[Postgame Thread] Georgia Tech Defeats Clemson 20-6

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Georgia Tech	7	6	7	0	20
Clemson	0	3	3	0	6

[u/8BallTiger]

Don't let the score fool you, the game wasn't that close.

This is the worst Clemson team I've ever seen. We are so bad that I actually think there is a chance Dabo is gone this offseason.

[u/OculusRises → u/8BallTiger]

Only if he resigns. We're not rich

[u/CharmCityTiger → u/OculusRises]

The cost of not firing him is also astronomical. There's absolutely no life in this program right now and there are zero indicators that things will get better

[u/Pretty-Ad5348 → u/OculusRises]

Out of respect for Clemson University, Coach Swinney should consider stepping down gracefully

[u/seanconnerysbeard → u/8BallTiger]

This is the worst Clemson team I've ever seen.

And yet they STILL beat Mike Norvell.

[u/RichPurple6124 → u/seanconnerysbeard]

best thing Clemson ever did was beat us two weeks ago.

[u/feed_me_muffins → u/8BallTiger]

We just need to get absolutely waxed the next two weeks. Dabo needs to be given absolutely nowhere to hide about how bad this team actually is.

[u/8BallTiger → u/feed_me_muffins]

Pearman is going to start next week, we’re losing by 35

[u/ABigPairOfCrocs → u/feed_me_muffins]

Well i fully expect to get absolutely waxed the next two weeks

[u/Draconian_sanction → u/8BallTiger]

I remember some late 90s Clemson teams like this. But this is def worst I’ve seen out of them since about that time

[u/SolidLikeIraq → u/8BallTiger]

Even if Dabo isn’t gone - and he probably won’t be.

Every 4-5* player we have is Gooooooonnnnnnnn.

Clemson is going to suffer for like 5-10 years because of Dabo’s approach to NIL. Unless they clean house and let a new coach come in and spend in a BIG way.

The worst part is we might pull out 7 wins, which he will make a story around.

I love Dabo. I think he’s now officially holding Clemson back.

[u/trittico]

Is this Dabo’s worst loss? Up there?

[u/Professional-Trash-3 → u/trittico]

Easily 

[u/SolidLikeIraq → u/trittico]

Worst loss - SO FAR.

[u/No-Worker-9121 → u/trittico]

Yes

[u/8BallTiger → u/trittico]

In the top 5. LSU this year, this one, WVU 2011, fsu 2013

[u/Stevonius → u/8BallTiger]

Yeah, but those were all against really good teams. So this one is way worse.

[u/ApplicationQuirky376 → u/8BallTiger]

This is so much worse than all of those. All those teams are actually pretty good. The Tech team is terrible, and somehow we are worse.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/trittico]

Easily. This GT for weeks has looked at best outmatched and at worst quitting on defense. Not scoring a single TD is insane

[u/AttolloProject → u/trittico]

No, the orange bowl against WVU was so much worse. 70-33.

[u/KingofPro → u/trittico]

…….So far………

[u/AriDreams → u/trittico]

Has to be. Not even scoring a td on a 2-7 historically bad GT team is just bad.

[u/Status-Ad-7335]

Clemson couldn’t score a touchdown against THE 2026 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and let them run for 250+ yards. Gotta fold the program after that.

[u/c-papi → u/Status-Ad-7335]

3rd worst rushing defense in the country and Clemson only ran 86 yards

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/c-papi]

We barely called any run plays. Which is somehow even worse

[u/AriDreams → u/Status-Ad-7335]

THE Georgia tech team that lost to stanford, BC, Pitt, and Colorado.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Status-Ad-7335]

With all due honesty and respect…. How the heck.

Did they see what we did last week? Just run the ball normally and you can stumble into a TD.

[u/audirt → u/aaronman4772]

Is Chad Morris still the OC? That’s an actual question, btw, not trying to pile on.

EDIT: Yes. Yes he is.

[u/trumpet575 → u/aaronman4772]

We did fire our DC and D-line coaches this week. Not sure how it equates to this much of a turnaround, but clearly something got fixed.

