Thoughts on Dabo, Clemson and the auburn game

Alasippi

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Total mystery game to me. Either could win. No one's really certain about the positive's or negatives of either.
If I had to pick it would be Clemson simply because they're playing at home.
 

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I hope the barn wins on a pick/rub play!
 

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So:
1. Clemson has better athletes on both sides of ball
2. Clemson is at home; strong
3. Venables is better than Steele
4. Dabo is MUCH better than Gus

Clemson covers; LOCK
 

selmaborntidefan

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Can they both lose? Screw Allbarn and Dabo... Bama ties or not, Dumbo can go jump in that lake. Speaking of overrated coaches. That will be a game full of overrated coaches.
So a guy who beat the two best coaches of the current generation (8 combined titles) in less than two weeks in consecutive games is overrated?

In four CFP games Dabo is 3-1 and beaten 3 national champ coaches (9 overall) and lost by five in the other.

Dabo is the #3 coach in the game right now.
 

Alasippi

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So a guy who beat the two best coaches of the current generation (8 combined titles) in less than two weeks in consecutive games is overrated?

In four CFP games Dabo is 3-1 and beaten 3 national champ coaches (9 overall) and lost by five in the other.

Dabo is the #3 coach in the game right now.
and inching close to number 2
 

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There are only 2 teams in America that scare me when we play them, Alabama and Clemson. We might lose other games, but Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State are a level above right now. Clemson is going to destroy Auburn.
 

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So:
1. Clemson has better athletes on both sides of ball
2. Clemson is at home; strong
3. Venables is better than Steele
4. Dabo is MUCH better than Gus

Clemson covers; LOCK
Clemson had all of those last year except the home field, and AU managed to hang tough. I think Clemson should win this game by 10-14, but AU seems to manage to hang around at times. Personally, i am hoping Dabo beats them by 50 and in his interview at the end of game says that the win is all about the Clemson Tigers but that he has to say one little Roll Tide just for old times sake. That would be classic.
 

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I think there has been some misinterpretation of my OP

First - Dabo is, was, and always will be a Bama man. He is also a Clemson Man now, and may be for the rest of his career. But he is a Bama Man - my brother went to HS with him, he ate with us, and I stopped by to see him in Clemson spring two years ago - he was gracious as ever. He is a different sort of dude, as compared to a guy like Coach Saban.

But I assure you he has extreme dislike for auburn, and my op meant to infer that, GIVEN THE SITUATION AND OPPORTUNITY, Dabo will show auburn little mercy.
I went to HS there too and know Dabo from my time there. I'm curious as to who your brother is.
 

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Dabo, grew up in Bama. Whether he admits it or not this game will mean more to him. I know it would me .
 

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I hope Clemson and Dabo kill 'em!!!!!

The Barn fans would be intolerable if they beat Clemson and since they seem to thrive off of hype and momentum, give me Clemson all day long!!!
 

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I'm thinking Dabo and Clemson's players have a big chip on their shoulders right now. They are the 'Defending' National Champions ranked #3 directly behind the exact two teams they JUST beat to win that NC.

I predict they make a statement this weekend and it's going to be at AU's expense.

Clemson will win by at least 21 points and if they can win by more (running it up late) Dabo will go for it. We will enjoy it until.....

Post-Game when he will run his mouth about having a 2-game winning streak against teams from 'that state' and we will take umbrage.
 

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Ok - I know Dabo loves his team, players, Clemson, and the fact he won the National Title.

BUT - Dabo is a Bama guy through and through, and as such, think there had to be a bit of a bittersweet element to that game. There is no doubt in my mind that Alabama is the last team he would have picked to beat - sure, there is the element of measuring yourself against the best, and kind of prove something to the home folks (Toby Keith says "How do you like me now?"). But given teh choice, I believe Dabo would have least wanted to bring pain and hurt to the one he loves. And I am certain there are numerous programs Dabo would have RELISHED and CHERISHED beating in that ultimate dramatic fashion.

SO...

Dabo knows Bama nation suffered last January. And I believe he sees an opportunity in week 2 to perhaps erase some of that hurt for Bama fans, a chance to do us a solid, if you will, by beating auburn. He hates auburn, make no mistake. Hates.

AND IF the opportunity presents itself, if Clemson gets up on auburn, and that crowd is rollicking and resonating, look for Dabo to slam the pedal to the metal. There will be no mercy. There will be no quarter.

And I believe if that scenario plays out, there will be a part of him saying...

"That was for you, Lichtenstein..."
I really think you are making too much of Dabo's ties to Alabama.
Alabama in the NC game was "the opponent." It was his job to beat the opponent.
Auburn, this weekend is, "the opponent." It is his job to beat the opponent.

To check my logic, do you think Coach Saban felt conflicted when he beat Kent State? I don't. They were his opponent and it was his job to beat his opponent.
 

tidegrandpa

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I really think you are making too much of Dabo's ties to Alabama.
Alabama in the NC game was "the opponent." It was his job to beat the opponent.
Auburn, this weekend is, "the opponent." It is his job to beat the opponent.

To check my logic, do you think Coach Saban felt conflicted when he beat Kent State? I don't. They were his opponent and it was his job to beat his opponent.
Your logic is solid TW, but the the Sherman Tank Saban created could not have been reduced in one week to a rickshaw.
 

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I like Clemson as a program, generally speaking. I grew up in SC and have many friends who are Clemson fans, and though the gamecocks hate to admit it Clemson is the historically dominant team in the state.

And I am tired of hearing about how Clemson is such a great team, blah blah Dabo blah blah. It doesn't bother me one way or the other who wins, but I would be tickled pink if Clemson lost to AU in their first meaningful game as defending national champions. We will deal with Auburn ourselves one way or the other.

I expect Clemson to win.

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