Clemson Fan An Easy Target

As Scott pointed out below, I appreciate him reserving a spot for me on the all-time Clemson fan ragging team, but that's not what I'll do here. Instead, let's reflect back on how EVERY SINGLE domino fell our way this weekend:

-Maryland beat the crap out of UNC with an outstanding McBrien outing...a team we beat on national TV played well.

-Florida State beat the crap out of Division 1-AA Notre Dame showing again that the ACC can play ball and that the currently ignored second tier teams in fact do challenge the Semi-holes, getting them ready for games like this.

-Dook was trailing 9-6 in the third quarter before folding to 18th ranked Tennessee in UT's kitchen. Impressive showing and that's got to make us nervous heading into next weekend.

-NC State tagged the Wa-whos , allowing Matt Schaub to inflate his numbers in another loss. Some of you disagreed with me, but this was a game that we wanted NCSU to win. Another team that Tech beat soundly takes down a so-called contendah...we get mop-up in a few weeks hopefully.

...and who could forget...

-Wake's open-handed slap of the Clemson tigers. Despite the claims to greatness, Whitehurst (see the Heisman candidate references by Clemson fan below) was benched after tossing three INTs, then the backup came in to score 17 meaningless points. Next up for the paper Tigers: FSU, baby.

So the mathematics is harsh, but it can't be denied, even at this point in the season: As I mentioned below, Clemson will NOT finish ahead of the YellowJackets despite their excellent play against Tech in one game. They simply aren't as good of a football team and the statistics and records for both teams bear that out. Good luck against Free Shoes University, Clemson, and thanks for playing this year.