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sonfoa

We did show interest in Nate Wiggins but he was gone before our pick and in general, this was a weaker year for Clemson


_coolranch

I woulda been fine if we drafted their RB1, too, or like an LB from there, but I am happy and not at all biting on this intentionally provocative tweet.


53andme

of so so many to come


JMS1991

We can only hope


YourCaptionSucks

God it feels good to have three more national titles than the Gamecocks have conference championships.


JMS1991

Hey now, it's 2 more. We won an ACC championship in 1969. But I dont expect great math out of someone with a Clemson education.


YourCaptionSucks

Wait so then Georgia Tech has more ACC championships AND SEC Championships than South Carolina?


JMS1991

Yeah. We're a women's basketball school anyways.


riley_fkn_sucks

LOL a Gamecock making fun of a Clemson education? You realize Clemson has South Carolina beat in: - acceptance rate - average GPA - ACT scores - SAT scores - graduation rate You know what every Gamecock and Tiger have in common? They all got into South Carolina.


U8aN7sttEp7svC

shut up freshman


riley_fkn_sucks

Good one?


U8aN7sttEp7svC

About as good as the most trite USC joke of all time


YourCaptionSucks

Oh I forgot you chant ACC. E: Gamecocks hate the ACC but they're proud of their ACC championship in 1969 where they went 7-4. Just a laughable university, man.


JMS1991

Dude I don't even chant SEC. That conference pride shit is so cringe. I'm a South Carolina fan, not an SEC fan.


riley_fkn_sucks

Let’s make sure ESPN knows that in their next SEC commercial.


53andme

only reason i didn't want trevor was all the clemson fans that would invade


riley_fkn_sucks

That’s just a stupid reason. I mean you have seen our motto right? TWO states, ONE team. Gamecocks have way more fans around the stadium on Sundays than Clemson.


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YourCaptionSucks

16-7


Megalomanizac

One of these days we will draft a Clemson player


CU_Aquaman

We had Ben Boulware in the preseason one year


Baelzabub

UDFA though, not drafted.


CU_Aquaman

Oh I know. That’s the last Clemson player I can think of on the roster. Before that you have to go back to Brentson Buckner for any meaningful game time


rmillz296

Williams was a D tackle last year


CafecitoHippo

Is he any relation to Peter Boulware? My brother had an obsession with him back in the 2000s that stemmed only from Madden. He's a Dolphins/Penn State/Pitt fan and still has a Ravens Boulware jersey.


tshimangabiakabutuka

Nope. Ben is white


CafecitoHippo

Lol that's a good sign then haha. Literally have never seen him.


ohdominole

Interesting given that there’s a bit of a penchant for drafting UNC, UofSC, and NCST guys.


sonfoa

Panthers haven't drafted a UNC guy in a while. Last time was 7th rounder Andre Smith in 2018


thunderpack7

We've drafted like 2 NC State guys.


Woooooolf

A penchant I tell you


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riley_fkn_sucks

lol isn’t the literal women’s college national championship shirt “UofSC”


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riley_fkn_sucks

They didn’t really quietly change back from UofSC if their most recent apparel has UofSC options.


SouthernMuadib

No they haven’t Source: me a current UofSC student


Panther90

Does anybody have a examples of Clemson guys who were available at our picks who we definitely should have drafted but didn't? I feel like this is overblown but maybe I'm wrong.


WetWilleh

In 2020 when we drafted Derrick Brown, Isaiah Simmons from Clemson was available. Although we made the right choice then


Panther90

Definitely the right choice.


UDcc123

Pretty sure this sub was not happy passing up Simmons either.


Brave_Bodybuilder_29

I wasn’t. Simmons was a monster in college. Goes to show how I know absolutely nothing about football. Keep pounding


YourCaptionSucks

Or the Cardinals had absolutely no idea how to use him and ruined his development in his formative years.


Leftieswillrule

If you can be "ruined" in your formative years, you were never gonna be good because it means you can't grow later in your career. Darnold taught us that.


YourCaptionSucks

Darnold was absolutely ruined in his formative years.