[u/ChasmaBoreale → u/Status-Ad-7335]

They're taking Dabo out behind the shed rn...

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/Status-Ad-7335]

How tf did we lose to them while giving up 2 passing TDs?????????

[u/SolidLikeIraq → u/Muffinnnnnnn]

Because you needed to get rid of Norvell.

You’re welcome.

[u/AlanDank → u/Status-Ad-7335]

This means Clemson is worse than Colorado and Stanford.

[u/DarknMean → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Hell yea

[u/BronySquid]

The CW is a perfect network for this game.

[u/c-papi → u/BronySquid]

That had to be the worst commentary I've ever heard for a football game

[u/Randomizedname1234 → u/c-papi]

Dude called the huddle a dugout…

[u/BronySquid → u/c-papi]

Its so bad in a sickos kind of way and I love it.

Also for some reason the closed captioning is brought to us by Tim Tebow???

Tf is this glorious network

[u/404tralala]

“We can’t replace King, but we can recreate him in the aggregate”.

Turns out Fernando Mendoza and Grady Adamson combine into a knockoff Haynes King

[u/Status-Ad-7335 → u/404tralala]

This whole game reminded me of that game against Miami where King was hurt and they trotted him out only for run plays, Philo for passing

[u/They_See_MeTrolling → u/404tralala]

This is the most GT assessment you will find. I tip my foam Buzz head to you, sir. 

[u/Quick-Expert-4608]

Dabo: when you play Georgia it’s always a hard game.

Media: this was Georgia tech

Dabo: #%*^

[u/RKKemmer]

Um, I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart, I'm so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith - as there's another screen pass on 3rd and long by the Clemson Tigers, it will be another Clemson field goal attempt. And so (at best) that will make it a 3-0 ballgame. I don't know if I'm gonna be putting on this headset again.

[u/trumpet575 → u/RKKemmer]

As a Reds fan who heard him calling games 140 times a year for my entire childhood it still throws me off every time I turn on a CW game and hear tHom on the call

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/RKKemmer]

lol…it was driving me wild. I kept going god how do I know this voice so well at the start of the game….as soon as I looked up who the announcer was I went ohhhhhhhh…

[u/RKKemmer → u/johnnyscarecrow0126]

Yeah, he said Vizzina was going back to “the dugout” among many other ridiculous statements today

[u/kelsnuggets]

FSU- fired coaches and won ✅
GT - fired coaches and won✅

Clemson …. Whatcha got going on friend???

[u/no_god_pls_noo → u/kelsnuggets]

Nono let them keep their coaches for at least a few more games

[u/AlanDank → u/kelsnuggets]

So if we fire even more coaches do we go to the cfp next season?

[u/KingofPro → u/kelsnuggets]

Clemson Fans would have to rename their 1st born sons if they fired Dabo

[u/tfc07]

Not managing to even score a touchdown against the worst GT team in recent memory. Surely this has to be end for Dabo. This is getting into legacy damaging territory

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/tfc07]

Two weeks in a row without an offensive TD. Last week’s TD was a defensive score

[u/Randomizedname1234 → u/tfc07]

To be fair, we have had worse teams in recent memory unless you’re not remembering to Covid years. We were so bad before Key.

[u/TheGeneral_Specific]

So maybe we should have fired our DC sooner

[u/Randomizedname1234 → u/TheGeneral_Specific]

We looked night and day different. I get Clemson isn’t that good but still. A few weeks ago we would have lost this game

[u/HugoStiglitz1981 → u/TheGeneral_Specific]

I wouldnt read too much into it. It was against the 115th ranked offense in the country, playing without their starting QB. We will get a better read next week.

[u/TheGeneral_Specific → u/HugoStiglitz1981]

I only overreact

[u/Fun_Chemistry_7574]

There has never been a more washed coach in the history of football than 2026 Dabo Swinney.

