What a huge discrepancy between the CFP rankings and the spread.

#21 Chickens
#23 Mizzou

Close game. Two relatively equal teams right?

Chickens -13.5

Mizzou is so grossly overrated it’s not even funny.

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Wt????

Good to know.

Went back and checked out Warchant's postgame autopsy of the drilling at Notre Dame.

I almost spit out my coffee when they said things were favorable when FSU was down 14-3 "and then things went haywire."

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* the stat isn’t tracked, but 8 is the number by one player over a season

One more block and we likely have the record if we dont already

I asked two media folks in Pittsburgh for their feel on Eli Holstein's availability.

Here were their answers:

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--The Fortnite dance celebrations were their idea on Friday at dinner. He wanted to do something funny instead of just hold his finger up, and he used to be a big Fortnite player—though he doesn’t have as much time for it these days.

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--The game was really fun. Everyone played hard, had fun, and brought a lot of passion. He just enjoyed being out there playing the game he loves.

--He’s getting used to the speed of college football. Compared to the App State game, he’s noticing more details that help him during games.

--College offenses are a lot tougher than high school ones. It’s all about getting his eyes in the right spot and not getting distracted by motions and shifts.

--Knowing the playbook and executing it are two different things. He tries to see what the offense will do before the snap, which comes from film study.

--Sammy’s a biology major and wants to be a pediatrician one day. His mom, a pharmacist, told him he’s good with kids, and he’s always been interested in medicine. He even thought about becoming a brain surgeon at one point.

--He’s really proud of his class, especially the early enrollees who put in work with film and in the weight room. He called it a purpose-driven and very talented group.

--College has been everything he hoped for. He loves Clemson. The speed of the college game was a bigger jump than he expected, especially the difference between practice and game speed.

--His dad was a coach, so coming here has felt familiar. He thinks his dad picked up some lingo from Dabo and Coach Goodwin.

--Dabo challenged the team all week, especially last week, and it built a mindset to improve. That showed up in Saturday’s game.

--When they’re locked in, they can be a really strong defense. They have talent everywhere, and if they bring intensity and pair it with good film study, they can be really, really good.

--He knows he’s got work to do when it comes to being a leader. He’s not Barrett Carter yet, but he feels like he has to step into a leadership role as linebacker being the “QB of the defense.”

--Barrett and Wade have shown him how to study film—really digging into offensive tendencies and keys.

--When Kobe McCloud went down, Sammy knew his role had to step up, but he didn’t change his week-to-week prep. He’s always ready to go when his number is called.

@Paul Strelow any chance Clemson kicks the tires on him to play QB too? Sounds like he's having a breakout year in football and up for Mr. Football too. Don't know much about him just thought it was interesting.

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Interesting that the QB who decommitted from ND & went to Aub, which prompted Hebert to leave us for ND........ is now projected to go to Ole Miss!!! Welcome to college football

I’ve been the first to make fun of ol’ Shane Train and his antics but he seems to have things moving in the right direction in Columbia. Have I been wrong this whole time and he’s actually a good coach? I don’t think I can stomach even considering it.

--In the first half, he

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@Larry_Williams
Can you refresh my memory on next steps for the ACC lawsuit? It seems awful quiet these days... thanks for anything you can share.

From Panther-lair analyst Josh Hammack:

Good insight into the pivotal spin-out of the sack and TD heave to TJ Moore.

He said when the offense watched it back on film Garrett Riley told his guys VT couldn't have been in the more perfect call for what Clemson wanted to do on that play (before Cade's amazing bit of improvisation changed everything).

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