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TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 7:47 PM
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ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Count ESPN's Greg McElroy among the doubters that Dabo Swinney's Tigers can reach a seventh-straight Playoff. For Swinney and the team, a Playoff bid is about the furthest thing from their minds with a whole list of improvements to make game-by-game ahead. Pundits, however, are paid to talk ball and Read Update » |
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110%er [3677]
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It is way way too early for that. Of course McElroy
Sep 6, 2021, 7:54 PM
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was in at least one of the ESPN game rooms when we whooped his Tide. Think big ears was too. It was joyful to watch. Glad we got a repeat too.
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Sour grapes and nightmares of the, "little rub route"
Sep 6, 2021, 11:10 PM
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, insinuating we ran a pick play on Renfrow's game winning TD.
Clemson can most definitely make it into the top 4. If were going to lose then it was good it was early. If we keep winning from here we will climb, and you can't just keep another 1-loss team ahead of us based on a loss to UGA. It's a lot about timing too.
Just win and get better every week, and all the goals are still in the table. Gotta look better though.
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So we have to listen to this all year now?
Sep 6, 2021, 7:55 PM
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Not if you don't subscribe to ESPN.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 7:56 PM
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Actually a better route for Clemson is for Alabama and Georgia to go undefeated and then one of them lose in the SECCG. They’ll be 1 & 2. Clemson needs to win out in spectacular style in each game and win the ACCCG. And then get help from Oklahoma and OSU stumbling which is more likely than Georgia or Alabama messing up.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 8:12 PM
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You're right. We need uga to have a spectacular defensive year with shutouts against percieved good offenses.
Can't believe anyone that says our defense was "good" and uga was great. Had we committed to the run, we'd have had maybe about as much as they did. It was the sacks. We ran it 10 times... Only 10 times.
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All-American [581]
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Other than a late 10yd run by Dixon
Sep 6, 2021, 11:14 PM
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Our RBs got 1.8yds per carry. I understand wanting more runs, especially when down on the 5, but why would we "commit" to 1.8yds per carry?
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Re: Other than a late 10yd run by Dixon
Sep 7, 2021, 12:38 PM
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And that was after LynJ got 10 yds on his carry! I remember only 2, 1 & a 3 yd 1st down runs.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 11:22 PM
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I would rather history sit repeat itself again. UGA can have their annual bedshitting to some random team (my bet is Auburn), then their annual L to Bama.
Maybe we can back-door into the #4 seed, then who knows, but based on game 1, we have a long way to go in order to go toe to toe with Bama or OSU this season.
It will be interesting to see how we handle this and respond. That will define this team, not game 1.
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More Greg McElroy clickbait.
Sep 6, 2021, 7:57 PM
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I ain’t falling for it. He’s making a ridiculous statement for it being this early in the season and he knows it.
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Paw Master [16128]
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Greg McElroy is an idiot. Win 12 straight and we are in...
Sep 6, 2021, 8:01 PM
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the top 4. We lost the first game of the season against a top 5 team by on TD. Our defense allowed 3 points.
Greg is a Bama homer and SEC hack. The whole SEC isn't going undefeated and Oklahoma doesn't look like it will either with their near loss at home to Tulane.
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Orange Beast [6201]
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 8:01 PM
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Its time for us to get the hell out of the acc ....no matter how hard we try
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Rival Killer [3002]
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So funny watching him have to call the Bama blowout in 2018.
Sep 6, 2021, 8:03 PM
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He couldn't run away like his boy Spears
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If the Clemson O plays like that from here on out our chances of bowling is
Sep 6, 2021, 8:16 PM
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almost zero.
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Paw Master [16128]
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UGA is arguably the most talented team in the country...
Sep 6, 2021, 8:24 PM
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Without a doubt they are in the top 5. Only Bama and OSU could be better. We won't face a team near that talented until the postseason.
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What does that have to do with DJ ignoring his reads and
Sep 6, 2021, 9:17 PM
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staring down receivers?
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 8:18 PM
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Almost zero chance that it makes one lick of sense talking about Playoffs after 1 week of the season.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 8:25 PM
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Well, I'm not sure about "zero chance" but most everything else he said makes sense to me.
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All-American [581]
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Like what?
Sep 6, 2021, 11:19 PM
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What are you agreeing with? I saw no rational points.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 8:27 PM
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Of course that homer is going to start blowing the 2 or 3 teams SEC teams in the playoff horn.
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Orange Beast [6228]
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I think he’s right on. I don’t agree with “zero chance” but otherwise….he’s right
Sep 6, 2021, 8:27 PM
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nm
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Orange Phenom [14628]
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ESPN actively works with the SEC to better the conference in
Sep 6, 2021, 8:33 PM
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every way. Does it really benefit Clemson for our site to link hits to their web site?
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 8:40 PM
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Greg McElroy doesn't like us? LOL! Bu7thurt.
