I'll try to keep this as realistic as possible. In the past

Sep 21, 2014, 11:28 AM

18 games Clemson has played, #13 SCAR, #14 LSU, #5 UGA, #5, FSU, #10 SCAR, #12 Ohio St., #12 UGA and last night #1 FSU. That's a tough slate. During those seasons Clemson has gone 11-2, 11-2, and 1-2 thus far.

Have we won all of those? No. Will we ever win all of those? Probably not. It's been a pretty daunting schedule. People shouldn't be satisfied with losing and I don't know that anyone here is.

What the optimists see as opportunity, the pessimists see as missed chances. I don't fault either side.

I think the most telling thing was that Vegas didn't move the line to a reasonable spot based on what we saw last night. Vegas still felt FSU had the horses to walk the dog on Clemson. Given all our mistakes/miscues, they probably should have, but Clemson dominated that game at the line of scrimmage. I also think we would have given Winston fits as well.

We left points on the board and turned the ball over at a terrible time late. Let's not forget also that Seckinger's TD had to be reviewed which got us in to the "Snap" situation. In turn there was no review on what I thought was a touchdown when CJ got in on his carry on 1st down....but none of that matters.

What matters, in my opinion, is that we have a freshman QB who looks like he can run this offense better than Tajh Boyd ran it. We have some very young talented WRs and RBs which will only improve. We have the best o-line class we've ever had coming in next year. The defense will have some holes to fill, but Alexander looks to be a great one along side Kearse and Johnson.

I'd never tell anyone not to be disappointed in the loss or the way the loss happened. But go back and watch that game again. Personally, I don't know that there is another team on the schedule (Outside of South Carolina) who truly has a chance to beat the Clemson team we watched last night.

Don't give me the, "but we need a kicker" etc ....the thing is, the team that played last night will put most teams to bed early. Our two losses were on the road early in the season and shouldn't kill the confidence of this young group. If anything it was a real chance for these guys to play on a big stage early.

You can be upset about the loss, you can be upset about the kicker, but you should be excited about the future. Not many teams win all of their games. Losing like we did last night stinks. But I for one am looking forward to seeing this team play the rest of the season.