Made it home today. Been reflecting an awful lot.

Jan 13, 2016, 5:16 PM

Been trying to piece together my thoughts since the game ended. Here's where I am.

It's going to take a very long time for me to get over it - if ever. There were just so many points in the game when I thought we would separate just enough to win with just a little comfort - much like FSU. I thought it was ours. It's been a devastating feeling.

What I've felt more and more since the end of that game is an untouchable since of pride. Ever since I was 5 years old and cardboard sliding down the hill between the old west end zone stands and the south stands, I have watched this program grow into a monster. It hasn't been an easy climb, but the hardest steel is forged from the hottest of fires.

I was sitting and eating in the Phonix airport at the Four Peeks bar and as I looked at all the orange-clad that were still there, it all kind of hit me all at once. I have NEVER in my life been so proud to be a Clemson fan. Not to sound like a little girl, but I started tearing up right there in front my friends.

Even in defeat, the fact that in my life time I have seen this program come of age is one #### of a dream come true. In that sense, at least for me, we have ascended to the top.

TNetters, thanks for still accepting me despite breaking the family way and going to a different school. Keep rubbing The Citadel's win in their faces. Keep the faith. Clemson will be back. I love you all dearly and God bless.

P.s. September 3rd and I'll see y'all at down on the plains! Go Tigers!

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Played snare drum on the Marching 101 for three years and have had our SC State Bulldog emblem tatted on my arm since 1989. Like you, I am just a fan and not an alum. I attended my first game in 1977/ND game and became a Tiger fan for life. I went to SCSU on a partial music/baseball scholly and love my alma mater forever. None of that diminishes my passion for Tiger teams and I refuse to entertain anyone who tries to tell me otherwise. Clemson never recruited me....i wasnt good enough. App State, Francis Marion, USC-Aiken and SCSU did and the music program sealed the deal for me. I will be a Bulldog til I die and a Tiger fan til I die. Much respect to all alums always but major college fanbases are made up of alums and other fans. Thank you for sharing rabid passion for the Tigers like the alums and non alums alike. Tiger Nation welcomes all of us. I wear a paracord bracelet that is one half garnet and blue and other half orange and purple, the two schools that I love with a passion. Thanks man, your alma mater had a huge fan in me when they deposited the Chickens on their #####.

Made it home today. Been reflecting an awful lot.

I get it....I'm with you.***

Great post. I grad from SCSU, am a proud Bulldog

Awesome stuff brother! Thanks.***

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It's OK, El Cid...

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