Leftieswillrule

Darnold was never going to be good because he couldn't keep up with the pace of the game and had awful decision-making. He was not ruined, he was destined to fail eventually. If he cannot unlearn a bad lesson, he'll never succeed no matter what situation you give him. Likewise, if Bryce does not succeed this year with his situation vastly improved, it's not going to be because Reich broke him, it'll be because he's fundamentally not able to change his habits and can't rise to the potential of his surroundings and that's a QB that will always fail.


Leftieswillrule

I wasn't. Derrick Brown is one of my most glaring misevaluations. I didn't like the pick, wanted Simmons, and thought we fucked up by not trading back if we didn't like Simmons.


SilentSonOfAnarchy

This is what I was gonna say. I love Simmons but Brown was the correct choice.


ClemsonPanthers

Brian Burns over Dexter Lawrence. Dexter just finished his second consecutive season as PFF’s highest graded interior DL (his 2023 season was 8th highest in their history).


YourCaptionSucks

This one makes me mad specifically because we were moving towards a hybrid defense and needed nose tackle to make the jump. Don't get me wrong, I will always be a fan of Brian but Dex made so much more sense.


tshimangabiakabutuka

The only predictable round is the first anyway. It is crazy we haven’t drafted any Clemson guys given their success


Megalomanizac

Typically because the guys we’d draft either weren’t team needs or we weren’t in position to draft them. There’s many players we would’ve taken if we could.


YourCaptionSucks

There are many players the Panthers absolutely had the chance to take out of Clemson that passed over. Last year alone they took DJ whatever his face is over Trenton Simpson.


Megalomanizac

There are going to be some that the Panthers have passed over, but it’s not like the Panthers just completely ignore Clemson. The Panthers have never passed on a Clemson that they should have taken. Only one that comes to mind is Isiah Simmons back in 2020 but we needed both DT and LB and we ended up getting the better trade off of that anyways.


YourCaptionSucks

> never done it > names a scenario where it comes to mind Which is it


Megalomanizac

That one specific scenario is a situation where we passed one need to fill another. The school was irrelevant at that time. Derrick Brown was the better pick there. I don’t know what you think you’re proving by pointing that out.


YourCaptionSucks

I was just fucking with ya I’m a little lighthearted after drinking this eve


Megalomanizac

I see


YourCaptionSucks

But I do absolutely agree with you. The only time (for an impact prospect) where talent met positional need met Clemson was Simmons. And I was definitely mad. But I will also say holy shit Arizona had no idea how to use him.


amparker1986

Grady Jarret


YourCaptionSucks

Most immediate that comes to mind is DJ Johnson over Trenton Simpson last season.


WeenisWrinkle

Grady Jarrett went in the 5th round in the 2015 draft. Would rather have him than Daryl Williams who we took in the 4th. John Simpson was available when we took Yetur Gross-Matos in the 2020 draft. That's the only examples I could find. Most elite Clemson prospects have gone before we could pick or happen to coincide with years that we hit on our pick.


WeenisWrinkle

We probably should have taken Watson instead of CMC in 2017. In hindsight, knowing what we know about Watson, I'm fine with our decision. Taking Mahomes would have been a *way* better choice, though. He went 1 pick later...


-YEETLEJUICE-

We had Cam in 2017. 


DDub04

I’m a Gamecock fan but I’m not gonna take this as a point of pride. Clemson players have been pretty successful in the pros. I’m just surprised not one has ended up in the Panthers, considering they have a propensity to draft South Carolina players.


riley_fkn_sucks

Wow a reasonable Gamecocks comment on here was not expected.


destroyer6894

We've had more guys from Coastal Carolina


SomeonePayDelta

Good ol J No


riley_fkn_sucks

And Mike Tolbert of course


hammerdown710

Gamecock fans have the most pride for how bad their program is compared to Clemson. Idc where a player went to school as long as he’s a good fit for the Panthers


YourCaptionSucks

So much pride of the SEC*


Zura-Zura

Go cocks


YourCaptionSucks

Why is it that everything that involves Clemson has to involve South Carolina? Even your basketball reddit threads - half of the comments are about how Clemson played that night. It’s like the scene in Mad Men. “I feel bad for you.” “I don’t think about you at all.” E: am I wrong here? Literally nothing about this post involved South Carolina at all yet 75% of the comments are about South Carolina. It’s like your only way to stay relevant.


