GT - Clemson '04: The Muff and THE CATCH

[Jean0987654321]

I thought dat was Nessler

[bkporter12]

@Jean0987654321 It was. I took the ABC video and overlaid the GT radio broadcast over it. The announcer is Wes Durham.

[scottyray12]

the same thing happened in the 2001 game against GA Tech.

[cletiger10]

The punter for Clemson (Chason) should've simply threw the ball threw the endzone on the muffed punt. If he does this, it's Clemson up 24-23. And we're kicking off to GT instead of them having it at our 10 yard line. Doesn't that make much more sense? We'd kickoff, and they'd have less than 20 seconds to get in field goal range.

[GrooveAddictSC]

worst day of my life!!!!!

[daviswr87]

God I hated this game. Was sitting right in the corner of the end zone where Johnson caught that pass too. Justin Miller was such an overrated piece of garbage, and everyone in the stadium knew that they would throw a jump ball to Johnson and that there was no way Miller was tall enough to defend it. Still can't believe we threw that game away, even with Merriweather breaking two ridiculously long TD runs, damn Tommy Bowden still couldn't figure out how to close a damn game out. Ridiculous.

[usherfeaster]

This NEVER gets old. Watched this at my grandpa's house. There's still a dent in his ceiling from my jumping and totally losing it ;-)

[gtcu17]

'04, '06, and '09 the best games of the decade in the series

[josephsmith13]

@gtcu17 '06 was not good at all.

i'm still sad after that.

[gtcu17]

@josephsmith13 I'm just saying either side, great games. The other ones were just so-so games.

[mech887]

I love this video for so many reasons

[qukarlz]

it's hard to choke this bad

[admiraldiggities]

when this went down, we were riding up 75 to a party...i was weeping and suddenly absolutely lost my shit. almost leaped from the car wholesale. the best moment of the reggie ball / chan gailey era, probably.

[enerfulish]

how was the snap that bad? i mean damn haha. it skipped like 5 or 6 times before it got near the punter.

[ATL45]

SON OF A GUN!!

i still can't believe they didn't give any help on calvin over the top. give the poor CB a safety of something.

[clemsonstud81]

One of the worst feelings after a football game...devastating

[FridayNightLights321]

We had a worse one. When South Carolina played Florida at Florida in 07. We just tied the game, but Florida blocked the extra point then we stop them got the ball back and with a few seconds left went for a game winning field goal, it was blocked. We lost 17 to 16. Florida went on to win the national title. If we would have won, it would have been our first win in the swamp and it would have ended all hopes of a national title. Now that hurt!

[TinyandReba]

I miss Calvin Johnson as well, but we have some good players in BayBay Thomas and Stephen Hill. Oh My! "Happy Days are here again!"

[julianneflowers]

This is one of my favorite memories of college at Tech. Freshman year, first away football game,,,I miss Calvin Johnson in a Jackets uniform!

[rechedelphar]

this still goes down as one of my worst football memories.

[gtcu17]

and one of my greatest memories! its a close game every year, then there are years where one team just absolutely breaks down...

in my mind, the 2006 game was the greatest matchup in recent memory. Every aspect of the Clemson team, from the crowd to the players, was the most electric and amped up i think either side has ever been... heres to a great one this year!

[Stingem08]

I still get chill bumps when i watch this

[mech887]

i love this video

[utpop454]

If calvin johnson had a good quarterback to throw him the ball he'd be all pro 17 years in a row

[dantheman992004]

for all the crap reggie ball got he did throw good fades to CJ throughout his career

[dantheman992004]

biggest mistake of my life was leaving this game early

[sweatingbullets56]

haha check out the ball boy celebration

[brax5353]

Son of a gun!

[theKionne]

You know what he wanted to say, lol.

[kkende112233]

he shoulda kicked it into the endzone. They woulda still been winning by 1 point, and GT woulda had to go like 20-30 yards in 10 seconds w/ no timeouts.

[Santana2163]

Wow, u are abslutely right... I didn't even think about it like that

[djbagel]

it was Clemson's fault on playing Calvin 1 on 1 on that last play, you knew that poor CB was gonna get beat!

Go Tech

[JustinLA12]

This makes me sick on my stomach.

[ClemsonC17]

I was at that game...Tech fans can thank clemson for that win, because Tech def. was not the best team on the field that day.

[bkporter12]

Clemson was better for the first 55 minutes, but those last 5 belonged to Tech. ;)

[CaptainAmerica2006]

Whenever anyone makes this cliche statement, it always makes me laugh because it is impossible for the better team to lose in the game of football. Impossible.

[hemphilla]

I agree. The better team is always the winner. The score is the only statistic that matters in the end.

[GAboy21589]

and i guess we can thank clemson again for the past two years! which tech has beaten clemson

[Santana2163]

What legend are they talking about with Calvin Johnson?

[GAboy21589]

he was a star receiver at Tech! Broke a lot of Records at Tech, ACC records and NCAA records with a horrible quarterback! Made some amazing catches like the spider man catch

[gtboy453]

@ClemsonC17 We weren't, but we had the best player baby!

[ClemsonC17]

@gtboy453 but when yall came back in 06' he def wasnt the best player. How many catches that year...0..spiller dominated

[gtboy453]

@ClemsonC17 What about CJ in 2007...9 carries for 2 yards. Calvin was and always will be the man.

