Boy, the game against Virginia Tech was truly embarrassing. Not only was it embarrassing for the players, but our fans were not into the game at all. For a game that meant so much for our hopes at possibly reaching the ACC Championship game, we did everything we could to give the game away.
Penalties, turnovers, poor special teams play and a lackluster running game is no way to win a football game, especially versus Virginia Tech. We were out-hustled, out-played, out-manned and out-coached. Frank Beamer is a specialist at using his defense and special teams to his teams' advantage, and the game Saturday was a prime example of this.
Our fans provided no inspiration to our team as well. For night games, we are always loud and obnoxious, and we give the reputation for Memorial Stadium as being "Death Valley." This was not the case for this game, however. We rarely provided enough noise to help our struggling team throughout the game. I was sitting in the upper deck with my family and a Virginia Tech friend who came down for the game, and it seemed like the 10,000 or so Virginia Tech fans were louder than the 70,000 Clemson fans. For a must-win game, we cannot let the visitor's fans own the stadium with a "Let's go Hokies!" chant.
Hopefully with a little luck, Clemson can come back and contend for the ACC Championship. With performances like the one I saw on Saturday night, this will be a very difficult task to accomplish.
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My sister's family is visiting from California, so I didn't go to this game, but I kind of wish I had after reading this. (Not that I think my voice is loud enough to have made a difference, lol... I'd just like to have shown my support.) Hopefully, things will get better now.
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