Palmetto Proving Grounds

Might be the only post I've ever read from a Clemson fan that acutally makes sense. He gets how big of a joke Dabo is and how lame the ACC is.

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let an opportunirt of a lifetime slip through our hands. No matter what anybody says, this is an academic issue. It seems our administration will be happy watching us be a better than average football team competing in a league that will hae no rewards to reap. Feel quite sure the Orange Bowl will be gone now, soon followed by the Peach. Its ok though, our administration will have fun celebrating our many ACC championships at tehe balmy Music City/Pinstripe/Emerald Nuts/Pinstripe/Sun Bowl against the mighty Navy Midshipmen or if we are lucky maybe even the matchup of a lifetime against Boise St on December 23rd!!!!

Seriously, us fans deserve a lot better. As Mickey said in his blog, we have been fans longer than Dabo has been coaching here and will be fans longer than he will be the coach here. Thousnads of us scrape up pennies throughout the year in order to pay IPTAY so that we can have the ability to purchase tickets. We deserve to see a higher standard of football. Instead, our cheerleader head coach (no offense, don't have any other issues with Dabo other than his blatant disregard for making our brand--his brand--better.)just closed his best sales job ever by convinving our BOT that the ACC will have a seat at the big boy table. Dabo backed them into a corner yesterday and in order to save face the BOT will block this move. His spin on recruiting is an excuse, as at least seven and every other year, eight games will still be played in the state of SC. The other 4 to 5 will cost a recruits parents no more to fly to see their son play. So somehow Dabo can spin Syracuse, Pitt, Maryland, Blacksburg to being much different than Morgantown, Ames, Manhattan KS, etc.

Sorry had to vent. Just one very disgruntled fan. I have held out hope for several years that we would be able to witness greatness once again and have the chance to see the big boys come to the Valley. Instead, Wake, Duke and the like can continue to bring their 250 rabid followers and their many crickets to the Valley to witness "The Most Exciting 25 Seconds in College Football" at 11:55 AM! Say goodbye to national attention, seas of orange, and a chance to have bragging rights. Way to go BOT and congratulate your puppet master, Mr. Dabo Swinney! "