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Posted by Chili
We’ve felt this way about Bowden before. That feeling of regret, sorrow, and impending horror at the foibles that surely lay ahead. It’s like swallowing a delicious piece of taffy with a razorblade inside. Hell, you ate the damned thing, now you just have to sit around and stew with dread at how violent the exit’s gonna be.
Most Clemson fans (including us at times) don’t have the best ability to tell when things are going to change. (Admittedly there are a lot of Bowden detractors out there who have been absolutely fed up for a long time) A lot of us thought this season would be different. “2008 will be the season when talent finally overcomes coaching deficiencies” was a phrase often bantered about in the preseason. Damn were we wrong. So, with an admittedly flawed foresight, how do we know that this sick feeling over our coaching situation will remain, and not slowly wane with a couple victories and maybe an upset like it has in the past?
Many local sportswriters are openly fed up. Mickey Plyler, who maintains a blog over at Tigernet, is one of the most frequently positive of Tiger pundits. He makes it clear in his most recent post that he has never before called for a coach to be fired, but he can see the writing on the wall. He’s calling for Bowden to be fired effective immediately and for the reigns (in the interim) to be passed to rising star coach and recruiting dynamo Dabo Swinney. He spent the weekend speaking to knowledgeable former Clemson coaches and players, none of whom thought his idea was without merit.
What do you think of this idea? Take it to the comments section. We’ll post soon about possible replacement coaches.
Articles of note this afternoon:
Ron Morris with his take on things in The State.
Larry Williams of the Post & Courier on Clemson underachieving under Bowden.
Marc Hudgens adds on to the great shitpile being heaped upon the Tigers.
Metaphor for the season - eyes closed, collpasing, anticipating the worst
Posted by Chili
There is so much to report from Tigernet this weekend that it’s going to take two posts to encompass the pain, anger, and stupidity. Part 2 will be up tomorrow, so check back for that.
Before I begin with some interesting tidbits from Tigernet, I just wanted to let you know that Bowman over at Sporting Gnomes called this one. You know, being a Clemson fan is like being a self-flagellating monk. There’s no pain you can inflict on me that I don’t already put myself through for 13 weeks in the fall.
Little Orphan Asshole chimes in.
If by “swager” he means swagger… then no, that’s not what we need. Nor do we need to “hit people in the mouth” or to “play with a sense of urgency” or “GATA.” We need a coach who can… coach. The lame football cliches will fall in place after that and you’ll be able to clap your hands and fill in your Block-C Football Cliche Bingo Card, probably with a crayon.
Continuing the cavalcade of cliches is this angry missive. “Stuffed shirt?” No, sweety, now you’re just saying words you heard on O’Reilly.
Now we get the rabid mouthbreathers who have never set foot on Clemson’s campus outside of a gameday and want to get rid of the president of the university because they don’t like what they hear on Gameday. I’d like to toss this guy in a dryer with a pack of razor blades and Magic Johnson.
CAPS LOCK BRIGADE CALLING FOR BACKUP. This guy does have a valid point. Thinking of the ACC teams with better coaches than us is rather futile, might as well focus on the ones with worse coaches than us: Virginia. That’s about it. Grumpy dude in a sweater, worse than CTB by juuuust a bit.
[making a whiny voice and flailing hands] Oh look at MEEEEEEEE. I’m so much BETTER than all of YOUUUUUU, what with being able to emotionally distance myself from a sporting event EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW.
Great point. I think once we finally fully enclose the upper deck then we’ll start winning football games.
SEEEEEEEEEEEECRETS.
Much has been made lately of the quote from a Maryland player that their coaches told them at halftime to punch Clemson in the mouth and they’ll fold. While it is true that Clemson plays poorly against tough teams, any new found “toughness” that Maryland displayed after halftime wasn’t the sole cause of Clemson’s collapse. Failure to react to halftime adjustments made by the Terps, poor playcalling on offense, and costly penalties are the chief ingredients in Clemson’s hot steaming bundt cake of failure.
Some Clemson fans have taken the mentality of wild animals. Loud noises startle them, they nervously keep their head on a swivel, and they angrily lash out on anyone around them. Animalistic rage: Clemson fandom.
Blissful ignorance is the phrase that comes to mind here. This guy is proof that there are plenty of Clemson fans completely happy with the way Bowden’s tenure is going.
Yeah it’s all the players fault. Clearly. For deciding to play for Bowden, that is. ZING.
TIGERBOLT is either a brilliant, master troll, or he’s Tommy Bowden.
There’s nothing I can say that’s better than cryanl’s response. Bravo.
Posted by Block-C Staff
Let us know what to adjust and we’ll change it before we submit a final poll later in the week.
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma |  1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 6 |
| 3 | LSU | 2 |
| 4 | Missouri | 2 |
| 5 | Texas | 2 |
| 6 | Texas Tech | 3 |
| 7 | Southern Cal |  6 |
| 8 | South Florida | 5 |
| 9 | Brigham Young | 2 |
| 10 | Georgia | 7 |
| 11 | Florida | 7 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 2 |
| 13 | Penn State | 2 |
| 14 | Auburn | 2 |
| 15 | Utah | 2 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 6 |
| 17 | Wake Forest | 5 |
| 18 | Kansas | — |
| 19 | Fresno State | 6 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt | 1 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 2 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 4 |
| 23 | Oregon | 1 |
| 24 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
| 25 | Connecticut | 1 |
Posted by Chili
…. and 2007, 2006, 2005, etc etc.
The unofficial mascot of the 2008 Clemson Tiger football team
Posted by Chili
Maryland 20, Clemson 17.
Clemson collapses as we thought they might. I don’t see how the season can be redeemed. I don’t mean that in the “man I hope Clemson loses every game so they fire Bowden” way, more in the “God I hope we can rebound but I know we won’t” way. Either way, fire everyone but Dabo Swinney and Billy Napier (after the season of course). Or fire everyone, fuck, a firesale would be better than the alternative. We’re going to have to grin and bear it with this staff until after signing day, then fire them and hope to lure someone else. Either way, people who are of the opinion that Bowden will somehow miraculously become a great coach some day need to realize that they are defending a completely untenable position. Could things be worse – abso-lutely. But they could be so much better with a competent coach at the helm and some decent playcalling on offense. Defense busted their ass today, all necessary props to them, but the 2nd half offensive playcalling was just a bitch mentality. GTFO MY SCHOOL.
Oh, and you better believe I have some DSOT screencaps ready to drag out.
At least Georgia lost. I think they preferred the rape when it was Sherman bearing down on them.
Posted by Chili
Disregard this for now. They Maryland liveblog will appear here a bit before noon. Listen to the live feed here.
