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Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 1:28 PM
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Standout [335]
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 1:55 PM
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Don't think a one loss Clemson team would even get a sniff at a title shot thanks to the SECSPN hype.
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Oculus Spirit [82043]
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A 1-loss Clemson team if the loss is to Georgia or FSU
May 20, 2013, 2:20 PM
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is the only 1-loss team that could be in the talks.
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 4:41 PM
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Sadly, you probably are right, but that just shows the bias. ESecheatPN has too much invested in the secheat to ever let that happen.
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 2:05 PM
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Beat UGA and SC and lose one ACC game, they have to pick us..
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Do the coots
May 20, 2013, 2:06 PM
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ride the SEC Coattails?!?!
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Re: Do the coots
May 20, 2013, 4:53 PM
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Does that ? really deserve an answer!!!
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Does the Pope s*** in the woods?***
May 20, 2013, 7:59 PM
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based on how our D played last year..
May 20, 2013, 2:09 PM
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i dont see us going undefeated 9 to 10 wins at best imo.until the defense shows me they can play well consistently and not just against teams like v tech and lsu who arent known as great offensive teams to begin with
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Re: based on how our D played last year..
May 20, 2013, 2:22 PM
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There's only one great offensive team we play and that is Ga(not counting us in practice)
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9? Most things point to us fielding a stronger team next
May 20, 2013, 3:26 PM
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season than we did last season when we won 11 games, so i don't see why you would think "9 or 10 at best."
9 wins is like losing to UGA, FSU, USC, missing ACC title game, and losing the Chik-fil-a Bowl. That's your idea of "at best???"
Please
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lost hopkins.no real proven rb....
May 20, 2013, 6:44 PM
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lost a few o linemen and our defense isnt exactly what i would call great.so yes we could very well lose all three of those games.you guys expecting to go unbeaten are fooling yourselves.i will hold out until i see the defense in the first game.they showed me nothing last year to make me think they will be any good this year.remember the lsu team we dominated in the chic bowl their offense sucked
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Who said i was expecting us to go unbeaten? There's a big
May 20, 2013, 7:33 PM
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difference b/t 9-4 and 14-0.
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somehow we won 11 games last year...
May 20, 2013, 5:24 PM
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So you think this team will be worse than our team last year? Yeah, we replace Auburn with Georgia, but our young guys are another year older and the defense looked a whole lot better at the end of last year than they did at the beginning, and nearly all of those guys are back.
If we only win 9 games, it'll be because somebody got injured or we can't get the running game going.
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our defense was garbage last year..
May 20, 2013, 6:46 PM
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the end of the year is referring to the lsu game who has an awful offense.until i see our defense stop a team with a decent offense i will not get my hopes up. remember nc state lit up our all world defense last year.
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And we still won by double digits....***
May 20, 2013, 7:34 PM
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Re: based on how our D played last year..
May 20, 2013, 11:14 PM
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The defense has and will continue to make huge strides in the second year under Venables. I'm predicting our front seven two-deep to be the best in the ACC if everyone stays healthy. I think we can easily lead in sacks and TFL.
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 2:10 PM
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Lets say VT has a good year (ACC needs them toMiami also) and we lose to VT on a last drive. Then come back and beat them in the ACC Champ game then we would be a no brainer.
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Except we don't play VT this year***
May 20, 2013, 2:16 PM
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A bit off topic, but for some reason i feel like VT is
May 20, 2013, 3:28 PM
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heading for a 2000's-FSU-type decline. I could really see them winning 7-9 games a year for quite some time until Beamer finally retires.
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 2:19 PM
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####, I was looking at last years schedule. Ok, GT
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Re: Re: based on how our D played last year..
May 20, 2013, 3:18 PM
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Seems to me the coots have put up some points on us the past few years...... I would put them up there as well..... Until we show we can stop them.
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Re: Re: based on how our D played last year..
May 20, 2013, 3:18 PM
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Seems to me the coots have put up some points on us the past few years...... I would put them up there as well..... Until we show we can stop them.
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 3:27 PM
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I recommend heading over to this thread: http://www.tigernet.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1235949&tstart=0
It shows the full article before it gets closed up. I know a lot of you guys love to talk about how ESPN hates Clemson, but the article is very fair and balanced.
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Agree. DBs and kick coverage are the major questions.***
May 20, 2013, 3:29 PM
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You can't use this argument as a "why we won't win"....
May 20, 2013, 7:51 PM
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Bryant can help make up for that talent drain, but he had only 11 targets in games against BCS conference foes last year, so he is going to have to really step up in order to fully replace Hopkins, whose numbers were so dominant last year that he ranked second in my metric review of the top wide receivers in the 2013 NFL draft.
Right... Hopkins was still playing, so Bryant wasn't the target. DUH. Now that Hopkins is gone, Bryant will be a target and thus, will have more than 11 targets. Geeze.
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Not only that, but it's SAMMY, not Martavis we need to
May 20, 2013, 8:43 PM
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replace Nuk's production. If anything, we need Martavis to replace Sammy's more pedestrian numbers from last year. Add to that, Humphries and Peake will provide excellent options. If there is one position I'm not concerned about, it's WR.
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IMO, you're NOT going win a Nat. championship with a loss***
May 20, 2013, 5:47 PM
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IN THE ACC!!***
May 20, 2013, 5:48 PM
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That's made up for by the fact that it's easier to go
May 20, 2013, 7:42 PM
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undefeated in the ACC. There's probably just as good of a chance for a team to go 13-0 in the ACC as 12-1 in the SEC.
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Orange Blooded [2989]
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Defense / running game is going to have to be consistent
May 20, 2013, 6:07 PM
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& top notch to ever have a shot at a championship.
We'll likely have to be undefeated to have a title shot just like before.
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Since we're not in the SECheat
May 20, 2013, 8:13 PM
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We'll have to go undefeated plus win a game we don't play in to get to the NC game.
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Re: Take one game at a time.***
May 20, 2013, 8:13 PM
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Re: FSU Was Favored Last Preseason and
May 20, 2013, 8:15 PM
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was the media darlings. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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Re: Football Update: ESPN: Can Clemson win the BCS Title?
May 20, 2013, 11:37 PM
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I still say 10-2 with losses to UGA and SC. 9-3 is the worst unless something horrific happens while 11-1 is the best that can happen. Unproven defense while replacing top playmakers can create some struggles.
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I hope Cola/Lex Co. LEOs are ready for the chaos after
May 20, 2013, 11:47 PM
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Clemson raids the Hen Pen and slaughters all the Roosters. Get ready...
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We simply have to go undefeated. Piece of cake. Go Tigers!***
May 21, 2013, 11:39 AM
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