Comments by vagrantham

Written on Dabo Swinney gives out game balls galore after Tigers stun LSU:

Great win now get out their and recruit some more players this is just what Clemson needed to help us get some RESPECT. GO TIGERS.

Written on Clemson aims for another mark with young team against LSU:

in response to Tigerfan75:

Just a couple questions for the two jokers above.First...Do you recall how the Tigers were doing before Bowden arrived? I do. I remember the years between Danny Ford and Tommy Bowden were pretty lean. Second...How many seniors do you count on the offensive line this year? I count only one.

I agree with this comment you are right on. We are a young team with a lot of promise. Bowden ran the program into the ground it took him 10 yrs to totally ruin our football program. Dabo has taken 4yrs to get us headed in the right direction. Dabo is a great recruiter and he has the will to win and the passion to return us to where we want to be. All we need to do as TIGER FANS is show some patience.

Written on Dabo Swinney pushing Clemson through physical practices :

in response to sennmanthetigerfan:

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I agree with you Dabo has been great for the Tigers. I really appreciate him very much. The problem we had was we let TB stay too long and we got behind and know we have to catch up. Dabo is one of the best recruiters you could ask for. He has the passion and has assembled a very good coaching staff and will continue Dabo is a very smart coach and he knows what to do and he can make the hard choices. It took us 10 yrs too get bad under TB watch its taken us 4 yrs to get better and Dabo is not through.

Written on Coastal Carolina routs Clemson 69-46:

This is the chance you take when you schedule these teams. If you win it means nothing But when you loose well I don't have to say any more.

Written on Smallest Clemson senior class since 1999 hoping to go out in style:

you all should be very proud of what you have accomplished on the field and off. We appreciate each and every one of you. Now its time to carry your talents to the world and continue to strive for higher goals and bigger things. GO TIGERS.

Written on Four-star wide receiver Demarcus Robinson flips from Clemson to Florida:

The reason he chose fla. is because the SEC lets the pot heads keep on playing instead of suspending them!!!Yea thats right. Its all about winning with out any consequences. maybe the coaches in the SEC should run for sheriff of thier county or parris that way they can spend more time with their players.

Written on Four-star wide receiver Demarcus Robinson flips from Clemson to Florida:

I glad he changed up and went to Fla. I don't think he could have made the grade to attend a ACC school.

Written on Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt interviews Chad Morris in Upstate:

in response to YabbaDaboDooDoo:

I'm sure he is Kiper's #1 QB. Playing against Clemson's defense certainly helped him. Glennon's biggest passing game, 493 yards and 5 TDs, came against Clemson. Only the Citadel allowed NC State more points than Clemson. And NC State was a 7-5 team that fired their coach.

Hey dodo boy. take your ignorance to a sec web site maybe you can out smart them or maybe they think you are smart which is very likely being that if you took your IQ and times it by 2 you wouldn't be in triple digits. Here's the SEC conf. play football for us dig ditches after you graduate. or deliver pizza's. oh you have to pass the driving test to do that forget the pizza delivery.

Written on Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt interviews Chad Morris in Upstate:

in response to YabbaDaboDooDoo:

Point and laugh. Hilarious. You should take your act on the road. If you think they're winning b/c of Dabo then you shouldn't be concerned at all if Morris leaves. Chad Morris doesn't owe anything to anyone. If Dabo is as great as you say he is then those recruits will not care if Morris leaves. Morris is the highest-paid coordinator in college football, right? That means he already has the resume to be a head coach.

You've got to stop with the knucklehead national championship talk. You have to be the champion of your own state first. You might want to win your conference championship more than once in 20 years also. And then not get rolled in the Orange Bowl. The national championship is fool's gold for you. The SEC has won the last 6 and Alabama is the favorite to make it 7 in a row. You need to go undefeated and have 6 plane crashes to get to the national championship.

Heydodod I don't know what sec team you are rooting for if you are a Alabama fan yes they have carried the sec for years. as far as championships. And this is what the deal is. as far as National championships CLEMSON has a chrystal Football and if you haven;t seen one in person go to the upstate and look in the trophy case.