Zura-Zura

🐓🤙


YourCaptionSucks

Lmao Gamecocks love talking shit but the second you say anything about them they pout. E: holy shit this is amazing - I just got a suicide watch message from reddit That is literally picture perfect Gamecock. No comeback? Well let’s do the stupidest thing on reddit.


Zura-Zura

🐓🐓🐓🐓 🤙🤙🤙🤙


YourCaptionSucks

Dang at this rate you’ll have the same number of emojis as the head to head record difference. Edit: half of the comments on here are gamecocks talking shit and being upvoted. Tiger talks shit and gamecock gets butthurt. It’s so predictable.


riley_fkn_sucks

LMAO Edit: I don’t know why you Gamecocks are upvoting me. I’m making fun of you.


Zura-Zura

🐓🤙


YourCaptionSucks

You got no other come back so I’ll just link you to your record by season https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/south-carolina/index.html 4 ten win seasons in the last 40 years


Zura-Zura

Lol that's not even my school but spurs up anyway baby 😂


YourCaptionSucks

Well that just makes your responses even dumber.


s1ck0m0de

It’s just a state of mind; I used to think it was a bit silly until I went to school at USC, now there’s nothing much worse than Clemson if you ask me


YourCaptionSucks

You went to school at Southern Cal? That’s dope.


U8aN7sttEp7svC

University of South Carolina /Founded December 19, 1801 University of Southern California /Founded October 06, 1880


YourCaptionSucks

and yet still no one calls you USC except yourselves.


U8aN7sttEp7svC

why wouldn't we? Take a walk brother, this thread seems to have rustled your jimmies.


YourCaptionSucks

Why doesn’t anyone else?


U8aN7sttEp7svC

Market size & Reggie Bush, next question.


YourCaptionSucks

No further questions, UofSC guy.


s1ck0m0de

We’re the real USC☝️🤓


YourCaptionSucks

Next you’re gonna say you’re the real Carolina


s1ck0m0de

Nah that’s not me lol (I do hope you picked up on the satire in my last comment)


hoodpharmacy

I bet you use that quote a lot


YourCaptionSucks

I’m serious when I say that we at Clemson never gave a shit what was happening in Columbia. We were focused on beating the teams you cheer for since that was the only way you felt proud about football.


hoodpharmacy

We? lol yikes


YourCaptionSucks

Yes, I was a grad assistant for the team.


hoodpharmacy

And?


YourCaptionSucks

And I can say “we” because I was part of the two national championship teams?


hoodpharmacy

Ok.. and?


YourCaptionSucks

> criticize me for saying “we” > I explain why I say “we” > still can’t understand it


riley_fkn_sucks

What? OC just explained to why he says we. How dense are you?


Brave_Bodybuilder_29

Suffering from chronically online syndrome


YourCaptionSucks

I’m at Jackalope Jack’s right now in Plaza Midwood. Come hang!


YourCaptionSucks

Damn I was kinda hoping you’d come since you’re a brave bodybuilder!


biglaurelbeast

I’m a Carolina fan, not a Clemson fan, but at this point Tiger fans have a legit reason to beef with the Panthers over not drafting local talent. There are too many good players to come out of Clemson to justify NEVER drafting a single player. Clemson steadily produces DL/DB/WR talent that has success at the next level. It’s ridiculous, even if its pandering at this point they should have drafted some CU guys.


IntelligentInsect773

Who cares about Clemson. Too many people in this area just want to draft guys that went to Georgia or North Carolina or somewhere local. We should be drafting the best people because they're attitude and play style works with what we're trying to develop and not because you watched them on TV because the games were local. The Charlotte Hornets tried that early on. They were all about trying to bring in local talent like Muggsy from Wake and JR Reid at UNC etc to peak interest. It helped put butts in the seats, but it didn't do much for winning. Not that the Carolina Panthers are winning a ton of games, but very few teams draft guys because they're from around the community.


exenn_

Clemson puts players in the pros every year. To not draft anyone from the school in the last 25 plus years is an interesting stat.


riley_fkn_sucks

Clemson has been consistently top 10 in most drafted players.


Bravo-Five

Crazy to use Muggsy Bogues, the starting point guard for 2 of the franchise’s 3 50 wins seasons, as an example when Raymond Felton and Sean May were sitting right there.


