r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 2d ago
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] LSU Defeats Clemson 51-10
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u/tagillaslover Clemson Tigers 2d ago
I dont even know what to say man. that was just sad. I think the Dabo era is over
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u/KingBroseidon5 Clemson Tigers 2d ago
I had hope, yet there’s a reason Morris hasn’t had a job since 2021 and Allen’s defense was terrible last seasons despite the talent
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u/stunna006 LSU Tigers 2d ago
It sucks because dabo had such a great run. But i think it really is time to try to bring in a fresh mentality while yall still have the resources from the last run.
Ended the year strong last year and i thought it may have been a revival. But idk what i just witnessed. Qb play and refusal to bring in a transfer is just a microcosm
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u/mjp242 Penn State Nittany Lions • Rose Bowl 1d ago
Clemsom just at every position looked 2 steps slower and weaker
It was wild to see.
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u/pitchesandthrows Florida State Seminoles • Sun Bowl 2d ago
it'll get better when his sons take over
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u/Sir_Bird_Law 2d ago
That was legitimately the worst Clemson game I've ever watched. I saw absolutely zero positives.
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u/TinderForMidgets Stanford Cardinal • /r/CFB Press Corps 2d ago
Dabo is stuck in the past. Everyone needs to move on.
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u/levajack Oregon Ducks 2d ago
He was cooked as soon as the transfer portal and NIL got going. He certainly wasn't going to survive this next wave of bullshit that's arriving with NFL washouts on their way.
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u/Xy13 Arizona State Sun Devils • Pac-12 2d ago
He had the #7 talent composite last year. Building a roster is not Dabo’s issue, despite this being everyone’s main talking point.
His main issue is the staff is filled with former-player nepo-hires who clearly cannot coach as good as they played under him when they won Natties.
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u/DarnellisFromMars Louisville Cardinals 1d ago
It’s an interesting dichotomy where the large majority of people point to the NIL and Portal as the decline of Clemson’s program, but somehow they still have highly touted players consistently getting drafted.
9 players drafted this past spring, 5 in the top 75!, their QB at 110 (everyone called him a JAG but the dude got picked…) and however many UDFAs.
Only three programs with more guys selected in the draft with OSU, Bama, and A&M. Something besides the talent has to be the issue.
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u/CieraVotedOutHerMom South Carolina Gamecocks 2d ago
Can I offer you one Gregory Schiano in these trying times?
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u/Lefunnymaymays4lief Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh 2d ago
Hiring Chad Morris in the big 26 was the final nail in the coffin
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u/FangCopperscale Florida State Seminoles 2d ago
Let’s trade coaches for the season
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u/HugeJoke Clemson Tigers • Illinois Fighting Illini 2d ago
Deal. At least it would be interesting.
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u/WafflesTheWookiee North Carolina Tar Heels • Team Chaos 2d ago
I think UNC has a chance in Death Valley. It’s that bad.
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u/cmackchase Virginia Tech • Boise State 2d ago
Yeah, you all need to start a potential coach search now. And right now the "top" choices probably arent names you want to read.
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u/garfcarmpbll Oregon Ducks • Syracuse Orange 2d ago
Lane just went full savage. "The mock team scored more on us".
What. The. Fuck.
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u/Nickosaurus_Rex LSU Tigers 2d ago
He was throwing out some snark tonight. Between that and the halftime interview's "just imagine if we had pro players"
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u/megatricinerator LSU Tigers 2d ago
You know what, I think I'm into having a season where we're the heel team. You know, the fun theatrical heel, not the "blatantly cheated in our faces" heel that is Michigan.
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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos 2d ago
You know, the fun theatrical heel, not the "blatantly cheated in our faces" heel that is Michigan.
