Unconquered

Nobody really... They had a pretty young team last year but one thing they will not hold us to 29 yards rushing... nor will they score 35 on us against a better defense... Our receivers are overall better than theirs even if Watkins is considered better its not by much... And remember last year Clint started against them so they won't have the luxury of not having to worry about the dual threat ability of EJ... we will win this game...

Only 3... But everyone else returns for their offense...

Yeah our receivers actually outplayed them... if we had a running game we would have won...

Should be a fun, nationally televised game at Doak. Good for the ACC.

I don't know enough about the X's and O's of the game to produce a game plan, I'll leave that to the profesionals. I will however, be doing my part from the stands on that day.

Crowd noise will disrupt the HUNH stuff Clemson likes to run. It's hard to pass when your OTs are not getting off the ball as fast as BJ, BW and TC. If the refs call a clean game...

I had not read any threads asking for analysis about Clemson recently.

Threads on Chad Kelly and the DE recruit don't really interest me.

I am not obsessed with them and I think they have under achieved even worse than FSU, but the fact remains that we are 4-6 in the last 10 games s CU, after owning them prior to that.

I think we will show up with a chip on our shoulder and be ready to play, but it's a huge game.

I do want to (and believe we will) beat them to a bloody pulp.

That said, I am glad to see them have some recruiting success.

Our conference needs FSU, Clemson, VT, UM and GT to be very good.

Brandon Thomas started mostly at LG last season for them. He's penciled in as their LT this season. So it's basically 4 new starters on the oline

Both of their lines are question marks. A Clemson site I trust was alarmed by their lack of pass rush in the spring. That spells trouble. We know first hand what a sub-par offensive line does to an offense. Combing learning a new defensive scheme with a lack of pass rush is a big recipe for disaster. With their level of talent Clemson should still win 9 or 10 games this year, but with equal injury luck I don't see them beating FSU or SCAR and Auburn and Ga Tech will be tough games.

They lost 4 OL and 3 DL with the only returning DL being a shockingly bad Malliciah Goodman.

Their DL is the exact kind of unit that won't take advantage of our inexperienced OL in week 4. Their top 4 DTs are all 19 and 20 years old I believe. Goodman sucks incredibly bad for his natural ability. Corey Crawford, their best DL, is their strongside end at 6'4 270 but he's a true sophomore. So he doesn't bring the refinement and experience needed to give our RT hell.

Their OL on the other hand is potentially terrible. Brandon Thomas is a good LG but he's going to have to play LT. Tyler Shatley is a 6'2 300lb version of Cam Erving in that he was going to be key at DT but now he's their starting RG. He sounds encouraging to them early on but he'll be facing Dawkins. LOL. Center is locked in with D.Freeman who's good. Other two spots are up for grabs, and will be facing our All ACCers.

Their offense looked all world the first half of the season and then pretty pedestrian the last half.
Why? Did it take a few games to provide enough tape so the opposing defensive coordinators could figure it out?
If it wasn't for VT their last half of season would have been even more of a monumental bust than it was.
So the question their offense has is can they replicate their first half of season magic with three new offensive linemen and a new TE? Or is the genie out of the bottle on their offense and good defensive teams know how to slow down their offense? From the look of their QB last year, pressure him and you will do well in shutting them down [not that pressure is an original strategy...]. The newbie's on the line will have a lot of pressure on them this season to avoid that.

just read that their #1 recruit is about to drop his commitment due to Clemson not offering his teammate