twohourtour
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A clip from Saban when he said “if Miami can get in the playoffs they are a dangerous team” has had me thinking…
We have a history of losing games we shouldn’t. Years ago, the term Clemsoning was coined to describe Clemson’s odd losses in the middle of the season, particularly to overmatched teams. However, right or wrong we always chalked up to their coaching staff.
These losses that we have, i.e. Louisville 2025, have occurred over several couching staffs. See Pitt in 2017 for another glaring example but there are many more. I’m sure someone over the years has come up with a phrase/ term to describe these types of games and subsequent loses. The playoff expansion has been our greatest ally because we are now able to absorb one or two of these losses and get into the tournament albeit with no home game or bye week. With Mario we ALWAYS show up to big national games when hype and media are covering with great interest. But the standalone national games that aren’t being hyped up because on paper we should win by double digits we seem to lose often.
My theory is that it’s deeply engraved in our culture of being ‘The U’ and it starts from recruiting, multiple 30 for 30’s, our brash former players with big personalities, the endless Hall of Fame players, that our players no matter how much our coaching staff tries to get the players not to overlook any team that has the talent and players to beat us when we are double digit favorites, we do.
This year it **** near cost us to get into the playoffs. These types of games are the 2nd cousin to Clemsoning but I think coming up with a reason is a rich tapestry and not as simple as a “letdown game” or “trap game.”
What do you call these games?
We have a history of losing games we shouldn’t. Years ago, the term Clemsoning was coined to describe Clemson’s odd losses in the middle of the season, particularly to overmatched teams. However, right or wrong we always chalked up to their coaching staff.
These losses that we have, i.e. Louisville 2025, have occurred over several couching staffs. See Pitt in 2017 for another glaring example but there are many more. I’m sure someone over the years has come up with a phrase/ term to describe these types of games and subsequent loses. The playoff expansion has been our greatest ally because we are now able to absorb one or two of these losses and get into the tournament albeit with no home game or bye week. With Mario we ALWAYS show up to big national games when hype and media are covering with great interest. But the standalone national games that aren’t being hyped up because on paper we should win by double digits we seem to lose often.
My theory is that it’s deeply engraved in our culture of being ‘The U’ and it starts from recruiting, multiple 30 for 30’s, our brash former players with big personalities, the endless Hall of Fame players, that our players no matter how much our coaching staff tries to get the players not to overlook any team that has the talent and players to beat us when we are double digit favorites, we do.
This year it **** near cost us to get into the playoffs. These types of games are the 2nd cousin to Clemsoning but I think coming up with a reason is a rich tapestry and not as simple as a “letdown game” or “trap game.”
What do you call these games?
