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The reason for Dabo’s good run is simple

Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:17 pm
Posted by JamalMurry27
Tennessee Titans
Member since May 2023
8920 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:17 pm
1. He got once in a generation type players somehow. How did this happen?
Maybe luck, maybe Alabama and Georgia’s rosters were so full in the south.

2. The ACC was trailer park trash. With the demise of fsu and Miami had already been demised there was absolutely zero competition. Yes I recall nearly all those years they almost dropped wtf games to some of the worst acc opponents. I can’t remember off the top of my head. NC st like teams maybe unc or BC some bottom feeders like that but they always lucked out.

3. However they were very successful in the playoffs because of Watson and Lawrence and a couple receivers they had.


Clemson was very Alabama like at the time. However the entire reason Saban was so great is because he could get those rosters every single year he coached for multiple decades. Dabo isn’t that talented obviously as he is nowhere near the goat. He had a few lucky classes + the ACC was…there isn’t a a word I can think of for how bad it was. Now you combine no more good players with refusal to use the portal and a “slightly better” slightly as in Miami is great again ACC and you get the dumpster fire they are today.

Posted by Quicksilver
Poker Room
Member since Jan 2013
13448 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:20 pm to
Clemson paid a handsome dollar for their good classes and they stacked rosters just like Bama and UGA did.
Posted by Uga Alum
Member since Jul 2022
6980 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:21 pm to
Yeah, he has finally been exposed. Credit to him for managing to be that successfully for a sustained period of time despite not being very smart or talented. He needs to find a program like Arkansas and build them up to an 8-4 team.
Posted by UnAnon
Breaux Bridge
Member since Sep 2013
6617 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:21 pm to
They had very good college QBs from Boyd to Sunshine, a defense that punched over its weight class and usually an offensive scheme that was ahead of the curb with good skill guys either recruited or developed.


They weren't pouring in 5 stars.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
28689 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:22 pm to
Guy, you’ve become one of my favorite posters here.

cheers
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
32779 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:24 pm to
It’s simple. Venables was cheating.

See Clemson pre Venables and post Venables.
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
42832 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:26 pm to
This is the reason for Dabo's run:

Posted by Veritas
Member since Feb 2005
11534 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:27 pm to
They paid their players through mega churches.

It’s an even playing field now.
Posted by RockyRococco
Jacksonville FL
Member since Aug 2021
2068 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:36 pm to
he's attempting to jinx us don't fall for it
Posted by PappyGarcia
Member since Oct 2024
691 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:36 pm to
Clemson lost 5 in a row to USC and Dabo was on his way out. All of a sudden Clemson flips multiple 5 stars on signing day from out of state players that were commited to local teams. No way you cant raise an eybrow to that especially when Clemson is a nowhere town and Dabo was a nobody. Pictures immediately surfaced with players holding large sums of cash. Even a Clemson basketball coach was caught on an FBI wiretap talking about not having the budget the football team had when talking about Zion Williamson. The NCAA wanted nothing to do with trying to prosecute a 2 time champion as a cheater and fraud as they continued to hold on for dear life. Big shock now that everyone can pay Clemson is back to Garbage. The only history Clemson has is due to cheating. From Pell to Ford to Swinney.
This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 2:38 pm
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
11078 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:37 pm to
Venables
Posted by PappyGarcia
Member since Oct 2024
691 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:38 pm to
This guys ability to snag signs would make Michigan blush.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
53175 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:42 pm to
Praise the Lord
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
8268 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:44 pm to
Newspring Church.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
29987 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:45 pm to
He had great cords around him.
Posted by Warwick
Member since May 2022
2337 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

2. The ACC was trailer park trash.


this cant be stated enough.
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
42798 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:49 pm to
Does Dabo know cheating is the only reason they won or did they cheat for him so he can pretend to be clean
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
41594 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:55 pm to
He’s going to dictate his own terms.


However, due to that, I think he can adapt and win the ACC again.
Posted by DannyByGodFord
Member since Jan 2016
1069 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 2:55 pm to
1. One of the best recruiters in CFB for a while. Everyone knows that.

2. The ACC was 9-3 vs. the SEC head to head in 2016 when Clemson won the national championship over guess who? An SEC team. Don’t let facts get in your way though…

3. Yes Lawerence and Watson were generation players. Not sure what your point is? That we had good players?

Dabo is like Saban who got out
and bashes the current state of college football every chance he gets. He does need to bow out if he is not going to play the game.
This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 2:57 pm
Posted by jonnyanony
Member since Nov 2020
15699 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:07 pm to
It's not just players, but that's most of it.

Their last top ten class was 2021.
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