Game Week Thread 2024 Playoffs Round 1: Clemson at Texas

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

1 hour ago, B00M said:

Texas missed Bama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, South Carolina, LSU (most of the top of the SEC) and played a lot of ~.500 teams close. Quinn was averaging 5 air yards per pass attempt until our last game, is immobile, not clutch at all, and our running backs wouldn’t start on any Texas team since 2008-2009. Clemson should be suuuuuuuper worried coming into DKR with a gutted student section and the expectations of the world on Texas. 
 

Edit

its bizarre how you people keep bringing up the week 1 UGA game as proof. The half time scores of each team’s first UGA games were 0-6 and 0-23. The gap between Texas and Clemson is smaller than 11-14 points. 

[BERT 4488]

@B00M it’s ok, you can admit to us that your second favorite team is Clemson. Don’t worry, we’ll all judge you unfairly 

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

29 minutes ago, Hookem10 said:

all you guys saying we can't do anything on offense and we suck shit threw a straw because of the last few games are tiring. we've won all these games and if our kicker makes his field goals we would've won Saturday. its the playoff now, who gives a fuck what we can or can't do, everyone has warts. just win em all whether we run for 500 or pass for 500 or turn it over 5 times, JUST WIN. LFG and fuck Clemson smu Arizona st. all of them. 

Also, for some reason people think Clemson's defense is good. 

For perspective, all these teams on our schedule have a better D than Clemson per FEI: Oklahoma, Georgia X2, Texas A&M, and Michigan. I also think Kentucky's D is better but just had issues on offense that limited the effectiveness of their D. 

Half our schedule was against better defenses. 

 

Edited December 10 by Rickylovesweed

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

To the only ranked team on the schedule. They’re all ranked going forward. 

[Stringer 1487]

You guys don’t get it. Dabo won titles with DeShaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. He obviously is the best coach in the world and Klubnik is a combo of those two other scrubs.

[Hank_Hill 19764]

4 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Also, for some reason people think Clemson's defense is good. 

For perspective, all these teams on our schedule have a better D than Clemson per FEI: Oklahoma, Georgia X2, Texas A&M, and Michigan. I also think Kentucky's D is better but just had issues on offense that limited the effectiveness of their D. 

Half our schedule was against better defenses. 

 

Yea but have you factored in the home field disadvantage? Cuz fan pressure??

[RoyalBevo21 912]

I’m not even saying we need anything crazy. Putting this offense in positions like:

1st & 10 - 3 yard run 

2nd & 7 - 3 yard run 

3rd & 4 - (you have the entire playbook at your disposal) this is a down & distance where Helm and Golden should feast on crossing routes and drags

 

instead we’ll get 

1st & 10 - oopty oop razzle dazzle double screen Jaydon Blue - 2 yards 

2nd & 12 - Quinn arm punt deep ball to no one 

3rd & 12 - wisner check down 4 yards 

4th & 8 - Kern 32 yard punt

 

Of course this is all after fielding the kick 4 yards deep in the end zone and starting on our own 15, punting from our 17 and setting them up at midfield after only taking 58 seconds off the clock and fucking our defense over yet again.

[Hank_Hill 19764]

1 minute ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I’m not even saying we need anything crazy. Putting this offense in positions like:

1st & 10 - 3 yard run 

2nd & 7 - 3 yard run 

3rd & 4 - (you have the entire playbook at your disposal) this is a down & distance where Helm and Golden should feast on crossing routes and drags

 

instead we’ll get 

1st & 10 - oopty oop razzle dazzle double screen Jaydon Blue - 2 yards 

2nd & 12 - Quinn arm punt deep ball to no one 

3rd & 12 - wisner check down 4 yards 

4th & 8 - Kern 32 yard punt

 

Of course this is all after fielding the kick 4 yards deep in the end zone and starting on our own 15, punting from our 17 and setting them up at midfield after only taking 58 seconds off the clock and fucking our defense over yet again.

That strategy worked against everyone not named Georgia so I say fuck it we ball

[RoyalBevo21 912]

1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

That strategy worked against everyone not named Georgia so I say fuck it we ball

Just think how much better it’d be if we didn’t start by fist fucking ourselves.