Maybe it's because I was never into wrestling, but I always felt like there was a difference between a heel and a villain. Y'all are the bad guys because it's a fun storyline, they're the bad guys because they're acting like Vince McMahon
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u/Dr_Neauxp LSU Tigers • Santa Monica Corsairs 2d ago
Our shenanigans are cheeky and fun
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u/megatricinerator LSU Tigers 1d ago
I don't know why, but I imagine Morbo from Futurama yelling this.
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u/Brochacho27 Miami Hurricanes 2d ago
People will hate it, because lane is an ass. But this is going to be so entertaining
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u/imahobolin Texas Longhorns • Penn State Nittany Lions 2d ago
Heel tag fits perfectly with LSU brand too lol
season is gonna be hella fun win or lose
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u/tagillaslover Clemson Tigers 2d ago
The worst part is I can’t even be mad about it
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u/buckshot-307 Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos 2d ago
That was not as close as the score makes it seem
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u/Time_Transition4817 LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
they double their yardage and tripled their score in garbage time
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u/Kiddo1029 LSU Tigers • SEC 2d ago
Pulled starters in the 3rd is saying something.
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u/Gabriels_Pies LSU Tigers 1d ago
Just note, the last time we were pulling staters in the 3rd was 2019. Repeat? /s
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u/Radiant_Sherbert7272 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
If LSU keep playing their starters they probably get to 60 points and maybe even get close to 70.
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u/Kinglokner16 LSU Tigers • McMaster Marauders 2d ago
Clemson was up 3-0
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u/rageb8err Ole Miss Rebels • BYU Cougars 2d ago
LSU is a final 55 minutes kinda team.
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u/AGroAllDay Colorado Buffaloes 2d ago
And Michigan is a final 60:01 kinda team
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u/rageb8err Ole Miss Rebels • BYU Cougars 2d ago edited 2d ago
Mormons had never so many f-bombs in their entire life as they heard in Lavell Edwards tonight while I watched the ending of the M*chigan game on my phone.
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u/the_ruheal_truth LSU Tigers • Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 2d ago
That’s only because our pro players didn’t get to play
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u/BigBooce LSU Tigers • Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2d ago
Why didn’t they just keep scoring more points, is dabo stupid?
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u/Purples_A_Fruit USC Trojans • Big Ten 2d ago
We need to stop trying to make Clemson happen. It’s not going to happen.
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u/Zloggt Illinois Fighting Illini • Missouri Tigers 2d ago
I can’t believe that I just watched the end of the Dabo Dynasty, with my own very eyes…
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u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago
It ended long before this game 💀
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u/DarthNobody14 Texas A&M Aggies 2d ago
Whatever little hope there was about returning to glory days should all be gone
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u/Ok-Soil-5133 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago
Yeah they're back to what they were for most of their history. The 2015-23 run was abnormal
They do have a weird history because not many can say they have 3 nattys
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u/ASU_SexDevil Arizona State • Texas 2d ago
I would trade 50 years of irrelevance for 3 nattys. Hell I’d go 100 years without a single win for 3 nattys
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u/monkeybiziu Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours 2d ago
Been there, done that.
Worth it.
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u/Professional-Trash-3 2d ago
Thats not entirely fair. Clemson was consistently a conference title contender for the better part of 60 years. They were just shit in the 90s when everyone in this sub started watching football (myself included)
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u/Ok_Storm549 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
At least the preseason poll finally gave up on them this year.
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u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME USC Trojans 2d ago
Well it did happen, but now it’s dead. Dabo really needs to accept it’s over and “retire” rather than force the schools hand
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u/Buc_Nastie Washington State Cougars 2d ago
It did happen. And now it’s over. A victim of the times
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u/Cak123z_ Cincinnati Bearcats • Clemson Tigers 2d ago
completing embarrassing
still no offense, still no ability to stop the run, things that have been issues for the past 4+ years are still issues
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u/DangerouslyUnstable UC Davis Aggies • Clemson Tigers 2d ago
Dabo needed to clean house in the coaching staff this past off season. Most of the assistants needed to be gone. Had he done that (or any equivalently large move showing that he recognized the dire state of the program), then, at least for me personally, I would have given him a full multi-year rebuild worth of extra time. Instead, he hired an old buddy and did essentially bupkiss else. People talk about the portal, but the problem isn't the portal. The problem is that the Clemson coaching staff is not selected by merit at all. It is a hive of nepotism. Would the talent maybe be higher than it is with more portal use? Sure, maybe. But the talent on this team is far, far better than what has been on display the past several seasons, and the blame falls squarely on the coaching staff, from top to bottom.