Written on Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt interviews Chad Morris in Upstate:

in response to Bigboots:

I don't know if he is a great recruiter or not.
His strength seems to be rolling up big numbers against weak opponents.
When the level of competition is stepped up, the offense sputters and seems to crash and burn.

I never said he was a great recruiter!!! I said he was ahead coach during his time in high school football. So I believe that he would have no problem recruting in the high schools in Texas. as far as what he has done at Clemson well I have to agree although Defense wins games and we need alot of work on that side if you can't get the ball then how can the offense get a chance to score you watched the game. when the offense sputters your Defense needs to win games. This is the problem you keep the ball away from a high scoring offense and you limit their touches you beat them. This is the formula that Spurrier has used on us. no mater if you score 50 points if your d can't stop a team from scoring 51. you loose.

Written on T.L. Hanna's Ben Boulware eager to be a Tiger:

I like Ben Its great to see a young man with his attitude his motor is always running.

Written on Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt interviews Chad Morris in Upstate:

If Chad gets this job as a head coach great after all he gets to go back home and who can blame him for that, another thing is Chad was coaching high school football and was a head coach. Chad would have no problem recruting in texas. Hate to see Chad leave theirs no place like home good for you Chad and your family.

Written on Looking west: Clemson fans keeping an eye on Lubbock as bowl prep continues:

This is what they have got into coaching for. I hope Brent and Morris the best what ever they decide. This is what i would like to see The drama to stop and the coaches doing what they are getting paid to do by CLEMSON get ready to play a very important game against a very good team in LSU. This is a distraction for our players we need to focus on this game I know its hard because our players know whats going on with Brent and Morris. I don't want no excuses either we beat LSU are we don't I don't want to here anyone say well its because our players didn't have their heads in the game because of whats going on with our coordinators. GO TIGERS BEAT LSU.

Written on Auburn move reunites Charlie Harbison with Ellis Johnson, as doors keep opening:

Totally agree thats the best thing that could have happened bye Charlie.

Written on ACC presidents issue statement reaffirming schools' commitment to league:

in response to michtiger:

Thatt is a good pledge but what happens if a court gives Md relief from the $50m fee. Since this fee is so out of line with other exit fees it seems likely a judge would agree that Md leaving has an impact but not to that level. and reduce the fee. Remember rutgers is suing the Big East over the $10m fee and they filed to give credibility to their new friend Md in the big ten. If the fee is cut it seems clear FSU will take off and CU will be in a bind. We have put all our marbles in FB in a BB conference. The ACC does not give our players and coaches enough tough games to develop.

I believe the ACC elite teams will not stay down much longer every thing evolves in life as in football. No team in the ACC is going any where. well with the exception of Maryland and what revelance have they had in the ACC in a long time. I believe that with the addition of the other schools they won't be missed, I will say this however I believe that they will have to pay dearly to leave the ACC. After all what is Maryland going to bring to the table in the big 10 other than scraps.

Written on Chad Morris says he isn't talking with South Florida :

If he goes he goes good for him.I would like to see him stay. Now it seems to me that Chad is not all in and thats not what we need we need him 100% committed or he needs to take another job.But untill then he needs to get his A$$ in gear and do what he is getting paid very well to do..Coach.

Written on Clemson ready to earn some ACC respect against LSU:

in response to TrevorT:

Tater is right, your comments are as confusing as your user name. If you honestly can't see that this program is improving, you need to go ahead and jump on the SEC bandwagon. It seems like you already have one foot out the door. I doubt anyone will miss the absence of one more half-fan who's more concerned about a conference than his team. I don't understand when college football changed from a team sport to a conference sport. It's ridiculous!

Hey Tater I totally agree with you as I have said in the past. I am sick and tired of people putting down the ACC especially the CLEMSON TIGERS!!!They all have their right to an opinon just take it somewhere else I see a lot of improvement in the Tigers on both sides of the ball yes we have more work to do.Dabo and Co. are going about it the right way great recruting year after year this is how you build a strong foundation get depth. We are young and some so called fans don;t have patience to wait for these young players to get experience and knowledge.

