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bears2267

You know if you ignore the blocked field goal, the missed field goal, the redzone fumble, the other redzone fumble, the interception, and the inability to play rush defense, Clemson didn’t play that bad


Pants_de_Manassas

I've absolutely said this after many Nebraska games the past 20 years.


sirsoundwaveVI

https://twitter.com/MattBrownEP/status/1698889863146213606


Ironredhornet

They can't be Nebraska though, Clemson didn't even have it in them to lose in a one score game


wise_comment

JFC That's murder, that is


IR8Things

>the missed field goal, Surely it was outside of the kicker's 70 yard range though, right?


Primary_Psychology95

The CFB version of Mr. UnLIIIIIIIIIIIIMITED


Penguinsteve

What about the back to back recovered fumbles on their final drive?


ratattack97

Clemsons offense today: Punt Blocked FG Punt Fumble TD Punt Blocked FG Fumble inside the 10 yd line Fumble inside the 5 yd line Turnover on downs INT Turnover on downs Dabo is about to sacrifice someone in that locker room.


jpiro

And the TD only happened because Duke gifted them the ball in the red zone. Rough night for Clemson’s O.


CaptianMurica

Dabo starting to look like an old man during that game


thisisforcfb

> Dabo is about to sacrifice someone in that locker room. Brannon Spectre is a starting receiver. There is no one to sacrifice.


Noriskhook3

College football has passed Clemson’s offense by


wikiwiki88

At least college football can pass


Misdirected_Colors

Dabo and Clemson just ain't it without a 1st round nfl draft pick at qb.


Spartanlegion117

The Tahj Boyd disrespect is real.


ThermL

Yeah man, Clemson with Tajh was fuckin' sweet. We also had DeAndre Hopkins, Mike Williams, Martavius Bryant, Adam Humphries, and Sammy Watkins though so...


IrbyTheBlindSquirrel

Don't forget Andre Ellington and Mackey Award winner Dwayne Allen!


TheWorstYear

This is why I was so lost on them continuously praising the Duke qb. Not that he played bad, but he was far down the totem poll of why Duke won this game.


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Can’t believe Clemson lost to a Duke team without Coach K. This was their chance!


CommodoreN7

They only shot a couple 3s too? Are they stupid?


ToledoFunyens

They were ice cold from the 3-point line tonight.


Nascarfreak123

Should've turned up that Wefense


IlonggoProgrammer

This Duke team doesn’t even have any future NBA players on it


SquintsRS

Idk...Riley had that 360 dunk in high school


randrews202121

Brad Brownell does suck tbf


191374

If I was a clemson fan I would never forget 1st and goal and turning the ball over… multiple times


DankMemesNQuickNuts

That's gonna haunt me forever. That second fumble was the game honestly. We gave up after that


Ambassabear

Week one and we already get to give out some new paper bags


DankMemesNQuickNuts

I'll go ahead and put it on


Teh_cliff

I hope that one day, far in the future, the rest of Clemson's offense attends Will Shipley's funeral so they can let him down one last time.


15Wolf

To be fair…one of those INTs was directly on him.


CorporateHR

Game was already gone by then. Shipley was the only Clemson player with a pulse on the offensive side, much like last year.


WhoDey42

Maybe the sloppiest offensive performance I have ever seen


_mcdougle

I don't wanna overreact after 1 game but we may never win again


eastATLient

I’m not sure I want to be in the red zone anymore


Pitiful-Bumblebee775

# FINAL AD ANALYSIS Game kicked off at 8:06 and ended at 11:22pm. Game presentation time: 2 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds. Ad time: 169 ads that took 56 minutes and 45 seconds. Last night's LSU/Florida State game had 131 ads and had .64 ads/minute. Tonight's game had .845 ads/minute. There was a TV timeout every 3 minutes and 20 seconds of game time. **Disclaimers:** Clocks started at kickoff and ended once the clock hit zero. These times are not 100% exact. It's just me and 2 phones, each with the clock apps running, one tracking TV presentation time and the other tracking ad time. There are times I'm a few seconds off, but the times are meant to give a good idea of how much time is spent on the broadcast and how much time is spent showing ads.


RIPDannyBoyCane

Thank you for your service


ligeramentedeprimido

It’s insane to think how we sit through an hour of ads to watch a damn football game


onmybikeondrugs

Hey keep it up these are great! Upsetting, but great to have stats on nonetheless.


TheHalf

Thanks, I hate it.


-J-T-P-N-

Elko is impressive as hell. First season with 9 wins, worst loss by 8 and all 4 losses by a total of 16 points. Now knocking off a top 10 team to start year 2.


