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re: Uh, Clemson lost two home games last year
Posted on 8/20/25 at 11:35 am to Buckeaux
Posted on 8/20/25 at 11:35 am to Buckeaux
Well if everyone wants to keep basing this off of last year because it seems like you all do based on all the "Clemson last year....." posts, let's see about LSU last year.
Lost to a shitty USC team, neutral site.
Lost at A&M in a game that we had total control over until the middle of the 3rd quarter.
Got humiliated at home by Alabama, looked like we had third string in.
Lost to a shitty Florida team.
So yeah we will just keep getting curb stomped I guess because that's how we played last year.
Lost to a shitty USC team, neutral site.
Lost at A&M in a game that we had total control over until the middle of the 3rd quarter.
Got humiliated at home by Alabama, looked like we had third string in.
Lost to a shitty Florida team.
So yeah we will just keep getting curb stomped I guess because that's how we played last year.
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Posted on 8/20/25 at 11:38 am to Switchup91
LSU is a very different team than last years group. Clemson, by and large, has the same crew returning.
Tigers have upgraded bigly at WR, STAR, S, CB, DL, ST & RB.
Tigers have upgraded bigly at WR, STAR, S, CB, DL, ST & RB.
This post was edited on 8/20/25 at 11:40 am
Posted on 8/20/25 at 11:47 am to JiminyCricket
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LSU is a very different team than last years group. Clemson, by and large, has the same crew returning. Tigers have upgraded bigly at WR, STAR, S, CB, DL, ST & RB.
So just bringing in transfers classifies as upgrading? FSU transfer class last year was very similar. Clemson won’t be world beaters, but to essentially say Clemson will be the same team, and LSU will be better because of transfer additions, just screams gold and purple shades. We’ll know how good these teams are Week 1
Posted on 8/20/25 at 12:18 pm to Buckeaux
Yea well SC and Louisville were better teams than LSU. LSU got a favorable call in Columbia lets not forget.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:03 pm to TigerLum22
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So just bringing in transfers classifies as upgrading?
When those transfers are highly regarded players with college tape to back it up, yes. Of course it's sports so there are no guarantees, but all the evidence points to yes, LSU will be exponentially improved at safety playing Tamarcus Cooley and AJ Haulcy in place of a hurt Jardin Gilbert and Sage Ryan.
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FSU transfer class last year was very similar.
No it wasn't. FSU took 17 transfers in 2024. 2 of them were top 100 players. 8 of them weren't even nationally ranked.
LSU took 18 transfers last year. 11 of them are top 100 players and of those 11, 6 were top 50. 13 of the 18 were nationally ranked. The quality of the two classes were night and day.
quote:Isn't Clemson's big positive that they return the most production in college football? Can't have it both ways.
Clemson won’t be world beaters, but to essentially say Clemson will be the same team
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LSU will be better because of transfer additions, just screams gold and purple shades.
Well, they added 11 established college starters at positions of need. They probably will be better.
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We’ll know how good these teams are Week 1
Agreed.
This post was edited on 8/20/25 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:11 pm to HonoraryCoonass
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That’s highly irrelevant.
Clemson having much the same roster and getting dog walked for an entire game by Loserville, not exactly a powerhouse, on their home field last year isn’t completely irrelevant.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:12 pm to JiminyCricket
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Clemson, by and large, has the same crew returning.
So, all those returning players stagnated in the offseason? Continuity is a plus.
Maybe LSU transfers mesh immediately, but it wouldn't be surprising if they took a little time to get all the kinks worked out.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:13 pm to Buckeaux
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Uh, Clemson lost two home games last year
Uh LSU hasn't won a season opener since pre-COVID
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:17 pm to DakIsNoLB
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So, all those returning players stagnated in the offseason? Continuity is a plus.
