Times you guessed Clemson had hit its ceiling?

Apr 10, 2019, 8:32 AM

I've been a fanatic Clemson supporter for 50+ years. I've seen some long long low ebbs in our football program. My first 9 years of being a fan, we posted 8 losing seasons. I got the low point out of the way early. If I try to think of the most precise nadir of Clemson football it came on 11/22/1975 when I walked out of Carolina Stadium a 56-20 loser to South Carolina. But I've also seen a lot of what felt like high points for Clemson. Here are my own personal/Clemson high point markers.

12/29/1977....I'm walking out of the Gator Bowl, giddy over the fact the Tigers have just defeated Ohio State University to finish the year at 10-1. I was nearly positive we'd end up in the top ten. I thought, and remarked to my buddies, "Clemson football will never get any better than it is right now."

9/19/1981.....Leaving Death Valley a 13-3 winner over Georgia and Herschel Walker was a huge moment. The Dawgs were defending National Champs and were riding a 15 game winning streak. I thought I'd never see a bigger single win for The Tigers.

*****1/1/82....Tigers Beat Nebraska to win the first Natty. I'm not sure any time has ever really felt bigger in the moment than the first Natty. I thought that night and for many many many nights to come how lucky in life I had been to have my team with the National Championship.

*****1/9/17....Tigers win a squeaker over big bad Bama, in the last second to win our second Natty. We all go just crazy with joy. Can any moment in the future ever possible feel better than the instant Renfrow caught the pass and casually flipped the ball to the referee?

*****1/7/19....Clemson destroys Alabama. No one anywhere can ever again doubt Clemson is a blue blood of College Football. Our win was so complete, unchallenged, and so seemingly inevitable against the long time king of college football, the feeling was mostly just fully satisfying. There was no 'I can't believe it' moment. Most importantly for me, it never even once occurred to me that the win over Bama was likely to be the last Natty I'd see in my lifetime.

The change in perspective between that 1977 win over Ohio State and today feels very very rewarding.

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