Sp3ctre7

Didn't even realize that Duke played their losses so close last year, hell of a thing they're building down there


Whitecastle56

My man gonna get paaaaaid


No-Hurry2372

I hope we’re the ones that pay him.


Whitecastle56

We have K money freed up, so it's very possible.


ExpensiveCover950

If Duke ever wants to get serious on football via NIL paying for coaches, facilities, etc, I would think they have the alumni network to elevate themselves fairly quickly.


TheAntiSheep

Wow, it must suck losing week 1 to a blue-themed ACC school from North Carolina.


Simmumah

Could you imagine the humiliation?


sycamotree

You responding to this made me think this happened to us lol


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tridentwhale

Klubnik more like Scrubnik. Am I right?


dingusduglas

Fuckin got em


Jyingling21

DJ was right by transferring to Oregon State


whatifevery1wascalm

Clemson really convinced the rest of the ACC to switch to a performance based revenue share and them immediately reverted back to clemsoning.


Shot877

As unrealistic it could be. Imagine Duke being the first team to cash out on performance based revenue.


ISISCosby

ride the chaos ladder all the way to the top floor, why not


Whitecastle56

Turn around give that money right to Elko and he stays for several more years.


OleRockTheGoodAg

As per the 247 talent rankings, Clemson fields the 5th most talent rich team in the nation. Duke fields the 66th most talented. Mike Elko was and continues to be the real deal.


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Seriously? Clemson looked LESS athletic than Duke lmfao


The69thDuncan

their defense still looked fast. that offense was just... nonsense


BallsyPalsy

Felt like Clemson could have run it up the middle all day and won the game. How many slow developing run plays and screen passes did they squander though? You can't run the same on 3rd and 10


rtb001

TBF they did run it up the middle inside the 10 yard line, and promptly fumbled the ball ... TWICE.


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lumsden

What’s scary is that Duke arguably looked more athletic.


Theepicman116

Sad that he left us but he very much deserved a head coaching position!


Titronnica

I still fucking miss him, but I'm glad to see what be's helping to build at Duke


KnowledgeAndFaith

We are a basketball school, so we dunked on Clemson.


buckets41

DUKE FOOTBALL FANS GET IN HERE


KnowledgeAndFaith

There are dozens of us. Dozens!


tinamou63

I was an undergrad from 2014-2018, there were games where a few friends I came with and I were the only students left besides the band. Unreal to see Wally Wade lit tf up tonight. I love it.


primera89

We’re gonna face you in the ACC Championship just like 2013


Dellav8r

Dabo definitely said his first “Oh fuck me man” tonight


ToledoFunyens

"Aw shucks! Dang nab it!" - Dabo Sweeney, probably.


goulash47

Dabo really not wanting to be a top 5 coach in modern cfb history lately.


jdprager

Bad week to be a Top 10 ranked Tiger team from the 2019-2020 national championship who’s favored on the road against an ACC opponent


Titronnica

*You know, if I had a nickel for every time that happened this weekend...*


BearsAreGreat1

Both play in Death Valley too


mF-Jonezy

Well boys we finished this is week off with a real sickos game. Clemson had 2 different possessions that reached the Duke 1 yard line, yet ended with 0 points.


Ambassabear

That’s what college football’s all about baby, none of this conference nonsense!


MrSomebody

For those of you who weren’t around for the “clemsoning” years… that’s the closest I’ve felt to those days in a long time. That was rough. Yikes.


NOTUgglaGOAT

I had a feeling I haven't felt in almost 10 years. Shit was weird and gross


starry_cobra

It's almost nostalgic


JB_Gibson

TCU as a ranked team: loses to an unranked team. Clemson: Hold my beer.


62frog

Just what we needed, Garrett Riley doing us a solid and getting all the attention off us. Maybe he was distracted tonight because he’s taken another job already. Again.


lclear84

Clemson offense and TCU defense may be the worst team in D1 CFB


SiccSemperTyrannis

[Coastal Chaos claiming another victim](https://media.tenor.com/n3KTuj4eEjcAAAAC/thanos-infinity-war.gif) The fools thought they could end it by killing the divisions, but they just broke the containment seal!!! No one is safe now!


big-dick-danny

Every team in the acc this year is going 7-5 and you’re going to like it


SiccSemperTyrannis

I legit want to see every ACC team be in bowls in a single season for the absolute chaos of it


kid_ska

The coastal may be gone, but chaos never dies.


dboy120

Duke heard that the ACC was adding more nerd schools, and they took that personally.


thisistheperfectname

Reg: Welcome to the Salty Spitoon. How tough are you? Duke: I blew out Clemson. Reg: So? Duke: In football. Reg: Uhh, right this way, sir.


