Dabo says, “Mississippi State must just be that AWESOME!”

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Last week, Clemson declared that defeating unranked Auburn by 7 was akin to David toppling Goliath or the U. S. Hockey team defeating the Russians in 1980.  One Tiger blogger actually went so far as to say that Clemson had “disposed of the SEC.”  

Unfortunately for that fairy tale, Miss. State absolutely destroyed Auburn on Saturday 28-10.  Auburn’s only score was a kickoff return and they looked like a total dumpster fire.  So Tiger Coach Dabo Swinney took to the airwaves to explain what happened.  “Well as it turns out, MSU is actually just that awesome.  They must have used 77% of their offense or something.   Our win over Auburn still has meaning.  At least in our minds.” 

Something similar happened in 2010, when Clemson beat the daylights out of a much-better Auburn team than this year’s version.  That Auburn team went on to upset South Carolina, which sent Tiger fans into a frenzy of anticipation of being able to end their losing streak to the Gamecocks.  (They lost by three touchdowns just a few weeks later)

So the “O’Doyle Rules” saga will continue for now, but Swinney did admit that as a result of MSU’s performance, Clemson may have to vacate one of their five preseason Heisman trophy awards.  “Yes, we have proven that we were the preseason national champs, but we probably won’t have five people in New York now.  We’ll have to include someone from Starkville too.”