Clemson trolls Alabama over title with tombstone
It's been a couple of months since Clemson claimed victory over Alabama to win a college football national title, but that doesn't mean the Tigers will stop celebrating it.
In fact, they added a permanent reminder with this gravestone marking the win:
But this isn't the first tombstone Clemson has near its practice facility (although that would have been really epic trolling). This is part of "The Graveyard":
Clemson has garnered 73 wins over AP or USA Today ranked teams over the years, but some wins stand out. Winning over a ranked team in Death Valley is one thing, but gaining victory over a ranked team on an opponent's home field is an extraordinary accomplishment. To document these victories, Clemson has constructed a "Graveyard" at the entrance to the Clemson practice fields behind the Jervey Athletic Center. Under Dabo Swinney's watch, the Tigers have added nine tombstones to the "Graveyard" - including 2015 victims North Carolina (ACC Championship Game) and Oklahoma (Orange Bowl).
There are tombstones for wins over Wake Forest in 1948, eighth-ranked North Carolina in 1981, and many others. It's actually a pretty cool way to mark big wins … and also pretty dark.