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u/IronSmoltz Clemson • O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy 2d ago
It’s a Dabocracy. Seriously though, 9 players selected in the NFL draft from a 7-6 team shows there is something seriously wrong with our coaching and player development.
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u/MystiX13 Georgia Bulldogs • Rose Bowl 2d ago
Kiffin went full villain mode in the post game interview lmao
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u/hammered_toaster LSU Tigers • Corndog 2d ago
"Our mock team scored more points then they did" had me cackling.
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u/Frank_Melena LSU Tigers 2d ago
Had me seriously wondering what kind of history him and dabo have between them
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u/Johnny_Handsum LSU Tigers 2d ago
Dabo was talking shit earlier in the week and I'm sure the warning of a breach of contract also didn't help.
They may have more history than that, but that's just from the past week.
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u/LouMinotti 1d ago
They sure were huggy huggy before the game. Like, legit genuine hug. It's all a show.
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u/MystiX13 Georgia Bulldogs • Rose Bowl 2d ago
Yeah that was fuckin savage lmao
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u/hammered_toaster LSU Tigers • Corndog 2d ago
The reporters face when he said it was great too lol.
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u/BoseSounddock Arkansas Razorbacks • UCF Knights 2d ago
Well. At least Chad Morris had a shitty night.
Fuck Chad Morris.
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u/turkishguy Texas A&M Aggies • Yildiz Teknik Stallions 2d ago
Still have no idea how he’s employed after what he did at Arkansas then again at Allen
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u/tagillaslover Clemson Tigers 2d ago
it's ok we dont know either
Oh wait, it's because dabo loves hiring his friends and nothing else
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u/Chickenmangoboom Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 2d ago
What did he do at Allen?
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u/BoseSounddock Arkansas Razorbacks • UCF Knights 2d ago
I believe he lost a home game for the first time ever
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u/ElJefeApex Tennessee Volunteers • SEC 2d ago
Dabo is the greatest coach in Clemson history, but I think it’s time. I just don’t think he’s built for modern college football.
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u/ZealousidealRice9726 Tulane Green Wave 2d ago
He’s like the sheriff in no country for old men
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u/Far-Condition8586 1d ago
Nah that’s Saban. Saban realized his time had come. Dabo doesn’t
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u/TechnoToyz Texas Tech Red Raiders • Team Chaos 2d ago
Damn, LSU looks really really good. Alternatively, Clemson looks like shit. Could be both.
WMU defeated Michigan in football by a score of 12-7 on September 5, 2026.
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u/milehigh73a LSU Tigers • Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 2d ago
It’s likely both. LSU hasn’t scored 52 against a p4 since 2023. We dominated every aspect of the game. But Clemson looked dead at the same time.
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u/Alternative_Look166 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
That WMU bit will become my personal “furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed”
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u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS USC Trojans • Memphis Tigers 2d ago
Even if you hateall things LSU..
YOU didn't expect them to look THAT fucking good..
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u/CrusadeWithMe Florida Gators 2d ago
Yea that wasn’t belt to ass that was belt through ass. Holy shit.
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u/jmbourn45 LSU Tigers • McNeese Cowboys 2d ago
ESPN radio guy called it a biblical storm followed by a biblical beating
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u/riotinprogress LSU Tigers 2d ago
I was waiting for the passing game to start clicking but I'm thrilled with how Dilan Jones played.
