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Top 15 wins under Dabo (my list)
Jun 26, 2019, 10:53 AM
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TOP 15 wins under Dabo Swinney
1. #1 Alabama v. #2 Clemson, 2016 National Championship game (1st natty in 35 years) 2. #1 Alabama v. #2 Clemson, 2018 National Championship game (15 – 0; Best Ever; 44 – 16) 3. #9 LSU v. #15 Clemson, 2012 Chic Fil A Peach Bowl (4&16) 4. # 2 Ohio State v. #3 Clemson, 2016 Orange Bowl (31 – 0 playoff win; shut out) 5. #5 VA Tech v. #21 Clemson, 2011 ACC Championship (first ACC championship in 20 years) 6. South Carolina @ Clemson, 2014 (Watson ACL game; ended the streak) 7. #4 Oklahoma v. #1 Clemson, 2015 Orange Bowl (first playoff win) 8. #6 Notre Dame @ #12 Clemson, 2015 (the Hurricane game) 9. Auburn @ Clemson, 2011 (Turning point. Sammy Watkins’ first game; ended Auburn W streak) 10. Syracuse @ Clemson, 2018 (Most courage-inspiring game ever, Brice & Etienne for the W) 11. South Carolina @ Clemson, 2015 (capped undefeated regular season) 12. #7 Ohio State v. #12 Clemson, 2013 Orange Bowl (Boyd & Watkins’ last game) 13. South Carolina @ Clemson, 2016 (56 – 7) 14. #3 Louisville @ Clemson, 2016 (Watson v. Jackson; last play defensive stop) 15. #3 Notre Dame v. #2 Clemson, 2018 Cotton Bowl (Playoff win en route to 3rd natty)
*only listed ranking if both teams were ranked at the time
While I applied some loosely objective criteria in my rankings, I also looked back into my memory to recall how I felt about the win at the time it happened & was strongly influenced by how significant it felt to me at the time...
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Pretty good list
Jun 26, 2019, 11:13 AM
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I'd probably rank the Louisville & 2013 OSU games a little higher. But you pretty much nailed all of them. Miami game in 09 might be worth a look or honorable mention too - that was the springboard for the 2009 division title run amd basically salvaged the season and turned it around
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You missed possibly the most important one of all
Jun 26, 2019, 11:14 AM
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The 2008 win over UofSC that actually got him the job.
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Good call! I admittedly really only focused on 2011 & beyond
Jun 26, 2019, 11:23 AM
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but that game definitely deserves to be on the next revision of the list.
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Re: Top 15 wins under Dabo (my list)
Jun 26, 2019, 11:16 AM
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Can't complain with that list...
I would mix in any of these as well
2008 vs South Carolina 28-14 2008 vs BC (we had not beaten BC in conference yet) 2009 vs Miami: That was a spark that we "could" be great 2011 vs Maryland - 18 point comeback when the wheels fell off. That was Dabo's first big "guts' moment. That was the "erasing" of the Bowden culture 2013 vs Georgia 2015 vs Florida State 2018 vs Cuse
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31-14 was 2008 over UofSC score***
Jun 26, 2019, 11:18 AM
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Re: 31-14 was 2008 over UofSC score***
Jun 26, 2019, 11:22 AM
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ahh, dang it. My memory is about as good as some other folks here.
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2011 Auburn win doesn't really do it for me
Jun 26, 2019, 11:19 AM
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They were the defending champs and hadn't lost yet, but it clearly wasn't the same caliber of team. Cam was gone, Nick Fairley was gone, the defense was really bad, and they had just barely beaten Utah State and Miss St at home. Miss St was #16 when Auburn beat them, but that team finished 6-6 and 2-6 in the SEC. Auburn went on to get beaten by 38 at Georgia and by 28 at home to Bama.
IMO 2011 was a win that seemed big at the time but really wasn't that big. I much prefer the 23-3 win in Blackburg if I'm picking a 2011 game. Our two biggest wins of the season were pretty clearly both against VT.
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For me, the significance of that game has more to do with
Jun 26, 2019, 11:26 AM
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the fact that it was Morris' first game, introduced us to Sammy Watkins, and was the impetus to our first conference championship in so long, but I acknowledge that your point is totally valid.
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Re: 2011 Auburn win doesn't really do it for me
Jun 26, 2019, 1:49 PM
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I'm with you that Auburn was probably not as big as it felt at the time... But that 3 games stretch vs Auburn, FSU, and at VT, was imo our first glance that we could hang with the "big boys" and do it consistently. We lost 4 of 6 to end the season, but looking at that schedule before the season started... it would've been hard for me to believe we win all 3.
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Agree 100%***
Jun 26, 2019, 11:57 AM
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