[Kdub 513]

Jesus this thread. Bunch of fucking pussies

[UTHornFan014 751]

4 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I’m not even saying we need anything crazy. Putting this offense in positions like:

1st & 10 - 3 yard run 

2nd & 7 - 3 yard run 

3rd & 4 - (you have the entire playbook at your disposal) this is a down & distance where Helm and Golden should feast on crossing routes and drags

 

instead we’ll get 

1st & 10 - oopty oop razzle dazzle double screen Jaydon Blue - 2 yards 

2nd & 12 - Quinn arm punt deep ball to no one 

3rd & 12 - wisner check down 4 yards 

4th & 8 - Kern 32 yard punt

 

Of course this is all after fielding the kick 4 yards deep in the end zone and starting on our own 15, punting from our 17 and setting them up at midfield after only taking 58 seconds off the clock and fucking our defense over yet again.

 

[F250 29174]

Last night I had a vision of the Longhorns working their way through the playoffs and this is what I saw.

"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Sark, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the College Football Playoffs, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

Hell is coming for Clemson and everyone else that follows in their path.

 

 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

Just now, Kdub said:

Jesus this thread. Bunch of fucking pussies

[B00M 6725]

17 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Holy shit our fanbase is so ridiculous.

"Not sure if we can line up and just run against anyone"

Non-sack rushing for Texas

40-196
32-143
34-197
51-243
29-200
29-183
20-88
30-133
30-219
39-146
46-256
49-244
22-58

It looks like we can run against everyone except one game against one team. Our first game against Georgia was fine on straight runs, Sarkisian tried to run wide way too often in the second game.

that first post-Georgia result is what really concerns me. An otherwise season-low in non-sack rushing yardage (133, 4.4 ypc) with a (non-Georgia) season-high 4 sacks. A week after we’d been exposed. Fucking Vanderbilt.

Or the 3.74 ypc vs Arkansas? We beating top 10 teams with that? Clemson, clearly the 2nd best team we’ve played, can’t reproduce the results of Vandy and Arkansas, can they?!

*pussy rubbing intensifies*

[RoyalBevo21 912]

4 minutes ago, UTHornFan014 said:

 

Nailed my thought process lol.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

 

2 minutes ago, B00M said:

that first post-Georgia result is what really concerns me. An otherwise season-low in non-sack rushing yardage (133, 4.4 ypc) with a (non-Georgia) season-high 4 sacks. A week after we’d been exposed. Fucking Vanderbilt.

Or the 3.74 ypc vs Arkansas? We beating top 10 teams with that? Clemson, clearly the 2nd best team we’ve played, can’t reproduce the results of Vandy and Arkansas, can they?!

*pussy rubbing intensifies*

Edited December 10 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

The big problem with Clemson's D is they're #123 in explosive plays. 

The way to stop our offense is to limit big plays and force us into long drives. Clemson has been incapable of doing that all year. 

 

[B00M 6725]

10 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

Just think how much better it’d be if we didn’t start by fist fucking ourselves.

Yeah but it’s way better if we just suck each others dicks and talk about how bad clemson must be

[RoyalBevo21 912]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

The big problem with Clemson's D is they're #123 in explosive plays. 

The way to stop our offense is to limit big plays and force us into long drives. Clemson has been incapable of doing that all year. 

 

73rd at stopping the run, 60th at stopping the pass, 65th total. If we blow this at home…… holy fuck.

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

1 minute ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

73rd at stopping the run, 60th at stopping the pass, 65th total. If we blow this at home…… holy fuck.

We got the most desirable draw possible for our offense. At least the first 2 rounds. 

 

Edited December 10 by Rickylovesweed

[troph 25089]

1 hour ago, fellside said:

In Sarks last three losses, we rushed for 51 (Washington), 31 (Georgia), and 29 (Georgia).

I don't think this Texas team is losing to any team against whom they can run the ball.

Clemson gave up 154 rushing yards against SMU, 267 against SC, 210 against Pitt, and 169 against Georgia.

This is always the truth. When sark’s team can’t run the ball it’s trouble.  When they can, he looks like a genius.

Edited December 10 by troph

[Hank_Hill 19764]

2 minutes ago, B00M said:

Yeah but it’s way better if we just suck each others dicks and talk about how bad clemson must be

People have rightfully been shitting on Clemson on here all year, why stop now?

[B00M 6725]

4 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

The big problem with Clemson's D is they're #123 in explosive plays. 

The way to stop our offense is to limit big plays and force us into long drives. Clemson has been incapable of doing that all year. 

This right here is good shit. I will accept credit for milking this out of you. 
 

