I live in the area and have been going to a lot of the games over the past 3 years. I was at the game last night and have to say it was a pathetic performance. Theres no way anyone who follows clemson can say the team is performing at the level it should. Rob Spence and Tommy Bowden will never get the job done there. 70% of the plays they ran were between the hash marks and the sideline which made the offense really predictable. The redzone offense has struggled again just like it did 2 years ago. Special teams have sucked every year for the past 3 at least. With the exception of FSU, I haven't seen them win a really big game in the past 3 years. Clemson plays in one of the most impressive ACC stadiums and has so much history and tradition, yet its really a shame that the 85000+ fans there will have to wait until next year for that big win, because it sure as hell won't happen under Tommy Bowder and Rob Spence.
2007-10-07 11:47:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Im talkin over the past 3-5 years, not just this year. Every year, theres a lot of hype about Clemson, and all they have to show for it recently is a stupid champs sports bowl victory
2007-10-07 11:54:06 · update #1
I know what you mean. Every year people say watch out for Clemson and then we get "NOTHING!" Get rid of Tommy B, whose initials of TB fits since he's destroyed any chance of Clemson actually winning big games.
2007-10-07 11:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh, you mean Over-rated State University?? Because of a severly flawed and biased NCAA system...and also by fluke with Mizzou & W. Virginia tanking this past weekend. Here's my solution to the problem: There is still a "top 25" ranking system, but at the end of the season there is a playoff format involving the top 8. In playoff weekend one, #1 plays #8, #2 plays #7 and so on. That would weed the top 8 down to 4. The winning teams would be ranked #1 to # 4 in order of what they were the week prior. For example, #1 loses to #8, #2 beats #7, #3 beats #6, #5 beats #4. The next weekend, #2 is the new #1, #3 becomes #2, #5 becomes #3 and because #8 upset #1, they are now #4. The next weekend, #1 plays #4 & #2 plays #3. The winners of those two games meet in the National Title game and the 6 other losing teams would still have ample time to be invited to play in & prepare for other bowl games, or play in a designated bowl game because of the conference the team may be in. For example, let's say LSU won the SEC and finished at #3, but lost in the first playoff weekend. They'd be out of the National Title playoffs, but because they are SEC champs, they'd still play in the Sugar Bowl. On the other hand, let's say they were one of the last two teams standing after the playoff and were to play in the N.T. game, the losing team of the SEC championship game would then play in the Sugar Bowl. I don't know if this type of playoff format has already been thought of or what, but to me it makes sense as it would sort out the "pretenders" from the "contenders" in the top 8. The season's length wouldn't really need to extended either as this would decide who's playing where in two weeks. Like I alluded to above, the NCAA football ranking system seems to be more of a beauty pageant & popularity contest than a talent show.
2016-05-18 02:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Clemson has been disappointing the past few years, so I guess in some ways it's not that shocking that they still are. I would say that despite all the upsets and disappointments this year, Notre Dame is the biggest joke, even if they did finally win a game.
2007-10-07 12:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by Christiane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think the tactic of the special team is kind of shaky and they fans are disappointed wejust , got to sit tight and see what will happen next year is hard to tell they might just suprise us and win for a change. but i really think that notre dame are the biggest joke, and yet we can't predict what the out come would be.
2007-10-07 14:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by Rosalinda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's still Michigan losing to Appalachian State. Too bad if I'm irritating the Michigan sycophants who want history rewritten to make their embarrassing loss go away.
2007-10-07 11:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Notre dame prob is
2007-10-07 11:51:34 · answer #6 · answered by quiknis 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i didn't read all that but Clemson is not a bigger joke than USC or Oklahoma
2007-10-07 11:51:19 · answer #7 · answered by gherd 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No that anser today belongs to USC
2007-10-07 12:04:04 · answer #8 · answered by satcomgrunt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no notre dame is.
2007-10-07 11:52:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