2017, 8:57 PM
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It is simple----to me, you have to beat the coots. DW4 did it every year he was here and so did Charley( 4-0) .
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Re: Fuller***
Apr 11, 2017, 9:29 PM
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he got us going!! he is second beat
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 8:56 PM
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Steve Fuller! He started the great run of Tiger football teams in the 70s.
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 8:58 PM
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Older folks will say Fuller
Younger folks will say Boyd
I don't keep track of my birthdays...
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Game Day Hero [4524]
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 9:00 PM
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Purely dropping back to sling it, CW all day imo, but I am still and always will be a big fan of Woody.
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Whitehearst***
Apr 11, 2017, 9:32 PM
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He was second until DW got here, now he is 3rd***
Apr 11, 2017, 11:59 PM
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Ring of Honor [23531]
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 9:34 PM
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It's real simple. 4 questions:
1. Did you lead Clemson to a 1 loss season and Top 6 final ranking in the polls?
2. Did you finish in the Top 6 for the Heisman Trophy?
3. Were you a First Round draft pick?
3. Did you have a nice NFL career and win a Super Bowl ring?
Steve Fuller can answer YES to all 4.
Boyd & Whitehurst are both 0-FER-FOUR.
Thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you. Next question please.
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National Champion [7929]
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 9:43 PM
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So where does Homer fit?
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Ring of Honor [23531]
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Steve Fuller was also named an All American QB, was a 2-time
Apr 11, 2017, 10:00 PM
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ACC Player of the Year, and an Academic All American. I'm pretty sure the 2-time ACC Player of the Year and All American in both sports and academics in the same year are still records that haven't been broken. So you can add #5 to the other 4 qualifications above.
Fuller is 5-for-5. Everybody else is 0-fer. Sorry, but just because you're too young to remember it doesn't mean it didn't happen.
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 9:34 PM
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Just think what Charlie could have done with a decent OL
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Agreed. CW with some protection would have***
Apr 11, 2017, 10:07 PM
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Re: Agreed. CW with some protection would have***
Apr 11, 2017, 10:08 PM
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been fun to watch.
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#4 is #1 and #2 - Steve Fuller***
Apr 11, 2017, 9:38 PM
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Tiger Spirit [9155]
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 9:41 PM
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Steve Fuller then Tajh Boyd.....in my opinion.....Go Tigers!!!!!
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Game Day Hero [4125]
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Tajh Boyd hands down
Apr 11, 2017, 9:44 PM
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This isn't even a question. There is no Deshaun Watson if there isn't Tajh Boyd. Not to mention the way he represents Clemson. He's the epitome of what it is to be a Clemson Tiger.
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Re: Tajh Boyd hands down
Apr 12, 2017, 7:55 AM
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I agree...shame how so many folks on here are bitter since Boyd didn't have wins over the Coots.
Like you, Boyd is absolutely 2nd.....one of the top 4 Acc Qbs, ever.
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Fuller***
Apr 11, 2017, 9:54 PM
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Rival Killer [2608]
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that you delvin?***
Apr 11, 2017, 10:02 PM
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CU Guru [1286]
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 11, 2017, 10:22 PM
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#1 - #4 II
#2 - #4 I
#3 - #3
#4 - #10
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Orange Blooded [2282]
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"I'm different and I don't care who knows it" -Homer Jordan!
Apr 12, 2017, 7:32 AM
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He won us a National Championship in 1981 and sometimes I watched him barely able to walk on the sideline when the defense was on the field, then go back out there and run for 15 yards and take monster hits, get back up and do it again. His will to win was incredible. And he was a better passer than most people give him credit for.
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Orange Blooded [2487]
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Re: "I'm different and I don't care who knows it" -Homer Jordan!
Apr 12, 2017, 8:01 AM
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Glad he won that NC...WONDER what the other 119 guys were doing.
Hahaha...j/k.
All kidding aside, that Championship team was solely based on our
Defense just holding ppl off while the offense tried not to lose
games.Sure 84 pts against Wake...but that team was really really
bad. Homer was efficient at what we needed, but that was probably
about it.
Respectfully
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Orange Blooded [2282]
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Agree to disagree!
Apr 12, 2017, 8:19 AM
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Our defense that year may have been one of the best defenses ever. Off the subject but one night at a Clemson meeting the MC introduced "Levon Kirkland as Clemson's Greatest Living Linebacker"! Levon got up and joked to everybody that he was now very sad, because he didn't know "that Jeff Davis was dead because as long as Jeff Davis is alive, nobody else can claim that title of best living linebacker".
But back to Homer, he ran the option better than Fuller his last two years, he was a lot better passer than people gave him credit for being(ask Tuttle or McSwain) and his offense was predicated on ball control, not quick strikes. He did have quick strike ability, I saw him throw a SIXTY YARD in the air TD to McSwain against Virginia and could change games with his legs. The last drive against Nebraska was basically him running the clock out by himself, keeping the ball to avoid bad pitches, and making yardage, then taking horrendous hits.
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Re: 2nd best Clemson Tiger qb ever
Apr 12, 2017, 7:35 AM
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for me boyd drops several spots because he could never beat the coots
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Orange Blooded [2487]
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The question isn't who is 2nd..
Apr 12, 2017, 7:41 AM
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It should be, who do you think is 3rd. In many ways, Tajh Boyd was just as good as Watson.
I think DeShaun played on more of a complete team which enabled him to get over the hump.
After these 2...I go,
Dantzler,Whitehurst,Fuller,Greene, then Harper.
And no, not Jordan! Pls
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Orange Blooded [2282]
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Why not Jordan? He won a Natty!
Apr 12, 2017, 7:59 AM
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N/M
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Paw Warrior [4714]
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Tajh Boyd. Still all-time total offense leader in the ACC
Apr 12, 2017, 8:21 AM
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Beat an awful lot of highly ranked teams along the way too (FSU, Georgia, Virginia Tech, Auburn, LSU, Ohio State).
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All-Time Great [88534]
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My top 10:
Apr 12, 2017, 11:39 AM
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1. DW
2. Fuller
3. Tajh
4. Woody (could have won a NC with Rodney and Morocco's teams)
5. Homer (great passer who didn't get a chance to pass very often)
6. Whitehurst
7. Mike Eppely
8. Rodney
9. Nealon Greene
10. Harper
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