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u/megatricinerator LSU Tigers 2d ago
So refreshing to see LSU actually be good after the BK years
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u/doublegoldendragon California Golden Bears 2d ago
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u/ddottay Notre Dame • Kent State 2d ago
Clemson has now lost 5 of their last 6 season openers
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u/spig LSU Tigers • Cincinnati Bearcats 2d ago
LSU is 2-0. Don’t pay any attention to the record before that.
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u/MrJusticeDouglas Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago
38 first downs. Goddamn.
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u/Nellez_ LSU Tigers • Corndog 2d ago
Kiffin breaking the school record in his debut for the team is pretty wild considering the 2019 team was the greatest offense in the history of cfb.
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u/inkjet_printer LSU Tigers 2d ago
2019 didn’t need many first downs, Joe just threw bombs.
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u/Milton__Obote LSU Tigers • Northwestern Wildcats 2d ago
Yeah Justin and Jamar are taking it to the house on those throws
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u/jmbourn45 LSU Tigers • McNeese Cowboys 2d ago
That bomb on the deep post to Jamarr vs. A&M is one of the prettiest throws I’ve ever seen in person
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u/wulah89 LSU Tigers 2d ago
Remember when the Saints got 40 first downs on the Cowboys? Still an NFL record.
Kiffin reminds me of Sean Payton in a lot of ways too.
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u/ImNotFuckingSelling Florida Gators • Utah Utes 2d ago
Clemson wins if they had one more second 60:01
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u/IammYourDAD Florida Gators 2d ago
A judge in Clemson will make this right on Monday.
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u/YouSeemNiceXB Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 2d ago
Either Clemson is dogwater or LSU is the best team in the world. Whatever one it is I think we can all agree Western Michigan is 1-0.
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u/Rotrus Ole Miss Rebels • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
The beauty of week 1 is being able to overreact wildly and assume whatever truth you want!
That being said, the clips of Clemson’s oline looking completely lost while blocking air are damning. They are going to be horrendous
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u/IronSmoltz Clemson • O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy 2d ago
That was a top 100 recruit whiffing like that, and he’s coached by Matt Luke, our only coach on the offensive side of the ball with any level of success in the last decade.
People don’t realize just how dire our coaching is. It’s Chad Morris, Matt Luke, a bunch of Dabo’s former players, and a guy who was a good high school coach a decade ago. There are 6A high schools in Texas with more accomplished offensive coaches than Clemson outside of Matt Luke.
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u/Difficult-Froyo1192 Clemson Tigers 2d ago
I can’t take a whole season of this.
Thank God I didn’t buy tickets to go there
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u/History4ever Alabama Crimson Tide • UNLV Rebels 2d ago
Clemson had their run. Dabo handed Alabama 2 excruciating losses for their titles. The game has passed him. He should bow out before they have to fire him. LSU looked like world beaters tonight and he’s stuck in a CFB world ten years from relevancy.
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u/LyndalePothole 2d ago
Dabo is a man out of time. Kiffin is strangely a man perfectly in time with our hyper-horny-gambling-keyjingling times.
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u/pumpcup LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
Postgame on field, Kiffin said their scout team scored more points in practice than Clemson did 😬
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u/Twall1297 LSU Tigers • ULM Warhawks 2d ago
Don’t let this ass-whooping distract you from the fact that Western Michigan got ABSOLUTELY FUCKED OVER!
Would’ve been an all time upset over Michigan (again)
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u/Jaosborn44 Iowa Hawkeyes • The Alliance 2d ago
Western Michigan won, and I will accept no other results.
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u/Early-Eye-691 Ohio State Buckeyes • Colorado Buffaloes 2d ago
LSU’s defense is filthy. They’re gonna go far this year
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u/Geauxwave17 LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave 2d ago
“Our mock team scored more points against us than them” 💀
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u/Previous-Ad8916 LSU Tigers • Oregon Ducks 2d ago
r/CFB finally has a greater enemy than LSU
for now
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u/No_Poet_7244 Texas Longhorns • Wisconsin Badgers 2d ago
The crazy thing about this is that Clemson still has talent. It isn’t like Clemson is working with G5 athletes, they’re a top ~15 team in terms of raw talent. This is absolutely just a failing on Dabo’s part, from game planning to player development.
