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YOUR BALANCE
Glad to see the more level-headed folks on here today, but..
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Glad to see the more level-headed folks on here today, but..


Dec 2, 2013, 11:36 AM

I still have one concern about something that is in entire control of our coaches.

Before getting into that, I want to reiterate like a lot of others that people need to understand SC is nothing of what they put on the field their first 110 years... and their last 3 years have been better than the previous 7 over the last decade. People need to understand SC went to only 10 bowl games in their first 110 years. And they have been to 8 bowl games in the last decade... all while playing in an admittedly tough conference. They have improved and so have we, but no team will overcome 6 turnovers against similar competition... not even FSU or Alabama.

As for the one concern, I would like to see us focus on getting more top notch OL and bigger RB recruits. I see we have two verbals so far, but with the hit/miss on guys that have good footwork and end up learning the position, I wish we had more depth to choose from. In addition, I would like to see us recruit more 220 - 235 lb running backs with good speed. It's pure physics that those kids are much tougher to bring down with an arm tackle than those weighing less than 200 lb - and they better defend a QB against 260 lb DEs. I'm not at all against having a smaller speedster in the backfield that can break one for a long score, but when we tied it up at 17 on Saturday night, it would have been much less likely to turn the ball over with a formidable running game that could have controlled the clock the rest of the way... and I'm not calling for Danny Ford football (Chad Morris' offense can accomodate the power running game along with all of the WR weapons).

Having said all that, I like what we are doing with the program and it's good to see Dabo turn kids out that are not a bunch of thugs. Tajh was a great player for our school and regardless of his rivalry record, he should be commended for his production both on and off the field. Kudos to all of the other seniors who also played their last regular season game for the Tigers.

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Almost everyone on here disagrees with me... but SCU is


Dec 2, 2013, 11:39 AM

more physical than us. Are we more talented? Maybe. Could we have won anyway? Maybe...

but they are more physical, and it's b/c of how Spurrier has built the team... It wears on you for four quarters, and it wears on you over the course of a season...

I think they are bigger and stronger than us at most positions (Not all)

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I disagree.....


Dec 2, 2013, 11:43 AM

Darius Robinson and turnovers cost us that game.

Not trying to bash but clemson will be much better off when Darius is done playing here. He gets abused by good teams.

I still think for the most part we played well but you can't turn the ball over.

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without the turnovers, we wear them down!***


Dec 2, 2013, 11:45 AM [ in reply to Almost everyone on here disagrees with me... but SCU is ]



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I do think they are more physical than us


Dec 2, 2013, 11:47 AM [ in reply to Almost everyone on here disagrees with me... but SCU is ]

but not so much so that we cant beat them. It gives them a slight edge, but not much more.

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Re: I do think they are more physical than us


Dec 2, 2013, 12:25 PM

Nope not this year.

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They were so much more physical that their SEC-leading


Dec 2, 2013, 12:01 PM [ in reply to Almost everyone on here disagrees with me... but SCU is ]

rb went for a whole 22 yrds.

They were so much more physical that their awesome defense held HOt Rod, a small rb, to 7.9 ypc.

That meme has expired, time to try another one.

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They were more physical in the only thing that matters


Dec 2, 2013, 12:27 PM

scoring more points

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We've had bad luck with O-Line recruits the last


Dec 2, 2013, 11:40 AM

few years: JK Jay had to quit, Kenneth Page left team, Destefano had to quit, I may be forgetting some.

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I like a big back too but RB was not the problem sat. night***


Dec 2, 2013, 11:44 AM



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Our lines played well. We established the run and shut down


Dec 2, 2013, 11:47 AM

their All-world RB. Conner Shaw just made plays in an unorthodox way.

Without the turnovers we win that game by double digits.

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Re: Our lines played well. We established the run and shut down


Dec 2, 2013, 11:51 AM

Boyd was sacked five times and hurried on a number of passes. We are, for the most part, a passing team with Boyd, Watkins etc. The OL DID NOT play well and they haven't in several years. Need more beef!

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Most of the sacks were Tajh's fault. He had horrible pocket


Dec 2, 2013, 11:56 AM

awareness. He had outlet receivers wide open. He had time to do something better on several occasions.

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Even then, we passed the ball fine...


Dec 2, 2013, 12:03 PM

Even with the 2 int's, Boyd completed 70% of his passes. That number probably goes up if he's not pressing at the end of the game BECAUSE OF THE MUFFED PUNTS.

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I'm not putting it all on Tajh, but he played a bad game.


Dec 2, 2013, 12:06 PM

He had 3 turnovers on his own. He killed more than a couple of drives with his bad decisions, like handing Clowney a sack by running into his rush. He cuts inside there he buys another second or two to do something else.

I feel terrible saying it because I like Tajh a lot and I know he busts his tail for the program. But the truth is the truth.

Our lines did better than Tajh.

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Re: I'm not putting it all on Tajh, but he played a bad game.


Dec 2, 2013, 12:27 PM

Fair assessment.

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