[ClemsonC17]

@gtboy453 oh yeh, 07 and 08..the years he was injured against yall...i dont think he played a down in 08" but he almost had a full season of stats against yall this year...6 or 7 touchdowns...200 yards receiving..bout 400 yards rushing...dont think Calvin own quite as many NCAA records as spiller

[gtboy453]

@ClemsonC17 Who cares how many NCAA records he owns? He had Reggie freakin Ball throwing to him for most of his career. There's a reason he was possibly the best receiving prospect of all time. Now that he has had time to adjust with Stafford, they will be unstoppable.

[bull864]

@ClemsonC17 and two losses right?  Clemson is GT's bitch.

[astanfo]

This loss belongs to the punter, punting that deep any problems with the snap at all should make him think safety. I can't blame the D with a momentum shift like that.

[chocochase]

i still get chills watching that...

[jk8fan]

Can't blame it on Rigsby, blame should go equally to Clemson's "D" failing, Calvin Johnson being a stud, an Clemson's failure to get a first down on 2nd and short and 3rd and short just before the attempeted punt - great play by Chris Reis.

[ciraldofan]

Zach: I'm a Tech fan but probably older than you. I first followed Tech in '68 as a kid. Clemson had some great teams in the 40s and 50s. After they expanded their stadium to 40,000 in '58, the year they went to the Sugar Bowl, it wouldn't have hurt Tech to have played there a time or two, but Dodd wouldn't - he didn't go to Auburn till 1970. But you are right, in the 60s they (CU) pretty much sucked.

[tron81]

That was the worst mistake in Clemson football history.

[ixcuincle]

Wes Durham is great.

[CUtigersFball]

I work with Rigsby

[gtfan21]

I love the GT/Clemson rivalry. It is just about always a great game. And yes Wes Durham is awesome, try searching for "Will Bynum, OK State" A great call there.

[tcorsfour]

I wish there were more videos with sound clips of Wes Durham around youtube.

[bbb75]

notice at 1:57 a young Taylor Bennett on the sidelines with khaki pants on.

[speedtack22]

thats like the first time i've seen C.J. actually celebrating

[joeboy68]

i wish i could watch more of that game.

[clepto3494]

SUN OF A GUN

[stingemjackets]

GO TECH! I remember watching this game on TV. I was soooo excited!

[mcrghost92]

im an orange blooded tiger fan, but that was a very good comeback from GT, and for the love of god, would you guys saying "Ohh GT is betterrrrr" listen to what bkporter said, its a great rivalry and a damn entertaining game. leave it at that guys.

[xprettypaw]

I was at this game. Sucked soooo bad.

[pking1981]

I was in the stands for that and even though im diehard Clemson that kinda shit has seem to always happen to us.

[ramblingwreck12]

i loved this game went all the way up to death valley for johnsons coming out party

[sethmiller4422]

i hated this play my heart droped

[rechedelphar]

I must say I felt the 2nd worst after this game than any other game, eclipsed only by this years South Carolina game.

[letsgomets07]

I LOVE JUSTIN MILLER AND CALVIN JOHNSON CAUSE I LIKE THE JETS AND THE YELLOW JACKETS I DONT KNO thats was sick

[GTtilDeath]

nflieg you are right the punter made the best play possible the punter tried to handle the bad snap (made by at the time the "best snapper" in the acc acoording to the announcers- a rare mistake is what im getting at) but the ball bounced over his hands o he couldnt run out of the endzone, if he kicks it then its a penalty (option of safety or ball at 1) if that occurs a td is virtually unavoidable as is a FG if they cant punch it in (where he falls on it is a 27 yard fg harder to make)

[haden555]

ahh he should have ran out the back of the endzone though

[gtfan21]

He should have picked the ball up and ran into the endzone for the safety, but I'm not sure that he had enough time to do that.

[tigasexy06]

This was on my 17th birthday. This was so tight!

[stokie510wego]

SON OF A GUN!!!

[spillerismyhero]

The punter didnt have enough control to turn around and punt into endzone. The ball was mis snapped and the punter dived to protect the ball. If anything you call that unlucky or bad snap, not bad coaching dumbass

[dabigman9748]

last time i checked a win was a win whether it was by 4 or 36 points

[nflieg]

If he kicks it out of the back of the endzone, it would have been GT's ball at the Clemson 1.

[rpr52121]

Punter should have kicked out the back of the end zone.

Clemson would have won, 1 pt lead and get a new punt. Coach should have told him, or practiced that scenario or something. Bad coaching

[gtisdabest]

tron: Check that all-time series record. GT is spanking CU.

[tron81]

It's true that GT leads the all-time series 45-24-2, but that's probably because all of the games were played at GT's stadium from 1898 until 1973. Since they've been playing mostly home-and-away, the series has been pretty even.

[ZachWhewTube]

And most of the games were played at GT's stadium because... Clemson sucked until around 1973.

[tron81]

Someone once said "I'd rather be lucky than good." That describes GT over the past few years. If not for incredible luck they wouldn't have won a game versus Clemson in about a decade.

[bkporter12]

Hmm, using that logic, both teams have been pretty lucky against each other. Going back since 1990, GT v Clemson has been 8-9 with Tech's average win being by 3 points and Clemson's by 12 points. If we take out Clemson's blowout wins in '06 and '03 (which I will grant were not luck but sheer buttwhoopings) of 36 and 24 points, the average changes to an average of a 7 point win.

Why don't we just say that it has been a really close, competitive, entertaining rivalry for close to 20 years now?

[tron81]

That's true. Most of the time you get your money's worth when you watch a GT-Clemson game.

[SamtheBravesFan]

There is no doubt about it. Clemson and GT have a real rivalry going. This year's game should be particularly fun.

[calvinjohnson4god]

Clemson has had some pretty incredible luck against GT in some of their wins as well. 2001 still haunts me.