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u/IronSmoltz Clemson • O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy 2d ago
It’s the result of hiring only “his guys” for about a decade, and a sizable chunk tried to pin last season on Garret Riley lol.
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u/FangCopperscale Florida State Seminoles 2d ago
LSU owns the Death Valley title.
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u/intern-at-Kramerica LSU Tigers 2d ago
Beat 'em at their place, beat 'em at our place, beat 'em neutral for a natty.
Yeah, it's over.
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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings 2d ago
We have since 1958. All they had to do was beat us. We would have gone back to Deaf Valley.
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u/MidlandsBraves Clemson Tigers 2d ago
I don’t think it makes us spoiled fans to want big changes after this. We have a Clemson alum who has less resources who won 11 games last year and looks like he’s got another great team ready to go.
I drove 11 hours down and on the drive back up.
I sat with some big money donors who jetted in and left at the half. They were not happy. They’re the ones who actually put people on the hot seat. So that’s something.
It’s not that we lost. It’s the mirror being held up to this program that we don’t even belong on the same field have to have big changes asap.
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u/shy-guy711 LSU Tigers 2d ago
This is almost word for word to the comments after Texas A&M wiped the floor with Brian Kellys team last year.
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u/IronSmoltz Clemson • O'Rourke-McFadden Trophy 2d ago
This feels so much like Tommy Bowden’s embarrassing Alabama loss in 2009. It’s over for Dabo unless he pulls a rabbit out of his hat, but with this staff? No way at all. No one forced him to bring back Chad Morris who hasn’t been successful in any coaching capacity for almost a decade. No one forced him to keep filling his position coaching vacancies with inexperienced former players. He did all of these things while being sanctimonious about his “lane”.
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u/johnmoneysucked LSU Tigers 2d ago
I’m so conflicted with you because I see you all over both my favorite subs lmao
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u/Free_Development2475 South Carolina • Wofford 2d ago
imagine if lsu had pro players, it would've been a blowout
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u/Ersh777 Clemson Tigers • College Football Playoff 2d ago
Fire everyone into the sun
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u/KEE_Wii South Carolina Gamecocks 2d ago
I think you guys just keep doing what you are doing it will work eventually
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u/ElNuno59 Clemson Tigers • Surrender Cobra 2d ago
Two things can be true at once. LSU is good, this is the worst team we’ve ever fielded at Clemson in my entire life and I say that with confidence.
Hiring Chud Morris again destined us for this shit stain of an output. Don’t be surprised when we miss out on a bowl game this year
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u/Rickbox Washington Huskies • Columbia Lions 2d ago
I am way too mad at Michigan to be mad at Clemson for making LSU look good.
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u/levajack Oregon Ducks 2d ago
I have to say, it's pretty remarkable that Michigan (or more accurately, the officials) found way to unite the CFB world in hating something more than Kiffin and LSU today.
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u/Juggerginge LSU Tigers • Texas Longhorns 2d ago
And for that we at LSU appreciate them
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u/dwors025 Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe 2d ago
Rutgers off the hook too, in a different way.
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u/knightofmink Clemson Tigers 2d ago
COME ON POOKIE LET'S BURN THIS MOTHERFUCKER DOWN
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u/geauxnads100 LSU Tigers 2d ago
Clemson has warned LSU they may be breaching their contract by winning by 41
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u/Penguinsteve LSU Tigers • North Texas Mean Green 2d ago
GG Clemson.
