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Clemson Opponent Preview --South Carolina, Nov. 28
Jul 1, 2015, 9:47 PM
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(germanic, I know...but just in case some folks missed this article from today's Charleston P&C)
Clemson opponent preview No. 12: at South Carolina, Nov. 28
Aaron Brenner
Aaron Brenner Email @Aaron_Brenner
Jul 1 2015 7:00 am
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CLEMSON – There’s no way it could actually be that easy, right?
It looks that easy. Clemson has a significant talent advantage at football’s most important position (quarterback), and a reasonable talent advantage at just about every other position on the roster. The streak is finally broken, the monkey is off the back, and the point spread favors Clemson by a field goal.
But. But. But. It’s South Carolina. It’s Spurrier. It’s Sandstorm.
There’s no way it could actually be that easy, right?
It can’t be that easy to beat South Carolina, who proved for five straight years in this heated in-state rivalry it’s not your father’s Gamecocks and threw in an SEC Championship Game appearance, three 11-win seasons and three straight top-10 final rankings while they were at it, right?
It can’t be that easy to stroll into Williams-Brice Stadium, where the home team has won 53 of 70 times under the Head Ball Coach, including 22 consecutive from 2010-14, and expect an easy afternoon, right?
It can’t be that easy to smack around Spurrier, a man who for his lifetime has gone 133-25 at home (a dazzling 84.2 winning percentage), a man who made South Carolina a player in the big, bad SEC, a man who spends his offseason worrying more about his short irons than what the public will think if he dares lose again to Clemson, right?
It can’t be that easy for Artavis Scott (who, yes, David, I believe is still running) to turn simple jet sweeps into easy touchdowns against a Gamecocks defense which was more invisible than Ed Sheeran’s drummer? A Gamecocks defense which, led by Skai Moore and bolstered by junior college defensive ends, surely will be more present with the crowd noise in its favor, right?
It can’t be that easy to stop Pharoh Cooper from going all Artavis on the Tigers, right? To keep a guy who might be the Gamecocks’ leading passer or their leading receiver – or who knows, even the top rusher, punter and waterboy – from beating Clemson in multiple ways?
It can’t be that easy to lose basically the entire defensive front in the offseason, as Clemson did, and prepare to face South Carolina’s school-record offense despite many losses, as South Carolina did, and assume advantage Clemson, right?
It can’t be that easy to think South Carolina will take last season’s weirdness lightly, won’t create momentum from defeating Miami in the bowl game, and hasn’t spent every moment of this offseason building back toward the perch it enjoyed for a few years there before a what-was-that 2014 season?
Nah. Can’t be that easy. Won’t be that easy.
Right?
Less than four months ‘til we find out.
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Yes!
Jul 1, 2015, 9:52 PM
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It really will be that easy!
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sandstorm, LOL.***
Jul 1, 2015, 9:58 PM
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I feel dumber after reading that***
Jul 1, 2015, 11:10 PM
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I was dumb for reading it
Jul 1, 2015, 11:15 PM
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Jeez
Thanks for sharing.., definitely a media guy that likes sitting on a fence!
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Re: Clemson Opponent Preview --South Carolina, Nov. 28
Jul 1, 2015, 11:41 PM
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No regrets....
By November 28th, both teams will be seasoned. They are gonna want to beat us as bad as we want to beat them. Here is the thing being left out of this article:
South Caroina's junior ends aren't that good and they are "new." AND their O-line isn't that good and no where as deep.
The only "storms" that we will see is tears and whine storms.....
And seriously, who is going to defend those Frisbee catching dogs we have....
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