[RoyalBevo21 912]

8 minutes ago, B00M said:

that first post-Georgia result is what really concerns me. An otherwise season-low in non-sack rushing yardage (133, 4.4 ypc) with a (non-Georgia) season-high 4 sacks. A week after we’d been exposed. Fucking Vanderbilt.

Or the 3.74 ypc vs Arkansas? We beating top 10 teams with that? Clemson, clearly the 2nd best team we’ve played, can’t reproduce the results of Vandy and Arkansas, can they?!

*pussy rubbing intensifies*

The good news is Vandy is 44th against the run, Arkansas 32nd. No excuses OL.

[RoyalBevo21 912]

1 minute ago, troph said:

This is always the truth. When sark’s team can’t run the ball it’s trouble.  When they can, he looks like a genius.

Which is why I keep saying, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL. Some here think we should just tee up 50-60 passes a game. Ask Leach (RIP) how many championships that’ll get you.

[Huckleberry 34407]

11 minutes ago, B00M said:

that first post-Georgia result is what really concerns me. An otherwise season-low in non-sack rushing yardage (133, 4.4 ypc) with a (non-Georgia) season-high 4 sacks. A week after we’d been exposed. Fucking Vanderbilt.

Or the 3.74 ypc vs Arkansas? We beating top 10 teams with that? Clemson, clearly the 2nd best team we’ve played, can’t reproduce the results of Vandy and Arkansas, can they?!

*pussy rubbing intensifies*

I admonished the vaginal caterwauling around here before the A&M game and your version is even dumber. 

"But what if we play as badly as we've played all year and they play better than they have all year? What then?"

Scintillating analysis. 

[Hank_Hill 19764]

15 minutes ago, B00M said:

 

Clemson, clearly the 2nd best team we’ve played.

Man I’m not even sold on this the more I look at it. Best QB for sure.

[F250 29174]

We do struggle in the red zone and with rushing but fortunately Clemson's red zone defense is #52 behind the likes of UTEP, JMU, FAU, FIU, Rutgers, Michigan and a lot of other clowns.

Their rushing defense is #73 and their total defense is #65 lulz.

Clemson isn't going to come close to stopping our offense.

Kentucky has a much better defense than Clemson and we manhandled them, Clemson isn't even going to be a speed bump.

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

Just now, F250 said:

We do struggle in the red zone and with rushing but fortunately Clemson's red zone defense is #52 behind the likes of UTEP, JMU, FAU, FIU, Rutgers, Michigan and a lot of other clowns.

Their rushing defense is #73 and their total defense is #65 lulz.

Clemson isn't going to come close to stopping our offense.

Kentucky has a much better defense than Clemson and we manhandled them, Clemson isn't even going to be a speed bump.

Clemson's D is not good. 

The only reason the advanced metrics kind of like their D is because they do force a lot of turnovers. That's the only redeeming part of their D. They suck at everything else. 

From what I've seen, they take a lot of risks on defense trying to force turnovers because they know their D isn't good. It leads to turnovers but also a lot of big plays. 

[B00M 6725]

1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

I admonished the vaginal caterwauling around here before the A&M game and your version is even dumber. 

"But what if we play as badly as we've played all year and they play better than they have all year? What then?"

Scintillating analysis. 

You’re already dismissing our 2 worst performances (that came against the team with the closest composite roster talent). Now we’ll just exclude the next 2 worst performances?

there are only a few teams on our schedule with remotely similar rosters. Aggy and OU: each abandoned/busted their 5-star QBs. Georgia dominated us once, then beat us in OT with their backup QB, crushing our running game both times.

Here we are, about to face another team with similar roster talent but with a 5-star QB they’ve actually invested the three years of development into… are you really expecting Texas to win this by 11+?

it’s a git damn shame we don’t have your old adjustedstats for discussion purposes SIR 🤣

[BERT 4488]

2 minutes ago, B00M said:

You’re already dismissing our 2 worst performances (that came against the team with the closest composite roster talent). Now we’ll just exclude the next 2 worst performances?

there are only a few teams on our schedule with remotely similar rosters. Aggy and OU: each abandoned/busted their 5-star QBs. Georgia dominated us once, then beat us in OT with their backup QB, crushing our running game both times.

