I am a big sports fan, and do follow pretty much any sport the SEC competes in.

As stated before, congrats on your Natty but winning one in a generation is not that big a deal in this conference. The bigger point is you are such a bad sport to come on another conferences site and get all puffed up about it. Sure the Tigers, Tigers, and Vols are dickriding your win but it is not about you, it is about pissing off Tide fans. That you don't understand this makes it all the more sad to observe.

As for sports, I played many and was no water boy but as you get older in life it becomes less about you and more about what your kids and grandkids play. I have been to tons of football and basketball games in my life but I have also spent time at rifle and gymnastics meets. Maybe it is an age thing but being a fan later in life means supporting all the athletes and not just the ones where they get paid a lot to entertain. Spending time with some of these kids who are not getting paid and watching what they play through is good stuff. I suggest someday you put your ego in check and start supporting more Clemson sports than you seem to.

As for cringing for me, perhaps it is actually envy in that you are just a cog in the wheel of the All Carolina Conference and always will be while the SEC is 14 different homes I can visit cousins and squabble at the dinner table. To folks on the outside they see this as infighting but actually being in it means we are a tight family taking on all comers. It is something outsiders never get but always seem to desire. If this makes me a fool to you then so be it, but you are still on the outside at the end of the day and it certainly seems to get to you enough to post over here.

My guess is deep down inside you were the water boy or a jock sniffer and are so insecure to post here now. Either come here and discuss all sports with some real insight or go back to whatever homer board you live on and crow all you want. I am always humored on all these internet tough guys who don't get so tough when they meet me in real life. I was in the game and come from a family full of sports history. I cheer for UK basketball because I grew up with Rupp. I cheer for Bama because Bear and his family was a part of my life when I was younger. I am of an age that Tulane and Georgia Tech in the SEC seems like yesterday. I follow the Lady Vols because I knew Pat for years and still keep up with many of her former players. While this may be unknown to you it means any given year pretty much anybody can win but damn few can win again and again.

Do yourself a favor, enjoy your win but spend the time at a live sporting event the Tigers are playing now instead of encouraging the dickriders over here. That is what being a fan is all about, supporting the teams when they lose and not just when they win. Supporting the teams that need the love and not just the ones who win that you bask in their glow. If you actually live in Clemson the Tigers are taking on the Hogs and Cougars tonight so why not start today being a better Clemson fan. Perhaps someday you can get a lacrosse and field hockey team like your fellow ACC schools. More importantly you can get a softball team, because seriously, how can you be a serious P5 school without a softball team. You have a volleyball team, how in the hell can you not have a softball team?