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Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 7:20 PM
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I think multiple can be considered.
Auburn 2011
FSU 2011
ACCG Vs VT 2011
LSU 2012
UGA 2013
Orange bowl OSU 2013
ND 2015
I'm inclined to say LSU 2012 really put us over the edge. Staff and roster really had a belief at that point. I hate to go as far as 2015 but some may feel that way. Auburn 2011 is a close 2.
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2012 LSU for sure!
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May 17, 2023, 7:24 PM
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WE TOO DEEP!
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Re: 2012 LSU for sure!
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May 17, 2023, 9:00 PM
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Amen! Gets my vote!.
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Re: 2012 LSU for sure!
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May 17, 2023, 10:44 PM
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My first Clemson game live....Won the tickets & what a night it was...First BCS win..year after the wvu nightmare.. shook off the moniker ########## & Dabo got the monkey off his back
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 7:29 PM
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The loss to USF. Felt like the dip in the hero's journey.
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 7:34 PM
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Good call!! Could say 2011 orange bowl but was focusing on wins
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Something after the 2013, FSU 51-14 drubbing in DV...
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May 17, 2023, 7:33 PM
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and Famous Jameis...
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Re: Something after the 2013, FSU 51-14 drubbing in DV...
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May 17, 2023, 7:34 PM
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That was absolutely infuriating. Good call DSP
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LSWho.***
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May 17, 2023, 7:36 PM
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Re: LSWho.***
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May 17, 2023, 7:38 PM
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Same here. Boyd with the massive balls, Hopkins breaking the reception record, 4th and 16, Sammy out first play. That LSU team was stacked as well. That's when I thought we were legit.
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I'll show you the precise moment
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May 17, 2023, 7:40 PM
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That was a satisfying day.***
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May 17, 2023, 7:42 PM
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I remember Brad Scott was standing there smirking
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May 17, 2023, 10:12 PM
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the entire time, as if he put him up to it, and said "just make sure you put your helmet on first or they will eject you".
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Oh, he did.***
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May 17, 2023, 10:18 PM
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I was watching it well before Coleman came up. The Tenn
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May 17, 2023, 10:58 PM
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players were jawing with 2 Clemson players..and when Coleman saw what was going on he marched right up,put his helmet on and smacked the Vol! He put the Tiger back in our tank that day. I saw him at Spring practice the next spring. When he walked past me I said,"The Tennessee VOL SMACKER!!" and he flashed those gold teeth at me. I hope he is doing well....
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Re: I'll show you the precise moment
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May 17, 2023, 7:42 PM
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That was actually my first Clemson game. Duane Coleman? Lol
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Re: We dun smoked it***
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May 17, 2023, 8:37 PM
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Best quote ever
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My nomination: Dabo's first win over Spurrier.******
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May 17, 2023, 7:52 PM
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Re: My nomination: Dabo's first win over Spurrier.******
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May 17, 2023, 7:59 PM
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That's a great pick too, Bret. Would not have gotten hired likely without that win. Who knows where we would be now. Gary Patterson and Muschamp were a few of the leading candidates.
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2012 LSU, 2013 UGA, 2014 USuC, 2015 FSU, and 2016 natty***
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 8:16 PM
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LSU. That was definitely the game Clemson "was not supposed to win", and when we did the way people viewed Clemson changed. Not to say there were not bumps in the road after that but people viewed the program different. Repeated success has since made us invincible to national perception ups and downs.
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May 17, 2023, 8:58 PM
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All of those were key, but for me, ending the most improbable streak in sports history by beating the coots after 5 losses allowed us to move to rarefiied air. It's ironic, because we were beating some elite teams, but it took beating those chumps to get to the next level.
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 9:01 PM
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I don't hate the pick. I didn't include it because it felt personal instead of national.
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12-7 loss to Wake strarted it all......***
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May 17, 2023, 9:13 PM
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But....4th and 16 was THE spring board....Without that play
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May 17, 2023, 9:14 PM
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it just does not happen.
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Re: But....4th and 16 was THE spring board....Without that play
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May 17, 2023, 9:30 PM
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The look on Dabo's face after that FG says it all.
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Also a great pick, Spud. Was thinking more of the wins, but that was a historic day for me. Came home from school and dad told me Bowden was done. I cried. Bowden was boss to me. So many childhood memories.
As far as games that shifted the program, youre correct. Should've stated WINS that changed the program.
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Clemson Sports Icon [59317]
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I was being somewhat facetious...The LSU game...that changed
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May 17, 2023, 11:02 PM
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it all. No way we get DW without that win...
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 9:27 PM
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Beating the chickens when Dabo was the Interim and he got the job full time started it all.
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 17, 2023, 9:49 PM
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Clemson 7, Georgia 6 - 1977
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May 17, 2023, 11:48 PM
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Yep but if it doesn’t have to be a win I would say the Maryland game in the opener that year. Rex Varn’s pick 6 before the half gave the entire team the belief they could compete with a Top 10 team. Marylands QB broke his hand in the 3rd game so they fell out of the rankings but he was a preseason Heisman candidate.
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May 18, 2023, 7:18 AM
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100 yard pick six as I recall. I remember coming out of that game feeling like we had won, especially after the previous 2 years
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Great post and options of games, but I think you’ve also got to include 2014 Oklahoma in there. We took a step back that year and had a lot of adversity with Deshaun’s injuries.
Oklahoma is a top brand like those others, and for us to dominate them like we did set the tone for the biggest turn around in 2015 with Deshaun coming back.
But of your games, I’d say Georgia 2013. That’s an incredibly tough game to win. We showed legit national championship level play during that game for the first time. And it was the follow up to LSU to validate it. After this game is when I knew there were real things coming for the program. Even though we got obliterated by the best team in college football history in my opinion (FSU), we finally showed elite status.
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WVU in the Orange Bowl!
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May 18, 2023, 4:34 AM
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4 & 16 catapulted the Program. However, the WVU game changed it and got BV hired as DC!
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May 18, 2023, 7:00 AM
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4 & 16 catapulted the Program. However, the WVU game changed it and got BV hired as DC!
Absolutely. 70-33 in January of 2012!
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2014 coot game
May 18, 2023, 6:33 AM
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Nothing felt good while losing to coots
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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May 18, 2023, 7:03 AM
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4th and 16... no doubt
Go Tigers!!!
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Georgia 1977 or Maryland 1978
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Re: Which game turned the program around?
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It's got to be LSU in 2012, but the momentum was only fueled by hunger.
That hunger started in 2006 vs GT. That game was the day all of Clemson knew we could be on top again.
2011 at VT has to be on this list as well. Man, leaving the stadium that night felt so good. You could feel the momentum building.
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May 18, 2023, 8:21 AM
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Absolutely 2012 LSU. One of my top five finishes all time.
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