Not always. Sometimes, continuity is a plus but sometimes, guys don't make jumps from year to year. Clemson has questions just like LSU has questions is all I'm saying. You had a team in Clemson that one could argue underperformed it's talent level and mostly the same crew is returning. We'll see if Clemson can put it all together but it's no guarantee.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:19 pm to LSUbacchus81
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Yea well SC and Louisville were better teams than LSU. LSU got a favorable call in Columbia lets not forget.
No. Just no :lo: fricking Loserville was not better than us last year. That’s laughable.
LSU was better than USC when they played, especially after we knocked Sellers’ arse out of the game. Them being at home was a big advantage and reason why it was such a struggle.
Their LB is a fricking idiot. Him trying to be a bad arse is why they got what they got. He put himself in the position for the refs to make a judgement call and they made it. Period. All he has to do is run down the field and celebrate and they win the game.
Later in the season when USC got it rolling, I would agree and give them an edge. Not this year after all they lost on defense and at RB, but the team that played Clemson- sure.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:23 pm to Buckeaux
Clemson is irrelevant, this game is about LSU. We’ve played like shite in every opener since Kelly’s arrived and that needs to change. If we play a great game and Clemson just makes 1 or 2 more plays than we do, tip your hat and move on. If we have another cluster frick then there’s a big problem in BR.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:29 pm to DakIsNoLB
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So, all those returning players stagnated in the offseason? Continuity is a plus. Maybe LSU transfers mesh immediately, but it wouldn't be surprising if they took a little time to get all the kinks worked out.
LSU returned Sage Ryan, Major Burns, JK Johnson and Greg Penn last year. All multi-year vets. Would you say any of them improved over the previous year?
I’ll go back to the example I’ve given many times. Our OL last year had 3 draft picks and the new guy Chester was the top IOL and the 57th rated player nationally in his class on 247. And he played well in a big game a Mizzou when Turner went down the previous year. There was EVERY REASON to expect the group to take the next step and become a dominant OL. We were all SURE this would happen.
They obviously didn’t. Chester didn’t pan out, there were execution issues we shouldn’t have seen with such a vet group and the obvious lack of push and continuity in the run game. They weren’t bad, but they were a disappointment because they didn’t live up to expectations.
Just because you have talented players doesn’t mean they will gell and become an improved unit. Just because guys come back doesn’t mean they get any better. Many obviously do, but if you just assume it will happen, you will often be let down.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 1:49 pm to TigerScorpion
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I’m going to the game. I’ll probably end up banging a couple of them baws’ wives/girlfriends.
I'm going as well and bringing my wife, so I'll probably only be banging one wife on that trip.
Posted on 8/20/25 at 2:04 pm to TigerLum22
yeah but returning guys is a good thing....we all know this....sooooooo?
Posted on 8/20/25 at 4:57 pm to Buckeaux
Coach Kelly called Death Valley Jr. for a reason.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 7:00 am to Saunson69
No, they were not. That was a neutral field. They were labeled the “home” team. They didn’t play in their stadium.
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 7:01 am
Posted on 8/21/25 at 7:10 am to Saunson69
How dafuq is ATL home for a team from S.Carolina? You are an extra level genius.....yeah we all know that a team has to be "home" when they play a neutral site....do you report for CNN?
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:04 am to PsychTiger
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I'm going as well and bringing my wife, so I'll probably only be banging one wife on that trip.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:23 am to misey94
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Not always. Sometimes, continuity is a plus but sometimes, guys don't make jumps from year to year. Clemson has questions just like LSU has questions is all I'm saying. You had a team in Clemson that one could argue underperformed it's talent level and mostly the same crew is returning. We'll see if Clemson can put it all together but it's no guarantee.
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Just because you have talented players doesn’t mean they will gell and become an improved unit. Just because guys come back doesn’t mean they get any better. Many obviously do, but if you just assume it will happen, you will often be let down.
Yes, it's certainly possible players don't improve much from the year before, but that's not where I'd be putting my money going up against a championship winning program in their own house with several returning starters that went to the playoffs.
At the beginning of the season, continuity from last year should be an advantage over getting a lot of new guys to mesh together. We will see if it that's true.
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