The Orange Pants mean almost as much to Clemson fans as the Hill and Howard’s Rock. They are a fabric of Clemson’s rich football history. They are a tradition that started in 1980 when the Tigers charged down the Hill wearing them for the first time prior to the South Carolina game.
Clemson went on to win that game, 27-6, that afternoon over eventual Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers and the 14th-ranked Gamecocks. That following year, the Tigers wore them three more times on the way to the school’s first national championship.
“My dad has told me the stories in the past about the orange britches,” Clemson linebacker J.