🏈 Coaches dish on all 14 ACC teams.

[252BAMA]

Clemson

"Now they’ll steal your signals. People don’t want to talk about it, but the teams that gave them fits were NC State and Pitt because they huddled. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. It’s not a very well-kept secret, but it didn’t matter. They could have told us what was coming on every play and they would have whipped us."

https://athlonsports.com/acc-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2017

 

[sean]

i thought this one about FSU was interesting...

"Offensively, they’re very average up front, especially losing Rod Johnson early, which I know caught their staff by surprise. They’re not as good on the offensive line as they were a few years ago, and you saw that with how many times (QB Deondre Francois) got hit last year. He took a beating and he just kept getting up and showed tremendous courage. From an ability standpoint, he’s got the whole package. If you’re an NFL team, you probably wish he was 6'4", but his arm talent is tremendous. As tough as he is, they have to be concerned with keeping him healthy because their No. 2 QB is a big question mark."

 

[bama alum]

i thought this one about FSU was interesting...

Absolutely. Francois was beaten like a dammit doll so many times last year. Mack Wilson or SD Hamilton may have a wager on which one of the two will clean his clock first.

 

[Che Boludo]

Agree with the Clemson comments, their talent is one thing, but Dabo has assembled a great staff.

Venables is the best defensive coach asst in the country. Only coach I've seen that consistently balances quality D play withe a team running an uptempo offense.