Originally Posted by
trkykilr
No doubt. That would be the case with any team. What that wouldn't diminish, to me personally, is the feeling of satisfaction that I would enjoy from having been a fan for many years, a third generation graduate that met my wife there (also a graduate), and a person that has followed this team all across the country to watch games that meant far less than this one.
I promise you that I don't care what others think about what makes me happy. I love Clemson University as well as the Clemson Tigers, and if they happen to win on Monday night, I will be one happy summamabitch. If they don't win, they will have lost to the better team. I will be disappointed, but very proud of what they have accomplished. The hair will still stand up on my arms next September when they get to the top of the hill and my eyes will get puffy when they sing the alma mater. That won't ever change.
College football is a lot like the financial class system in the United States. It's very easy to remain in the same socioeconomic class that your parents were in. The difficult thing is to work hard and ascend classes. Even more difficult is to ascend and remain there. This group of Clemson players and coaches has vaulted Clemson football several classes over the last 8 years, and it has been a lot of fun. The challenge now is to continually reinvent yourself to remain in that class. Clemson Football is at a point now where we can shop at the most expensive store in the country, and I hope we can get us one of those crystal balls Monday night.
The crystal shopping went very well.
Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different, and his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
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