First, the big picture is we've played for a NC 7 out of the last 10 years and we've won 5 NC!!!! Let that sink in and realize most college football fans will never even know the satisfaction of getting to the big game, much less, winning it so many times.
Lot's of talk about Dabo vs. CNS. CNS IS and will always be great! I think Dabo outcoached us last night so give the man and his staff credit. But here's what Dabo did (at least this year) that CNS couldn't do: Dabo created a TEAM THAT HAD ONE HEART BEAT. He had seniors that came back to finish what they couldn't finish last year From true freshmen phenoms to seniors he formed them into a team that dominated the greatest collection of talent we've ever seen in T-town. He also did one more thing this year that CNS couldn't do: He figured out when to let them play with emotion and got their very best game at the most critical time. I'm not sure we ever did that this year...maybe LSU...but I'm not sure CNS ever got this team to peak.
I still think we had better overall talent but they had the better team on the night it mattered most and I think we had a more dynamic offense, but they had more determination when it mattered most.
They basically stole a line from our fight song and gave it back to us: they had more pluck and grit.
To leave this on a positive note: Losing resets a lot of things. Clemsons loss to us last year propelled them to this year. I think we'll see a similar story next year and I hope we see a TEAM that puts us back to the top.
Lot's of talk about Dabo vs. CNS. CNS IS and will always be great! I think Dabo outcoached us last night so give the man and his staff credit. But here's what Dabo did (at least this year) that CNS couldn't do: Dabo created a TEAM THAT HAD ONE HEART BEAT. He had seniors that came back to finish what they couldn't finish last year From true freshmen phenoms to seniors he formed them into a team that dominated the greatest collection of talent we've ever seen in T-town. He also did one more thing this year that CNS couldn't do: He figured out when to let them play with emotion and got their very best game at the most critical time. I'm not sure we ever did that this year...maybe LSU...but I'm not sure CNS ever got this team to peak.
I still think we had better overall talent but they had the better team on the night it mattered most and I think we had a more dynamic offense, but they had more determination when it mattered most.
They basically stole a line from our fight song and gave it back to us: they had more pluck and grit.
To leave this on a positive note: Losing resets a lot of things. Clemsons loss to us last year propelled them to this year. I think we'll see a similar story next year and I hope we see a TEAM that puts us back to the top.