I believe Clemson, Miami and SMU sit at the top of the ACC standings undefeated. None play each other and all have looked solid enough to see a path they win out against their remaining conference schedule…..

All 3 finish undefeated in conference play. One gets left out, who is it?

Struggled with BC at home last week and needed OT and a missed 27 yd FG to beat Vandy at home this week.

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This Saturday October 12th Aiden Knaak will be signing autographs from 4-5. Autographs are $20 and limited to 70. Anyone wanting an autograph & picture with a Clemson All American email rockcommunications59@gmail.com your name and number of autographs you need.

Averaging almost 11 wins a season over 16 years. It has been a pretty nice decade and a half in Clemson.

Back with another look at the weekly SP+ model ratings after a wild week in CFB. How does Bama not fall further? I'll let Bill Connelly himself explain it: "
What happens when you produce a 56% success rate to your opponent's 43%, average 8.8 yards per play to their 5.6, gain 20-plus yards on 11% of your snaps (your opponent: 5%), score touchdowns on every red zone trip and still lose as a 22.5-point favorite? If you're Alabama, falling to Vanderbilt via turnovers luck and Diego Pavia's sheer panache, a couple of things happen: First, you disrupt bachelorette parties throughout downtown Nashville when students tear down the goalposts and march them more than two miles, down Broadway and into the Cumberland River. Second, your SP+ rating doesn't really change."
I'm not sure what game Connelly's model was watching, but that isn't a fair assessment of that game. Vandy didn't get lucky, they flat out beat them. Don't talk to me about efficiency numbers when Bama held the ball for less than 18 minutes. In the second half, Bama held the ball for just over the length of one Bluey episode.
At any rate, this week we've only got Texas and OSU in the top tier by themselves. Bama, UGA and Ole Miss (all one loss teams, by the way) make up the second tier. The third tier is Penn State, Oregon, Tennessee and Miami. Clemson's ranking moved up to 17.7 this week from 16.6 last week and 15.0 in week 4. Heading in the right direction. Our offense stayed flat at #17 while the defense has moved up the rankings to #23 from #28 in wk5 and #36 in wk4. We jumped up to #12 overall this week, up a spot from last week after Mizzou fell after their beatdown loss.
I also highlighted the handful of other ACC teams in the top 50...FSU dropped out of the top 50 (shocking, i know). We've got Louisville, Pitt, VT and SC left to play, all in the top 50.

Looking at conference rankings, the ACC is still sitting at #3 behind the Big 2 but our average rating has been moving up
1. SEC: 17.2 average rating (36.2 offense, 19.1 defense)
2. Big Ten: 10.7 average rating (29.0 offense, 18.3 defense)
3. ACC: 8.4 average rating (31.6 offense, 23.3 defense)
4. Big 12: 7.9 average rating (32.2 offense, 24.4 defense)
5. Sun Belt: -6.4 average rating (26.0 offense, 32.4 defense)
6. AAC: -7.7 average rating (24.5 offense, 32.2 defense)
7. MWC: -8.7 average rating (24.0 offense, 32.6 defense)
8. MAC: -14.4 average rating (17.2 offense, 31.5 defense)
9. CUSA: -15.1 average rating (19.4 offense, 34.3 defense)

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I forget who our resident longshoreman is, but he would probable provide some unique insight.

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Actual Headline from Yahoo Sports:

Cal's upset win over No. 8 Miami caps chaotic day in college football


And it's been up for a solid day already.

Yikes.

In the Wake game took a terrible hit. Watching the replay and several players were crying and his parents were on the field as they were transported him off. Oh man that’s awful. Anyone know if he’s all right?

State up 7 with 12 mins to go. My son is at the game and he said there are open seats everywhere. Stated the student section is pretty much empty.

Weather related or due to performance? What says you guys.......

Went down last Wednesday to Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta to see 3 Doors Down and Creed. Pouring Rain and packed. Those in the grass in that pouring rain was having a great time! Fantastic show. I'd recommend going to see both bands if possible. Crazy how great Creed is live and Mark Tremonti is bad ass.
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Looking at some potential opportunities for Clemson to move up in the next AP Poll ...

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The last five signing classes from Wake Forest, as ranked by Rivals.com.

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And s bombs on live tv. Why not?!?

"Just sloppy technique and fundamentals. We've gotta get that fixed."

Clemson winning yesterday put them at 802 and Auburn is at 801. Next team ahead of Clemson is LSU at 810

This is nothing revolutionary but I just wish we had a better rankings system, and I realize the AP means ZERO. I know the whole philosophy of “we lost to #1 and others lost to unranked, etc.”, but how in the world can you discern between a “Quality Win” and a “Quality Loss”, or a “Bad Loss”? In my opinion of the 3 categories, “Bad Losses” are the most real and meaningful. 5 or 6 games in you know a bad loss when you see it. I truly feel the Losses are way more meaningful in reality than the Wins. Not saying this as a homer Clemson fan, since we lost to UGA vs Bama losing to Vandy, but if the shoe fits….

Some of my first NFL memories was watching them play back in the 70’s. Been a Steelers fan ever since. It just kicked off because of lightning delay.