Written on Bowl-bound teams show academic progress; Clemson ranks second in ACC to Duke:

Well this is the old saying if your gonna be DUMB you gotta be tough. This is the model for The university of chickens. And they take pride in being the university of south carolina. Spurrier said when he came to the chicken U that they would have to drop their academics scores to get the players he needed to make it a winning program. I would have to say they went above and beyond. How sorry for this so called university to call its self an institute of higher education. It is and institution and with these scores we know what kind.

Written on Chad Morris reportedly interviews with Auburn:

I say go far it. If the opportunity presents itself take it, Hope you all the best this is whats its about.

Written on N.C. State poised to make a move; board approved contract parameters in Wednesday meeting:

in response to brookesdad729:

I believe if they can get Dykes from LaTech, he will be their guy, not Morris, but we already knew that Morris would not be here forever so why are we getting upset that he would be getting a head coaching job somewhere? That's so selfish! That's what every coordinator dreams of doing someday, that's why they coach...duhhhhh! I pray that he comes back and we can get another year under him but if he does get a head coaching position, I wish him nothing but the best! If we can get one more year under him, with Tajh, I believe that we will have an outstanding year. We're definitely improving. We're just spoiled and want to win right now! This is only our 2nd year under his system and look at our record! Go Tigers!

I totally agree if Chad can better his self I hope him and his family all the best. This is what its all about climbing the ladder to reach your goals every assistant coach in the country wants to be a head coach and if this happens for chad this year or next good for him. I am not bitter for him I appreciate what he has done for the Tigers and continues to do.

Written on Chad Morris will be a fixture on 2012's coaching carousel:

I hope that Chad stays we just need to give our D coach time to right the ship. you can't relay on your offense to win games as we have done . The defense has to win the games like this past saturday against the chickens. If our Defense could have made the stops we needed the offense could have maybe found its groove its a team effort.Brent is a good coor. and so is Chad we need to get on with recruiting and get ready to play our bowl game. GO TIGERS.

Written on Against tumultuous ACC backdrop, can Dabo Swinney restore Clemson's historical dominance? :

I would say the Defense held up better than I thought it would we didn't get to the QB but to be on the field as much as they were they held their on. The Offense has had times as if they go to sleep. well tonight they went to sleep not by choice the fact is that they could not get the ball. I am a Clemson Tiger Fan and it hurts to see them loose to any one Having said that its time to go back to work let the past be just that the past get it together the sun doesn't shine in the same mule but all the time lets go kick some butt in the Bowl Game.

Written on Chad Morris' offense rendered a non-factor by USC:

We really have problems on both sides of the ball lets face it as long as we are in the ACC we may win every now and again against The chickens but right now we are weak and we play in a weak conf.Yes we won 10 games but look at the teams we played sorry!!! I am not making any excuses when you play a team that is in the SEC you better be ready to play Defense its easy to beat a team that has a good offense if you keep the ball away from them this is what happened.steve spurrier is a old wise coach I hate him but you have to give credit were it due. We have to get mean an get some identity on Defense and get tough we haven't been tough on Defense in a very long time.We need to make some changes and get out and recruit if we can find players who want to come play in the ACC. The table was set for the ACC to show the country that we could play with the SEC well we didn't neither did FSU and i really didn't think that Ga Tech had a chance but I thought that FSU and Clemson could.

Written on After 10-1 season, Swinney says it's not all-or-nothing for Tigers against Gamecocks:

We don't need the negetive's to start are you a CLEMSON FAN or not I am tired of hearing the negatives. We are a better team no question yes we lost to FSU so what they lost to NCST.If anyone here thinks that a 10 win season isn;t good then you should think again, as i have said the SEC isn't as good as the polls show.I agree with Coach Dabo he is the Head coach. We should as fans be appreciative of our coaches and our record let the past go our team is greatly improved under these coaches. Dabo has given up raises for himself to bring in top coordinators to improve our team.This should show how much winniing means to him!!! Go back 4years ago if you want but I will take our path now its far more better we are improving each and every year so don't put down our team even if we lose to the chickens I would rather be a TIGER any day.