Here we are, about to face another team with similar roster talent but with a 5-star QB they’ve actually invested the three years of development into… are you really expecting Texas to win this by 11+?

it’s a git damn shame we don’t have your old adjustedstats for discussion purposes SIR 🤣

We don’t have to win by 11+. 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 3 2 or 1 will do just fine. People will bitch (duh) but they’ll get over it 

[Huckleberry 34407]

The point is that your analysis is fairly worthless. Yes, Texas will lose if they play poorly while Clemson plays their best game. Great. Now what happens if Texas plays their best while Clemson plays poorly? Something like 41-7 Texas. But who gives a shit about edge cases. We've covered them now so how about everyone stops crying about their nightmares?

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

Cade Klubnik just scares you to death.

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

5 minutes ago, B00M said:

You’re already dismissing our 2 worst performances (that came against the team with the closest composite roster talent). Now we’ll just exclude the next 2 worst performances?

there are only a few teams on our schedule with remotely similar rosters. Aggy and OU: each abandoned/busted their 5-star QBs. Georgia dominated us once, then beat us in OT with their backup QB, crushing our running game both times.

Here we are, about to face another team with similar roster talent but with a 5-star QB they’ve actually invested the three years of development into… are you really expecting Texas to win this by 11+?

it’s a git damn shame we don’t have your old adjustedstats for discussion purposes SIR 🤣

Georgia might have 3 first-rounders on their D (Starks, Walker, and Williams) and Everette is going to be a borderline 1st but probably early to mid 2nd rounder dependent on how he tests. 

Clemson has nobody that's going that early on D. 

The fact you think Georgia is a good comparison point (especially on D) for talent is hilarious. 

 

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

2 hours ago, CurlyDumps said:

Clemson is now the 2nd best team on our schedule. If Klubnik is ass, then our QB is cold diarrhea because Klubnik is better by every measurable statistic. Do you seriously have confidence we're gonna have the better QB play in this game?

We're not blowing out anyone going forward. You actually have to be able to score touchdowns and make field goals to achieve such a thing. If Bobby and Gerry are worried, you should be too. Clemson gets to stroll in with zero pressure or expectations and the "nobody believes in us" chip on their shoulder.  Best case scenario we win this game like 20-13 riding our defense.

Clemson +11 = lol free money.

We'll have enough offense that it won't matter because our defense is #1 in the nation for a reason. Clemson doesn't have the D-line personnel to stop Wisner, and they have exactly 1 DB worth a shit. Is covering all of our WR's? If Bond is out, which isn't a bad thing considering his lack of giving a shit, would propel Wingo in his spot so he can finally do something other than sit on the sidelines while Sark square peg round holes what's not working. Even Blue in the flat can be effective. 

This isn't 2018-2020 Clemson defense. They like, 6-7 decent players at best. I'm not saying they're Florida, but they damn sure aren't Georgia. Dabo has killed that program. Had he not went full retard and used the poral correctly, we would be having a vastly different discussion. You think Mukuba left because he was homesick? Lol, no. He jumped off a sinking ship to come to a program on the rise. 

[Hank_Hill 19764]

23 minutes ago, B00M said:

 

about to face another team with similar roster talent 

I don’t think they’re particularly similar at all. 

[Brandywine 1326]

I’m concerned with Quinn's confidence moving forward. He looked deflated in the postgame interview with his head down and not saying much. But he gets that way after a loss. He has to feel confident that he can win these games moving forward and that he’s totally in charge to win at any cost. Whatever it takes. Or, man, they may be one and done. 

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

3 hours ago, B00M said:

Texas missed Bama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, South Carolina, LSU (most of the top of the SEC) and played a lot of ~.500 teams close. Quinn was averaging 5 air yards per pass attempt until our last game, is immobile, not clutch at all, and our running backs wouldn’t start on any Texas team since 2008-2009. Clemson should be suuuuuuuper worried coming into DKR with a gutted student section and the expectations of the world on Texas. 
 

Edit

its bizarre how you people keep bringing up the week 1 UGA game as proof. The half time scores of each team’s first UGA games were 0-6 and 0-23. The gap between Texas and Clemson is smaller than 11-14 points. 

Vegas has been pretty spot on for a reason. We have the better defense and could have beaten Georgia if sideshow Bert doesn't was a competent kicker. We at least faced someone with a pulse and took them to OT. Clemson faced....SMU, and needed a FG to win the game.  

These 2 teams are on an opposite trajectory recruiting-wise. I don't care who the opponent is; when you have more INT's than who you're playing has TD's, that's telling. We're in rw-loading stage, while Dabo is in worship Jesus mode hoping we don't pick off Klubnik 3+ times. If you can't understand the difference between these two teams, I don't know what to tell you. 

