Tears

Jan 11, 2016, 10:50 AM

I posted this last night, but felt it was worth a repost. I've teared-up at least 100 times since New Years eve just thinking about what it would feel like to win. If/when we win, I will cry like a baby...hell, I tear-up just typing what it will be like to cry like a baby. lol

This means so much to Clemson fans. Alabama has been here...they've won 15 (debatable) National championships...most every fan they have has witnessed winning a championship...we have not. We got a taste of greatness in January of 1982, and, just as athletes always say, "felt like we would be back again next year, or the next", but it took 34 years. I was 4...I don't remember it. Only a small percentage of the Clemson fanbase remembers it. To most of us, THIS is (could be) the greatest day of our Clemson lives (or second only to getting that degree we worked so hard for). This is a "I remember where I was" type day that will last forever. We KNOW how special these moments are. Many of us remember how easy winning was in the 80's, only to never win them all...but still be excited to be top 10, and expecting every year to have a chance to be great. Even more of us remember Ken Hatfield and Tommy West...we tore down goal post and carried Tommy West off the field after beating USuC in 1998, finishing 3-8 and 1-7 in conference play. We remember the 6 and 7 win seasons under Bowden, who, for all he did wrong, laid the foundation for what we experience today by his foresight with the WestZone and facilities in general. And we remember the early Dabo years...the ACCCG in 2009, only to be followed-up by a 6-7 record in 2010. We KNOW how special this is...we KNOW that, as much as we feel like we've arrived, and as much as we feel like next year we'll be even better...we KNOW this may take 34 more years to happen again...some of us know that we may never experience this again in our life. I hope the players seize the moment, understand it's importance, but play lose and have fun and play their best game of the year. I hope by mid-night I'm crying like a baby as the clock ticks down to 0:00, tears streaming down my face from 34 years of pent-up emotion...finally, once again, knowing that our Clemson Tigers are National Champions!

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They have won 10, not 15.***

you must've missed the (debatable) notation***

i posted my side of the debate. thanks.***

Re: They have won 10, not 15.***

I will enjoy the salt from your tears***

Dude, do you have a job? You are on boards all day everyday

Ha! Your pulse is lower than mine.***

So true!!! lol***

I tried to help ya, pulsed ya up***

I need all the help I can get around here. These guys are

Typically a realest doesn't go over well.

95% of these guys are idiot homers.***

Oh my gosh?! Homers on their own team's message board?!

and you wonder why your pulse is low...

Re: I need all the help I can get around here. These guys are

Who are you being mean to now?***

Re: Who are you being mean to now?***

Re: Who are you being mean to now?***

Re: Who are you being mean to now?***

^^^gives a bad image of Tiger fans everywhere. Ignore.***

I was at the game in 1981, but this feels very different

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