How "Lil' Ol' Clemson" is Building a Big Ol' Empire
The Lead
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🗓️ 10 January 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Clemson is about to play in its fourth CFP National Championship game in five years. But, historically, the Tigers have not been a top program. And in many ways, the deck is stacked against them. The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel joins us to talk about how Clemson has overcome the odds to become a dynasty-in-the-making -- and why they’re about to get even stronger.
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| 0:00.0 | We're just three days away from the CFP national championship game and there's a familiar |
| 0:11.4 | name in the mix. |
| 0:29.6 | The CFP has now been to four of the last five title games and we've all gotten used |
| 0:33.9 | to seeing them as a national powerhouse. |
| 0:36.4 | But historically the Tigers have not been a top program and in many ways the deck is |
| 0:41.5 | stacked against them. |
| 0:43.5 | Today the Athletic Stewart Mandel joins us to talk about how Clemson has overcome the |
| 0:48.2 | odds to become a dynasty in the making and why they're about to get even stronger. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:00.6 | And I'm Anders Keltso, it's Friday, January 10th and this is The Lead. |
| 1:06.7 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:11.1 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the verse from the verse |
| 1:15.2 | and the failures of the past don't matter because you got this down. |
| 1:21.2 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:25.4 | That stays with you. |
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