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Clemson 29 game win streak is impressive until
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:11 am
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:11 am
you realize during the last two regular seasons the only decent team they played is Texas A&M twice. Then in the playoff they whipped Bama (after beating a very weak Notre Dame team) and this year squeezed out a win over Ohio State in the semi-final.
So in the past 29 games they have played against 4, maybe 5 teams if you count Notre Dame, that are actually competitive.
Winning 29 in a row is a feat but not nearly as difficult when you only play 2 teams that present a challenge each year.
Geaux Tigers!
So in the past 29 games they have played against 4, maybe 5 teams if you count Notre Dame, that are actually competitive.
Winning 29 in a row is a feat but not nearly as difficult when you only play 2 teams that present a challenge each year.
Geaux Tigers!
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:17 am to LongTime Tiger
Don't be silly. It's impressive any way you slice it. And they beat Bama pretty easily.
They will probably be the best team we have faced so far.
They will probably be the best team we have faced so far.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:16 am to Powerman
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They will probably be the best team we have faced so far.
I still give the nod to Bama, but reserve the right to reevaluate after Monday.
This year’s Bama and Clemson teams are essentially 2A and 2B, in no particular order. I give the edge to Bama on offense (even without Tua), and to Clemson on defense.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:18 am to LongTime Tiger
It’s impressive , let there be no doubt about it. Especially what they did to Bama. If we humbled Bama that bad, we’d be shouting it from the rooftops.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:18 am to Powerman
Alabama was the best team we will play this year. We beat them on the road and stood tall as they continued to throw haymakers. We will beat Clemson by 17 or more.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:04 am to LongTime Tiger
It’s impressive. Plain and simple.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:15 am to Powerman
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Don't be silly. It's impressive any way you slice it. And they beat Bama pretty easily.
I disagree. Just because the Globetrotters almost never lose to the Washington Generals doesn’t make it impressive.
Yes some of Clemsons wins are about that impressive. If they played one or two teams a year with a pulse in the regular season we wouldn't be talking about a streak. Hell we probably wouldn’t be playing them Monday.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:17 am to LongTime Tiger
LSU doesn’t even have a 29 game win streak against group of five schools.
So yes winning 29 in a row no matter who you played is very impressive. Does it mean this year’s team is better than LSU? No but that doesn’t take away from what they have accomplished.
So yes winning 29 in a row no matter who you played is very impressive. Does it mean this year’s team is better than LSU? No but that doesn’t take away from what they have accomplished.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:12 am to LongTime Tiger
A school from Florida that we played had a pretty good win streak going too...
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:24 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
What is impressive is that they play such a trash schedule and are still able to produce when they play real teams with basically no competitive game experience.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:27 am to LongTime Tiger
It's impressive, but we will end their winning streak the same way we ended "defending national champ" UCF's win streak last season. 
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:28 am to LongTime Tiger
I’m just glad Dabo and the team are talking about the streak. Let them celebrate last year’s win and the distraction of the streak.
Meanwhile, the Tigers are focused on this one game.
Meanwhile, the Tigers are focused on this one game.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:33 am to habz007
29 wins in a row doesn’t compare in any way to LSU’s season thusfar.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:39 am to Philippines4LSU
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This year’s Bama and Clemson teams are essentially 2A and 2B, in no particular order. I give the edge to Bama on offense (even without Tua), and to Clemson on defense.
Oh, yeah, Ohio State doesn't figure in there at all?
Bama's defense was so weak that I think Ohio State and Clemson were better.
1. LSU
Substantial gap
2a. Ohio State
2b. Clemson
4 Bama
Small gap
5. Florida
6. Oregon/Auburn/Oklahoma/Georgia, etc.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:57 am to Penrod
saw that yall put the rankings with the gap
for the lat 3-4 years (barring the kelly bryant year) the "gap" had looked like this:
Clemson-Alabama
Everyone else
Then the natty happened and no one had seen alabama get beat down like that since i think yall stomped them in like 2003. (sorry might have the year wrong a little before my time). Then yall and OSU happened. Bama i think going into the year was clearly 1b but they just never got going this year, and yall beat them handedly ( i was rooting for yall), but it was a good attempt at a comeback by tua, and ended up being a close game, but you guys proved that you had closed the gap. That is the only game on your schedule that compares to the Clemson team you guys are playing. We are a slightly better team then who yall played that day. Slightly better qb slightly better rb, they have slightly better wrs, and oline but we have the slightly better special teams and defense. Yall closed the gap on Bama, to think you have created this huge gap above clemson is ignorant, yall are in for a dog fight.