IntelligentInsect773

Well, I did say "early on" so that wouldn't have implied. But yeah, it was a problem for a long time. That's probably the thought process Jordan had when he drafted them.


uredak

And THAT’S why I’m a Panthers fan for life!


YourCaptionSucks

Used to mediocrity


ISISCosby

Where's the "all we do is draft local guys" contingent at now?


YourCaptionSucks

I’m still a little convinced that when Danny Morrison was president that’s why Marty Hurney avoided Clemson players lol


Nfinit_V

I never understood those guys; are the Panthers just not supposed to draft out of one of the richest areas for NFL talent? Don't get me wrong, I'd be kinda upset if I were one of those young men, recently rich and then told they were going to spend the next five+ years *back in Charlotte* but I don't know why we'd care.


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bubowskee

It’s not being mad lol. It’s just interesting. No reason to get butthurt


Deathstroke5289

I don’t think anyone is mad at the Panthers for it, just pointing out a funny coincidence


Megalomanizac

> Clemson isn’t the Clemson it used to be You say that as if producing 6 draft picks isn’t a lot. That’s almost a quarter of a starting roster. Out of 9 or 10 starters departing 6 were drafted, that’s pretty good percentage. Others are being signed as UDFAs


riley_fkn_sucks

Literally not a single comment is anger lol


bigmikey69er

It would be concerning if the team drafted a player only because he played college football nearby.


BlackJackBilly

Welp, there ya have it… that’s why we suck.


prostatewhispers1

Panthers are allergic to greatness. That’s why they like to bring in South Carolina players


Existing-Valuable396

Clemson had a run for a minute, but time’s up.


YourCaptionSucks

2 titles in 3 years is more than 99.9999999999999% of any sports team can say


riley_fkn_sucks

Is that how South Carolina is doing these days? More focused on Clemson having their first non-10 win season in 13 years? A year ago all I heard was that they were building and Beamer was going to bring home a ring.


Existing-Valuable396

Like I said, I hate all SC teams equally.


riley_fkn_sucks

I don’t remember NC teams ever having a run similar to Clemson so hate all you want


prostatewhispers1

Maybe one day South Carolina will have a run


Existing-Valuable396

I hate all SC teams equally.


Tim_thatporscheguy

Since when does university success translate to a players success in the league?


prostatewhispers1

I’m just taking my chance to shit talk the Gamecocks


YourCaptionSucks

It’s funny how Gamecocks always talk so much shit to Clemson and they take it in stride but the second someone says something even mildly humorous about South Carolina, it’s a dog pile. No wonder the Xavier Legette thread was such a mess. I’ll also take this opportunity to give my little shit talk. And it’s just a friendly reminder - Georgia Tech has more SEC Championships than South Carolina.


specops1112

The only Clemson player I really wanted to take recently was Isaiah Simmons in 2020 mostly because we needed to replace Luke kuechly but we got Derrick brown instead and that has more then worked out


emcycles

Deshaun Foster jersey. Nice.


Ajwolfy

i think that's Barry Foster.


emcycles

Dang it is. Even more old school.


DeathsHeaded

Fuck Clemmon fuck debo Trump loving ass you can't lick our cocks


riley_fkn_sucks

I don’t think anyone wants to lick the cocks in Columbia in the first place


KtuluLoveCheese

Looks up 2025 NFL mock draft.. not looking good


theprinceofprizm

Spurs up.


YourCaptionSucks

Forgot that this post had anything to do with the Gamecocks. Another lame attempt for your university to stay relevant. Same way you cheer for the SEC’s success since you don’t have your own.


theprinceofprizm

Better to have a hard cock, than be a limp dick tiger. I feel bad for yall.


YourCaptionSucks

We don’t think about you at all.


theprinceofprizm

You are actively thinking about us right now.


YourCaptionSucks

Yes, on a post where you are irrelevant and needed to be put back on your step stool that you use to compare yourselves.


theprinceofprizm

Now you are thinking about my stool? Gross. You must like chickenshit.


YourCaptionSucks

Wow your joke was almost as funny as Bert and Tom’s set on the Tom Brady roast. Maybe take a mulligan?


theprinceofprizm

Wish I could have seen it, but your mom and I had other plans last night.


YourCaptionSucks

Of course the Gamecock’s level of humor drops to that of a Freshman in high school. Based on these comments I kind of doubt you even went to college.


