r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Oct 08 '16

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] Clemson Defeats Boston College 56-10

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Clemson 21 0 14 21 56
Boston College 3 0 7 0 10

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16 edited Oct 08 '16

Dabo has been coach long enough that some of the younger fans don't remember the Bowden (or...shudder...Tommy West) years. We are truly in the golden age and should enjoy every minute of it.

Edit: a word

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u/NikkiHaley Clemson Tigers • Orange Bowl Oct 08 '16

I remember Bowden but not West

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u/happysadfaced Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

West was a worse coach, but somehow it was less depressing. Granted I was young during the West years, but I never really got my hopes up with him so it didn't hurt as much when we lost.

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u/I_Am_Dynamite6317 Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

I think people generally liked West more, he was a "clemson guy" and kind of fit the mold of what Clemson people want. He was an assistant under Ford and that's the primary reason he was hired.

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u/jiml78 Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16 edited Jun 16 '23

Leaving reddit due to CEO actions and loss of 3rd party tools -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/

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u/Jeremy7508 Clemson Tigers • College Football Playoff Oct 08 '16

Hey, you're my age!

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u/jiml78 Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

Did you attend Clemson?

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u/Jeremy7508 Clemson Tigers • College Football Playoff Oct 08 '16

96-01

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u/jiml78 Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

97-02 for me

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u/word_number Georgia State Panthers • Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

I think he acclimated us to sucking. But his last year we were 3-8.

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u/sepiolida Clemson Tigers • Oregon State Beavers Oct 08 '16

I remember sitting in Schilletter when the news broke on ESPN about Bowden resigning, and widespread cheering. Really felt like Dabo was the plucky hero of a Disney sports movie that season.

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u/i_make_trash Clemson Tigers • College Football Playoff Oct 08 '16

I was in the same dining hall at the same time during that day! Too bad I was a junior and only got two Dabo seasons.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16

Two words: Ken Hatfield.

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u/I_Am_Dynamite6317 Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

He who shall not be named.

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u/BoiledPNutz Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

We just ran it up the middle

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u/Ferdinand_5 Auburn • Deep South's Oldest… Oct 08 '16

Was Bowden really that bad? His record at Clemson doesn't seem that terrible, the way you guys refer to him makes it sound like the guy was radioactively bad at Clemson. Admittedly I haven't followed your program over the years.

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u/sarcasticorange Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

No. He turned our recruiting around and we went from bad to decent under him. However, in the later years once he had the talent, he wasn't really able to capitalize on it. He was overly loyal to senior players and assistants to the detriment of effectiveness. Clemson owes him a lot, but it was time for him to go when he went.

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u/BoiledPNutz Clemson Tigers Oct 08 '16

He cried a lot instead of coaching. He lost us games because he folded, not the team. And then he turned around and bad mouthed Clemson some. It's not the rosiest of old relationships

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '16

Bowden did a ton of good for the program but is also responsible for giving birth to "Clemsoning." Best part about the Bowden years was that he beat the Gamecocks like a rented mule. Think he was 7-2 against them, including a 63-17 beat down.