In light of the semi-cold weather we’re experiencing, here are some freezing cold takes from the 2018 Clemson football season.
It’s South Carolina weather at its finest.
One day, you’ve got a 60 degree day and then next the high is in the 40s.
With the amount of semi-cold weather we’ve had, though, I thought it would be fun to look back at some freezing cold takes pertaining to Clemson football over the past year.
These takes are mixtures of analysts, players and fans. They are only meant to be fun and lighthearted. So, if you’re ready, take a look at some of the best freezing cold takes of 2018.
We’ll begin with ESPN College GameDay Analyst Desmond Howard.
WATCH: Desmond Howard says Clemson using 2 QBs is a ‘slap in the face’ to Kelly Bryant https://t.co/awV9QR26IQ pic.twitter.com/1Qe9ITt83a
— SportsRadio 740 (@SportsRadio_740) September 7, 2018
This happened before the whole transfer decision from Kelly Bryant. Desmond Howard said Clemson football using two quarterbacks was a slap in the face of Bryant. He doubled-down on his thoughts a few weeks later when Bryant made the decision, saying that the Tigers would lose games because of Bryant’s transfer and saying that Trevor Lawrence wasn’t ready to lead a team to a National Championship.
Howard would basically stay on his tirade against Clemson until he quietly faded out after the Tigers continued to win and dominate.
Boy, was he wrong.
Now that we are 6 wks in, I'm going to give you my top 4 teams:
— Desmond Howard (@DesmondHoward) October 7, 2018
1. @AlabamaFTBL
2. @NDFootball
3. @OhioStateFB
4. @FootballUGA
#finesse pic.twitter.com/rs6vlKrZR1
— Desmond Howard (@DesmondHoward) October 7, 2018
Some of those tweets about finesse aren’t really holding much weight after watching Clemson football dominate that “powerful” Alabama team in the National Championship.
How about this one from Corey Miller who has since deleted his Twitter…
"Kelly Bryant should have never been benched! He didn’t lose his job it was robbed from him! There was no need to change. The ACC is terrible and they are going to win regardless! They have zero depth at QB now and as KB said it was a slap in the face.— Corey Miller (@pastorofpain)"
Outside of the whole Kelly Bryant thing, though, there were a ton of analysts who just absolutely couldn’t give Clemson football any credit when the Tigers were taking on Alabama.
"That was against Notre Dame, a team that shouldn't have been in the #CFBPlayoff ... it was a mismatch"@TimTebow says Clemson's performance in the semi-final game isn't an indicator of how the Tigers will perform tonight. pic.twitter.com/u82DevujGa
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) January 7, 2019
"Trevor Lawrence looks like a generational talent. He won't be the best QB in [the championship game] ... but he looks like a big-time Sunday guy."
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 31, 2018
- @GeorgeSchroeder pic.twitter.com/7caKjT8P2e
#Georgia would beat #NotreDame, #Oklahoma, and #Clemson. But they’re not going to get in because they play a good schedule and dare I say Defense? If YOU PEOPLE just want to give it to #Alabama, then leave #UGA out. No one else can beat the Tide. #CFBPlayoffs
— THE Keb ™️ (@KebLives) December 2, 2018
Alabama will beat Clemson by 3 touchdowns. They will blitz Clemson and Trevor Lawrence isn’t reading the defense well. Nick Saban will dominate
— Frank Garcia (@frankgarcia65) November 11, 2018
Alabama would beat:
— Harvey Updyke (@Harveyrolltide) September 30, 2018
Clemson by 21
Ohio state by 28
Georgia by 14
Oklahoma by 35
Outside of Clemson, how about this take from ESPN analyst David Norrie. Little did he know the Bulldogs would lose- for the third time- in just a couple of days against Texas.
"I believe there's an argument that Georgia is the best team in the country... At the very worst, they're a top 3 team."
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) December 31, 2018
- @ESPNRadio CFB Analyst David Norrie pic.twitter.com/UdLDksbaxI
Corey Miller, who deleted his Twitter after the national championship, is the saddest Gamecock I’ve heard from in quite some time. He’s legitimately in denial. pic.twitter.com/eB8OCAAne2
— Tiger Commenter (@TigerCommenter) January 19, 2019
Even after the National Championship game, we have freezing cold takes. There are certain Gamecock fans that just can’t admit/stand that Clemson beat Alabama. It’s so bad, they’re calling into radio shows trying to discredit the Tigers.
There’s also a few Alabama players that don’t know how to lose with class…
Alabama defensive player says #Clemson offense is nothing special: https://t.co/pPdQv1LiRN pic.twitter.com/XvS1YRpNcq
— TigerNet.com (@ClemsonTigerNet) January 9, 2019
Alabama defensive tackle Quinnen Williams said that Clemson’s offense was nothing special and that the Crimson Tide beat themselves. Many of the same sentiments were echoed by Tua Tagovailoa after the loss.
There are plenty of others that we could probably pull out, but I think it’s safe to say that 2018 was the “year of the freezing cold take” at least when it came to Clemson football. The majority of the country- not everybody- never paid the Tigers the respect they deserved until they just completely dominated Alabama.
Even then, though, some just can’t handle the truth.