Common opponents vs. Clemson

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I pulled together some stats against Louisville and Tx A&M (Opp) - see below. We are playing better than we did against Louisville, but Clemson is playing better than when they played A&M. They have allowed more passing yards.
With a few more games under his belt that freshman they have might cause us problems passing.

OppBamaOppCU
1st Downs20.522.520.520.5
3rd down efficiency7 of 2714 of 2512 of 3211 of 21
3rd down percentage26%56%38%52%
Total Yards330.5521.5406.5537
Passing257.5356330.5233.5
Comp-Att43/8342/5950/7431/47
Yards per pass6.25128.89.7
Interceptions thrown2010.5
Rushing73165.576303.5
Rushing Attempts27353434.5
Yards per rush2.64.62.38.5
Fumbles lost00.51.5.5
Penalties15/14319/19315/1327/64
Turnovers20.52.51




 
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That freshman should be worried about our defense. He looks like he needs to add some weight.
 

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My finely tuned eye test tells me that Clemson is playing better football now than they were at the beginning of the season. If we play them in the playoffs I think the game will be closer to the 2015 game than the walkover game they were last year. That freshman QB is pretty sharp not gonna lie.
 

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Forget the transitive property type comparisons. They don't work. Alabama is better. Better offense. Better defense. Better coaches. Better.
 

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My finely tuned eye test tells me that Clemson is playing better football now than they were at the beginning of the season. If we play them in the playoffs I think the game will be closer to the 2015 game than the walkover game they were last year. That freshman QB is pretty sharp not gonna lie.
He would never have time to throw. He’s not a statue but he’s not as athletic as Watson either. Our DL would do serious damage to his ability to stand in the pocket and throw. They’ve got a great RB, but again the DL and our LBs have rapidly improved.

If we play our best, and are healthy, it’s a 38-17 type game, IMO. Yes I’ve had my koolaid today.
 

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I never worry about our D holding even great teams to normal scores, and with this offense we can outscore any team out there this year. We stay healthy no one but Bama can stop us. We would have to implode to lose.
 

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I don't care about common opponents. Any given resorts and all that. I'd say, instead, that they've played an even sister schedule them us.

I don't want to turn this into the Clemson forum. Scroll through and if you didn't see their header, you'd think it was a Bama forum. On gameday you'll see a minimum, MINIMUM of 30 threads on Bama. Don't believe me, check it out yourself.

Apparently this team just lives rent free in the heads of every team named "tigers"

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I think Clemson knew last week that people would start to look at common opponents and make comparisons between Bama and Clemson. They struggled with Texas A&M while we won easily so last week with a different QB I think they deliberately tried to run up the score against Louisville to send a message to college football that they are a force to be reckoned with.
 

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I think Clemson knew last week that people would start to look at common opponents and make comparisons between Bama and Clemson. They struggled with Texas A&M while we won easily so last week with a different QB I think they deliberately tried to run up the score against Louisville to send a message to college football that they are a force to be reckoned with.
Well that and Petrino is generally disliked immensely
 

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I think Clemson knew last week that people would start to look at common opponents and make comparisons between Bama and Clemson. They struggled with Texas A&M while we won easily so last week with a different QB I think they deliberately tried to run up the score against Louisville to send a message to college football that they are a force to be reckoned with.
They barely threw the ball in the game and put in their 2nd string offense (entire offense) when the score was 42-0. The final 35 points were scored with their second team players in the game.

The final score was far more about Louisville than Clemson. Louisville quit. They did not quit in the Alabama game as it was the first game of the season.
 

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They barely threw the ball in the game and put in their 2nd string offense (entire offense) when the score was 42-0. The final 35 points were scored with their second team players in the game.

The final score was far more about Louisville than Clemson. Louisville quit. They did not quit in the Alabama game as it was the first game of the season.
All I can say is that Saban never allowed Bama to score 77 points against anyone, and I predict he won't allow us to score 77 against The Citadel either.
 

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All I can say is that Saban never allowed Bama to score 77 points against anyone, and I predict he won't allow us to score 77 against The Citadel either.
If Citadel quits like Louisville did, you will - unless you punt on 1st down. And that is more of an insult than running up the score.
 

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I don't care about common opponents. Any given resorts and all that. I'd say, instead, that they've played an even sister schedule them us.

I don't want to turn this into the Clemson forum. Scroll through and if you didn't see their header, you'd think it was a Bama forum. On gameday you'll see a minimum, MINIMUM of 30 threads on Bama. Don't believe me, check it out yourself.

Apparently this team just lives rent free in the heads of every team named "tigers"

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Which Clemson forum do you mean?
 

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