HAY GUYS, CAN I GIVE MONEY AND RIDES TO PLAYERS? LEMME KNOW K THX.
P.S. I THINK I CAME UP WITH SOME GREAT GIFTS FOR RECRUITS. P.M. ME PLZ.
Let me delve into the mindset of Clemson fans when it comes to basketball. Well, I should say a certain sect of bandwagon fans. A lot of non-affiliated Clemson fans enjoyed rooting for our football team when they’re good, but generally there wasn’t a solid basketball squad to pull for. In this case, a lot of the fans would venture off and pull for another local team. South Carolina was out, UGa and GT were never powerhouses (minus Cremins, the 1990 Final Four, etc), so fans looked north for a team. Duke and North Carolina were both teams with tons of bandwagon fans. Clemson is rooted in agriculture, and a lot of diehard bandwagon fans tend to be good country folk. While both Duke and UNC are relatively snobbish, Duke was viewed as more elite, more “yankee-infested” and therefore a less desirable team to pull for. What I’ve seen are tons of supposed Clemson fans that wear orange during the fall and switch to baby blue in the spring. Now that Clemson’s cagers are making waves in the ACC, they’ve swayed many South Carolinians to root for the Tigers year-round. It is no stretch for me to say that Clemson fans are generally regarded as largely ignorant to the rules of basketball and the sport in general. I’ve found that this stereotype is a bit exaggerated and I think most of us know Clemson fans who know every bit as much as Tar Heel or Blue Devil faithful do on the sport, but by and large there is some bit of truth to it. This ignorance on some fans' part is the only explanation for believing Oliver Purnell worthy of being mentioned in the same sentence as Coach K and Roy Williams. In my opinion, Roy isn’t quite worthy of being compared to Krzyzewski. Notice how this guy immediately picks Roy over K. Last time I looked, the guy who choked for years at Kansas only to be “Guthridged” at his alma-mater by being given an insanely talented squad and going on to win the title (finally), needs about 2 more championship banners and 7 or 8 more ACC titles and Final Four appearances to be shoulder to shoulder with K. Purnell has a lifetime ahead of him to get close to these two’s achievements. Rodgod, you’re a basketball retard.
Another reason Clemson fans tend to be laughed at by much of the ACC is their belief that the entire league is conspiring against them. The evil refs, paid by the dark lord John Swofford have sworn a blood oath to job the Tigers out of a win whenever possible. The honest and blockheaded clock mistake at the end of the Duke game has only made this belief stronger, unfortunately.
This guy was even worried about a conspiracy before the game started.
Again, Rodgod proves that even though you have a dusty fart of an idea in your head, you don’t necessarily need to share it with the world.
I’m glad kenc80 could sum it all up for us. DID YOU KNOW THAT ACC BASKETBALL REFS ARE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FROM COACH K’S NASAL DNA AND THEY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER DURING GAMES WITH TELEKENESIS. WATCH OUT FOR THE MINDBULLETS.
I’m not calling this post out as dumb shit, because I think the Tigers have a great chance to win in Littlejohn, but I will say just to keep this post in mind. You’ll see it again in our postgame after the February 22nd game.
To counter my ramblings above as to the loyalty and “basketball IQ” of Tiger fans, some level-headed individuals actually realized that while blaming everything on the league and the refs is fun and easy, it doesn’t always solve a team’s problems.
Some Tiger fans decided to let the loss roll off like water on a duck’s back by approaching the situation with hilarious and timely jokes clumsily ripped from last summer’s now debunked headlines!!!!!!!! ROTFL!!!!!! LOLZ!! (also, no funny joke has ever been followed by the phrase "just having fun :-D")
These next two posts are from the people who reserved FIRECOACHPURNELL.COM the day he was hired. Seriously, we’re Clemson, and you’re complaining about 4 losses in a season? We used to roll that in a fortnight. Antebellum chronological terminology 4 life.
Caps lock: It’s cruise control for cool.
This post is a fantastic argument for IQ-based mandatory sterilization. Let’s not let these people reproduce, please.
And I’ll leave you with this comedy gold. Maybe the single most indecipherable and moronic post I’ve ever seen, and I’ve waded through more awful posts than I really care to think about.
