Clemson Defense 91. WVU Offense 91

[Clemsonpanther]

Our offense is in the mid 90s. Our Defense is a B- C+ we were terrible, our saving grace was shutting down VTech twice.

[AttackAttack]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clemsonpanther

Our offense is in the mid 90s. Our Defense is a B- C+ we were terrible, our saving grace was shutting down VTech twice.

Clemson's O should be in the high 80s.

Reason? They don't play anyone and when they do they get shut down.

152 total yards agasnt a real D.

[1GATOR FAN]

As much as Clemson, FSU, VT are hyped you think they would plow through the pretty weak ACC.....

[jim8015]

Quote: Originally Posted by AttackAttack

Clemson is soft all around. When they played USC their players were asking our players to take it easy on them since we already scored 34 points. Their offense is soft too. They put up big numbers because they play in the weak *** acc. Sammy Watkins is that team.

You're right the ratings don't mean anything. Do you remember NCAA 04 when Clemson and South Carolina were both ranked an 84 overall and Clemson hung 63 on you to your 17 that season? Don't act all high and mighty because you fools have had a few good years in a row. It's a long way to the top and a short way down.

[1GATOR FAN]

Quote: Originally Posted by jim8015

You're right the ratings don't mean anything. Do you remember NCAA 04 when Clemson and South Carolina were both ranked an 84 overall and Clemson hung 63 on you to your 17 that season? Don't act all high and mighty because you fools have had a few good years in a row. It's a long way to the top and a short way down.

You can sure tell South Carolina fans are not used to being good lol... I've talked to alot of there fans about past games and you can tell just like their team that they are"cocky"

Got milk it while your good I guess, but they are a team just like Arkansas. Both got a got/had a good coaches that really can turn 3*** players into great players, if they lose that ability though they will fall

[marxshut]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sparkles

as a clemson fan, they have gotten better in defense in the offseason. 7 returning starters and new (fairly well) defensive coordinator. but i do realize that WVU's offense is really good. wonder why there isnt a good difference between the ratings

Hope you're right but I think, as far as talent goes, you're off base.

2 of the 4 starting D-linemen last year were NFL draft picks in Branch and Thompson. In addition Rennie Moore, who likely will make an NFL camp is gone so 75% of the D line will be new with only Malliciah Goodman having seen substantial playing time. Coty Sensabaugh, the other player we lose, was also an NFL draft pick. He'll be replaced by Breeland or Robinson both talented players. So of the 4 players we lost on Defense, 3 were NFL draft picks and all four will likely be on camp rosters.

If our starting LB's are the same this year we are in trouble there as well. The 5*'s from 2 years ago should step in this year but if they don't, that's a mediocre unit. All in all the secondary is solid, but the safeties were far too undisciplined last year.

Most of last year's problem was scheme. We had and NFL style defense and when we played a pro-style offense we were typically successful. However when we played offenses that utilized the QB in the running game and utilized a lot of misdirection we were lost schematically. Hopefully the new DC (from oklahoma) will be more accustomed to dealing with spread offenses but there's going to be a learning curve, so between the decimated d-line, the questionable LB core and a new scheme to learn, i wouldn't expect much improvement from this unit until late in the year.

Better hope the offense can carry us until then.

[Madwolf]

Quote: Originally Posted by superjames1992

WVU still racked up 533 yards of offense against you guys. But you all were very efficient on offense, despite just 351 offensive yards, and that blocked kick return for a touchdown was crucial. That game was so frustrating for me, but the Orange Bowl beatdown kind of smoothed things over (as well as NC State's win over you guys in the Belk Bowl)! Which brings me to another point, NC State is also vastly overrated in NCAA 13.

If Strong has any flaw as a coach it's getting our guys to explode out of the gates in the bowl games. Slow starts have really hurt us there. It also didn't help that NC State was the beneficiary of some terrible officiating twice at crucial moments.

[LucasWVU]

Quote: Originally Posted by Madwolf

If Strong has any flaw as a coach it's getting our guys to explode out of the gates in the bowl games. Slow starts have really hurt us there. It also didn't help that NC State was the beneficiary of some terrible officiating twice at crucial moments.

Strong has you guys headed in a great direction!

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