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Junkie [501]
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The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 10:26 PM
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Serious question for the older tigers here. I'm watching SF 49ers play tonight and Al Michaels and the other announcer are saying that the biggest moment in Candle Stick park was Dwight Clark's iconic game winning TD grab from J. Montana over Dallas in the early 80's. Was Clark a total stud in his Clemson days too?
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Re: The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 10:27 PM
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if I recall correctly, he was the "Adam Humphries" to Jerry Butler.
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Re: The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 10:29 PM
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yep except with size about like Seckinger maybe
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Re: The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 10:30 PM
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That is correct, but remember that we ran an option offense and did not throw the ball very much.
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I was always thought that Clark never scored a TD
Oct 6, 2013, 11:13 PM
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at Clemson until the Maryland game of his senior year. But evidently he scored one in '77 as well. But he was awesome in that game as it was back and forth until the end and we won 28-24. Watched the game in Littlejohn on closed circuit, as it was at MD (before the age of wall to wall TV coverage) and it determined the conference winner.
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Re: The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 10:28 PM
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posession reciever. Nice but Jerry Butler was the Sammy of those team
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110%er [8095]
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Good analysis.
Oct 6, 2013, 10:36 PM
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Dwight Clark was steady.
But like others have said, Clemson did not throw the ball much. Clemson and Steve Fuller ran the option. Lots of running plays.
The biggest stud while I was at Clemson was Bennie Cunningham. Good hands and it was very hard to bring him down. He was a load.
Glad to see that Dwight Clark is still remembered.
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Re:Jerry Butler, Rick Weddington and Dwight Clark***
Oct 6, 2013, 10:50 PM
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Re: The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 10:33 PM
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Dated Shawn Weatherly so I'd say yes
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I'll assume ms. Weatherly was a
Oct 6, 2013, 10:37 PM
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Dime! And I'm sure she was all that and more just like Clark.
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Re: I'll assume ms. Weatherly was a
Oct 6, 2013, 10:38 PM
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Miss Weatherly won the Miss Universe Pageant.
And yes, she was a Clemson Tiger
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Shawn Weatherly was the most naturally beautiful woman
Oct 6, 2013, 11:07 PM
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That I have ever seen. She lived a few doors down from me in the apartment complex and she was out of my league.
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Reading this causes my mind to wander to Pasedena
Oct 6, 2013, 10:38 PM
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and how it would be pretty nice to have Dwight Clark in attendance should we make it to the NC game. No doubt it would be well covered by the ABC/ESPN gang.
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Ok! Miss universe. You learn sumpin new every day
Oct 6, 2013, 10:41 PM
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Great story about why he was drafted
Oct 6, 2013, 10:43 PM
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SF scouts came to look at Steve Fuller. Clark happened to be available to run some patterns. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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Re: The Catch
Oct 6, 2013, 11:08 PM
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33 receptions and 3 tds while at Clemson.
Much to my surprise, about 12 years ago I walked into Death Valley with my fiancé and there was Clark, as part of some credit card promotion. I signed up for a credit card and instead of a tshirt, I opted for him to sign a SI cover shot picture of THE CATCH that reads, "Best Wishes to ..... Dwight Clark".
He was awesome in the 80's.
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Helped beat MD at College Park with great TD from Fuller!
Oct 7, 2013, 1:33 AM
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Flew up & Saw it..and had my 3 x 5" PAW Flag which shows up in some TV film occasionally.
Go#3TiGERs!
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Re: The Catch
Oct 7, 2013, 6:31 AM
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In a recent nfl documentary on the 49'ers, the lead in starts with a phone call to Clemson from Bill Walsch to Steve Fuller. The coach wanted to set up a tryout for Fuller. As he walked out the door to go play golf, Dwight Clark answered the phone. When the coach found out Clark was one of Fuller's receivers, he asked him if he could catch some balls from Fuller for his tryout.
Walsch liked the way Clark caught the passes and he asked about his status. Did he have any film he could watch. Clark told the coach that he caught 11 passes that season. The coach asked him if he caught more than 1 pass in any game and Clark told him he caught 2 against UNC. Coach looked at those two passes and told Clark that he was going to draft him. During the draft, all the assistant coaches kept telling Walsch not to draft Clark because the could pick him up as a free agent. Walsch said no way and that is how "the catch" became the greatest moment in Candlestick Park.
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The Catch happened on Jan. 10th 1982
Oct 7, 2013, 8:52 AM
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Clemson won the NC title Jan 1st 1982 and I was born Jan. 13th 1982. That was a great time to be a Tiger and now its clear to me that I was always destined to be a tiger.
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