re: Don't we have the best away fans?

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Not in the stadium

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Despite some of the crazy reports, it was probably 60-40 Clemson in the stadium. Their Orange stood out and a lot of our fans were wearing black so it made it look worse.

The scene outside the stadium and around Tampa was unreal. Might as well had been in Clemson, SC. If you told me the ratio was 8:1 I would believe it. So many Clemson fans, many of them in their 20's, watched the game in the lots and bars around the stadium.

We've basically been outnumbered in the stadium every NC game under Saban. Texas had a slight advantage but I chalk that up to LA having a lot of Texas alums and Austin being a shorter plane ride. The Texas Alumni association rented the entire Santa Monica Pier for their party while the UA Alumni had a small bar. LSU had more but the game was in Louisiana so that shouldn't surprise anyone and ND has one of the largest fanbases in sports. So this is nothing new.

We aren't foaming at the mouth like we were in 2008 but I don't think we are as complacent and spoiled as people say we are. It's not like BDS was half empty all year.