Last week, Clemson football unveiled a tombstone to commemorate the National Championship win over number one Alabama. Although Clemson coaches and fans know that such an act is tradition, others are expressing their opinions about the tombstones.
One such person was Paul Finebaum. Finebaum has a popular show on ESPN Radio/the SEC Network and is a renowned journalist who has worked in SEC football country for years. Finebaum posed this question on Twitter days ago.
Is this tombstone tradition at Clemson fair or foul? pic.twitter.com/vY4s8mNQov
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) March 21, 2017
Of course, Alabama fans chimed in to let him know what they thought about the tombstone.
Funny that Bama didn't do this shit when they beat Clemson ..difference between Class and Trash. #RollTide
— Emily (@EmsM_09) March 21, 2017
it will be another 30yr before Clemson is in the NC game again so they need something to remember @AlabamaFTBL back next year.
— Brian Williams (@Big_B_Wheezy) March 21, 2017
As you can see, one tweeter thinks that it will be a longtime before Clemson gets to celebrate another Natty win. Well, the Tigers fans will probably disagree with this prediction. The fans have been to the big game two years in a row and a 30 year wait to them is incogitable. Plus are they really going to believe a guy named Brian Williams.
Fans of two of the Tigers 2016 opponents also decided to leave a tweet for Finebaum.
I hate Clemson w/ every fiber of my being, but I can't hate them for that. Think it's kind of cool.
— Franklin Buchanan (@franklinnb) March 21, 2017
Two tweeters gave their insight into the timeline of the tradition. Both were factual too minus the use of fumblerooski instead of puntrooski.
It was started in 89 the year after the fumbleruskey where FSU took the sod Clemson won the next year
— Ryan Graham (@RyanDGraham) March 21, 2017
I’m not here to explain the tradition or defend it, but these tweets should give an idea of what is being said about it.
Seems like to me, if you are a top team playing at home and don’t want to be apart of the tradition, then you need to beat Clemson.
One tweet used the word motivation. Maybe, the tombstone will add a little more motivation for Alabama to beat the Tigers in the future like Clemson was motivated to take down FSU after the sod incident.
Oklahoma and Ohio State weren’t happy about their first tombstones either. Now they have double occupancy in the graveyard.
To Clemson football, it really is just a tradition and no disrespect to the teams.
Beating good teams has also become a tradition in Clemson. So will there be enough room for all the future wins?
...Clemson is a Land Grant University, we have plenty of room.
— Doug Chasteen (@dougchasteen) March 22, 2017
Could we see another tradition form from a response to the tombstones? Maybe. After all, traditions are part of what makes college football so intriguing and fun. And all are fair!!!