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Clemson and its weak mentality reared its head again last night. The entire Clemson community as a whole suffers from this, as i see it. And the football team exemplifys it over and over. Hit Clemson in the mouth and instead of hunkering down and fighting, Clemson folds and starts fighting with itself. Once again, toughness was an issue at the line of scrimmage and it doesnt matter who runs the ball or passes the ball, when the offensive and defensive lines are as weak as they showed last night, no coach or player can consistently win against superior competition. Last night, Clemson gets down early and the band fell silent...the cheerleaders started standing around the as usual, the Clemson fans in attendence started pouting and the players looked around at each other. instead of pulling together, Clemson pulls apart. EVERYTIME..... as I have said before, there is a "play not to lose" mentality at Clemson. And you see it in every major sport. In football, if the team gets down by 10, the fans start bitching. In basketball, a missed free throw brings an audible groan from Clemson fans, and the pressure mounts on the players. In baseball, it has always been the releif pitching and the World Series... Ever notice that the big time college programs hunker down in adversity situations and fight? ever notice that when its all falling apart for Duke basketball on the road, they band together and fight thru it. they may lose, but they dont just give it to you. But Clemson will just roll over and start crying if in a fight... and its sad. The band stops playing and gets quieter even if exhorted to play by the directors. The fans start moaning about Danny Ford and visibly turn on the players. the players stand around with that look in their eyes. And thats the reputation Clemson has nationally. And Clemson will continue to see what happened last night happen again and again until it changes. Oh...they will roll for the next three games or so..but..on the road at Fla State and at Wake, they will attempt to simply run straight at Clemson and say "are you man enough?" and unitil EVERYONE in Clemson Nation stands their ground and answers the question "Yes, I am " and punches back, all the talent and coaching in the world will be negated.

...oh, and I wonder what fools are sticking around in New Orleans this time. Oh, i am sure there will be some fools who stay despite being told a week ago that this storm is coming, and that there will be NO SHELTER or HELP. and you will see them blame Bush when they are sitting on top of their house in a couple of days. And I will say now as i said then. You.. are.. a.. DumbAss...