and realize where we are as a program right now: we're about to play in our THIRD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 4 YEARS!!!
I remember watching teams like FSU, Nebraska, Miami, The Real USC, play for the Natty growing up wondering what it was like to watch the '81 team win it all and thinking that I'd never see Clemson do it again.
I'm not the oldest fan on the Board but I suffered through the Bowden years when I was at Clemson. I remember beating the Gamecocks more often than not, but also getting destroyed by Tex Tech and Kliff Kingsbury in the Tangerine Bowl (I think?); beating Miami on the road and losing to Duke the next week; watching Wake Forest win the ACC, losing to Maryland to keep us out of the ACCCG; sitting on The Hill watching a game-winning TD fall through Aaron Kelly's hands against BC...
I never thought we'd see the promised land, much less this often.
Take a moment in the excitement leading up to the game this week and think about how spoiled we are to be witnessing this era of Tiger Football!