For many of us, Clemson was not a top-tier football program when orange got into our blood, but for all of us, Clemson was a tradition-rich place that screamed family and pageantry.
While Coach Swinney is right, “the fun is in the winning,” it’s largely tradition that binds generations of Clemson fans together. Those traditions, like stamping $2 bills and traveling en masse to College Station make being a Clemson fan especially fun. Some Clemson traditions that stand out to me include:
- Rubbing Howard’s Rock and Running Down the Hill
- Pre-Game Pageantry (Starting before the Tigers run down the hill, Clemson has a handful of traditions that truly add to the Americana and family-feel of a Clemson football game and then end with a hype video that leads nicely into the Tigers approaching the hill.