🏈 Clemson Fan Perspective

[50+yeartidefan]

@BamaFan334 And @Destiny's Child .... Good job
@It Takes Eleven
Good recommendations onplaces to eat....
Will jave to decide ....Duke in Atlanta or USCe in Columbia...
Good luck to ur team @CU14

 

[94 Grad]

When you say, our Defense isn't up to usual standards... you know the most points we've given up all year is to Oklahoma @ 35 (#1 offense in the country averaging 50 points per game) and are averaging just 16 points per game (including the post season to date)? Let's also remember that in the main part of the season, a good handful of those points given up where by our 2nd and/or 3rd string Defense playing against the other teams #1s... Now, I'm not saying our Defense is as dominant as in season past, but let's be honest here... it's only slightly a tick off if that.

As for your other points:

1. TL I am sure is a great player and may be the right guy at the right time for Clemson to win. You have plenty of talent around him to support him and it's just one game you have to win. They key will be your running game, if you can get it going with your talented backs. If we can control the Line with 4 guys, it's going to be tough for TL to get to the WR with 2 safeties. Not impossible, but tough for a FR.

2. I would agree, you can't start slow... the issue will be how to really adjust to our pass rush. It will somewhat depend on injuries on our side, but again you'll be helped out if you establish the running game.

3. Simmons (#11)... maybe a factor in Run support... but Tua isn't going to need to be "spied". Really, you need pressure on Tua without blitzing. If Simmons get's lost in coverage... Irv Smith may have a field day catching the ball. He's might be one of the best TE you've seen all year in the passing game...

4. DT depth... this could be an issue for sure for Clemson, especially if we can get a lead and have the chance to ground pound the running game. If it's a closer game, I think you'll be able to manage the rotation fine.

5. ETN... He's the guy that worries me the most. I think if you look at our Defense, where we seem to be weaker this year is vs the run. Most teams are playing catch-up, so run stopping hasn't been needed as much. I think you're whole offensive success will be keyed on the running game and how successful it can/will be. If we don't have to bring a safety down into the box, you're going to lose. However, I don't think we can stop ETN consistently without walking a safety down, I hope I'm wrong...

In the end, it's one game... even if Alabama would win 7 or 8 outta 10 games vs Clemson, you have enough talent to win at least 2 or 3 times. This is only one game so it could very well come down to mistakes and turnovers... if you can get us in to punting situations from our side of the field, you'll for sure have good field position as our punter is crap.

Hoping neither team has any serious injures... "let's play ball"!

 

[rick4bama]

Good input in and around here.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Always enjoy getting other teams insight of the games. So here’s mine. (Might be long)

This one is hard for me to get a feel. There was a point in the season I thought everyone was playing for second. But I’m starting to get a little bit of confidence.

Bamas been winning National Championships with “game manager” QBs. The fact y’all have a dynamic guy like Tua is absolutely terrifying. The one thing that’s helpful for us is this Bama D isn’t up to usual standards.

Things i think will decide the game (pretty universal)

1- TL.. he’s a phenomenal player that can make all the throws. That’s a known. For being a true freshman he’s been absolutely incredible. BUT we still don’t know if he has that “it” factor Watson had. We haven’t seen him in a backs against the wall situation so we really don’t know.

2- line of scrimmage. This is pretty basic and I think everyone understands this importance here. Our OL has started slow most season. Don’t know what it is but they seem to take a quarter or so to get into the game. ND game was no exception. First few drives they were living in our back field but pass pro got much better as game went on. Can’t start slow tomorrow or we could find ourselves in a serious hole.

3- Simmons (#11). He plays a hybrid LB/S for us. If we win, i think he’ll be a storyline. He played his best game of the season last week. He’s a long freaky athlete, he can look like a first rounder or a JV player on any play. Can get lost in coverage at times. But he did a fantastic job spying Book last week and he’s always solid in run support. Think he needs to be equally good spying Tua

4- DT depth. Obviously losing Dex is huge. Not just the fact we’re losing probably the best of the four linemen but now we really only have 3 guys on rotation there. We’ve had depth issues there all season thanks to off season transfers and an injury. Huggins is a very solid player. He’d start a lot of places. Just don’t feel great only having a couple guys to rotate in there. The good thing is we’ve beat the crap out of most schools and Dabo is notorious for playing our whole roster in blowouts so hopefully that pays off as they’ve played far few snaps than most typically would have 14 games in.

5- ETN. Got to continue to feed him the ball even if it’s getting stuffed (which I expect). He’s just capable of scoring on any play. ND did a good job slowing him down, and then he gets one opening and takes it 60 for a TD


Anyways that’s what I got. I’m expecting another classic but also think both teams Os are good enough to blow it open if either D can slow down the O. Gut says 30 points probably wins it. So I’m going 31-28 Tigers.

