Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted December 9 Moderators Share Posted December 9 A few notes on Clemson Clemson is a 10-3 ACC Championship team coming to Austin December 21. A deeper dive against the top 5 teams they have played tells a different story, however. Clemson P4 opponents winning % ... Georgia 11-2 NC State 6-6 Stanford 3-9 FSU 2-10 Virginia 5-7 Wake Forest 4-8 Pittsburgh 7-5 Virginia Tech 6-6 Louisville 8-4 South Carolina 9-3 SMU 11-2 Total = 72-60 Clemson's record vs. the teams with an 8-4 record or better on the schedule... 1-3. Losses to Georgia (34-3), Louisville (33-21), South Carolina (17-14) and beat SMU 34-31. Averaged 18.0 points per game in those four games. Clemson has struggled running the ball vs. top 5 opponents played... Clemson has played 5 teams with a 7-5 or better record, and the Tigers have struggled to run the ball. Georgia - Phil Mafah 16 carries for 59 yards Pittsburgh - Mafah 17 carries for 17 yards Louisville - Mafah 30 for 171 yards and 2 TD's South Carolina - Mafah 20 for 66 yards SMU - Mafah 13 for 28 yards Total = 99 for 342 (3.45 per carry) Mafah will also enter the game vs. Texas with a shoulder that is less than 100%. He's banged up per a source in the Palmetto State. Clemson defense vs. the top 5 opponents on the schedule... Georgia - 447 yards Pittsburgh - 438 yards Louisville - 366 yards South Carolina - 431 yards SMU - 458 yards Average = 428 yards per game 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard N Balls Bundle Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 I wonder how much intel Mukuba will be able to supply the staff with 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goattalk100 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 We should be able to dominate them physically on both LOS given what Georgia did to them earlier this year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted December 9 Author Moderators Share Posted December 9 Just now, goattalk100 said: We should be able to dominate them physically on both LOS given what Georgia did to them earlier this year. Clemson's OL should struggle against Texas, agreed. Their DL on the interior can truly compete IMO. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goattalk100 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Just now, Gerry Hamilton said: Clemson's OL should struggle against Texas, agreed. Their DL on the interior can truly compete IMO. Yea our interior OL will need to step up in a big way, given how they were manhandled against Georgia. @Gerry Hamilton do you have any intel on how Neto is doing? I’ve been kind of waiting for the staff to give him some sort of chance because I just don’t see Conner doing well against elite teams, especially in the run game. But they won’t change it this late in the season so I’m more so curious about Neto’s progression. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashtag Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Keep Klub in the pocket, don't let him beat you with his legs....that's the key. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texcoyote15 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 This is going to be a contrast of two different roster building styles. Dabo has been very open about he doesn’t like the portal. I haven’t researched whether he has any portal guys or not but I would bet it is not many. Sark has embraced everything that is available to him including the portal. You look at our portal guys on this years team, they’re difference makers. We wouldn’t be where we are at right now without the portal guys on our team. Two different ways of doing things. We’ll see how it goes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted December 9 Author Moderators Share Posted December 9 10 minutes ago, texcoyote15 said: This is going to be a contrast of two different roster building styles. Dabo has been very open about he doesn’t like the portal. I haven’t researched whether he has any portal guys or not but I would bet it is not many. Sark has embraced everything that is available to him including the portal. You look at our portal guys on this years team, they’re difference makers. We wouldn’t be where we are at right now without the portal guys on our team. Two different ways of doing things. We’ll see how it goes. Clemson has zero portal. Tied with the military academies for least. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texcoyote15 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 2 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Clemson has zero portal. Tied with the military academies for least. You know what Saban told Sark. You have to adapt. He said that is why there isn’t dinosaurs anymore………they couldn’t adapt 😂😂. We’ll see how it goes, but I would want to use whatever is available to me. Like I said, we have gotten ALOT of production out of our portal guys. I suspect Sark keeps bringing in difference makers via the portal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glass Joe Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 I took a cursory look at defensive stats yesterday (and some offensive) and the only one where Clemson was ahead of Texas was net turnover margin. They’ve been good at recovering fumbles (and not turning it over on offense). That said, other than some real dudes on the DL (Woods, Parker), and some good young WRs (Wesco, Williams, Moore) I don’t see much to worry about. Klubnik is a chain mover, not a big play guy, and we need to be more aware of his legs than his arm. This feels a bit like Arkansas (dual threat QB, decent WRs, but a much better DL). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinncent McManning, Jr. Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 One advantage that Clemson has is it won’t be distracted with portal recruiting. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Ramirez Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Clemson's OL should struggle against Texas, agreed. Their DL on the interior can truly compete IMO. Their interior DL can compete but so could Michigan’s. Their front 7 doesn’t rival Georgia’s. I’m less concerned about Clemson’s defense than I am about our offense’s inconsistent play. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted December 9 Moderators Share Posted December 9 Mafah is a bit dinged up and Clemson's RB2 Jay Haynes was carted off in the ACC Championship Game as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkates Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Another note on Clemson: THEY IN TROUBLE!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Moore Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted December 9 Author Moderators Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, Tuco Ramirez said: Their interior DL can compete but so could Michigan’s. Their front 7 doesn’t rival Georgia’s. I’m less concerned about Clemson’s defense than I am about our offense’s inconsistent play. I agree with you 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookemHorns Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 We play our A or B game we win. We need to focus on our execution, cleaning up the penalties, playing with good awareness of game context, etc and we win this game by 10+. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryJames Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said: Mafah is a bit dinged up and Clemson's RB2 Jay Haynes was carted off in the ACC Championship Game as well. Klubnik is their run game at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thisrowyellssorry Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 2 hours ago, texcoyote15 said: You know what Saban told Sark. You have to adapt. He said that is why there isn’t dinosaurs anymore………they couldn’t adapt 😂😂. We’ll see how it goes, but I would want to use whatever is available to me. Like I said, we have gotten ALOT of production out of our portal guys. I suspect Sark keeps bringing in difference makers via the portal. Highly doubt Dabo believes in dinosaurs but a story for a different day… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIIsles Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Feels like a similarly built team to A&M with better weapons at WR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky P Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 I don't see anything that Clemson does that scares Texas Defense or offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashtag Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 11 minutes ago, DIIsles said: Feels like a similarly built team to A&M with better weapons at WR. I think they're much better in the secondary than A&M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookEm Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 5 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Clemson's OL should struggle against Texas, agreed. Their DL on the interior can truly compete IMO. Do they have depth at O-line, though? I feel like this can look a lot like atm. Lean on them and wear them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thandFive Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 (edited) Maybe I’m wearing burnt orange glasses, but I agree with my friend a few posts earlier…I think Texas cleans up its problems, uses this as a tune up for the stretch run, and boat races Clemson. HookEm Texas by 20. Edited December 9 by 4thandFive 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Ramirez Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 I’m watching the ND State v Mercer game (yes, it’s a slow football day) and Sam Acho just said he thinks Clemson can upset Texas. Come on man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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