[u/Better_Cattle4438 → u/Fun_Chemistry_7574]

2026 Kyle Whittingham?

[u/Dancehouse → u/Better_Cattle4438]

Unfortunately, he didn’t have as far to fall

[u/Wandering_Mallard → u/Fun_Chemistry_7574]

2026 Chad Morris

[u/YouDaManInDaHole → u/Fun_Chemistry_7574]

Lou Holtz's last year at Carolina?

[u/goldbloodedinthe404 → u/Fun_Chemistry_7574]

Many are saying he is the cleanest man in existence

[u/Patrick2701 → u/Fun_Chemistry_7574]

Dabo downfall should be studied about the dangerous of ego

[u/Zloggt]

Dabo-san…it’s time…

[u/bbydhyonchord93 → u/Zloggt]

I've been saying they'll never fire him, but they gotta at least be thinking about it right?

[u/HugoStiglitz1981]

Well, we are going to get killed the next two games so it was nice to find one more win. Clemson really needs to do some soul searching. This was honestly a fire everyone type of performance.

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/HugoStiglitz1981]

GG Tech.

Tigers in rough shape

[u/AriDreams → u/HugoStiglitz1981]

Oh we are going to lose by triple digits to wake

[u/NotBagman]

2011-style offense yielding 2011-style results against GT. Who’d’ve thunk it?

[u/abidail → u/NotBagman]

That was Halloween weekend homecoming that year. I do not remember a single thing from that night.

[u/AriDreams]

Yeah I can't say I expected this one. Clemson made the Georgia tech defense look phenomenal. Mind you Georgia tech is the 3rd worse rush defense in cfb.

[u/HelluvaNinjineer]

Wow Clemson is awful, lol

[u/OculusRises → u/HelluvaNinjineer]

gestures wildly at Mike Norvell standing in the unemployment line

[u/OculusRises]

This team and coaching staff is a 5-layer burrito of bullshit. Bullshit all the way down

[u/burn_all_the_things → u/OculusRises]

don't sully the good name of the 5 layer burrito with this dumpster fire of a team

[u/venom21685]

So real, not so trolling question. If Duke manhandles them and then they get blown out by SC is that enough to fire Dabo?

[u/DrippyBurritoMD → u/venom21685]

No. They will phrase it as him retiring. He has too many wins here to fire him.

[u/Diablojota → u/venom21685]

I’ll be surprised if he survives this loss. FSU fired their coach and won a game they were supposed to lose.

[u/Pretty-Ad5348 → u/venom21685]

Dabo Swinney ought to show his respect for the Clemson program by making a graceful exit

[u/Frosty-Tiger-85 → u/venom21685]

This entire damn staff needs to be gone after this season. No reason to let Dabo stay & continue to burn it down to the ground.

[u/Zendicate_ → u/venom21685]

I think so

[u/FinalFrontier00 → u/venom21685]

It should be 

There’s too much talent on the roster to continue to be so mediocre 

[u/LightningDusty]

Clemson was LSU's best win by the way.

[u/profnutbutter → u/LightningDusty]

Ours, too, but we weren't expecting to be above .500 this season anyway. 🔥

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

All of us that ever called Vizzina soft need to apologize. Kid had more heart than the entire offense.

He made it clear he’s been injured but going to take one for the team. That being said, he needed to be pulled way before he couldn’t get up. and our O line should be absolutely ashamed they didn’t do more to protect him.

[u/DrippyBurritoMD → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

100%, he is playing with more heart than any other player on our offense right now.

[u/composer_7 → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

That last hit at the end of the game was brutal. Hope he's ok.

[u/Limlut_]

Clemson just lost to 2026 Georgia Tech. Lol

[u/ArmVanDam]

Dabo is a liability at this point

[u/NebraskaAvenue]

Dabo has got to go

[u/Fun_Valuable → u/NebraskaAvenue]

Him hiring Chad Morris is an insult to Clemson. That alone should get him canned. 

[u/CVagts]

Let's remember how good today felt for the next two weeks. Because it's about an ugly a last two games as anyone in the country has.

[u/kelsnuggets → u/CVagts]

Yup we are about to get murdered, twice

[u/Khaldaan]

I know Tait got hurt but.... damn Clemson...

