Tough stretch of games. That shutout against UNC must have been especially frustrating. Hopefully you can recover and prevent a promising start from being wasted.
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Tough stretch of games. That shutout against UNC must have been especially frustrating. Hopefully you can recover and prevent a promising start from being wasted.
I hope so I'm not sure who to start next week due to the bad game Parker played. Hopefully I'll get my first conference win this week but I'm not holding my breath.
The Clemson Tigers entered this week 0-3 in ACC play and to top it all off they were heading to Atlanta to face #7 Georgia Tech who were undefeated and looking to stay that way. The Tigers had question with what they were going to do with there quarterback given the poor performance of Kyle Parker last week, But his backup Tajh Boyd didn’t do much better. Coach Swinney decided to start Parker but wanted to keep him on a short leash. The game started off slow as both teams had problems moving the ball on offense and it wasn’t until near the end of the first quarter that someone caught a break. That break went to Georgia Tech as Nesbit hooked up with Cone for the first score of the game.
Clemson would be down but they would find a way to get back up as late in the second quarter Clemson was able to strike gold with a TD and tie the game. Both teams went into the half tied as we looked to be in for a knockdown drag out. During halftime Coach Swinney told his players he wanted to see something from the offense. That something came on the first play of the second half after the kickoff as Jamie Harper took a wildcat handoff from Andre Ellington and sprinted 77 yards giving Clemson the lead for the first time.
Clemson was on cloud nine they had the lead and they were holding Georgia Tech to little offense but Georgia Tech kept picking away and they managed to tie the game with a TD late in the quarter tying the game. Clemson wasted little time as they struck back and took the lead back thanks to Andre Ellington. But once again Georgia Tech had an answer as they tied the game in the final quarter leaving many people to wonder if we were going to see overtime.
Clemson mounted an offensive drive but came up short handing the ball back to Georgia Tech as it looked as if Clemson’s last chance went down. But Clemson’s defense stepped up and gave Clemson’s offense one final shot. The offense took the field with little time left and only two timeouts. Clemson made there way down the field and ran into the Jackets defense as Clemson used there final timeout and coach Swinney had two options go for the TD or try a field goal. Coach Swinney opted for the field goal and his choice paid off as Chandler Catanzaro squeezed the ball through the upright and sent Clemson home with there first ACC win.
Edit:When I get the chance I'll try top update this with player stats. The site is being a pain and won't show me the right stats so I can finish the write up.
The Clemson Tigers made the trip to Boston College to take on the Eagles in another big ACC match up. The eagles were looking to keep there ACC chances alive while the Tigers were looking to follow up with back to back wins. The Eagles got the scoring started with a quick TD. Clemson tried to get there offense rolling but they were unable to as BC held the Tigers in check BC went on to add a second TD in the second quarter going up 14-0. Clemson would manage to crack through getting there first score just before halftime as both teams went into the half 14-7 BC leading.
Clemson did manage to tie the game in the third quarter as Andre Ellington pounded the ball in from two yards out. BC took back the lead on the next drive as Montell harris punched it in from one yard out. BC was up 21-14 but Clemson did manage to tie the game with a Kyle Parker TD pass. But Kyle Parker also ended up adding to his own downfall as he threw two INT's as BC added a late field goal and walked away with the win over the Tigers.
The Clemson Tigers made the trip down to Florida as they looked to rebound from there loss to North Carolina St. The Simenoles looked to keep there record in ACC play going.
Clemson jumped on the board first with a Kyle Parker TD pass. Florida St. responded later in the quarter with a score of there own tying the game up at 7. Florida St. jumped ahead of Clemson as Christian Ponder threw his first of three TD's. Clemson responded with a TD pass of there own before Florida St. jumped ahead with another Ponder TD pass.
Flroida St. took control of the game in the third quarter with two scoring drives as it looked like this game was going to be a blow out as FSU was up 34-14. But Clemson wouldn't stay down for too long as backup Tajh Boyd came in for an injuried Kyle Parker leading Clemson on two scoring drives as the game now 34-28. Clemson looked like they were going to get back into the game again but the FSU defense stood tall forcing a turnover on downs and ending Clemson's chances at a win.
10-07-2010, 06:35 AM
Re: Assassin's Clemson Tigers Dynasty (NCAA 11)
