I'm getting pretty excited about the new season since it does start in less than a month. Tickets should be coming in the mail soon. Looks like I'll be going to seven games this year. I'm gonna skip the crap games that Clemson scheduled this year (Lou-Monroe, Furman, Central Michigan). I predict an 8-4 schedule if the quaterback situation can be resolved early on but I would like Korn to play most of the season since he is the future.

09/03 Florida State*
09/08 Lou-Monroe
09/15 Furman
09/22 @NC State*
09/29 @Ga Tech
10/06 Va Tech*
10/20 Cen Michigan
10/27 @Maryland
11/03 @Duke*
11/10 Wake Forest*
11/17 Boston College*
11/24 @S. Carolina*

8/9/2007 8:09:07 PM

2-15

8/9/2007 8:12:22 PM

09/03 Florida State* L
09/08 Lou-Monroe W
09/15 Furman W
09/22 @NC State* W
09/29 @Ga Tech L
10/06 Va Tech* L
10/20 Cen Michigan W
10/27 @Maryland W
11/03 @Duke* W
11/10 Wake Forest* W
11/17 Boston College* W
11/24 @S. Carolina* L

8/9/2007 8:29:35 PM

8-4 with this years' Clemson team??? I think they might not even finish .500

09/03 Florida State* L
09/08 Lou-Monroe W
09/15 Furman W
09/22 @NC State* W
09/29 @Ga Tech L
10/06 Va Tech* L
10/20 Cen Michigan W
10/27 @Maryland L
11/03 @Duke* W
11/10 Wake Forest* W
11/17 Boston College* L
11/24 @S. Carolina* L

8/9/2007 8:51:18 PM

Quote :

"if the quaterback situation can be resolved early "

I think the entire season comes down to this for the Tigers. If it doesn't get solved then they probably will be .500. The only losses I do see are GT, VT, BC, and SC. FSU I still believe is on a downward spiral to mediocrity and Maryland won't be as good as what people think.

8/9/2007 10:33:19 PM

Anyone who watched Clemson last year knows that their strength was the OL, didn't they lose like 6 off the 10 man two deep and 4 of the 5 starters???

8/9/2007 11:03:44 PM

THIS is a NC State message board!!

8/9/2007 11:30:14 PM

^ is that a joke... or a retaliation to a tennessee thread bombing

8/9/2007 11:40:38 PM

could be both

8/9/2007 11:44:24 PM

uh oh... its on haha

im doing my best to avoid making a michigan thread... not much i need to get off my chest right now...

8/9/2007 11:50:21 PM

I thought someone already made an underachieving thread...

8/9/2007 11:52:45 PM

Clemson lost three or four starters from the Oline but honestly I think with the offensive system they run the Oline will be fine. Clemson fell apart in the second half of last season because of Proctor's (the old QB) inability to the run the offense effectively once teams started stacking the box and eliminating the running game.

If this was only a NCSU msg board then I guess we should lock 2007 Braves Thread, Congrats to Barry Bonds on 756 Career HRs, ***OFFICIAL 2007 NBA Offseason Thread***, ***Official John Daly Wins PGA CHAMP Thread***, Rick Ankiel, Steely McBeam, New York Mets: 2007 World Series Champions, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 2007-2008, ***OFFICIAL 2007 CAROLINA PANTHERS THREAD***, Beckham finally arrives July 21st, 50 most expensive NCAA Football games this year,
***Better Charles Barkley Commercial Co-star??***, TWW Fantasy Football League, Reports: Alstott to retire pro career, Kenan Dome?, 2007 OFFICIAL "HOW BOUT THEAM COWBOYS" Thread, ***Official 2007 Redskins Thread*** , 89th PGA Championship, Mythbusters Baseball Special, holy celtics, ***OFFICIAL Golf Thread***, - Tennessee Football 2007 -, HBO Special About KC Chiefs Camp and Rookies, 2007 New York Yankees Thread !, WBC Heavyweight Title Fight: Maskaev vs. Peter, ***OFFICIAL 2007 FANTASY BASEBALL THREAD***, *The Guru's Official 2007 Fantasy Football Advice*, *** OFFICIAL Chargers vs Bears Week 1 ***, *** Official Chicago Cubs 2007 Thread ***, ***Official Bobcats Year 4 Thread***, and Gaudio to be name new Wake Basketball Coach.

8/9/2007 11:58:25 PM

^ joke clif

8/9/2007 11:59:38 PM

I hope the underachieving thread was the 2006 Clemson Football thread I made last year.

