You are correct, but my point is that the Clemson team that beat Alabama did not play aTm. Same players, totally different team.To be fair it was only A&M's second game of the year as well and Lawrence was on the bench over there, so if their best QB was on the bench who's fault is that?
And oh yeah, Lawrence did come in the game and went 5/9 with 1 TD.....
You didn't think that when I was critical of the ACC.BIGTide,........................Has a great deal of sense!
What's hilarious is that everyone knows that given the option to play Clemson's or Bama's schedule, Dabo would choose Clemson's every single time.Conference things are for you.
My concern is for one school.
We disagree. No biggie.
I'm just ready for the season to get going.
What's the point of being on this message board then? Obviously, we're going to talk about the underlying causes. If all there was to talk about was the final score, it would boring, indeed.I'm not, nor have ever been, a drinker of ESPN's conference mantra koolaid.
Obviously, you are.
Geez, you play the games, you see who wins.................that's it.
All this gnashing of teeth in attempt to figure out the underlying causes of a football game is ridiculous.
I understand Tex AM will be, but what in the world qualifies South Carolina for the second spot? Traditionally Syracuse, Georgia Tech, NC State are tougher than Scar, not to mention FSU, Virginia Tech. Prior last year, South Carolina would be below Boston College, FSU, Georgia Tech, Louisville, NC State, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Virginia.
In 2016, we lost to Pitt and went to overtime with NC State, beat FSU by 3, then beat South Carolina 56-7
In 2017, we lost to Syracuse, beat NC State by 7, Auburn by 8, Va Tech by 14, Wake by 14, Ga Tech by 14 and had South Carolina 34-0 at the end of the 3rd quarter and then played everyone.
last year we had 744 total yards vs SC and 351 yards rushing. I just don't get what South Carolina has done in the off season to jump everyone and become our second toughest game.
I'm actually glad Scar gave us a game for a little while last year. Although the game was never in doubt as we led by two to three touchdowns for most of the game, it was a wake-up call for our secondary. Venables lit into them the next day and following week. Venables said he was embarrassed and I really think the poor performance by the secondary, on that night, was the reason we played so well in the secondary in the post season. They knew Venables was ....ed off at them.
A little, But to give you the answer you want “ If the goal is to win a national championship only” then Clemson is the better one.
I hope that your head coach's analysis is as simple minded as yours.The causes were simple.
One team made plays.
One team didn't.
Anyway, good luck to Bama this season.
The causes were simple.
One team made plays.
One team didn't.
Anyway, good luck to Bama this season.
I have never seen such thought provoking analysis in my life.The causes were simple.
One team made plays.
One team didn't.
Anyway, good luck to Bama this season.
The causes were simple.
One team made plays.
One team didn't.
Anyway, good luck to Bama this season.
Haven't seen anyone on here bragging.As some have said on other threads:
You win a couple of national championships after what? a 25 - 30 year draught and all of a sudden you're a world beater and think you're the end all be all. You have all of 3 or 4 NCs Clemson fans, when you catch up to us then come on here and brag.
Haven't seen anyone on here bragging.
And our draught has been longer than that. Way longer.
At present, we're in a good place. No more, no less.
We only have 3. ( we didn't "claim" any from the past )
Unless something weird happens, I see a great chance of Bama and Clemson meeting again this year.
Georgia will obviously have a say, and upsets happen in college football.
Just glad it's about to get started.
Can’t claim it if no one gives it to you to claim.We only have 3. ( we didn't "claim" any from the past )
Even when you feign decency you take shots...and it's drought.
So here's the deal - your attitude is gonna get you banned if you keep this kind of foolishness up.We only have 3. ( we didn't "claim" any from the past )
So here's the deal - your attitude is gonna get you banned if you keep this kind of foolishness up.
One more post like this and you're gone. Don't ask for an explanation - your posts don't add enough value to the forum to merit one.