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When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 8:06 PM
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downs, blah, blah, blah...Danny had them ready to play every week. Not once on Tiger net did I read all the media BS about Clemsoning etc. It was just: "who do we play next?"
Dabo is doing work. Coaching his knuts off. Win em all y'all.
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The inner web was big in '81 was it?***
Oct 11, 2015, 8:10 PM
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Heck yeah! Me and Albert G were busy inventing it...***
Oct 11, 2015, 8:13 PM
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Tight with the Ozonator. I like it!***
Oct 11, 2015, 8:17 PM
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 8:11 PM
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It was mostly those 20 yrs. between Danny and Dabo when we developed that reputation .
Thank you Dabo for bringing football back to Clemson .
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 10:30 PM
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I think we developed it under Bowden. Hatfield and West did not lose many games they were supposed to win because they were underdogs in those games. Tommy lost a lot of games he was supposed to win. The WVU blowout which is on Dabo contributed to the reputation.
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and also because no one expected us to go undefeated***
Oct 11, 2015, 8:14 PM
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Orange Blooded [2904]
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I remember those days...
Oct 11, 2015, 8:21 PM
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watching the sports ticker at the bottom of the tv for
Oct 11, 2015, 8:32 PM
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scores. Every 15 min or so your team would come across. If a commercial came along you were SOL and had to wait another 15 min. The next day you could get the box score from the newspaper and see how the top 20 fared and a couple days later you could find out who the new top 20 was.
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Re: And there was always a good chance that the score was
Oct 11, 2015, 8:37 PM
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reversed.
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Sports writers were different then, ate pastrami sandwiches,
Oct 11, 2015, 8:22 PM
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smoked cigars, and had names like Big Al Leibowiczechs.
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Re: Sports writers were different then, ate pastrami sandwiches,
Oct 11, 2015, 8:35 PM
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> smoked cigars, and had names like Big Al
> Leibowiczechs.
And instead of dancing, D. Ford would pass out victory cigars to the players.
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 8:26 PM
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The internet ha what internet. If we had internet then Danny Ford would have been fired for the year before we won the title!! or was it the year after? All we had was home phones!!!
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 8:37 PM
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Ha! We had a party line!
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 8:28 PM
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Danny teams lost many games they should not have. Sad but true. I think he was around .500 in games played at Duke. Honestly Dabo seems to be ready to surpass Danny as our best coach. Time will tell. This comes from a guy who thought Dabo was a bad hire originally. It took me a couple of years to see the improvement in our overall program before I was swayed. Mainly, Dabo hired the best coaches he could. Tommys coordinators never made a splash. Dabos have.
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Remember when some team name VPI beat us to start the year.
Oct 11, 2015, 8:33 PM
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And we kicked a field goal to tie USuC. Poor old Dabo would be crucified......
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 8:35 PM
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No Web, No Twitter, No FB, No Whining, No Moaning, No Running to Ma Ma!!!
Just Kick A$$ defense and no excuses and an offense that moved the chains. Very few ESPN agendas.
Davis, Tripplet, Jordan, Tuttle, Headen, Devaine, Perry, Magwood, Hatcher, McSwain, Igwebuike, Brown, Nanny, Farr, Diggs, Kinard, Mack, McCall, Hall, Childers, Suttle, Hudson, Mayberry, and more - Tigers with Heart and Guts!!!
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Re:Yep. it was nice not having to put up will the media crap***
Oct 11, 2015, 8:39 PM
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Re:Yep. it was nice not having to put up will the media crap***
Oct 11, 2015, 9:16 PM
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Yeah , I think Danny offered to step outside the locker room to whip the reporters arses during that 6-6 year .
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 9:24 PM
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Back then Tnet was loose leaf paper notes thumb tacked to a cork board in Johnstone. They seemed more focused on phone numbers to call "for a good time" and alternating besmirching and defending the honor of various co-eds, but whatever.
Examples: of 1981 Tnet posts, go:
"Will the person who stole my KISS platform shower shoes please return them."
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Would check the Greenville News to see what Dan Foster said
Oct 11, 2015, 9:48 PM
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and read every article and box score in the Sunday
sports section.
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Re: When WCU almost picked off the Tigers in 1980...CU 17-10
Oct 11, 2015, 10:20 PM
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The media had a "Field Day". Even after the 81 nc, There was plenty of criticism, when we almost beat the tigers again in 82. Yes, I played in the 1982 game and Contrary to what Larry Williams wrote in his book, WCU had the lead at halftime. This was in The G'ville News the next few weeks. "Ford Needs To Stop Running The Ball So Much!"
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 10:26 PM
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> downs, blah, blah, blah...Danny had them ready to
> play every week. Not once on Tiger net did I read all
> the media BS about Clemsoning etc. It was just: "who
> do we play next?"
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> Dabo is doing work. Coaching his knuts off. Win em
> all y'all.
I thought Tnet didn't start up until 1996? Weird....
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 11, 2015, 10:27 PM
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Was there such thing as an internet in 81?
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Dannys offense drew constant criticism,but defense NEVER did
Oct 11, 2015, 10:34 PM
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I vividly remember the sarcastic cheer "Up the middle, up the middle, up the middle, PUNT!"
Danny drove us crazy with those 17-13 games. If there was a "spread" we almost never beat it. But I do recall if we ever had the lead and got the ball with 8 mins left, the opponent rarely got it back.
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That was known as "marching to glory"/"emptying the house".***
Oct 11, 2015, 10:48 PM
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Re: Dannys offense drew constant criticism,but defense NEVER did
Oct 11, 2015, 10:53 PM
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Spot-On Scooter! For Some reason, these Newcomers seem they were here back then. The newspapers, TV media and radio networks were "Harsh!" But that was all we had!
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IMHO I think you are only remembering just the good times
Oct 12, 2015, 8:43 AM
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about that remarkable season. I went to most every home game that year. There were grumbling and complaining after we beat Wofford. Several comments were made about Clemson not scoring enough points. Same thing occurred after the NC State game too.
The biggest difference is that we did not have social media and screen names to hide behind.
To me social media has taken a lot of the enjoyment out of sports. Your team is on top 1 week and being slammed the next week.
A TNetter made a great suggestion yesterday. He / she said to get off of TigerNet spend time with your family , enjoy time with you wife and kids. Great advice!!!
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Re: When the 81 team won the NC, there wasn't atalk about let
Oct 12, 2015, 8:51 AM
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I was a sophomore @Clemson in 1981 and I can tell you most of us didn't know what to feel. It seems like every game just went our way and then one day we were high up in the polls. I especially remember the build up before our game vs UNCheat in Chapel Hill. Now that was a nail biter! I will never forget the headline in the State Newspaper the next day in big bold print.." TIGERS ARE 10-8ious!" What great times and hopefully we can relive those special times again reali soon!!! Go Tigers!
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