Clemson has been an upper tier dweller for quite a while now. They've had a few down years, but by the time 2027 rolls around, Dabo will have adjusted to the game, and should have them back in that upper tier. I'd even dare say that Dabo will have them ready this year to contend again.
We've only recently entered that echelon, and need to prove that we can stay in that rarefied air.
If we're as good as we hope to be, then we should be hanging with, and yes, beating upper tier teams at least half of the time. This will be a good acid test to see how far we've come along.
Some may point to our having taken out a #1 Clemson team in 2020, but we need to be realistic about this... Had COVID not robbed them of half of their starting defense (all of whom are NFL players), they would have beaten us soundly like they did in the ACC Championship game.
To be the man, you gotta beat the man
Replies to: "To be the man, you gotta beat the man"
- Notre Dame and Clemson agree to play, home and home, every year from 27-38 [LINK]
- Irish_Demon - 10:52am 5/6/25
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- ND needs someone to replace SC. - AlbanyIRISH - 6:40pm 5/6/25
- And no one the Big Ten is gonna give us an 11 year guarantee of a home and away game series. [NT] - Frank L - 10:16pm 5/11/25
- To be the man, you gotta beat the man - ndunabomber - 4:45pm 5/6/25
- 2038? That's ambitious...given the way College Football is changing almost daily these days... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 12:56pm 5/6/25
- I like this. Is this our way of doing all we can to keep the ACC intact? - ndphysics - 12:22pm 5/6/25
- Keeping the ND brand as valuable as possible in an NIL world [NT] - KWIRISH - 2:44pm 5/6/25
- Excellent [NT] - Frankx - 11:35am 5/6/25
- Play the real rivals MICHIGAN, OHIO STATE and PENN STATE! Fuck Clemson! [NT]
- irishslovak - 11:26am 5/6/25
- I'd prefer ND play Clemson vs those scumbags from Ann Arbor. - IrishChristopher - 12:42am 5/7/25
- Since when is Ohio State a rival? [NT] - LanceHarbor - 12:34pm 5/6/25
- Much richer recruiting potential in the South than in the Midwest. - Curly1918 - 12:34pm 5/6/25
- I think this is the reason, and I agree that Texas would have been better since we'll visit the - holybull101 - 1:46pm 5/6/25
- probably tougher to get a long term agreement with Texas due to SEC scheduling - croaker - 8:19pm 5/6/25
- I think this is the reason, and I agree that Texas would have been better since we'll visit the - holybull101 - 1:46pm 5/6/25
- Eff Ped State. They make people's skin crawl. We can meet the other two in the playoffs. [NT] - Hensou - 12:15pm 5/6/25
- ND needs someone to replace SC. - AlbanyIRISH - 6:40pm 5/6/25