Score Prediction Thread
I figure it's about time to start this thread. There's only one game left, so I don't have to clarify what game we will be predicting. It's easy to be smart after the fact, but let's see who is smart before the game.
I'll say that for whatever reason, I've had a pretty good handle on this Clemson team all year. They've been good when I thought they would and they have failed to blow teams out about when I thought that would happen as well. I said at the time that some of what people saw as defensive flaws were actually boredom and tired legs. Oklahoma found that to be true.
The unique thing about this Clemson offense is that they let the defense choose how we will beat them, and we serve it to them their way. Take away the deep ball and we screen you to death. Take Gallman away, enjoy Watson gashing you and vice versa. Take the screens and we throw it over your head.
As for this game, there are a ton of reasons to like Alabama. Very strong on both lines and solid everywhere else. Stud receiver and a game manager at QB. Probably exactly what Saban would choose if he could pick the perfect team. NFL dudes everywhere. Experienced and deep. They are just a damn good team that makes very few mistakes.
All of that said, there is simply something about this Clemson team. They remind me so much of Vince Young's Longhorns in this spot that it's kind of spooky. I think that the national narrative that this is a bunch of scrubs riding a wave of momentum is naive. I can't name more than 1 or 2 starters that I think won't make an NFL roster at some point. This is a very talented football team, and if Alabama doesn't know that noe, they certainly will very soon. This Clemson team firmly believes that they will win this game, and that's a powerful thing.
After all is said and done, I think Clemson can go toe to toe with Alabama. Deshaun Watson has never lost a college game that he started and finished. Somehow some way, I think that continues. We are gonna ride #4 to the greatest season in college football history. To win a championship game, you have to beat a good team. At this point, if DW tells me that a gnat can pull a freight train, I'm getting a damn rope.
Clemson 27 Alabama 20
Last edited by trkykilr; 01-06-2016 at 07:38 PM.
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