I don't think that you are giving your offense enough credit. .
They scored 16 points and the endzone might as well been a lava pit when we got on the goal line vs THEIR defense. How much credit do you want me to take away from a superior defense and its superior staff, and how much should I give back to an offense and its staff that had no idea how to respond to being hit in the jaw.
Your lost because your offense did not plan for the defense that you faced, and the defense that you faced was not the same Clemson defense that took the field the rest of the year. They had a defensive game plan that was 100% different than any that they had used all year..
Yet UGA did the same thing to us. So I guess that means Venerables and co>>>>>> Locks and co. The team and staff never got better after LSU, but Clemson got better after Syracuse.
. You did not prepare for anything except what you saw on film. You did not self-scout because you did not think it necessary. That lack od preparation cost you the game.
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yeah I don't buy that at all. 15 games in and there is very little you could hold back from your base sets. Sure you could have trick formations to give you an edge here and there, but not a whole gameplan.
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As for Lawrence - you shut down their entire offense on 1st and 2nd down. You did okay on 3rd down until the defense was so tired that they couldn't stand up any more. .
The truth is that our cornerbacks and linebackers were a liability the further down the depth chart you went, and once we lost Diggs we were back to basically having home run balls thrown on us again. Mack isn't near the field general as Lewis or Miller. We did some dumb things on defense. We weren't keeping them under 40 without some of our key playmakers back period.
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If your offense was properly prepared, the defense holds up much better and you win the game.
The Oklahoma and Georgia game says we are still giving up tons of points vs Clemson even with a better offensive performance. But again Venerables trumps both defensive staffs of those teams, and we both know what UGA did to Tua so.....
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IMO, you win the game going away. Not becuse you were the GOAT, but because you were better than them. You just got out coached.
44-16 isn't a game where if one or two, and maybe even 3 things go different fortunes completely flip. We weren't dominating them that night even if we played our best. It was an equal at best matchup. Maybe if we played 100% our best game it turns from CU 44-16 to Bama 55-51, but going away is a very big stretch.