It's not just b-ball they're ignorant on, there's a lot of them who suffer from serious head-in-ass syndrome regarding football. It's mind-boggling to see how many other schools' fans seem to be intelligent people (particularly Pac-10 fans) then see our fans just be outright idiotic. There's actually still a faction out there who thinks Tommy Bowden just 'needs a couple more years.' Morons.
ReplyDeleteNow huj,you know it took his daddy 13 years to get the ball rolling at FSU! Just kidding,but that's what 1 Bowden fan told me at the '04 Miami game.What I can't understand for the life of me is why we don't blitz more on defense.In the '90s,FSU blitzed alot and played alot of press man coverage.We supposedly have better talent all around now,but yet we're still going with this;bend don't break mentality on defense.I say,turn 'em loose,take some chances.Not on every down,but alot more than what we have been doing.
ReplyDeletePeople really have to understand the history of the Clemson basketball program to understand why Clemson fans are uneducated about basketball. I mean the only reason that we started basketball at Clemson was off-season conditioning for football. Shit! We are freaking 0 for forever in Chapel Hill (which, IMO, is one of the most, if not the most, abysmal streak in all of sports).
ReplyDeleteGiven this, is it really any surprise that Clemson fans are so ignorant about basketball?
That being said - Duke still sucks - they really lost me about 3 years ago when the students began chanting "it's a school night" at the Clemson game. What a bunch of freaking dorks! That cheer ranks right up there with the fucking "whoo-hoo."
Sambo, Meredith watches that with her girlfriends, so, I guess giuve her a call and ya'll all can get together, watch Two-A-Days, drink some wine coolers, and knit some scarves. I, however, will do something manly, liking fucking a brick while watching UFC.
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ReplyDeleteI watched it last night, too. While I would much prefer more football & more "coach going absolutely bananas" footage - less silly HS girl crap, it is a decent show. Only thing that I would say about Brandon is that I see him being used ala Kevin Youngblood - not going to out run you (that's what Jacoby is for), but will out hustle you for the jump ball in the endzone to win the game.
Clemson v. UVA in the valley in 2003... still one of the best games I've seen in Clemson.
ReplyDeletethat whole post was damn funny
ReplyDeleteAnd seriously, if your'e going to attack one of us, don't post as anonymous. Doing that is the biggest bitch move of all time. Let's at least have a conversation about it. Let's at least agree to disagree... not just you hiding behind the anonymous handle, taking cheap shots on the internet at us.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a problem with other people expressing their opinion, but whey you start off your post by calling me ignorant, of course I'm going to fire right back at you.
ReplyDeleteI also think you don't know who you're talking to when you try to talk down to me and say that since you're a graduate of one of the universities you mentioned that I won't understand how they 'get away with murder.'
Most of my entire family has graduated from Duke, UNC, or both, so I think I know as much as anyone how those universities operate, and there's no secret collusion between them and the NCAA. I'm aware of a number of incidents involving players for North Carolina teams, so don't dangle some unknown violations over my head.
I also happen to know plenty of people who work for the ACC in Greensboro. The extent of abusing connections is UNC, who constantly complains to the ACC, thinking that with one of their alumni at the head of the league their complaints will carry a bit more gravity. They don't.
If you know me, then email me or call me with your poblem instead of posting anonymously on my site.
ReplyDeleteI don't disagree with you that I need to grow up more but anonymously trashing people isn't exactly the pinnacle of maturity either.
That's it Anon, you're off. As for the public bashing thing... You couldn't be MORE wrong. We're not gonna blow you outta the water unless you present yourself as a mouth breathing, slobbering, ignorant inbred who happens to wear orange and purple. When people bring their Tigernet opionions and cut downs(Tammy BowDown) over here, it makes our site look bad, and we can't have that. We are not the Tigernet, so don't bring that shit in here. As for grant & co, I apologize that ya'll have to sign up to comment now, but I know that theres a thing on here where you can block everyone from seeing your profile ip and stuff. Sorry, but this is the last straw folks.
ReplyDeleteThat shit is just wrong.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I would like to hear Chili's take on the conspiracy theory that that there is a secret government organization working out of nondescript concrete, windowless, building in Manhattan that monitors and polices alien activity on the planet.
Sorry, too much MIB watching this weekend on TBS. Damn movies were seemingly on 24 hours a day Friday-Sunday.
I love it when TBS plays movies like that. Who ever runs that department deserves a raise.
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