This was one of the most underrated victories in fsu history. Had we lost this game-which we were heavily outplayed in- there would have be no divisional title, much less confidence and no tremendous recruiting boom. It would have simply been a ho hum season where would have ended up playing UF with identical records and who knows where that would have left us. This game was crucial in jimbos tenure
EJ looked really good in this game. If the refs didn't blow the call on that last deep ball to Smith, it wouldn't have come down to Hopkins. That said, I'm glad it did because that was a season changing kick. Watching this gets me excited for this season. EJ is going to be unstoppable.
He just nailed a 60 yard kick in the 2011 Spring game. I can't wait to see Jimbo give him a chance at breaking the NCAA record. Kickers like Hopkins are very rare and I think he has a legitimate shot at hitting a 65-70 yard kick if given the opportunity. Not to mention, he will light your ass up on kick-offs.
im hoping for another great game like that past couple of years. it trully has turned into a great and intense rivalry. but this year match up is hopefully gonna be to top teams in the nation. i know yall recruiting is about to pay off. and it really comes down to how well clemson is. we have not oline or dline. we lost pretty much all of em. but u never know. i honestly dont expect clemson to do as well as 2011 but who knows. we will see. and GO TIGERS!!!!
That was a sloppy, sloppy game all the way up to the end when EJ came alive. Kid is going to be special...one of the best endings I have ever seen in my years of being at those games...extrememly loud, but not quite as loud as the UF game.
Dabo said once he has been in many a sad locker room after playing FSU. Ha, that was then though. Things are ...uh...a little different these days. AWESOME kick though. When it began coming down it had to reenter earth's atmosphere. I ain't jiving.' Y'all saw it.
@DefLeppard365 Best overall game had to be Miami. Never had I been a witness to a University of Miami team quit while still on the field because they had been beaten so badly.
@xt0wnyx LOL you weren't at the UM game two years ago were you? Doak was ROCKING that whole game! I could hardly hear anything the rest of the might ( to bad we lost that one though ).
Sec 38 row 3!!! Fsu side corner of endzone gr8 seats minus most action was at other end of field. Xcept the rhodes pik right in front of me. Amazingly loud yo. NOLES fans rock
@Forsakenguitarist90 Thats just not how it works, in the event of a tie in the division it goes to whom won the head to head game. so if NCST beats maryland, they will go to the ACC championship because they beat us
@nole4life2671 yes clemson dominated the noles.... clem just couldnt get it done... just because you beat the canes doesnt mean im hating... shiiit virginia beat the canes last year... good job... try beating unc this year or maybe win the acc...
@caneman75 and that means they dominated? had they 'dominated' they wouldve scored those 3 times instead of getting shut down or missing fuckin field goals...dont hate because we dominated the canes man, cheer up...
@jneil2007 Oh we will and I just saw sportcenter and they did who were they pick for the heisman and one pick E.J. And revenge is a bitch now OU is going to be on Noles territory.
@loganmcalister3 Yep, and we didnt shoot ourselves in the foot either...I guess theres only one point of view, and thats the Clemson point of view right? Usually thats the case with dealing with Clemson fans, you guys have NO observation of overall football, you just have tunnelvision for you team and think you dominate even in a loss....
@gadog33 As long as Dabo is the head coach....yall are fucked man. Kevin Steele can only have his defense carry that team for so long. Yall are in the same boat FSU has been in for the past decade, bringin in a plethora of talent, then squandering it. Best of luck, though. Atleast the game is RIGHT AFTER OKLAHOMA and in Death Valley. It's a tough place to opposing teams to come in and play.
haha.clemson was overrated in 2011.we came outta no where and was on fire besides our D. if we wouldve had an average D we couldve been great.your crazy what about yall in the top 10 preseason last year and came out and didnt even win yall division let alone the acc. that is overrated. yeh we got our ass beat down in the orange bowl. but that was lack of D which i said all year long.our offense completely gave up cause our defense couldnt stop nobody.look forward to seeing yall in doak next year