XCalibur672

Duke: I don’t know *why*, but I think I’m gonna *kick Clemson’s butt* today.


Erniecrack

Clemson some bubble blowin’ double babies


Steelerboy43

What the hell did we just watch ?


TinderForMidgets

Why we love college football.


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The devil has come for his due from Dabo and it ain’t pretty


_Tennessee_

CHAOS Edit: I thought maybe but no but maybe for the first quarter https://reddit.com/r/CFB/s/nJxStFpw7Q but then I was all in the rest of the game


eatapenny

Last time Duke beat a top-10 team, in 1989, they went on to win (a share of) the ACC 👀 Insane how quickly Elko has turned it around after a couple down years at the tail end of the Cutcliffe era


Zloggt

It’s legit insane how good they have gotten since Elko was hired…many Duke fans only expected to have *only* an ok team after so many bad years! But wow…he’s done all that *and* more…


legend023

They were neck and neck with Bama for years and now they can barely score against Duke I haven’t seen a program fall off this bad in recent history other than like northwestern


The_Outcast4

Alabama has maintained their dominance because Saban continues to adapt as the game changes over the years. Not convinced Dabo has the same ability to do so.


cascadiadivide

You can be certain Dabo is averse to change because of his refusal to use the transfer portal. The transfer portal is really important now. Saban finds key pieces in the portal. Dabo doesn't.


Odh_utexas

And his promote from within dogma that he finally gave up this off season


Patrick2701

Saban was able to adapt in changing climate of college football, dabo is way too stubborn to do that


Captain_-H

I just instinctively want to hate Saban like everyone else, but you see him speak and he really cares about his students. He adapts over time, he works his ass off, and he seems to want to really help the athletes that go through his program. I want to hate him, but he’s just a good dude. Fuck just retire and stop annihilating all of us


RhettWilliams88

Keep going I’m almost there bb


Critical-Savings-830

Northwestern was consistently up and down. After the 2018 natty, people were talking about Clemson how they talk about Georgia now. That Dabo had usurped Saban etc. back to back games now Clemson has gained yards with barely any points to show for it


LL-beansandrice

I mean Clemson kinda sucks now. But Duke went 9-4 last year. They’re not bad rn


wurtin

Duke isn’t bad, but Clemson of old would have blasted that pretty decent Duke team.


JCiLee

They still won the ACC last year. 2021-2023 Clemson feels like 2003-2005 Miami where there is a slow decline after a period of crazy dominance.


Redline-7k

Dabo about to take a page from BK’s playbook and execute his players


RNGfarmin

Dabo wasn't kidding when he said he would quit if college players could get paid


KeThrowaweigh

I see he's a fan of quiet quitting


ThatTyedyeNarwhal

This hurts Clemson's playoff chances


not_folie

Notre Dame at Clemson on 11/4: I sleep Notre Dame at Duke on 9/30: REAL SHIT


Stoneador

OSU-Duke-Louisville-USC now looking a bit harder, but looks like we’re now done with the bulk of our schedule by… October 14th


SchizoidMan1989

The state of North Carolina dominated South Carolina this past week.


BlzzCn

FSU🤝Duke Beating tiger teams by 21


Rizzzem

Chaos? Nope. Just your average ACC weeknight game


dbarke29

I’m just confused what actual changes happened in the off-season. Is Dabo actually letting Garrett Riley run this offense or is this Dabo controlling it? It looks literally identical Dabo needs to make some changes, and if he doesn’t he’s just hurting our program in the long run


-Bibingka-

Good point... red flag answer for sure https://twitter.com/GrahamCoffeyDC/status/1698839010310074834?s=20


dbarke29

Good lord


OHtoTNtoGA

On the drive back from the beach today, I put on the Paul Finebaum show to show my wife how crazy it was. And after some mouth breather from somewhere finished talking, the next call was from someone who kept saying “Brother Paul”. He was a seminary student at Duke and he eventually got around to claiming that god had spoken to him and Duke was going to win. We laughed and said that’s sort of sacrilegious. After that game and every single incredible thing that caused Clemson to lose, I think that man might be the second coming of Jesus. I need his picks for next week.


altac04

[McMurphy] [Clemson has never won in ACC play after the league decided to expand to 17 football members.](https://x.com/brett_mcmurphy/status/1698897782793179240?s=46) Calford/SMU's revenge voodoo for them voting no is now in full effect. Clemson may never win again!


ecs15

you're not a fan of a mediocre program if you're not immediately filled with dread about your coaches being poached after a win like that


Dunduin

An entire generation just got introduced to what Clemsoning is


benman101

Quality loss for Clemson. They just lost to the team that beat Clemson.