Written on Clemson's defense takes step back against N.C. State:

in response to YabbaDaboDooDoo:

Climpsun fans should be worried after this game. Glennon may be an NFL QB but he didn't have any other NFL talent around him. Top-15 teams don't give up 48 points to NC State... period. This defense is not very good at all. Points allowed had gone down in previous games but only b/c the schedule was as awful as the ACC could possibly allow (@WF, @Duke, MD, and an unusually BAD VT).

South Carolina game will most likely be followed by another game against an SEC team either in Atlanta or in New Orleans if the Sugar Bowl chooses to make that mistake. The video game offensive stats won't be there against SEC defenses. Climpsun will actually have to stop somebody or they'll get "Mountaineered".

Bring on the SEC we like taking them down to. Like I have said many times Chicken U is just riding the coat tails of real SEC teams its not Chicken U that is the SEC they just needed some more door mats to go with kentucky and vanderbilt and a few others. we don't care who we play or where bring them own we are not like Chicken U you are wanting to take the Razorbacks off your schedule and put in A&M how is that going to work out for you how dumb is that !!! A&M will beat you like a drum how about this why don;t you take Wofford off your schedule because they gave you all you wanted at Home come on Chicken U. Take every team off your schedule and play with yourselves after all you could possibly go undefeted..

Written on Following Nkemdiche's lead, Grayson's David Kamara withdraws commitment:

in response to TUN:

I think people get way too caught up in the recruiting process these days. As Clemson fans our only focus should be on NC State and making sure we destroy them in the Valley on Saturday. And after NC State, our focus should only be pounding South Carolina. All of this recruiting stuff will take care of itself. I am fully confidant that Dabo will once again put together an outstanding class. He does it every year and he is building a powerhouse here in Clemson. We don't need Nkemdiche or Kamara to have an outstanding class but to be honest if I had to choose between Gallman and Kamara, I would choose Gallman in a heartbeat. He is a better player and athlete. Clemson fans should not wring their hands over verbal commits who later decommit. It is just part of the process. One of Dabo's great strengths is recruiting and Clemson is an easy sell both as a university and as a football program on the rise. Anyone who knows anything about Clemson football knows that we have and will continue to attract elite athletes from all over the country. We have nothing to worry about recruiting wise. Our best sales pitch for our program is to keep winning and to take care of business the next two weeks.

very well stated. !00% agreed

Written on Swinney says still-looking prospects not 'committed,' proposes early signing date:

Great way of putting it it works both ways, recruiting has become a circus its filled with dramma!!! Dabo isn't into dramma lets go recruit and find the sort of players that want to be part of a team. Some recruits want it to be all about them.

Written on Following Nkemdiche's lead, Grayson's David Kamara withdraws commitment:

in response to jdl031287#282299:

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I totally agree this guy is small for a cb he was just riding the coat tail of his team mate.He will go some where to play and good luck.So lets get a big cb that can do the job.

Written on Following Nkemdiche's lead, Grayson's David Kamara withdraws commitment:

Well we would rather not have a player that is not 100% commited this opens up a slot for another player that is 100% commited good luck to you. After all it is your decision to make should have thought of that before commiting however this is what happens when you get caught up in the moment. Gallman is holding steady to his commitment.

Written on Tigers in the driver's seat for BCS sugar; but what was the ACC thinking?:

It would be great to see FSU- Clemson matchup Thats not going to happen with the both being in the same division . Fsu beat us head to head and thats the way it is. Yes with all the great battles these 2 teams have had it would have been great to see them play again. We had the chance and let it slip away it wasn't our day. I agree that Clemson and FSU should be in different div. boy that would be a made for prime time event in Dec. for the ACC title it would be hard to find seating for that game,But as I said we had a chance. GO TIGERS WIN OUT LETS GO FOR THE SUGAR.