Edited December 10 by Funk Doctor Spock

[Alien Octopus 630]

My cocktail Is enchubbed with this match up. Horns are going to fuck up Clemson.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

We’re terrible, they should win convincingly.

[Huckleberry 34407]

There's a reason the spread is where it is and why most places have it an 80/20 game for Texas, because that's what it is. I've got it in the 30-17 to 31-20 range on average. That means Texas has some wiggle room but not much. The more important things to discuss instead of worst case scenarios are things like Kelvin Banks's and Bond's recoveries, what the hell Jeff Banks does these days, and if Sarkisian is going to cut the crap with the 5 fakes in the backfield stuff. 

Edited December 10 by Huckleberry

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

There's a reason the spread is where it is and why most places have it an 80/20 game for Texas, because that's what it is. I've got it in the 30-17 to 31-20 range on average. That means Texas has some wiggle room but not much. The more important things to discuss instead of worst case scenarios are things like Kelvin Banks's ands Bond's recoveries, what the hell Jeff Banks does these days, and if Sarkisian is going to cut the crap with the 5 fakes in the backfield stuff. 

Also if Clemson's top 2 RBs are healthy. 

Seems like that's up in the air. 

[B00M 6725]

30 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

The point is that your analysis is fairly worthless.

[F250 29174]

B00M on his wedding day crying to his dad, best man and groomsmen.

[B00M 6725]

33 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Georgia might have 3 first-rounders on their D (Starks, Walker, and Williams) and Everette is going to be a borderline 1st but probably early to mid 2nd rounder dependent on how he tests. 

Clemson has nobody that's going that early on D. 

The fact you think Georgia is a good comparison point (especially on D) for talent is hilarious. 

 

I hope I didn’t directly compare them to Georgia. I’m expecting a vandy/Ark level defense but with perhaps better QB play. maybe I’m expecting too much from Cade and they’re really just a Vandy caliber team in the ACC? Do you have a better comp from our schedule? 

[B00M 6725]

53 minutes ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Vegas has been pretty spot on for a reason. We have the better defense and could have beaten Georgia if sideshow Bert doesn't was a competent kicker. We at least faced someone with a pulse and took them to OT. Clemson faced....SMU, and needed a FG to win the game.  

These 2 teams are on an opposite trajectory recruiting-wise. I don't care who the opponent is; when you have more INT's than who you're playing has TD's, that's telling. We're in rw-loading stage, while Dabo is in worship Jesus mode hoping we don't pick off Klubnik 3+ times. If you can't understand the difference between these two teams, I don't know what to tell you. 

We’ve covered the spread 2 of our last 7 games. Vegas makes money. 

 

Edited December 10 by B00M

[Rickylovesweed 15307]

Just now, B00M said:

I hope I didn’t directly compare them to Georgia. I’m expecting a vandy/Ark level defense but with perhaps better QB play. maybe I’m expecting too much from Cade and they’re really just a Vandy caliber team in the ACC? Do you have a better comp from our schedule? 

I don't think there's a very good comp. 

The best way I could break it down is Clemson is one of the best offenses we've played this season. It's a middle-of-the-pack defense compared to other teams we've played. It's one of the worst special teams we've played. 

That's how you end up with a team that lost 3 games and probably should have lost 4 or 5 when you look at win expectancy. When you have just an OK defense and a terrible special teams your offense better be elite and Clemson's offense isn't elite. 

[LonghornSean 4072]

We should win by 10-14 points. But I can’t dismiss Clemson. They’ve got talent and we will have the pressure on us, which will give them confidence. If we let them hang with us for too long in the first half, that pressure will build. Would love to see us finally be able to come out strong, step on the throat, and put a team away.

Feel like we’re due for a defensive TD, or special teams (lolz who am I kidding). Would love to cash one of those in.

No matter what I’m really looking forward to another game day at DKR.

[Hookem2147 21930]

2 hours ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

And yet I can all but guarantee you the first 20 plays will be 16 pass 4 run.

And if the 4 run plays go for 11 total yards everyone will say “WHY DOES STUBBORN SARK KEEP RUNNING”

Surly will make sure all basis are covered.

[Hookem2147 21930]

So Clemson opened with Georgia (loss), then played 10 straight games against unranked opponents with only 1 game being against a team that won more than 7 games (Louisville, who beat them), before closing with South Carolina (who also beat them) and SMU.

They've had to play a lot of hero ball with Klubnik against good defenses. 10 carries against South Carolina and 14 against SMU.