FUCK UM AND BRYCE UNDERWOOD
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u/geigmeister LSU Tigers 2d ago
This did not go the way Reddit dreamed of it going
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u/ech01_ Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
As much as I want to hate on LSU they’re probably going to be pretty good this year
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u/BigHeadDeadass South Carolina • Auburn 1d ago
This redditor was very happy to see how things turned out
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u/que-n-blues LSU Tigers • Nicholls Colonels 2d ago
I think we really owe Notre Dame an apology. I didn't think Brian Kelly was THIS big an idiot.
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u/eliastheawesome Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 2d ago
The only thing I have to feel good about is that this game can’t get any worse
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u/Geoff12889 Oregon Ducks 2d ago
I feel sorry for Lane Kiffin. He worked so hard to be College Football public enemy #1 and had the thunder stolen from him by Michigan before week 1 even finished.
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u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 Nebraska • Kansas State 2d ago
That rain delay really benefited Clemson by keeping people's attention off them when they played lol
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u/badscene518 LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
Absolutely stoked on this team
Also justice for WMU
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u/DellFlightSim Alabama Crimson Tide 2d ago
I’m not sure if Lane Kiffin has ever worn a belt but he used that MFer tonight on Clemsons ass
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u/pigeonwithsixasses Miami Hurricanes 2d ago
I mean I’d still take the 2 national titles and I don’t even know how many ACC titles if it meant crashing and burning like Clemson is now. Ultimately it’s time to move on from the Dabo era but it was still one hell of a run
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u/onesneakymofo Alabama • Jacksonville State 2d ago
This game had it all, lightning, delays, a butt whupping, push ups, a dog, shower commentary, dew points, Lane trolling, Will Leavitt and last but not least football.
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u/AMETSFAN Ohio State Buckeyes • Billable Hours 2d ago
Nobody wants to hear it, but Lane is gonna be amazing at LSU.
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u/fathertitojones Ole Miss Rebels • Sugar Bowl 2d ago
LSU is a very good team that played an unranked team, and I think both of those things showed.
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u/lman89607 Clemson Tigers 2d ago
Best way to describe this belt to a**. We had a good run but it’s time for Dabo to hang up his hat. Not even the talent discrepancy, players just look unmotivated and coaches are failing at all levels
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u/Dragonsfire09 Georgia Bulldogs • Cincinnati Bearcats 2d ago
Some one at Clemson needs to have the heart to take Ol' Yeller out back and put him out of his suffering.
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u/DaggersKnuckles LSU Tigers 2d ago
I know a lot of talk is going to be about all the drama going into this game and the narratives being thrown around about this team. But ignoring all that and just focusing on football, this is the best coached I’ve seen an LSU team in an opening game since our 2019 team. Just absolutely flawless execution on both sides of the football. Limited penalties. Smart decision making from our QB who played a very good game. 200 yards of rushing offense in one half (we did not have 200 yards of rushing offense as a team in any game last year). Good passing offense.
And then the defense. My god that defense. Seeing a Blake Baker defense loaded with talent and paired with an offense that can actually drive, keep the football, and score is a thing of beauty. Excellent pursuit of the football, excellent tackling. Felt like an LSU defense of old during the Saban/early Miles era.
I don’t know how good we are and I don’t know how bad Clemson are, but what I can say is that we definitely executed better than I’ve seen in years in an opener (and really any regular season game in the past few years). Say what you will about Kiffin, him and his staff had the boys ready to play and I’m excited to see a fun LSU team this year cause that was fun af
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u/Radiant_Sherbert7272 Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago
The execution tonight by LSU was incredible. After the first couple of drives LSU on both sides of the ball was on a different level.
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u/Cheeky_Delinquent93 LSU Tigers • Missouri Tigers 2d ago
This is spot on. I’m so used to watching multiple false starts, illegal formations, random unnecessary timeouts, etc. On top of the game play execution, it was so clean
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u/tpbigdog LSU Tigers • Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2d ago
There was a fire and energy in this team tonight we have not seen in quite awhile
This was a perfect opportunity for us to play down to an opponent as we have done countless times before but we just didn’t do that
The future is exceptionally bright
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u/Unrelenting_Salsa LSU Tigers • Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
Kiffin was also mad about the backup QB fumbling a snap and Baker was pissed about giving up a touchdown. It's refreshing to see.