for the lat 3-4 years (barring the kelly bryant year) the "gap" had looked like this:
Clemson-Alabama
Everyone else
Then the natty happened and no one had seen alabama get beat down like that since i think yall stomped them in like 2003. (sorry might have the year wrong a little before my time). Then yall and OSU happened. Bama i think going into the year was clearly 1b but they just never got going this year, and yall beat them handedly ( i was rooting for yall), but it was a good attempt at a comeback by tua, and ended up being a close game, but you guys proved that you had closed the gap. That is the only game on your schedule that compares to the Clemson team you guys are playing. We are a slightly better team then who yall played that day. Slightly better qb slightly better rb, they have slightly better wrs, and oline but we have the slightly better special teams and defense. Yall closed the gap on Bama, to think you have created this huge gap above clemson is ignorant, yall are in for a dog fight.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:10 am to LongTime Tiger
I'm guessing they've played a total of 3 top 10 teams in that stretch?
Winning it all last year was impressive. I'll even say beating Ohio State was impressive. But outside of that, they haven't done much.
Winning it all last year was impressive. I'll even say beating Ohio State was impressive. But outside of that, they haven't done much.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:21 am to LongTime Tiger
Winning 29 games in a row is impressive regardless of schedule.
However, the conference schedule does help. Think about this: in their first 9 years in the ACC, FSU lost a whopping 2 conference games. 9 years!!!!
That conference has almost always been a 1 team race.
However, the conference schedule does help. Think about this: in their first 9 years in the ACC, FSU lost a whopping 2 conference games. 9 years!!!!
That conference has almost always been a 1 team race.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:30 am to LongTime Tiger
It's an extremely impressive feat no matter what conference they play in. However, all streaks must sooner or later come to an end. Geaux Tigers!
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:40 am to batture boy
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It's an extremely impressive feat no matter what conference they play in
It's not impressive at all. Imagine if we played Arkansas every single week, for two years. How impressive would our record feel to you?
The conference matters, alot. The ACC is the weakest conference by far and its not even close. They had a losing record against FBS teams. Not ranked teams, just all FBS teams even cupcakes, and thats including Clemsons record. See below:
SEC:
Overall: 75.4%
Vs. FBS: 68%
Vs. P-5: 64%
Vs. Ranked Teams: 66.7%
Bowl Record: 7-2
S&P+ Average: 39.6
Hear those chants? “SEC!” “SEC!” “SEC!” Few things are more exhausting than the general superiority that comes with SEC fandom. But SEC fans are correct on the whole – it just means more. This year is no different. The SEC is the only P-5 league with a winning record against ranked teams, and it did so at an 8-3 clip. It can also claim a P-5-best 64 percent win rate against the Power Five. Yes, those cupcakes help pad the SEC’s schedule. Yet there’s no question the league steps up when it goes head-to-head with other conferences. Bowl season is yet another example. The SEC went 7-2 overall, and it could potentially add a national title next week when LSU clashes with Clemson.
ACC:
Overall: 60%
Vs. FBS: 49%
Vs. P-5: 24%
Vs. Ranked Teams: 20%
Bowl Record: 4-6
S&P+ Average: 57.5
Clemson is the only reason the ACC ranks above the American. Seriously. The AAC was that bad in 2019. The Big 12 and Pac-12 didn’t exactly kill FBS competition, but those leagues finished with a winning record in non-conference play. The ACC couldn’t even do that! By the way, the ACC’s bowl results look a heck of a lot less impressive when you consider two of its wins came against G-5 competition (Eastern Michigan, Temple). Another came against Mississippi State, which was frankly a mess. Clemson, playing in its fourth national title game the last five years, can only do so much to lift the ACC up. The ACC desperately needs Florida State and Miami to return to form.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 8:41 am
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