Dabo said he's banged up and he'll be "a little day to day, I'm sure."

"Hopefully he'll bounce back quick."

And why we avoid the middle of the field.

I swear it seems like when we use it we move the ball but then we go away from it for halves it seems.

All those quick outs to the sideline do nothing.

Anyone notice how we look when we attack vs when we throw 3 yard outs. It’s amazing how conservative we go during games

On paper for the season, Clemson is the better football team. But (Captain Obvious comment) the last three games, the offense is underperforming by a significant margin. Over the same stretch, South Carolina's offense is modestly overperforming compared to the season. This has all the makings of a tight game decided by one possession. Go Tigers.

Clemson Scoring Offense 36.3pts (14th in the nation). South Carolina is 46th (30.6pts).
Clemson Scoring Defense: 22.2pts (46th in the nation). South Carolina is 20th (18.8pts).
Clemson Last 3 Games Scoring Offense: 23pts. South Carolina is 35.3pts.
Clemson Last 3 Games Scoring Defense: 18.3pts . South Carolina is 19pts.

Clemson Total Offense: 460yds (10th in the nation). South Carolina is 66th (387yds).
Clemson Total Defense: 346yds (49th in the nation). South Carolina is 17th (309 yds).
Clemson Red Zone Offense: 89.7% (30th in the nation). South Carolina is 95th (81.8%).
Clemson Red Zone Defense: 87.1% (92nd in the nation). South Carolina is 55th (82.1%).

Clemson 3rd Down Conversion Pct: 45.1% (29th in the nation). South Carolina is 97th (37.2%)
Clemson 3rd Down Defense Conversion Pct: 30.4% (11th in the nation). South Carolina is 27th (33.3%).
Clemson Turnover Margin: +12 (7th in the nation). South Carolina is +5 (29th in the nation).
Clemson Penalty Yards/Game: 54yds (76th in the nation). South Carolina is 87th (57yds).

What’s the possibility we have Gameday at Clemson for coot game?

And they get Wofford? Better not dance around too lightly. C 30 W 17. You just never know with this team.

I see much Alexander and Booth in him. Possibly even more upside.

Per our resident football writer, the best 2 rb we'll face all year are a 1st year freshman (who was a 3 star recruit out of FL) and a transfer from Western Carolina. Talent is clearly out there and available, but we seem to have stacked a room full of players not worthy of playing. Mafah can be very productive but isn't dynamic and is clearly playing hurt. On the 2nd point, he's been a heat-seeking missile for the sidelines for at least the last month in order to avoid contact. On an aside rant, the 4th down quick pitch to him, to the short side of the field, with no blocking, against 3 defenders, may have been the worst conceived call of the year.

I digress. The state of the RB room is pitiful. After this year we're clearly hoping that a true freshman will come and take the reigns because we've shown no one else has it. I'm not sure why EZ hasn't been given any opportunity, but I'll assume it's some combination of only playing him 4 games and him not being ready to play. For as great a player as Spiller was for Clemson, I just haven't seen anything as a coach so for that makes me believe he's an asset on the staff. RB is rivaling DE for quality...and that's not a compliment.

Watch this unfold.

And we deserve every bit of it.

How do you find the price for each home game tickets in your Iptay account?

Was it a penalty deserving play, yes. Do you throw the flag after a player gets hurt and you have 5 minutes to review the play because of an injury timeout? No! Flag should have been thrown immediately. Not because a stoppage of play. Just bad officiating.

Virginia needs to win out and Louisville needs to get beaten by PITT and Clemson is in, OR Miami loses one more game.

Or SMU loses their next 2 games which is also very possible.

Anymore paths or is this it?

I had this thought this morning getting ready for church. Curious what everyone else thinks:
If Miami loses and we are in the ACC title game, do you sit the starters for the Uof game, and start game planning for SMU?

The ultimate goal is the playoffs, right? I don’t think we get in the playoffs if we run the table and are Not in the ACC championship. Our only shot at the playoffs is if we beat SMU in the title game.

I hate uof as much as anyone, believe me. It’s hard to stomach any loss to them. But I see a lot of benefit in game planning for smu for two weeks, getting some starters healthy, and giving some major PT and development reps to Vizzina, Eziomume, etc…

Always glad to see the Tigers win and will pull for them til the day I die.

But IMO this is a really poorly coached football team and the overall trajectory of the program continues to point down. Do you disagree and why?

Against everyone not named Georgia, Josh Heupel's offense has averaged 40.2 points per game over his four seasons.

And 14.2 points per game against Georgia.

Not sure if it was covered in the officiating thread (didn’t see it if it was) but how can officials miss multiple obvious false start calls? Not talking about slight flinches but full fledged false starts. One of them was on the last play of the game when the left tackle moves a good half second before the snap. Glad they didn’t score there with that obvious missed call

If you look real closely in the back you can see that grinning little pussy in the back. He's back in the back to the right.

There was this too though:

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Let’s be honest, he ain’t got the jimmys and joes we have enjoyed in the past. A part of what we are witnessing is our recruiting catching up with us. I agree that he was unqualified for the job and we should have went with someone more proven. Those two questionable hires that year by Dabo for offensive and defensive coordinators has turned out to be disastrous and really set the program back.

I don’t question or disagree with Dabos philosophy regarding NIL and transfer portal but what I do disagree with is that he can have that stance and continue to command $11 million a year that simply not possible.

I really hate what has become of college football, it is to the point where last nights lost didn’t even really bother me. Looking down the road it looks like a real possibility this are going to get worse not better.

Why sometimes a play is blown dead and the defense is called for offsides or a neutral zone infraction when they are back before the snap? Other half of the time there is no flag. Seems like a large gray area to me.

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#20 Clemson (7-2, 6-1) vs. Pittsburgh (7-2, 3-2)
Saturday, November 16
12:00 p.m. ET
Pittsburgh, Pa. (Acrisure Stadium)
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NOT SLIDING on your TD run buddy..good job. Had a guy bearing down but went for it.