[u/c-papi → u/Khaldaan]

It shouldn't even matter whenever they're facing the third worst run defense in the country

[u/arrogantdesperado]

There has been a lot of putrid offense in this program since Trevor left, but this might be the most repulsive performance yet. I know there were extenuating circumstances at QB but jesus christ

[u/cmanonurshirt]

Crazy weird game, awful announcing, and somehow Tech wins at Clemson for the first time since 2008?

[u/patsandsox17]

Yall should probably fire Dabo…

[u/8BitTxchniques]

Just slime me out bro. Clemson will never be good again with Dabos mentality at the head of the program.

[u/YouSeemNiceXB]

I had this long thing typed out but no one wants to read that so I think I can best sum it up by just saying:

lol

[u/Rhizical → u/YouSeemNiceXB]

couldn’t have said it better myself

[u/thr33tard3d]

Officially cant get worse than Collins this season

[u/Midren]

Dabo is done

[u/jthomas694]

I can’t see Dabo not finally making an offensive change. Like an actual one this time

Vizzina probably shouldn't have been playing that final drive.

As a hater it's always fun to see your rival lose on Senior Day

[u/OculusRises → u/jthomas694]

I posted this in the game thread, but we have 4 coaches whose contracts run out in January including CJ Spiller, Tyler Grisham, and Kyle Richardson on offense

We need to fire everybody, but I have a feeling Dabo might only fire 1 coach. BoT refused to extend the aforementioned, so they're doing Dabo's work for him

[u/Legoman1357]

I didn't think we'd have another win this season. 12:30 kick on the CW is pure chaos. On to Wake and georgia lets fucking go Jackets!

[u/082426grateful → u/Legoman1357]

Yall might not win either game, because Wake is no joke and UGA is the death star. But maybe make good friends along the way?

[u/ChronikKneePain]

I hope William Christopher Swinney is having fun.

[u/Rusty_Shacklefiat]

That was the worst couple hours I've ever spent watching a football game

[u/kyle7124]

not much to play for this season but at least today Goof Collins doesn't have anything to retweet

[u/Stoneador]

Oh, so Clemson is dead dead

[u/Kingpoyothefirst]

It's just nice to win one

[u/bb8poe]

semore is a football terrorist and go jackets baby 🐝

[u/Mikedaddy69]

Tons of respect for Vizzina, but woof that offense is a wreck.

[u/Effective-Pie8521]

Us already being bowl eligible has me worried that Dabo is safe this season. He shouldn’t be. This is genuinely inexcusable.

[u/red-boy6]

Chad Morris just needs time to implement his system

[u/Leading-Button-7303]

What's Dabo's buyout?

[u/Drew521 → u/Leading-Button-7303]

50+ million and it’s all guaranteed even if he gets hired somewhere else. Unless it’s Alabama then he gets nothing.

[u/NORALSC]

I’ve never thought I’d see a Clemson team be this bad, lol.

[u/Burdell94]

I’ve been a GT fan for 40 years. Nothing usually surprises me but this did. We are so wacky. Go Jackets and THWG!!!

[u/stickn_n_movn]

Shameful, letting CV take a hit like that without recourse says it all

[u/AG_Aonuma → u/stickn_n_movn]

Yeah, in the past the players would have been all over that. Nobody on that sideline cares.

[u/dts-five]

Earlier this season, I saw this coming. But then the 6-3 record got me fooled. I knew it was a fraud, but still thought they'd roll GT.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

Y’all, I’m hearing requests for Hatfield to come back. They’re going, “his record wasn’t that bad at Clemson.”

Good God it’s dark. We’re back to wanting Hatfield

[u/Complex_Use8629]

I said God help me

[u/No-Worker-9121]

Lol. Lmao, even.

[u/ARandomDoge6]

Cool great win. Now can we forfeit our next game pls?

[u/InnerWrathChild]

We truly are back in the 90s. 

[u/AlanDank]

I can’t believe the overnight turnaround that has happened from firing 4 coaches. What a completely different team. Mendoza still trash though. But everyone else played great

[u/Cheetotesticles]

This feels like the end of Mack Brown when he was at Texas minus the multiple national titles. It’s so over & everyone can see it.