Written on High school coach says Robert Nkemdiche has de-committed from Clemson:

This drama is not worth the gain!! This is a 17yr old and he is going to do what his agent tells him to do and thats his Mother. Send a Clear and Real message drop him and continue on.We have a very good recruiting class and its going to get better. Lets go win the rest of our games this is what we need to focus on.GO TIGERS

Written on Robert Nkemdiche says he's still committed to Clemson but "undecided":

I heard yesterday that he is going to be at ole miss for the game on saturday.So the drama continues, His mother can;t visit Clemson but can go to ole miss maybe i am missing something. This is the forth time he has visited ole miss and I know his brother is playing for ole miss, I hope we get him however it seems like he will do what mom wants him to do. So like I have said in the past 1 player don't make a team.

Written on No night kickoff for Clemson-N.C. State, as ESPN puts weekend games on hold:

I totally agree. with these 2 teams what is their to watch no mater what time it is.ESPN needs to get their head out of their$$$.

Written on Much buzz on Nkemdiche, while other commitments pile up big numbers:

I totally agree His mother seems as if she is looking for some $$ for him to sign, We should let him continue on down the line, I'am sure its to much drama between the 2 and we really don;t have the time for her in the golden corner of s.c. either so do us all a favor stay away. ! player do not make a team.

Written on Swinney 'embarrassed' for Spurrier after Gamecock coach's latest verbal jab:

We all wish the best for Marcus and his family.As for Spurrier I said when he was hired that he would do anything for another National Championship. The problem with Stevie is that he is filthy rich and he does't care about anyone or thing. He is spoiled rotten even at his age its all about him. watch him when he speaks even his body language. He knows that he can say whatever and does't care what people think he is pathetic to say the least.

Written on Tigers reveal their identity: 'blue-collar, improving, focused on trying to get better':

We should be glad as CU fans, I have seen the other side. We have had outstanding talent and the results is a 6-6 or 7-5. Thanks to our coaches we have turned the corner as far as attitudes go. We need some recruting like we have had in the last couple of years an we will be Okay. 110% Tigers All in!!!We are young and getting better all the time.

Written on For strong finish, Clemson must snap Thursday night hex:

in response to TigerShore12:

@TheRealistTruth:
I'm a Clemson fan, so that's why I'm on here. What's pitiful is that you have to come on here(OrangeandWhite) and bash fans for pulling for their team. Go back to your hole, b/c you just "proved your worth".

Well here is my thoughts the SEC teams are alway's over ranked look at GA,SC,LSU, They are all over ranked!!!Lets see Ga gets whopped by the coots then the coots get beat by LSU a team that just gets by every game.Then you take the Coots to fla.and what happens you get torched.. So don;t take it out on the orange and white this is a problem in the rankings The only good teams in the SEC are Alabama, Fla,Ga,LSU. This is my problem with all of this all of the sorry teams take the credit for playing in the toughest conf. in the nation but never contribute.Then they show their real selves when they play the real SEC teams lets face it you are door mats. The ACC my not have the rankings that the SEC has however alot of the SEC rankings are are not deserving if you were in any other conf you would probally not be ranked high as you are you may not be ranked at all.

Written on Clemson defense takes step forward:

Yes, We did show improvement but its not hard to defend VaTech they don't flash a whole lot they don't have a bunch of rinkles in the offense.Having said that we are really getting better Brent is getting his message across and it shows.GO TIGERS.

Written on Preference and performance: Dabo Swinney says 'I love what we're doing':

I think that Dabo was refering to the Clemson offense one on one with defense's.We know that we need to tackle that is a problem I have seen some improvement although very little.

Written on Brent Venables seeking improved fundamentals, consistency from Clemson:

Okay with all of this said about our D or lack of it we can't put blame on brent he's no miracle worker.We had problems with our D for years to many years!!!Hopefully we can find some help from these young players for the remainder of the season and keep going into the bowl season and keep getting our players experience this is what we need.

Written on Dabo Swinney on Nick Saban's view of no huddle offenses: 'That's not reality' :

Every one knows that bama is at the top. people were saying before the Fla.St game that their D was going to stop the Tigers offense that didn't happen the only thing that stopped Clemson was our ability to play Defense. We can score against any Defense in the country including against the best the SEC has to offer I am not saying that we will win. Our defense is young and has to get alot better and we will its coming along not as fast as some would like but you can't make everyone happy as long as we keep getting better we will be alright. GO TIGERS.

