say this is skewed by the fact we havent played them in a decade.

This rivalry needs to continue. It is a giant hole on each teams schedule each year. and to make it all be remembered:

Danny Ford wanted to take Herschel to lunch. Herschel accepted. Coach Ford said, "Herschel, I’m going to take you some place that you’ve never been." Herschel was baffled when they pulled up to Death Valley and walked inside. In the end zone was a small table, two chairs and a fresh white linen. Herschel said, "Coach Ford, I’m confused. Why are we going to have lunch in the end zone?" Danny Ford said, "Herschel, I told you I was going to take you some place that you’ve never been."

You recruited Herschel Walker, who many consider to be the greatest college football player ever. How close did he come to attending Clemson?

“At the Georgia game that year, he was in the stands as our guest. He told us after the game he was coming to Clemson. He told us on several occasions that he was coming to Clemson. When did I know I wasn’t going to get him? Herschel, the whole time, drove an old beat-up black Ford and I would go to the junior high school where they had their practice field and everything. He would be there the last period, and the old black Ford would be parked outside the gym, His senior year, I pulled in there and there was a shiny new Trans Am, a Pontiac Trans Am. I didn’t think anything of it, and that it might be another coach’s car. I went inside, and his coach said, ‘How do you like Herschel’s new car?’ I said ‘no’ and he said ‘Yeah, his dad bought it for him.’ I knew right there we weren’t going to get him.”