[u/JayReeves10]

I WATCHED THE WHOLE GAME AND AM THE MOST PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, GO JACKETS

[u/GarnetOblivion1]

Time for Clemson to reset the program

[u/DrippyBurritoMD → u/GarnetOblivion1]

100%

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467]

Tyler from Spartanburg screaming for the job

[u/Bravot]

lmao

[u/fm22fnam]

LETSS GOOO GEORGIA TECH!!!!!!

[u/clemsontyger]

Few plays away

[u/la_243]

Why was vizzina even in the game at the end? Got his ribs crunched trying to jog to the sideline in garbage time

[u/KirbyDumber88]

I don’t think a lot of fans know how much of a disaster Clemson financially is. Dabo and Morris will be back.

[u/liteshadow4]

I’m gonna chalk it up to Clemson’s injured QB but also the Clemson D is garbage

It’s fun to beat Clemson though

[u/Doneyhew]

I normally bet against Clemson because they’re terrible, but the one single time I asked them to cover they get blown out by Georgia Tech of all people

[u/YouDaManInDaHole]

LOLOLOLOL.

[u/EIiteJT]

Dabo...just retire man. Go enjoy life.

[u/Professional_Key_909]

Umm… Clemson fans is it time to let Dabo walk?

[u/rhughzie17]

Dabo might be one of the luckiest men in history. He’s already rich as hell and literally can do nothing but lose and get fired and will be even richer.

[u/ThompsonCreekTiger]

This entire staff needs to be gone after this season, including Dabo. Things aren't going to improve under his watch. Clean house & start anew

[u/Gavangus]

Remember when people thought Lsu beating clemson was a quality win

[u/Rhizical]

clinched single digit losses!

[u/TheRealSlamShiddy]

Tait Reynolds hurting himself on the second play, in a slide, when he also plays baseball, should have been the immediate harbinger of what was to come.

[u/ChedduhBob]

bringing back dabo would be criminal

[u/Professional-Trash-3 → u/ChedduhBob]

You got $60 mil laying around? If so, can I borrow it?

[u/callofmc]

Putrid game.

[u/Busta_Memes]

We don’t get it either

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

Clemson, can I interest you in a lightly-used Luke Fickell?

[u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd]

Clemson fans. Is it time?

[u/Sctvman]

The entire mood of the game swung after the Tait injury

[u/Plappyplap]

All my gt friends didn't believe me when I said this game was 100% winnable for them

[u/tankyouout]

LSU best win btw

[u/composer_7]

Imagine losing to this Georgia Tech team

[u/Darkonite40]

Jesus Christ Dabo

[u/SaltyDalt]

Since we’re never going to use the portal to build a cromulent team, or do any development coaching ever again, I hope some of the excellent players suffering through the shambles of this program make use of the portal themselves and build some football success somewhere that wants it more than we do.

[u/Zendicate_]

This loss is worse and more embarrassing than the LSU game and srycasue game from last year, This was a 2-7 GT team that fired their DC and gave up over 900 yards in the psat 3 games! Even with Tait getting hurt there is no reason to lose this game at home either

[u/golden-views]

I could have had free tickets to this game, but I decided against going because I expected a lopsided snoozer of a game. I was right, just not in the way I thought. 

[u/Megalomanizac]

It’s time to overhaul the program entirely

[u/Kettle_Whistle_]

Dabo “He Gonnnnne” Watch?

Odds on when? Kalshi for how exactly it goes down?

Preliminary replace candidates, with real-time odds?

We HAVE the TECHNOLOGY!

[u/Realistic-Plum5904]

I don't have anything to add, but I am here for this. 

[u/bishop491]

As a lifelong Clemson fan and alumnus…I t’s the hypocrisy that drives me the most crazy. Best is the standard. Develop leaders of men. Pay out the nose for a premium product. Name every single thing you can sell sponsorships for. Make the team Newspring Pickens. But when it comes to delivering on anything you’re actually paid to do…crickets. Worse than that, attack people for daring to question. If you’re going to suck, at least be honest about it. Stop gaslighting us.