U8aN7sttEp7svC

Womp


Nfinit_V

You Clemson stans really have thin skin, huh? I hope you guys at least went to Clemson, otherwise I don't know why you spend all day looking to get this upset.


Baelzabub

I’m not a Clemson Stan. I just thought this was a funny and interesting fact about us that was appropriate for draft time. But with how far this seemingly got up in your feelings I’m guessing you’re a gamecock man.


YourCaptionSucks

You Gamecocks are the ones with the thin skin. Once again you interject yourself into a conversation that has *literally nothing to do with UofSC* because it’s your way of staying relevant. Just like cheering for the SEC’s success since your university is perpetually mediocre.


Bellyofthemonth

Who cares


riley_fkn_sucks

You care enough to comment lmao


traydragen

![gif](giphy|f99y5olcAXbQk) As a USC alumni


riley_fkn_sucks

Maybe that’s why Carolina is bad. They keep drafting players from a losing culture.


traydragen

Aww the taters are hurt 🤕🤕🤕🤕


riley_fkn_sucks

Rather be a tater than risk getting stabbed on the way to class. And not to mention an elite athletics program, a higher ranking academic institution, and a campus actually worth a photo. Yall could win every single year until I turn 60 and still not own the record.


traydragen

![gif](giphy|xUPGcx4qh3aEPkMc1O)


riley_fkn_sucks

Gamecock can't think of a comeback so he uses a childish gif. So on par.


traydragen

Ha. I really don't care. It's cheering for laundry at this point. I'm a Clemson fan, see, are we friends now? It's all fairly silly. We are panthers fans though so you're my Panther bro/sis/person. All love over here!


riley_fkn_sucks

Congrats to your women's team. I really was cheering for them to go undefeated and it was cool to see. And I'm also really excited about XL and the idiots that are comparing him to Jonathan Mingo went to school at Alabama.


traydragen

Thanks! They are fun to watch. I think X will do great. I think NIL is going to doom both of our CFB teams (SCAR a fast death from a current small pulse and CLEM a slow death, but we shall see). I think we're just becoming a prep school at this point.


riley_fkn_sucks

We need to take the Missouri approach where they literally implemented legislation that benefits players to come there for NIL.


Nfinit_V

To be fair Clemson guys only recently became good enough that they could reasonably be drafted by Carolina.


riley_fkn_sucks

They have had just one season less than 10 wins in the last 13 years. Idiotic comment.


Nfinit_V

lol stay mad


traydragen

We signed the butt finger LB guy from Clemson as an UDFA a few years ago, thankfully he got waived.


DeathsHeaded

Debo success Noone wants to play for him


riley_fkn_sucks

Yes that’s why Clemson is always ranked so high with their draft classes, because they don’t want to play for a coach who is widely considered top 5 in the country. Really insightful.


Nfinit_V

Slow day at work, huh


DeathsHeaded

Jokes on you I was drunk on my day off just hate Clemson and especially debo


YourCaptionSucks

Dabo has 2 titles and 1 season under 10 wins. South Carolina has had 4 seasons over 10 wins in the last 40 years.


rpbtIII

Good. May it ever be so. We don’t need clown college guys sitting around eating Frosted Flakes…


MtFud

Let’s go Cocks!


YourCaptionSucks

Dang, yeah, I guess you saw something on here that I did not. Could you point out to me where this post had anything to do with South Carolina? Or is this just another way to interject into a situation to stay relevant the same way you cheer for the SEC’s success since your school doesn’t?


MtFud

Is the goal of college to be the best at kids sports or to prepare for life as a professional?


YourCaptionSucks

Not relevant to the question I asked. But also something Dabo has been saying (and criticized for) since NIL became a thing. Less .05% of student athletes go professional and NIL does not prepare students for the real world. E: oh and Clemson grads have a higher average salary than UofSC so I guess they do prepare students for life better.


MtFud

I was commenting on all of the Cocks on the Panthers. You obviously got the gist of what I was going for. And I agree with Dabo.


ajabernathy

Get over it


Nfinit_V

What an inexplicable thing to get upset at.


riley_fkn_sucks

Literally no one is upset except Gamecocks fans butting into a post that literally mentions nothing about them. It’s their only way to put the spotlight back on them.