[Edited on August 10, 2007 at 12:02 AM. Reason : gggrrrrr]

8/10/2007 12:00:42 AM

jesus man, im sensitive here

8/10/2007 12:16:21 AM

I will be excited when you are no longer on TWW talking about the fucking Tigers

8/25/2007 5:56:16 PM

Just got back to Statesville and I'll be making my way back to Raleigh in a minute. Glad to see Clemson get the win no matter if it was ugly or not. Both teams defenses are good. Clemson may have lost Gaines Adams (and Rashaad Jackson at some point during the game) but we constantly got pressure on Weatherford and pretty much held them in check except for that nice 40 yard run. Florida State finally got through the Clemson O-line in the second half and pretty much made Harper throw after taking out the running game. Clemson showed they had the speed and talent with two of their TDs (Kelly 41 yard TD and Davis TD run) that FSU said wouldn't be able to keep up with them. Both teams had what I expected as first game jitters. Clemson's kicking game improved in every way (Buchholz looks great but terrible last name) except for the dreadful punting team. If anyone remembers last years Clemson win in Tallahassee, the Tigers kicking game gave FSU two TDs. FSU's discipline problems haven't improved and have probably gone down the toilet thanks to Chuck's "wonderful return."

As I said earlier, the whole season comes down to the quarterback situation. Harper didn't look amazing but he got the job done. He was pretty much pressured every play in the second half by a quick D-line and linebacker crew but with a first start on national TV against a "ranked" opponent he got the job done. And can we please agree that preseason polls are shit? After the way FSU looked last year did people really think the Seminoles offense was going to improve that much to put them in the top 20?

My dad and I sat behind two drunk guys (one FSU fan and one Clemson fan). Both of them had had way too much to drink but when Clemson was up 21-0 and 24-3, the Tiger fan was all in his buddies face talking about how the game was over and they should just leave. Of course midway through the second half the roles had switched and the FSU fan was telling his buddy how the end was near for Clemson and this is what he expected. They ended up leaving with about 4 minutes to go for some reason but Jesus I hate sitting next to idiots like that.

[Edited on September 4, 2007 at 4:14 AM. Reason : grrrr]

9/4/2007 3:59:05 AM

i just got back as well....we rubbed the rock 3 minutes before the team did and i was patting Tommy on the hill right before the cannon went off. it was amazing. I give Cullen an A effort for looking like a veteran as far as not making mistakes. There were a few times where he could have forced things and hurt us but instead took a sack or threw it away. Our 1st TD scared the crap out of me because there were 3 FSU defenders right there, but somehow he got the ball to our TE.

my only complaint is that we get too cute when we are up and stop giving it to thunder and lightning, who can just flat out take over the game.

but either way its a great win and i love it!!!

9/4/2007 10:10:28 AM

am i looking at tww?

9/4/2007 4:00:58 PM

In before the mid to late season collapse!

9/4/2007 4:04:47 PM

^ ha ha.

Still better than our "entire season collapse"

9/4/2007 4:17:53 PM

9/4/2007 7:54:45 PM

Hey Cif82 and kevmcd86, did you two hold hands while you were at the game

awwwwww your so cute together, so which one of you wore purple

9/6/2007 8:30:19 PM

^ yes ....he wore purple. i wore orange on the hill

9/7/2007 7:54:39 PM

playing UL-Monroe today.

i dont think we'll have to worry about an App St. type of game here.

45-7 tigers

9/8/2007 10:52:13 AM

Hmmm, figured you to be the purple wearer of the relationship, my bad

9/14/2007 4:58:26 PM

3-0 so far but we can see how far the Tigers have come with their first away game and first real game since FSU. Should be a great game. I'm glad this came earlier in the season cause by the UNC/WF/Maryland games O' Brien should have the team playing consistently well.

9/17/2007 2:33:27 PM

I bet you losers are pulling for clemson over your own school. You are sad, sad little creatures....

9/18/2007 2:24:51 PM

THIS IS A 9-3 TEAM AT BEST.....HOWEVER THEY WILL WIN THIS SATURDAY

9/18/2007 2:28:04 PM

^^ I have since 2000. I donate to IPTAY to have Clemson season tickets so consider them my school as well.

I do think Clemson is overrated right now (around #15 in the country in both polls) although you got to put them somewhere. All three games were at home and two of them were against cupcakes. The next three games are big: at NCSU, at GT, and home against VT. We can see how good Clemson is after Week #6. Harper has been great but as everyone says it has been against easier competition. Bowden has also been trying to get the throwing game more involved the past few weeks because it really hurt the team after the GT game last year when teams were putting 8-9 guys in the box and forcing Proctor to throw.

