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Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 10:24 AM
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Loved this guy. Faster in the open field than you'd think.
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He could have beaten the coots that one year ...
Jun 4, 2018, 10:26 AM
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Curse you Tommy Bowden
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Aaahhhhhhh!!!!! Gawd you scraped a healing wound with me
Jun 4, 2018, 10:51 AM
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about Tammy. 06 driving the ball down the coots throat with Merriweather and TB snatches defeat from the jaws of victory by taking him out.
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Re: Aaahhhhhhh!!!!! Gawd you scraped a healing wound with me
Jun 4, 2018, 10:52 AM
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Tommy needed those troopers that day.
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Re: Aaahhhhhhh!!!!! Gawd you scraped a healing wound with me
Jun 4, 2018, 1:18 PM
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One of very many gaffs TB made, but he did get us headed in the right vicinity and hired Dabo, so I thank him for that. That is about it, though.
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Re: He could have beaten the coots that one year ...
Jun 5, 2018, 1:01 PM
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I have learned to appreciate CTB - overall - for his contributions (most importantly CDS) to our program, but I WILL NEVER forget this. I was at the game that afternoon and to this day have never been so disgusted by a coaches decision in my whole entire 40+ years here on Earth.
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Loved by fans; denied by Bowden.
Jun 4, 2018, 10:27 AM
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Way underrated.*****
Jun 4, 2018, 10:41 AM
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I’ll never forget
Jun 4, 2018, 11:17 AM
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Bowden said he took Merriweather out to go with the guy with the ‘hot hand’! That is beyond stupid. That truly cost us a win over ‘them’. Wonder if coach Dabo would have made that move?
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And less than two years later
Jun 4, 2018, 11:34 AM
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Terry Don went with the 'hot hand'...sizzling, in fact.
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 11:27 AM
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I was there. My most vivid memory of the Bowden years. Not a Bowden hater but certainly cost us that game. How could 70,000 fans see it and. Coach be so blind.
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 11:35 AM
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I saw it too.. Reggie had several very long runs in that drive and Bowden took him out every time. With the ball very near the goal line he took Reggie out and I believe that he returned for the next play without Bowden’s OK and that made the coach mad and he kept him out. We ended up NOT scoring with the ball at the goal line if I remember correctly. I knew then that TB had to go. After all, we were playing Usuck that day And losing!
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We all saw it and were baffled.*****
Jun 4, 2018, 2:11 PM
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 12:29 PM
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If you recall, Reggie was jumping straight up making his feet waist high at the huddle. He was fired up out of his mind. And yes, the entire stadium collectively said ###........
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 2:31 PM
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Ditto. Was there. Was astonished. I wrote the only letter I have ever written to the Athletic Dept after that debacle. I’m from NA originally and that made me hurt that much more for Reggie and Clemson. Ugggggghhh
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 2:56 PM
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Reggie Merriweather is one of my personal all-time favorites!
Taking him out of that USuC game was the dumbest in a long list of dumb decisions by Coach Bowden!
Go Tigers!!!
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 4:50 PM
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When Bowden took Merriweather out of the game I thought that was one of the worst decisions I had ever witnessed. He had carried us down the field and showed no sign of exhaustion. Every time he had the ball, he was determined to pick up yardage. That was truly a prime example of snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 5:04 PM
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And a much better player than Antwan.
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I really hate it for the guy that just the mention of his
Jun 4, 2018, 5:47 PM
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name conjures up the most boneheaded coaching move in a generation, if not more, in Clemson lore.
Reggie's heart would have had to explode leaving him lifeless and limp before any of the next four plays giving him the ball straight into that line wouldn't have gotten us a TD.
I could never accept TB as a legit gameday coach again after that one.
Reggie! Reggie!
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One of the most under-rated backs to...
Jun 4, 2018, 6:48 PM
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ever play at Clemson.
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Re: Reggie Merriweather
Jun 4, 2018, 7:16 PM
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Had a few classes with him. He was a funny dude, always had everyone laughing...
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Did you e-mail this to TB?
Jun 4, 2018, 10:00 PM
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He should see it.
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