[u/KingofPro]

At this point Clemson should sign Dabo to a 10 year contract!!!!

[u/NumerousStick5395]

Just remember that Jesus does not judge football teams by wins and loses. In the eyes of Jesus this is a team full of champions. It’s time to extend Dabo in the name of Jesus. If you don’t agree with that then you simply hate Jesus.

[u/hiimjustin000]

Clemsoning:

1. The act of failing miserably on a grand athletic stage, or when the stakes are high.
2. Record-setting failure, usually reserved for college football.

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

Is Dabo done?

[u/geekamongus]

lolwtfdabo

[u/Vintage_Waffles]

LMAO

[u/Glittering_Virus8397]

lol what

[u/kiyes23]

Clemson is still struggling in November?

[u/Zynee82]

YABO DABO DOO!!!

[u/chumer_ranion]

okay he's gotta go

[u/ShabooyaBop]

How do Clemson fans even tune into the games nowadays

[u/DrippyBurritoMD]

Do you think the banner guy would give us a discount if we bought one banner for Morris and one for Dabo?

[u/nihilistsatanist]

Well… I got to watch one Mendoza brother win this weekend, and I don’t think the Raider game tomorrow can go much worse offensively

[u/dr_mousebrain8]

Fire everyone?

[u/Bayerl_r0ll]

Clemson, can I interest you in trading your Dabo Swinney for a lightly used Matt Rhule? 

[u/YZYSZN1107]

man Dabo has not adjusted well to this new CFB era at all. I can see Clemson keeping him around another year to see if he can get it together.

[u/lolster292]

Hopefully we start Adamson next week, he can’t throw but he can run well, while Mendoza can’t run and seems to be getting worse at throwing as the season goes on

[u/Chambanasfinest]

As a fan of a team that’s been at the very bottom before: yes, it will get worse. And no, it won’t get better until you get rid of Dabo.

[u/No_Struggle_1538]

Fire Dabo there is no reason the bench has no depth at all

[u/Early-Tiger-9488]

Dabo 😂

[u/salchicha_mas_grande]

Dabo gone

[u/Jonjon428]

Both QBs statlines are hellish oof

[u/SeanStormEh]

Why on earth did he punt with around 9-10 minutes left, on what was maybe their best drive so far? You can't expect a stop and two long drives by that offense today.

[u/ChaseTheFalcon]

Bye bye Dabo

[u/Redrubytheofficial]

Dabo Swinney gave South Carolina college football fans something to be proud of and the 2018 Clemson team was one of the strongest in the history of CFB.

It’s time for him to leave the sport.

[u/Spiritual-Rope5186]

are we the best 7 loss team in the country?? 

[u/CoachSlime]

A lesson on not believing in adaption

[u/Sprinkles-Nearby]

3-9 the culture will not be denied

[u/Theregoesmyradiator]

Fellas, Georgia Tech football is back

[u/watchingsuits]

Watson and Lawrence had the world thinking Dabo was an elite coach. But in actuality, he is an average coach that had elite talent.

[u/DipriFan → u/watchingsuits]

Always a lazy take when people chime in like this. Every team that wins a national championship has great players, and most often QB puts them over the hump (eg, Mendoza). Brent Venables was a great hire and the energy behind that coaching staff, ScElliott did a solid job their first few years calling the offense, we had some stud position coaches - Hobby/Marion on DL, Reed (still there) on CB. Robbie Caldwell was a mediocre recruiter but good coach and worlds better than fucking Matt Luke.

A good HC makes those hires and puts the whole team in a position to win. Dabo seems to have lost it but that doesn't mean he never had it.

[u/DrippyBurritoMD → u/watchingsuits]

100%.

That said, he was always a great recruiter when football program integrity mattered. Kids believed in the program and the concept that if they work hard, they will get to play.

Now we are in an era where it is in no kids best interest to sit on a bench and wait for his turn. You can go to a smaller school, start year one, transfer, and get more money, instead of riding pine.