who knows what about clemson

I have a good friend that’s nephew is on the team. He’s saying they’ll be pretty good but he’s personally not looking forward to the Baton Rouge game. He said that’s gonna be a once in a lifetime trip to see Kiffin’s debut and knows the lights will be shining bright. He just hopes they show up for that game. In other words he’s worried.

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who knows what about clemson

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They get really mad when you call their school “Clem’s son”

That’s all I got

I wouldn't bet money on Holier than Dabo getting the ship turned around.

I see a few places they got worse and almost none where they got better.

Chad Morris was unemployed last year. He hasn’t been a college OC since 2020.

Vizzina has 0 track record. 40% of his career passes were in a loss against SMU last year and they had the 135 ranked passing defense.

They lost a 1st round tackle, 2 DL in the top 35 picks and their QB.

Their DL was probably their strength last year in defense and that’s mostly gone.

It seems more likely they are worse this year than last.

Venables carried Dabo even through his big years in Clemson. Since he left, they've been downhill. Between Venables and NIL Dabo is done after this season. He needed an all-time assistant like Venables. He's very similar to Les Miles. Only as good as your assistants and couldn't adjust to changes in NCAA. Dabo is Clemson's problem. When he's gone maybe they do something again.

I work with a Clemson guy and he is not very confident about winning in BR

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losing Brent veneables was a huge loss

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Definitely true. No Venables makes them really vunnable.

LSU was football's original Death Valley, dating back to 1958.

What's not so widely known is that Clemson's iconic fight song, "Hold That Tiger", was the primary school fight song for the LSU Tigers at least 15 years before Clemson first played it. It remains the favorite at LSU today-- Tiger Rag/Hold That Tiger, and its famous four-note opening motif let's you know it's on, baby.

really hope I don't end up with egg on my face, but outside of game 1 jitters for our very newly pieced together team, we are head and shoulders better than them.

Vizzina is a slight step up from Klubnik in my opinion. Better passer, much less mobility. He actually played pretty decently in his 1 start against SMU. He was a little timid in the first half as most 1st time starters are, but kind of found his rhythm in the 2nd half. Made several really nice throws. They lost that game because of a very slow start and a total lack of a running game. Dabo would have been wise to just stick with him the rest of the year considering they were 3-4 and the season was lost. Instead, Vizzina will come into Death Valley with zero road experience.

Their running game was fricking awful last year. I'd assume it was around the very bottom of the P4. I don't see how that will improve with the same guy at RB, a much less mobile QB, and no signs of improvement on the OL. I believe they lost the majority of their OL from last year, which is maybe a reason for optimism, because it did not get much worse than those guys a year ago.

They were all in all very poorly coached last year, which is a great reason for pessimism from Clemson fans as you will see if you visit their boards or talk to their fans. I do think that Dabo will come in swinging, but I just don't think they are the Clemson of 5-10 years ago that was worth worrying about. If LSU doesn't hand them the game, we will win.