Written on Dabo Swinney fires latest verbal salvo at Steve Spurrier, South Carolina:

I don't know who looks worst that chicken thats displayed at the bluff road stadium on saturday's or stevie.

Written on Brent Venables taking first shot at stopping Tech's flex option:

Its amazing that when Gatech plays out of conference the officals are quick to call chop blocks, The acc officals can't seem to call a penatly for this how is that possible. Hit them with 15 yard penatly thats how you stop chop blocks.

Written on Fired Pickens cop speaks out about Dabo Swinney traffic stop, ticket :

in response to 68Scot:

It appears tha Dabo had already paid his reduced fine so the case was already closed before the officer made an internet post. If it was not a pending case, the officer had every right to post the info anywhere he wanted. The officer was not involved in a ethics violation. The ethics violation was the mayor trying to get involved in a police matter and the preferential treatment requested by and shown to Dabo. I'll bet if it were you or me, we would have to pay the $445 ticket and get 6 points on our license to really jack up our insurance premium. Just because Dabo is the Clemson football coach doesn't mean he is above the law. At 63 in a 35 it should have been reckless driving. Imagine if he had hit a pedestrian or another vehicle at that speed, it could have been you or one of your loved ones. It appears to me that the former officer is the only one involved in this case with ethics, not the mayor, not the chief, not Dabo, and not Dabo's brother.

Yes I will agree that no one is above the law, Dabo paid his fine and it is the magistrates decision if he wants to lesson the fine as is the case with all traffic violations.It is a 6point ticket and a 500.00 fine if you choose not to fight it or go to court. I would have hired an attorney. This sort of thing happens in every small town and city in the country. Don't you think for a minute that if it would have been a politician that was in this situation that it would have been totally dismissed and the police man fired. I bet if it would have been any football coach in america not just in Clemson or Columbia or Alabama the same would not have happened of course. The officer should not have let his feelings for what ever team he choses to pull for stand in the way of ethics.

Written on Fired Pickens officer to talk about Swinney ticket:

in response to roaddude:

Ignorance breeds "DUMB" Just read the above comment....

Hey roaddude take your IQ times it by 2 can't even get double digits. This is DUMB!!!

Written on Fired Pickens cop speaks out about Dabo Swinney traffic stop, ticket :

looks like this lawyer is an ambulance chaser. and it looks like he has caught a few also while they were parked. Send him back to Columbia they need some more crooks.

Written on Fired Pickens officer to talk about Swinney ticket:

well columbia, s.c. needs another cop. This is where he will go, just like players that don't have the smarts to go to Clemson they go to columbia, s.c. How Dumb!!!

Written on No quick fixes for Clemson's defensive problems:

we are going to get better on defense our defense has been suspect for a while, we knew coming into this year we were young and having a new defensive coor. was going to be another learning curve however the way we played was not what I was expecting. Brent has to get things fixed in a hurry and not only on defense but our special teams were not at all special. Chad Morris has our offense clicking but we have to get some Defense or we will loose more than we win. if we score 50 points and the other teams score 51 because of our inability to play Defense then how frustrating will this be to our offense, let alone to Coach Morris he will not stay around with this kind of support from our D and who could blame him.

Written on In Dabo's Words: 'This is going to be big-boy football':

in response to TrevorT:

If sportsfan is in fact a gamecock fan, I hope he'll let us know what message boards he uses. It would be so nice to stay in touch. Maybe during the week after the LSU game for example. Just a thought.

Hey TrevorT, I don't think that you will have to wait until LSU I believe that Missouri will take out the coots. That will be the fall of the chickens!!!

Written on Clemson belts Furman, 41-7:

You know what. It is always the noles all the sports writers and then you have these drifters that come on this site to run off at the mouth. I will tell you this every year the noles are picked to win the ACC and the national championship hasn't happened. The noles have to bet the champions of the ACC and it is CLEMSON not the noles. The noles will be tested by and offense like they haven't seen. So we have big boy's and they know to put their helments to fla state.

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