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welp then we shouldnt play any more of our 11
Sep 6, 2021, 8:43 PM
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games plus acc title game if we make it then
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 9:11 PM
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Here's what I don't get about all this talk about Clemson's playoff chances being "almost zero." If they had stuck with the originally scheduled Wyoming game, won handily, and went undefeated, they'd be considered a shoo-in for the playoffs. But they instead take on top-five Georgia, lose a defensive slugfest that by any objective measure was a coin-flip game, and now they're completely out of the picture? What then is the point of "scheduling up?" They're being penalized for it. Even crazier, if they had beaten Georgia, but then stumble once in ACC play, some of these same analysts would be going with the "almost zero" take, citing the lowly state of the conference and the fact that the Georgia game was early in the season.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 7, 2021, 7:51 AM
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Just because Greg says we have virtually zero chance doesn’t make it so. Playoff committee looks at this stuff much differently than the SEC hacks. Scheduling up was the right thing to do, now Clemson has to come out of it and show they are getting better offensively. If they do, we are likely playoff bound.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 9:19 PM
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This is why the committee is such a good thing. If left up to writers and morons like this, we would never get in.
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McElroy is such a dork, and SEC homer! He may be right...
Sep 6, 2021, 9:19 PM
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but to say, "It was a remarkable defensive performance from Georgia. It was also a fairly good defensive performance from Clemson."
Dumbazz...each defense gave up three points, but UGA'a was remarkable, while Clemson's was only "fairly good"!
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But Georgia’s defense scored 6 points
Sep 6, 2021, 10:26 PM
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In addition to giving up only 3.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 6, 2021, 9:23 PM
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They do realize their darling dawgs only scores 3 offensive points too right?
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espn analist has CTE from trying to be a pro player***
Sep 6, 2021, 9:32 PM
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Vegas disagrees with the game manager
Sep 6, 2021, 10:02 PM
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But I’m sure Greg knows more than Vegas and it has nothing to do with already pushing for two SEC teams in the playoff.
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Propaganda for the committee***
Sep 7, 2021, 6:01 AM
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110%er [6821]
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Hey Greg McElroy: 44-16...
Sep 7, 2021, 7:29 AM
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Suck it!
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 7, 2021, 9:55 AM
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So this is what I got out of that :
1) It took a "fairly good defensive performance" from UGA to hold UGA's offense to 3 points.
2) It took a "remarkable defensive performance" from UGA to hold Clemson's offense to 3 points.
3) The rest of the SEC is so good that it is all but a lock that UGA and Bama will not lose to anyone but each other.
4) Since Oklahoma took care of that power house from New Orleans (that has been displaced by a hurricane and forced to play a home game on the road) by dominating them by 5 points, they are a lock to run the table.
My take:
UGA's defensive front and our defensive front are two of the best (if not the two best) in the country. Most offenses will struggle against them. One pick six basically decided this game. No doubt, our offense needs improvement in play calling as well as OL and QB play. The only scenario I see that would keep us out the playoff, if we run the table, would be if Ohio St and Oklahoma also run the table including conference championship games and undefeated Bama narrowly beats previously undefeated UGA in the SEC championship. An undefeated Notre Dame team could also through a wrench in there. Odds are in our favor that Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, UGA and Alabama will not all go undefeated.
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A one-loss P5 conference champion has never missed the CFP
Sep 7, 2021, 10:34 AM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.
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Re: A one-loss P5 conference champion has never missed the CFP
Sep 7, 2021, 12:00 PM
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In 2014 Big 12 Co-Champs Baylor and TCU both missed the CFP with 11-1 records (no conference championship game).
In 2018 Big 10 Champ Ohio St missed the CFP with a 12-1 record with a 49-20 loss at Purdue.
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 7, 2021, 11:04 AM
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He also said that Notre Dame's 3 pt win in overtime against Florida State showed that they had a good chance of making the playoff. Duh??
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Re: TNET: ESPN analyst says Clemson's Playoff chance is "almost zero"
Sep 7, 2021, 11:11 AM
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A few years ago I heard McElroy late in the season twice comment that Clemson’s O-line was “just okay“ while fawning over the Alabama stone wall defense and an offense with Tua that nobody could stop. ……Then we blew them out in Santa Clara.
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F### ESPN analyst - bunch of A holes
Sep 7, 2021, 11:24 AM
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all of them
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Coming From Greg That's a High Number
Sep 7, 2021, 1:58 PM
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That dude is such a little cuck
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We need to EMBARASS everyone
Sep 8, 2021, 11:25 AM
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Beating points spreads is one thing, but we gotta straight up embarass ALL our opponents on the rest of the schedule.
It starts this weekend with the Bulldogs (of SC State)!
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Re: We need to EMBARASS everyone
Sep 8, 2021, 11:54 AM
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That won’t matter. The schedule is what it is.
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Sc--w Howdy Doody***
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