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re: The reason for Dabo’s good run is simple

Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:08 pm to
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Member since Feb 2013
29840 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:08 pm to
He won 2 nattys.

95% of this conference hasn’t done that.
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
2999 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:15 pm to
Coaches have a shelf life and Dabo is about to expire. That doesmt take away the fact that he was the second best coach in the country for almost a decade and if it wasnt for Saban, Dabo probably has 4 titles.

Hes annoying as frick but hes also a hall of famer and one of the best motivators Ive seen in this sport
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
17092 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:17 pm to
Kirby slowly squeezed him out of Georgia HSs, Richt let him take too many homegrown blue chips
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
4434 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:21 pm to
Have you ever played a sport, you sound like a guy that’s never played a sport
Posted by Pastor Mike
Florida
Member since Dec 2020
7102 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:26 pm to
Losing his sign-stealing DC didn't help him either
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61756 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:32 pm to


That has got to be the ugliest church I've ever seen

It looks like it used to be a cell phone store.
This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 3:33 pm
Posted by SquarePizzaRebel
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2013
3418 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:33 pm to
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Have you ever played a sport, you sound like a guy that’s never played a sport


That’s like 98% of this board homie.
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
27037 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:36 pm to
The rise of Kirby Smart UGA and UT’s recovery altered their recruiting landscape. Transfer portal and NIL exacerbated the problem.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
24100 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:56 pm to
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The rise of Kirby Smart UGA and UT’s recovery altered their recruiting landscape. Transfer portal and NIL exacerbated the problem.


I don't think this gets enough mention.

There's a lot of great players in the South, but it's still a limited amount. If Georgia gets who they should instate, that leaves a group that can go elsewhere. You have Auburn for a large bit, then about 1 team's worth. It was Tennessee awhile. Then it was Clemson. Now, it's trending back to Tennessee.

This is different from, say, Florida, which can usually fill UF, Miami and Fla State, and have others left over to go out of state. Or Texas, which fills UT, A&M, another instate program or 2, then Oklahoma and Arkansas (with the Houston area kids looking at LSU).
Or Louisiana, which fills LSU, and LSU then picking from the I-10 corridor from Houston to the Fla Panhandle.

Clemson is not in the epicenter of any recruiting hotbed. They NEED to score big in OOS recruiting just to build the base of the program.

Alabama's weird, in that I don't think they really have a big hotbed area internally, but it's good... and they're on the border of the La, Ga and Fla ones, so they can always grab a couple from there.
Posted by Go Go Gata
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 9/7/26 at 4:05 pm to
Posted by flagshipuniversity
Camden SC, Charlotte NC
Member since Jul 2024
637 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 4:06 pm to
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Maybe luck, maybe Alabama and Georgia’s rosters were so full in the south.
Wrong. Dabo was using 2 megachurches in the upstate to give players parents jobs and housing. The members were providing jobs.It wasn't against NCAA rules to hire parents but the kids they wanted also wanted to take care of their parents or their moms in a lot of cases. The NIL squashed that and now Dabo and clemsux have compete on a different level and it is not working.
This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 4:08 pm
Posted by General RL Bullard
Huntsville
Member since Aug 2018
1046 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 4:43 pm to
Don’t forget they got caught red handed juicing with Ostarine.

They were paying players.

Stealing signs. (Confirmed)

Juicing

Playing in the ACC.

It’s now over and Clemson owes him $57M this year and $60M next year.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
67198 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 4:51 pm to
Aside from the generational offensive talent, he had Venables running the defense. That’s why they could do what they did in the playoffs.
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5376 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 4:53 pm to
OMG. This thread drips of cope from losing on a pick play and 44-16 making Bama 1-2 vs Clemson in the Natty.


Sour.


Grapes.

This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 4:58 pm
Posted by Tenn grad LSU fan
Woulhuntdn't you like to know spazz
Member since Apr 2023
1434 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:10 pm to
Miami was already trash by the time they got to the acc you weren't even born then
Posted by Tenn grad LSU fan
Woulhuntdn't you like to know spazz
Member since Apr 2023
1434 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:11 pm to
No they didn't your full of shite you can't even get them to. Pay nil
Posted by Tenn grad LSU fan
Woulhuntdn't you like to know spazz
Member since Apr 2023
1434 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:12 pm to
Is that the one in easely
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
28439 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:24 pm to
quote:

Kirby slowly squeezed him out of Georgia HSs, Richt let him take too many homegrown blue chips


He absolutely had a pipeline... particularly in N Georgia.

Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
20903 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:30 pm to
Clemson in 2018 had one of the best d lines in CFB history and one of the best DCs in the game.

T Law and Watson and Boyd all played their part, but damn if they were lint studs on defense too
Posted by gladchiefisgone
Member since Sep 2010
2203 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:33 pm to
quote:

Kirby slowly squeezed him out of Georgia HSs,


Same with Tennessee players too.
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