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re: Defending CFP National Champions schedule released

Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:33 pm to
Posted by Roscoe
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:33 pm to
quote:

CLEMSON
Sept. 2 KENT STATE
Sept. 9 AUBURN
Sept. 16 at Louisville
Sept. 23 BOSTON COLLEGE
Sept. 30 at Virginia Tech
Oct. 7 WAKE FOREST
Oct. 13 at Syracuse (Fri.)
Oct. 21 OPEN
Oct. 28 GEORGIA TECH
Nov. 4 at NC State
Nov. 11 FLORIDA STATE
Nov. 18 THE CITADEL
Nov. 25 at South Carolina

De facto ACC title is 11/11 in the Valley

Another 11-1 season by the looks of it


Clemson is a 9-4 to 10-3 team next season...but back in CFP contention in 2018 once QB situation is stablized with either Bryant, Hunter Johnson, or Trevor Lawrence.
Posted by SlowEasyConfident
Member since Nov 2015
6650 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 5:37 pm to
quote:

Clemson is a 9-4 to 10-3 team next season...but back in CFP contention in 2018 once QB situation is stablized with either Bryant, Hunter Johnson, or Trevor Lawrence.


Zerrick Cooper will probably start. And he won't have to be great. This will be one of Venebles best Defense's at Clemson with one of the best D lines in the nation

Clemson will be favored in every game minus FSU probably. No way Clemson loses 4 games.
Posted by saintsman40
Member since Nov 2015
1372 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:26 pm to
that schedule is a joke.......
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
8778 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:43 pm to
Anyone who thinks this is a particularly easy schedule, or that it's not a good one, whips their dick out and faps to this whenever the commercial airs.






Posted by SlowEasyConfident
Member since Nov 2015
6650 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 6:51 pm to
Posted by crazyLSUstudent
391 miles away from Tiger Stadium
Member since Mar 2012
5533 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 8:55 pm to
Losses- Auburn, Louisville, Florida state, and one your not suppose to lose. Clemson returning to being Clemson
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 10:11 pm
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
45116 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:07 pm to
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I swear, Kent St. is everyone's whore.

Last year they played @ Alabama and @PSU.

Is this their thing now? To get the "defending MNC" paycheck?

2014 they played @Ohio State.

2013 they played @LSU and @PSU.


OSU and PSU are pretty short driving distance from Kent (about 2 hours and 3 hours, respectively). Saban went to Kent, so that explains Alabama. Playing Clemson and LSU is weird though.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:09 pm
Posted by tigeroarz1
Winston-Salem, NC
Member since Oct 2013
3388 posts
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:22 pm to
The QB position is the only question mark although the backup came in throughout last season and looked like Tom Brady. The QB battle will result in a good one starting. Clemson is loaded at RB and WR. Gallman was the starter because of his blocking ability. Although he'll be greatly missed remember Mike Williams sat out all of 2015 and they still made it to the title. Most of the pieces on both sides of the ball return. Probably not a playoff team but should be another good year.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:27 pm
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 1:39 am to
Will Clemson be the first ever defending National Champion to start 1-2?
Posted by emanresu
Member since Dec 2009
9425 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 2:47 am to
Murderer's*
Posted by Roscoe
Member since Sep 2007
2918 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 5:56 am to
quote:

Zerrick Cooper will probably start. And he won't have to be great. This will be one of Venebles best Defense's at Clemson with one of the best D lines in the nation

Clemson will be favored in every game minus FSU probably. No way Clemson loses 4 games.


Defense returns almost everyone but Boulware and Tank and DL Watkins. Yes, they will be very good, if not better than this past year. But offense will take big step back. In Dabos on words, Watson was the Michael Jordan of college football. Clemson not only loses Michael Jordan, but also Williams, Scott, and Gallman. Yes, they won the NC this year. But they lost 1 game to Pitt, should have lost to NCState and Bama and easily could have lost 2-3 more games if it wasn't for their Michael Jordan's heroics. They needed Watson to be great not to lose those 3-4 other games.

Not sure why Clemson fans seem to think that if they get average to good QB play this coming season, they will win the ACC and be back in CFB contention. Not only will they be missing the late game heroics of Watson, they will miss his leadership, as well as the leadership of Williams, Scott, Boulware

Again, they are 10-3, at best, to 9-4 next season - even with a great D.
Posted by Ford Frenzy
337 posts
Member since Aug 2010
6876 posts
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:22 am to
Side note, Auburn has to play 3 different Tigers on the road next year, too bad Mizzou's facility isn't named Death Valley also.
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