[Long Post] Objective Assessment: Clemson is the BEST Team We Will Play

I can’t believe all of these serious “LSU by 21” comments. I know it’s not everyone, but for all of you who have recently jumped onto the Burreaux Train:

-Just because Clemson’s schedule is garbage doesn’t mean they can’t keep up in a shootout.

-They have the best QB and coaching staff we have faced all season long.

-Ross = Julio Jones

-Higgins = AJ Green

-Rogers: reminds me of Steve Smith with the ball in his hands and route running.

-What’s scary about the above is that they LOVE running four vert plays over and over again.

-We won’t see that short-route passing scheme they ran versus OSU because we can’t get the same type of pressure.

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Here’s an objective look into our season:

-Florida: kept it close for three quarters and played us very well. This is when Trask was just starting to put it together. It was our second biggest game and still pretty early in the season. Florida did well up until their DBs started giving our WR some space. We ended up winning by double digits.


Auburn: Yes the field was shite, but that should also slow down the D-line. Our offense looked like shite in the red zone. That’s supposedly a strength for Clemson, but honestly, OSU dropping TD passes doesn’t mean your red zone offense is great. We need to improve here. If Auburn’s offense was even remotely competent, they’d win this game.

Bama: Bama’s defense is not that great, especially by Bama’s standards. That being said, Clemson’s defense is better. I don’t buy into the Tua’s injury affecting his game, it was the same Tua from the NCG. There were a lot of take always from this game: Burrow obliterated their defense and scored at will. The defense did great aside from 2 blown TD passes and the punt return. The score here is not indicative of the real game. That being said, Clemson is better than this Bama team.

-Ole Miss: so many people point to this game that don’t know shite about college football. Yes, we played like garbage, but the Bama hangover was real and Delpit wasn’t anywhere near 100%. He was a big reason why their QB ran all over us. Regardless, it was a wake up call and the defense stepped up the rest of the season.

-UGA: this would’ve been a great measuring stick, but UGA’s offense is focused around Swift and he wasn’t healthy. Our offense could’ve dropped 70, but I wanted to see what the defense was capable of. Not much more to say about this game.

-OU: even if OU had all of their players, this would’ve been a blowout. No takeaways from this game.



So here we are. Clemson in one week. They will undoubtedly be the best team we have played all year.

Sunshine pumpers: Clemson is the defending champs who returned the entire offense, has a very underrated offensive line, and better defense than Bama. I don’t believe Clemson can slow our offense down, but our defense has been gashed before for big plays. If anything, the NCG magnifies a team’s weaknesses.

Expect Clemson to do everything they can to keep our offense off of the field for as long as possible.


Edit: I wanted to add that we will be the best offense Clemson has ever seen, but Clemson is the best team we have faced on both sides of the ball. Ohio State was the best defense Clemson has faced.



Edit #2: the tl;dr: we have not played a complete team like Clemson all season. Clemson has. It’s an unpopular fact, BUT IT’S A FACT. You cannot expect the same results based on our previous games. Our offense will do well, but you’d be foolish to assume their offense won’t succeed as well.

Edit #3: I’d genuinely love to feel as confidant as y’all about this game. If you’re going to refute these claims, please provide the reasoning, not just “we can’t be stopped.” The Clemson tape has been pretty remarkable. There’s a reason why Delpit praises the shite out of them and our defense said Burrow and Lawrence are 1a and 1b.