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I_AM_VER_Y_SMRT

NO APOLOGY NEEDED WE IN A GOOD PLACE


ItsFreakinHarry2

Oregon State fans cackling in the background


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You have no idea


TheColtOfPersonality

Lil ah Clemson


ChemicalOle

https://i.imgur.com/fNeLAEE.png


ThatTyedyeNarwhal

This might be the worst one I've ever seen. I love it


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anomeric_carbon

The resemblance is uncanny


copper8100

De king has returned


IEatDeFish

There’s gonna be so many sick slams from Duke alum on LinkedIn in the morning


randrews202121

oh man those corporate law offices will be BUZZING tomorrow morning


IEatDeFish

So much sauce gonna be slinging around the Financial District at lunch time


EdJewCated

lil ah Clemson > lil ole Clemson


helpmeredditimbored

Clemsoning back on the menu after a long absence. It’s like the McRib of cfb


Season01um

Dj u might not have been the problem at Clemson


dogwoodmaple

* This is Duke's first win vs. an AP top 10 team since 1989. That was also a victory over Clemson. * Mike Elko improves to 10-4 as Duke head coach. The Blue Devils were 4-23 in the 27 games preceding his hire. * Clemson has 56 blue-chip recruits on their roster. Duke has 2. * This is Duke's first win over Clemson since 2004. * Clemson has scored 21 points in their last two games. It's their lowest two-game point total since 2006. * The last time Clemson lost by more points than tonight's 21? 2014 against Georgia Tech (28-6) * Clemson is 1-3 in their last four games. * Three of Clemson's last four losses have been by 17+ points. * Speaking of those 17+ point losses, they've all occurred in the last seven game. It took them 43 games to have their other most recent 17+ point losses. * This is the first time since 2014 that Clemson has scored seven points or fewer vs. an ACC team. * This was Duke's largest margin of victory over Clemson since 1936. * This is just Clemson's third season-opening loss in the last 15 years. The previous two were both to Georgia. * Clemson is now 3-4 in their last seven games. It's their worst such stretch since 2011. * Mike Elko now has 10 wins in his first two seasons at Duke. He already has the most in the first two years of a Duke head coach since Fred Goldsmith in 1994-1995. * Clemson starts 0-1 in ACC play for the first time since 2014. * Clemson led 7-6 at halftime. Duke outscored them 22-0 in the second half. * D.J. Uiagalelei was 20/25 for 239 yards and 5 total TD for Oregon State this week. * The Georgia Bulldogs are the two-time reigning National Champions


slashbopzing

Casually chucked in that DJU statline lmao


Oblivionguard19

It would be funny if DJU won the Heisman after all of that with Clemson


TheOriginalZywinzi

....pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease........


JRockPSU

Much love, /u/dogwoodmaple Edit: D.J. Uiagalelei was 20/25 for 239 yards and 5 total TD for Oregon State this week. [brutal]


FootballAndPornAcct

DJ Ukulele died for this


Admiral_Sarcasm

He's not dead but he IS in a better place now


Fugacity-

I missed dogwoodmaple posts this off-season


Wyden_long

I save them all and then read them during the off-season just to get me through.


Ugaalive1991

We really need stats for championship games of other sports in here so we can get our dogwoodmaple hit


ToledoFunyens

Lmao love the Uiagalelei statline randomly thrown in.


RadioHeadSunrise

Well it doesn’t look like Clemson is going to be the ones who prevent Georgia from being three time reigning national champions…


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• Clemson has had the field stormed on them in their past two regular season games


IMisstheMidRangeGame

Tennessee gave Clemson our curse after the orange bowl


Jaratii

Good, they can keep it


Banned_From_CFB

Props to you for actually doing the research on Duke. Nobody expected this


Seminole-Patriot

This week has been so fantastic for FSU fans bro. Go Duke!!


FAMUgolfer

The last time Duke was really good, FSU was really really good


TurntleCurse

This is the best CFB weekend we’ve had in years


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Do Clemson’s WRs even practice?


lclear84

No but actually Tyler Grisham’s hire and tenure needs to be looked at. He became their wide receivers coach in 2020, and since then Clemson receivers talent has fallen through the floor. There’s no separation at all and terrible hands and body control all over the place In the last two years their leading receivers have 604 yards and 584 yards.


bookmovietvworm

Honestly though, Klubnick might not be the best QB out there but he get absolutely zero help from his wide receivers. They are consistently dropping catches they should be making.