Pfft.

Clempsum is A*burn with a lake.

GTFO here with that nonsense.

 

[BamaFan334]

Always enjoy getting other teams insight of the games. So here’s mine. (Might be long)

This one is hard for me to get a feel. There was a point in the season I thought everyone was playing for second. But I’m starting to get a little bit of confidence.

Bamas been winning National Championships with “game manager” QBs. The fact y’all have a dynamic guy like Tua is absolutely terrifying. The one thing that’s helpful for us is this Bama D isn’t up to usual standards.

Things i think will decide the game (pretty universal)

1- TL.. he’s a phenomenal player that can make all the throws. That’s a known. For being a true freshman he’s been absolutely incredible. BUT we still don’t know if he has that “it” factor Watson had. We haven’t seen him in a backs against the wall situation so we really don’t know.

2- line of scrimmage. This is pretty basic and I think everyone understands this importance here. Our OL has started slow most season. Don’t know what it is but they seem to take a quarter or so to get into the game. ND game was no exception. First few drives they were living in our back field but pass pro got much better as game went on. Can’t start slow tomorrow or we could find ourselves in a serious hole.

3- Simmons (#11). He plays a hybrid LB/S for us. If we win, i think he’ll be a storyline. He played his best game of the season last week. He’s a long freaky athlete, he can look like a first rounder or a JV player on any play. Can get lost in coverage at times. But he did a fantastic job spying Book last week and he’s always solid in run support. Think he needs to be equally good spying Tua

4- DT depth. Obviously losing Dex is huge. Not just the fact we’re losing probably the best of the four linemen but now we really only have 3 guys on rotation there. We’ve had depth issues there all season thanks to off season transfers and an injury. Huggins is a very solid player. He’d start a lot of places. Just don’t feel great only having a couple guys to rotate in there. The good thing is we’ve beat the crap out of most schools and Dabo is notorious for playing our whole roster in blowouts so hopefully that pays off as they’ve played far few snaps than most typically would have 14 games in.

5- ETN. Got to continue to feed him the ball even if it’s getting stuffed (which I expect). He’s just capable of scoring on any play. ND did a good job slowing him down, and then he gets one opening and takes it 60 for a TD


Anyways that’s what I got. I’m expecting another classic but also think both teams Os are good enough to blow it open if either D can slow down the O. Gut says 30 points probably wins it. So I’m going 31-28 Tigers.

Pfft.

Clempsum is A*burn with a lake.

GTFO here with that nonsense.

When you starting to hit the sauce tonight? 16 minutes ago?

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Always enjoy getting other teams insight of the games. So here’s mine. (Might be long)

This one is hard for me to get a feel. There was a point in the season I thought everyone was playing for second. But I’m starting to get a little bit of confidence.

Bamas been winning National Championships with “game manager” QBs. The fact y’all have a dynamic guy like Tua is absolutely terrifying. The one thing that’s helpful for us is this Bama D isn’t up to usual standards.

Things i think will decide the game (pretty universal)

1- TL.. he’s a phenomenal player that can make all the throws. That’s a known. For being a true freshman he’s been absolutely incredible. BUT we still don’t know if he has that “it” factor Watson had. We haven’t seen him in a backs against the wall situation so we really don’t know.

2- line of scrimmage. This is pretty basic and I think everyone understands this importance here. Our OL has started slow most season. Don’t know what it is but they seem to take a quarter or so to get into the game. ND game was no exception. First few drives they were living in our back field but pass pro got much better as game went on. Can’t start slow tomorrow or we could find ourselves in a serious hole.

3- Simmons (#11). He plays a hybrid LB/S for us. If we win, i think he’ll be a storyline. He played his best game of the season last week. He’s a long freaky athlete, he can look like a first rounder or a JV player on any play. Can get lost in coverage at times. But he did a fantastic job spying Book last week and he’s always solid in run support. Think he needs to be equally good spying Tua

4- DT depth. Obviously losing Dex is huge. Not just the fact we’re losing probably the best of the four linemen but now we really only have 3 guys on rotation there. We’ve had depth issues there all season thanks to off season transfers and an injury. Huggins is a very solid player. He’d start a lot of places. Just don’t feel great only having a couple guys to rotate in there. The good thing is we’ve beat the crap out of most schools and Dabo is notorious for playing our whole roster in blowouts so hopefully that pays off as they’ve played far few snaps than most typically would have 14 games in.

5- ETN. Got to continue to feed him the ball even if it’s getting stuffed (which I expect). He’s just capable of scoring on any play. ND did a good job slowing him down, and then he gets one opening and takes it 60 for a TD


Anyways that’s what I got. I’m expecting another classic but also think both teams Os are good enough to blow it open if either D can slow down the O. Gut says 30 points probably wins it. So I’m going 31-28 Tigers.

