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

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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.

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Bruh...do yourself a favor, check yourself into a mental ward for severe mental incompetency.

I mean when you compare the final three games of the season that both LSU and Clemson have played, it is crystal clear that LSU has a significantly better defense.

I mean, Clemson gave up an average of 359 yards of total offense against South Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio State. While LSU gave up an average of 259 yards of total offense to Texas A&M, Georgia, and Oklahoma.

And Clemson's offense isn't comparable to LSU's. As Clemson generated the preponderance of their offensive stats against cupcakes. While LSU generated the majority of their stats against six teams that were ranked in the AP Top Ten, with three of those teams being ranked in the Top Four.

So please put down the crack pipe and check yourself into a mental ward.

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Ross = Julio Jones

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I moved on when I saw this. Utterly ridiculous. Sorry but this team beat NC by 1 point.
Of course they are good they are in NC however we have beaten 6 top 10 teams this year something that has never been done and Clemson will be next.

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I have made it very clear the reasons I think this game won't be close.

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I just read some of your recent posts: stats simple don’t explain the tape. It’s crazy how ironic this sounds: we used to be the ones saying that our team outplays the numbers. Same here with Clemson: we destroy them stat-wise, but their film says they will not be blown out.

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Goldrush25 quote: lemson is the BEST Team We Will Play quote: I can’t believe all of these serious “LSU by 21” These are not mutually exclusive. They may be the best team that we'll play, and we may still beat them by 21 points.

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I 100% agree with you. OSU is the real #2 team and should’ve beaten Clemson, but they didn’t. So Clemson will remain the toughest team we will play all year.

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I don't think they can keep up. Sorry.

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No need to apologize, sarcastically or otherwise. I really hope you’re right. There’s nothing I would love more than a blowout.

I stopped at "objective." Being objective is impossible when you're a fan already

Talk about swallowing the hype hook line and sinker. Clemson is a very good team but the Julio/ A.J. comparisons are beyond insane and so is the Lawrence handjob. Lawrence is talented but extremely underdeveloped in that vanilla scheme. You mention tape but if you’d actually watched any you’d see just how much more advanced some of the offenses and QBs we’ve already faced are in terms of understanding coverage and blitz pickup. Ohio State had an untouched rusher every single time they blitzed Lawrence because he’s not far along enough to recognize blitzes or adjust protection. Very talented but very raw and unless we have a catastrophic meltdown we’ll win the game without a true threat.

I'm just gonna say thank-you for a rational analysis and leave it at that.

Didn’t read

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You mean the Alabama defense ranked 11th in passing defense, 21 in total defense, and 13th in scoring defense even with giving up 40+ to us and Auburn?

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Bama’s schedule was pathetic. The rankings don’t mean shite. Georgia, Auburn, and even florida played us better on defense.

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Or do you mean the Alabama defense that has some of the higher graded/more NFL ready DBs in the country?

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Clemson has highly rated DBs as well. Xavier is overrated. Surtain is definitely solid.


Bama vs Clemson this season:
-offense: Clemson
-defense: Clemson


A closer look:

QB: CLEMSON, AND OUR DEFENSE AGREES.

RB: Najee Harris is a better RB. Etienne is a better pass catcher. Push.

WR: Bama has the better WR corps. Clemson has the best duo. Slight edge to Bama.

OLine: Clemson. As I previously stated, they have a grossly underrated O-line

DLine: Clemson. Not saying much though.

LB: Clemson. Bama is very young here and losing Dylan Moses was huge.

CB: Clemson. AJ Terrell has shut down/island capabilities. He’s on the Mount Rushmore of CBs this year.

Safeties: Clemson. Again, Xavier McKinney is highly overrated.

FG Kicking: push. They both stink.

Punting: Clemson. The rugby style punting has been very effective.


KR/PR: Bama. Rogers can still be a huge factor for Clemson.

Couldn’t wait to finish scrolling through your post so I could downvote it