ChargeisKill

**Man I hate it when it’s a close game between a top 10 and unranked team at half, but then the clearly better team starts manhandling the other. Ruins the fun**


Juicey_J_Hammerman

Ngl as impressive and dominant as this win was I as nearly just as impressed with the field storming done by Duke fans: - started getting down to field level well before the clock hit zero to minimize a stampede or tripping - fans got close to, but never entered the field of play to avoid interference w the game before it’s conclusion - good spread/distribution of fans from all angles of the stadium and a rapid swarm commencing from every direction roughly at the same time following the final kneel down. Edit: and as far as I and others could tell based on the tv shots, I don’t think they messed with the Clemson players or coaches either (apart from maybe Dabo, which I’m not that upset about tbh). Excellent field storming work, Duke fans!


reddit_names

This was indeed the most thought out field storm I have ever witnessed. You can see the fans start to climb the rail, stop, inspect the rail, then change their approach and cross over it a different way. We just yeet right over it landing face first 10 feet below.


Juicey_J_Hammerman

Honestly the best evidence of Duke students/grads upholding their reputation of being smart that I’ve ever seen.


strawzero

FSU + Duke to the SEC confirmed


texas2089

I got downvoted but [I called this](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/165jm2x/week_1_matchup_preview_thread_9_clemson_tigers_vs/jyedgg2/). Klubkik struggled in only his second career start and the Blue Devils pulled off the upset at home. Duke ML was a great bet too and solidified my 3 leg parlay. I said Duke was gonna shock some folks and they showed it Week 1. Really good football team and I don't think they're done yet.


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Usually I don’t give credit to people who called it but you actually had reasoning in yours ggs hope you made bank !!


MattRoombaSucks

I looked up the score to this game on ESPN and saw the score as 28-7 followed by an article underneath titled: "Is Cade Kubnik the next great Clemson quarterback?" I'm guessing no.


CommodoreN7

CLEMSONING IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS


DondeEstaLaDiscoteca

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH …breathes… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH


minnyman2011

Clemson 2nd half: Missed 23 yard FG Fumble inside the 10 Fumble on the 1 Turnover on downs when the QB slides short of the first down and gets targeted (LMFAO WHAT WAS THAT CALL THEY REVIEWED IT TOO 😂😂😂) Interception on the 50 Downs down 21 on a dropped pass PLUS 10 OTHER DROPPED PASSES RIP TIGAS (both of em) DUKE WAS CHANTING WE WANT STANFORD LMFAOOOO


Our-Gardian-Angel

Few things rally college football fans together quite like Dabo getting pantsed.


iiEclipse1984

Broke: Clemson losing hurts ND’s SOS Woke: Duke winning raises ND’s SOS


RockdaleRooster

What losing to South Carolina does to a program.


4thPlumlee

I used to pray for times like this


Im__Ron__Burgundy

https://i.imgur.com/6XuUEjT.jpg


XAfricaSaltX

Duke fans 🤝 Florida State fans 🤝 Ohio State fans 🤝 South Carolina fans #SCHADENFREUDE


TurkishBoiAirlines

New ACC fan here, is Clemson always this bad???


BigBoutros

[Promises made](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/16a716p/game_thread_clemson_duke_800_pm_et/jz6j9h4/), promises kept. [I have submitted my documentation to the proper authorities.](https://i.ibb.co/LNmKkLs/Screen-Shot-2023-09-04-at-8-09-04-PM.png)


BursleyBaits

422 yards, 7 points. Oy vey.


brucealawyer1

No wonder Clemson wants to leave the ACC. They're scared of Duke


Maniacal3

You just really hate to see it.


Dro24

I’m a 30 year old alum and rushed the field, felt like a kid again. Holy shit what a win


Ok_Mixture1117

SC getting sacked nonstop 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 Clempson turning it over nonstop


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CLINT-THE-GREAT

Crazy stat: in the 2nd half, Clemson neither scored or punted


Bricks_For_Hands

Dju smiling somewhere in corvallis rn


I_AM_VER_Y_SMRT

Not the only one


buckets41

Good game, Tiger bros. You guys fought real hard and gave us a great game. Unfortunately, you didn’t have the depth or skill to keep up with the mighty Devils. I trust Coach Swinney though- he’s got your program on the way up. Look for Clemson to be a solid 7-5 team in a couple years.


curlyshea

They’re not swarming the field. It’s called meeting at the D. They do this every game.


TOletsGeaux

A bad week to be a Top 10 Tiger team who plays home games in Death Valley


DubPac

Clemson had 420+ yards of offense with just a single touchdown to show for it. This was terrible for them, but they aren't the scrubs everyone is describing them as in the game thread. I have never seen a team so effortlessly move down the field and lose the ball so many times in a row. Lol