Pfft.

Clempsum is A*burn with a lake.

GTFO here with that nonsense.

When you starting to hit the sauce tonight? 16 minutes ago?

Not yet. Lol. Round the same time as I fire up my grill, round 530.

 

[BamaFan334]

Always enjoy getting other teams insight of the games. So here’s mine. (Might be long)

This one is hard for me to get a feel. There was a point in the season I thought everyone was playing for second. But I’m starting to get a little bit of confidence.

Bamas been winning National Championships with “game manager” QBs. The fact y’all have a dynamic guy like Tua is absolutely terrifying. The one thing that’s helpful for us is this Bama D isn’t up to usual standards.

Things i think will decide the game (pretty universal)

1- TL.. he’s a phenomenal player that can make all the throws. That’s a known. For being a true freshman he’s been absolutely incredible. BUT we still don’t know if he has that “it” factor Watson had. We haven’t seen him in a backs against the wall situation so we really don’t know.

2- line of scrimmage. This is pretty basic and I think everyone understands this importance here. Our OL has started slow most season. Don’t know what it is but they seem to take a quarter or so to get into the game. ND game was no exception. First few drives they were living in our back field but pass pro got much better as game went on. Can’t start slow tomorrow or we could find ourselves in a serious hole.

3- Simmons (#11). He plays a hybrid LB/S for us. If we win, i think he’ll be a storyline. He played his best game of the season last week. He’s a long freaky athlete, he can look like a first rounder or a JV player on any play. Can get lost in coverage at times. But he did a fantastic job spying Book last week and he’s always solid in run support. Think he needs to be equally good spying Tua

4- DT depth. Obviously losing Dex is huge. Not just the fact we’re losing probably the best of the four linemen but now we really only have 3 guys on rotation there. We’ve had depth issues there all season thanks to off season transfers and an injury. Huggins is a very solid player. He’d start a lot of places. Just don’t feel great only having a couple guys to rotate in there. The good thing is we’ve beat the crap out of most schools and Dabo is notorious for playing our whole roster in blowouts so hopefully that pays off as they’ve played far few snaps than most typically would have 14 games in.

5- ETN. Got to continue to feed him the ball even if it’s getting stuffed (which I expect). He’s just capable of scoring on any play. ND did a good job slowing him down, and then he gets one opening and takes it 60 for a TD


Anyways that’s what I got. I’m expecting another classic but also think both teams Os are good enough to blow it open if either D can slow down the O. Gut says 30 points probably wins it. So I’m going 31-28 Tigers.

Pfft.

Clempsum is A*burn with a lake.

GTFO here with that nonsense.

When you starting to hit the sauce tonight? 16 minutes ago?

Not yet. Lol. Round the same time as I fire up my grill, round 530.

May join you around that time. Should I go Black Grouse or Makers tonight? Whichever is not chosen is what I'll give the kids to make sure they go to sleep and stay asleep till the morning.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

Ordering local gourmet pizza for tonight. Got a small stock of Lagunitas IPA and the rest of the gallon of Patron that the kids bought me for xmas to hopefully see me through the game

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Hugh bacon cheese burgers on grill...
Done.....cold beer.....rest of night.....maybe make some popcorn...
Stomach turning a
Ittle

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Pfft.

Clempsum is A*burn with a lake.

GTFO here with that nonsense.

Careful using a clip when your man gets owned seconds later. Bad juju.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

BTW “Ghost in the Machine” double IPA from Parish brewing is a nice onesy/twosey sipper for pregaming old folks like myself

 

[BamaFan334]

Well, @CU14 made every one of us look like idiots. Fucking called every point of the game that made a difference. Applause for you my friend and Congratulations on being Champions. Y'all deserved this one for sure.

 

[bamaledge]

Congrats, you guys played a helluva game!

 

[ElephantStomp]

Well @CU14 You were right and all is is were wrong by a bunch.

Congrats!!

 

[Trob]

Congrats to your boys @CU14. Helluva team.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Pfft.

Clempsum is A*burn with a lake.

GTFO here with that nonsense.

Careful using a clip when your man gets owned seconds later. Bad juju.

Bad juju, indeed.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

@CU14 ....congrats..... got a hellva team.....enjoy ur time at #1 slot....
See you next year

 

[CU14]

Thanks fellas, like the previous 3 years had nothing but pleasant interactions with yalls fans at the game. I really enjoy these matchups and fully expect part V next season. Trevor and Tua with another year under their belts, scary thought

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

@CU14, congratulations on one heck of a performance. You guys are the national champions without a doubt.
I fully expect that this most difficult game will the subject of a lot of focus and motivation during the next year.
We'll see you next time.