[Edited on September 18, 2007 at 2:35 PM. Reason : grrr]

9/18/2007 2:29:36 PM

I AGREE...THESE MATCHUPS WILL BE TOUGH

@GT (I AM SURE THEY WILL BE PISSED ABOUT GETTING BEAT DOWN LAST YEAR)
VT (IF THEY CAN GET ANYTHING GOING ON OFFENSE THEY COULD BE TOUGH)
BC (LOOKS LIKE THE BEST TEAM IN THE BIG EAST
@MARYLAND (THEY HAVE A STINGY DEFENSE AS WELL)

9/18/2007 2:49:45 PM

I'm so sorry for you

9/18/2007 2:51:39 PM

i think Cullen's success this season (though it has been against weak opponents) will make it tough to create a defensive scheme this saturday...i get this feeling that if we (ncstate) try to stop the run we (clemson) will bomb the heck out of us, and visa versa. James Davis and CJ Spiller have been relatively quiet thus far, and might have a breakout game soon

9/18/2007 5:30:17 PM

"we"? What the hell is wrong with you son

[Edited on September 18, 2007 at 5:46 PM. Reason : .]

9/18/2007 5:45:54 PM

I'm just hoping their annual choke begins this saturday at noon.

9/18/2007 5:52:44 PM

Guys you can only pull for one team.....which one?

9/19/2007 3:03:40 PM

as the first member of my whole extended family (3 uncles, 4 aunts, mom, dad) not to go to Clemson, and the first to go to NC State..... We is perfectly acceptable, given a good reason of course.

Kev..... you got a good reason

9/19/2007 6:53:38 PM

you didnt answer the fucking question. You have to pick one team, which do you choose?

[Edited on September 20, 2007 at 12:34 PM. Reason : .]

9/20/2007 12:34:20 PM

bttt for 4-0.

@ GT next weekend is a much bigger test...they are coming off 2 straight losses and desperately need a win .

9/23/2007 10:16:30 PM

Great win in Raleigh on Saturday. First time I've been to Carter Finley since all of the renovations have been completed. I love having three different Jumbotrons to watch the game and/or see replays and it appears to be run better than those in charge of Clemson's one screen.

Pretty much happy about the entire game. My only real criticism with the game was wondering why Tommy didn't call a timeout when State switched a no huddle offense on their first offensive touchdown possession. Totally caught Clemson off guard (Bowden and Koenning both mentioned this) for the entire drive. Other than that I can only be disappointed with Field Goals instead of TDs.
And why does every Textile Bowl get the worst possible set of refs available in the ACC. Took the refs forever to make a few of the decisions. I like to see refs getting together and making sure they call the play correctly but this shouldn't take longer than 20 seconds.

Most sports writers seem to be writing off this next game against GT as a victory already for Clemson because of the Yellow Jackets early season collapse but GT should be ready to play. They had a disappointing loss to BC and you could see the lack of enthusiasm during the Virginia game. This game should go to the wire.

9/25/2007 12:18:20 AM

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha


There goes your hopes and dreams for the title


lolololololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/2/2007 1:23:54 PM

as i predicted in the week 5 gamethread, the collapse came early this year

10/2/2007 1:28:40 PM

bad thing is that it came a week late.

10/2/2007 1:29:56 PM

haha no kidding, wish they only scored 3 against us

10/2/2007 1:32:02 PM

how you can consider losing 1 game a collapse is beyond me.

we will see how we rebound on saturday at home vs VT.
ACC title is not out of the question

10/3/2007 1:38:23 PM

losing this weekend will give you the typical clemson collapse...even losing 2 out of next 3 or 4 would be because you people seem to think they're better than they really are...they were like ncsu with rivers, cant get over the hump to be a legit top 10 every week

10/3/2007 1:44:41 PM

i know clemson football. i know how clemson football goes, and i realize that we have been an underachieving team for as long as i can remember. but i also know we have talent, and as long as we keep getting top 10 recruiting classes and talent on this team, then we have no excuse to not go and get an ACC title. so thats why clemson fans demand one.

and yes, it does seem like theres always this hump to make the leap into a weekly top10 team.

10/3/2007 1:57:19 PM

Quote :

"then we have no excuse to not go and get an ACC title."

Tammy Bowden is a pretty good excuse.

10/3/2007 3:38:55 PM

funny how every year around anderson every bastard thinks clemson will be 12-0.

So yes one loss is big thing for me to make fun of.

10/3/2007 4:04:46 PM

I think its funny that their band plays the music from the OC, it like their warchant. We are drama queens at Clempson.

10/3/2007 4:32:31 PM