CLEMSON – There is a famous saying in American folklore, sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin or Mark Twain, although, as sayings go, no one really knows.
The saying, or definition, rather, states that the definition of the word “insanity,” is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
By this definition, onlookers, rivals, critics or couch-football warriors may have said that Clemson fans were insane to show up Saturday to watch the Tigers play the Florida State Seminoles, after failing to win a power conference game in over a year.
Yet more than 80,000 Clemson fans, either out of loyalty, insanity, or reluctant hope, poured into Death Valley to watch the Tigers’ losing streak, the program’s worst against Power 4 opponents since 1971, end with a 24-10 victory at Memorial Stadium.