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u/rockytopmycock LSU Tigers • Oklahoma Sooners 2d ago
Texted my buddy that I don’t think we had a single procedural penalty. Could be wrong but it just felt like everyone knew exactly what they had to do
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u/LegallyAFlamingo Team Chaos • I'm A Loser 2d ago
Except for Jayden Daniels, has LSU had a single 100+ rush yard game since 2019?
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u/CheesecakeTax0521 LSU Tigers 2d ago
Tyrion Davis-Price ran for 285 against Florida in 2021. School record.
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u/Cheeky_Delinquent93 LSU Tigers • Missouri Tigers 2d ago
Tyrion Davis Price ran for 250-something against Florida in 2021
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u/Tufoguy Towson Tigers • Navy Midshipmen 2d ago
Dabo. You got to start that freshman QB before it's too late. The Miami game is the cutoff date. Vizzina ain't it
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u/BigBooce LSU Tigers • Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2d ago
Thank God we had pro players, I don’t think we win without em
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u/Milflover69cbb Duke Blue Devils 2d ago
“The mock team scored more points” I fucking love lane kiffin
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u/Ningy_WhoaWhoa LSU Tigers • Iowa State Cyclones 2d ago
Dabo really hired Chad Morris to run his offense for 2026.
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u/hammerdown710 Clemson • Appalachian State 2d ago
I didn’t think we were gonna win, but geez. I’ve been more excited at funerals than I was watching that massacre
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u/MuldartheGreat LSU Tigers • USC Trojans 2d ago
Someone post me the Tyler from Spartanburg radio link. Thanks in advance.
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u/bigprick99 Georgia Bulldogs 2d ago
Total bloodbath. LSU had 29 more first downs, 499 more yards, ran 46 more plays, and was nearly +13 minutes for TOP.
Clemson was murdered on live television.
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u/AndrewArmy Texas A&M Aggies • Army Black Knights 2d ago edited 1d ago
After Clemson took a 3-0 lead with 13:28 left in the 1st quarter, LSU outscored Clemson 51-7 during the rest of the game in Lane Kiffin's debut. Also, LSU snapped a 2-game losing streak and handed Clemson their 2nd straight loss. I noticed several other trends.
- LSU swept the home-and-home series and won 3 consecutive games against Clemson by a combined 110-42 since a 25-24 loss in the 2012 Peach Bowl on 12/31/2012.
- LSU has won 3 consecutive home games since a 49-25 loss to Teas A&M on 10/25/25.
- LSU snapped Clemson's 4-game road winning streak by handing them their first road loss since a 24-21 loss at Georgia Tech on 9/13/2025.
- Clemson has lost 4 consecutive games to SEC teams other than South Carolina since a 38-35 win over Kentucky in the 2023 Gator Bowl on 12/29/2023, and 3 of those 4 losses were by 14+ points each.
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u/Fungmar LSU Tigers 2d ago
Blake bakers defense and lane kiffins offense is going to be a problem. Hate this team all u want, not going to change the facts
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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos 2d ago
The Dabo Swinney Era at Clemson looks like it's really ending in a whimper. I don't think I've ever seen a Swinney team look so uncompetitive.
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u/el_es_you LSU Tigers 2d ago
Cheerleaders doing push ups, the inner workings of a ball boy, sultry towel meetings in private.
That 4th quarter was a fever dream
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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls 2d ago
Anyone who didn't have LSU top 10 preseason was absolutely letting a lot of meaningless bullshit blind them. Frankly I was suprised my preseason poll having them at 6 was one of the highest.
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u/Glass_Apricot Clemson Tigers 2d ago
We want Rutgers.