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Can Clemson Beat Us? (formerly Can we beat Clemson?)

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Assuming they're in, any matchup is going to be difficult. I love this team and how they've gutted out great wins, but there are fundamental flaws on offense that will make it very difficult to beat Alabama or Clemson.

Luckily Watson has been turnover prone this year, so I could definitely see the defense generating some short fields or points. They're going to have to figure out how to move the ball for more than one quarter though, and that probably means restricting the passing game quite a bit while getting creative in the run game. IMO, attempting 25-30 passes will get Barrett killed, so it's going to come down to the OL winning the LOS and figuring out ways to get the extra defenders out of the box or moving in the wrong direction.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Assuming they're in, any matchup is going to be difficult. I love this team and how they've gutted out great wins, but there are fundamental flaws on offense that will make it very difficult to beat Alabama or Clemson.

Luckily Watson has been turnover prone this year, so I could definitely see the defense generating some short fields or points. They're going to have to figure out how to move the ball for more than one quarter though, and that probably means restricting the passing game quite a bit while getting creative in the run game. IMO, attempting 25-30 passes will get Barrett killed, so it's going to come down to the OL winning the LOS and figuring out ways to get the extra defenders out of the box or moving in the wrong direction.
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I appreciate your mature response. I agree with your JT # of attempts analysis. The creativity in the run game will open up the deep ball, because Clemson can get too aggressive and give up big plays. We will need 200 yards rushing to win.
 
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Anti-Delusional said:
When I start to look at all the talent on Clemsons team it gets a little scary. They are better at QB,WR,TE,OL, and DL. We better be on our game against them if they come ready to play because our defense will not be able to stop a focused D. Watson. We definitely havent played anyone that can score like Clemson.I just think its a really tough matchup for us.
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Anti-Delusional said:
I get it...I guess no one wants to discuss a possible Clemson match up. My bad for bringing it up.
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Right... "We definitely havent played anyone that can score like Clemson."

Ever heard of Oklahoma? They're 2nd in scoring offense while Clemson is 17th. Incidentally, tOSU is 9th.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/27
 
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