Re: Getting ahead of what may come win or lose

O'kay, we have an opportunity. There -- it is not a guarantee but an opportunity. If the Tigers don't live up to the opportunity against number 1 on the road -- I still think we will have a good year--with 2 loses on our record but still a great opportunity to finish strong. However, I know how crazy Tigernet is after a lost so I don't think I will even visit for 3 to 4 days because of all the crazy crap people will post. You know--Fire(fill in the blank)_________, Coots are great, We just suck, etc. etc.

On the other hand--let's say we are fortunate and win. O'kay. Big. Yes. But does that mean we go undefeated from then on. No. One game at a time. FSU will be hoping we fall and they can make the difference up somewhere in the rest of Clemson's schedule. I think tons of hype will be created if we win. And hype is not a good thing sometimes for a team on a mission who needs to block out all the fluff.

Anyway, try to keep it real Saturday night no matter the way it goes for the Tigers. (I know, that's a losing cause in itself).

Oh, by the way, I will be pulling for our boys as hard as I can. I hope they take advantage of the opportunity given them. GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sep 16, 2014, 11:52 AM [ in reply to Re: Getting ahead of what may come win or lose ]

You're way ahead of yourself and way off base. Posting "what ifs" assuming we get blown out is about as pessamistic and negative as you can get. I guess you could be worse if your reaction was to make wholesale changes to a program that has been as successful and whose future looks as bright as ours.

Last season, we had 2 bad losses. One was a true blow out to the team who won the national championship. We had a bad day; they had a great day. They were also a better more veteran team, particularly on defense.

In the usc-e loss, we actually were the better team (IMO). Sadly, we put so much pressure on ourselves that we made critical mistakes. Make no mistake about it, we lost that game between our ears. Tajh Boyd was an obvious example of this, but he was far from alone.

Besides those two games, we had a great year. A top 10 finish and an Orange Bowl win is better than we've done since the 80s. I don't really see what needs to change.

Two years ago, we lost to FSU by 12 on the road and by 10 to the ##### in Clemson. We also beat Auburn and LSU and finished in the top 15. All in all, a very good year.

This season, we have a new quarterback and have to rely on a number of young skill players. In addition to a record setting 3 year starter at QB, we lost our 2 best OLs, our 2 best WRs, our top RB. I would like to be, but we probably aren't at the level where we just reload. We're getting much closer, however, and making knee jerk changes is not warranted.

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