Just Stop It, Clemson. Stop It!

Really, Clemson? Are you serious? "Tiger Walk?" As if the similarities between Clemson and Auburn weren't already numerous, Clemson's interim football coach, Dabo Swinney, has decided to add one more. Clemson will start a new tradition this Saturday. Two hours before kickoff against Georgia Tech, Clemson players will walk through the parking lot on their way to the stadium. The event will be called "Tiger Walk." Man, that sounds familiar. Where have I heard of that?

Oh, yeah, AUBURN already has something called "Tiger Walk." It's been around since the 1960s. So, what possessed Coach Swinney to come up with such a ridiculous copycat idea? Maybe he just wants to emulate Auburn's program as much as possible. Things are definitely on the right track: (1) crappy quarterback play (Check! Yeah, I'm talking about you, Cullen Harper. Oh, crap, tell your dad to stop crying); (2) Three losses already, despite a preseason top-10 ranking (Check!); (3) fire a head coach named Bowden that never lived up to expectations (Check!).

For those who don't know, Swinney was a former wide receiver at Alabama from 1989-1992. Swinney also started his coaching career at Alabama. He was hired at Clemson in 2002 after the Tide cleaned house by firing Mike Dubose.

[As an aside, Swinney's real name is William Christopher. The nickname Dabo came from his older brother, who would say "Dabo" in an effort to call his baby brother "that boy." Ahhhh, Pelham, Alabama.]

[Interim] Coach Swinney, is "Tiger Walk" really going to fix the problems you have at Clemson? I doubt it. Why ruin the uniqueness of Clemson (i.e., touching Howard's Rock as you run onto the field) by copying the tradition of another school? Hopefully your successor will bag this idea and move on to more important things, like winning games.