Originally Posted by
River Rat
Fuck Carolina.
There is plenty of talent and coaching on this Clemson team. What there is a severe lack of, is physicality and killer instinct. Those cack players treat our boys with no respect and rightfully so. We used to go into this game without even cracking a sweat. Old Clemson coaches use to have to motivate our boys for this game. The "mo" or "swagger" has definitely shifted and that is what needs to be reattained.
I agreed with this last year, after the rivalry game and after the Orange Bowl in particular, but I don't think it's accurate this year. I thought Clemson played with intensity and fire this time around; their O-line (other than Clowney's occasional jailbreak) far and away exceeded my expectations. They just got beat. Carolina has caught up talent-wise and they believe they can win nowadays. Makes a big difference.
the headlines say "our" defense won the game. Way to simple an assessment for anyone who watched the game. The "awful" offense did enough to shrink the game, the defense made plays in crunch time. Nobody was "gladder" than me to see the Tiger offense on the bench for most of the game.
Thompson was as consistent against Clemson as he was against ECU. Not a slam on Clemson but high praise for that young man. Played his ass off.
Myles and Davis really stood tall as well. Not a lot of long runs but some hardnosed never say die attitude.
Tell me sump'n. Why you askin' so many jackassy questions?
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