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Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 10:14 AM
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Baseball I tried to enjoy it but this season was a letdown. Time focus on football and a few predictions.
My Regular season predictions
Georgia- Toss up but ill say win maybe 24-17. Djs 3rd start defense will likely win it for Clemson
Sc State-Win it’s over in first qtr backups play 63-7
Georgia tech- win there a improving team but can’t hang with Clemson. 45-14
NC state- Win this one occasionally gives us fits. But I can’t predict a loss here 52-21
Boston college- win used to be a tough out not so sure they will be this year. 42-19
Syracuse- win hopefully those loud jingling keys don’t rattle us. Syracuse is well coached can’t turn it over 56-24
Pittsburgh- win this one could be fairly close pitts usually pretty good. 35-24
Florida state- win there improving but this isn’t a breakout year. 38-17
Louisville- win we see there capable of being pretty decent. But safe bet is a Clemson win 42-23
UConn- win yawn this is a late season scrimmage 55-10
Wake forest- win once again we will see they been good in the past. Maybe they score a few 38-17
Usuck- win new coach they feel like they have new life and can compete. Maybe they become bowl eligible but they ain’t beating Clemson 52-14
Final thoughts I have them going 12-0 but worse case is 9-3. If bad luck was to hit and a few teams surprise us like Pittsburgh or Louisville or wake. Georgia say we win but being the first game it’s a bit of a toss up. Everyone knows Georgia has talent and a loss wouldn’t surprise me. Could easily go 11-1 with a loss to Georgia and still make the playoffs. But I think we go 12-0 improved defense offensive line hopefully will be good enough Dj has to have protection.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 10:53 AM
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we better protect DJ or we're going to end up with BV's youngest playing qb
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 11:30 AM
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Thanks for starting this thread. I am not if the Tigers will be able to score as many points as you are predicting especially in the early part of the season (first six games or so) mostly due to new players on offense every where. But I hope you are right.
Also, if the Tigers are giving up 20 plus points to the likes of NC State, Syracuse Pittsburg and Louisville, I don't see how we stop Georgia to 17. I realize that you probably have the third team defense playing against the above-mentioned teams in the second half, but still we need to be able to keep them to under 14 and preferably under 10.
11-1 or 12-0 seems likely with the talent we have.
Just my two cents.
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Coots bowl eligible?
May 23, 2021, 11:32 AM
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 12:32 PM
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Let's be honest here, any prediction on any of y'all's last 11 games is pretty much a waste of time. Barring something unforseen, no one is going to predict anyone to beat y'all in any of those games. And if someone does happen to beat y'all it will be anywhere from a considerable, to a huge upset. Pittsburgh? Please. Louisville, NC St, or BC? Come on man. FSU is a shell of their glory years.
That leaves Georgia. You guys opened -3, which is about where I though it'd open. I don't think 24 will win this game. I'm thinking more like 31-28 or 34-31 or so. I've said I think the keys to the game are how will our rebuilt secondary hold up against your WRs, and how aggressive will we be overall on offense. For y'all, I think the keys are whether your OL can open up running lanes and protect DJ. Obviously y'all are favored and a lot of folks will pick y'all, but I think we have a decent shot to pull the upset. Should be a good one.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 1:05 PM
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You have us winning almost every game with a blowout. Not going to happen in today's football climate.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 1:14 PM
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You have us winning almost every game with a blowout. Not going to happen in today's football climate.
I didn't say blowout, and wasn't even talking about wins specifically - just talking about predictions. No one is going to predict anyone else will beat you. Sure, over the course of a season someone somewhere may play you closer than expected, maybe cover the spread. But that doesn't change the fact that you will still be favored.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 1:20 PM
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He wasn’t addressing you, professor.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 2:41 PM
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Well, his post was a reply to mine.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 2:51 PM
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No, it was not.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 3:16 PM
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Well then why did it show up directly under mine and indented?
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 8:42 AM
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That’s how it works, Sped. Try context clues next time. What part of his reply had anything to do with your reply? He responded to the coot OP and you STILL don’t realize it. Do they use shapes and colors on your doggy board to help you read?
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Whether or not he meant to, it was a reply to RedDawg***
May 24, 2021, 9:27 AM
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Re: Whether or not he meant to, it was a reply to RedDawg***
May 24, 2021, 12:08 PM
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Clearly not, from the response.
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Ya, maybe it was, maybe it wasn't
May 25, 2021, 8:43 AM
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Not really that big a deal one way or the other. But most telling is that it doesn't matter one iota to BloodbeOrange. Except it did. Hmmmm .... Obsess much?
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Re: Ya, maybe it was, maybe it wasn't
May 25, 2021, 11:15 AM
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Yet again says the loser trolling a Clemson message board of all things as a pathetic UGA fan...
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 2:37 PM
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I don't know what you consider a blowout but outside of the Georgia game, Clemson will be double digit favorites over everyone on their schedule.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 1:23 PM
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You do realize in the last 6 years The doggies lost 10 more games than Clemson & won 19 less games, also they were much worse against ranked teams than Clemson including those from the SEC.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 1:25 PM
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Que the SEC is a gauntlet and the ASheShe is a joke, ho hum, shut the f&@$ up.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 9:22 AM
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To be fair, UGA's schedule in the SEC this year is relatively favorable compared to most years, but I don't think anyone would even suggest it's less difficult than ours?
Bottom line, I'd rather play an 8-4 UNC than Alabama for a chance to get into the CFP, that's for sure; gotta get in to win.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 2:58 PM
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You do realize in the last 6 years The doggies lost 10 more games than Clemson & won 19 less games, also they were much worse against ranked teams than Clemson including those from the SEC.
So why did you go back 6 years? Seems odd.
You know if you go way back to the last time UGA won a NC ... the records are almost exactly the same ... even with the latest run by Clemson.
Guess you had to make sure you had to get Smart’s first year at UGA to make your point.
Let’s go back and look at DB’s first years at Clemson.
When you have the better team over the last six years you only worsen your case by trying to spin it. Like Alabama and their 4,327 national Championships. If they counted legit ones they would still have the most storied program in college football.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 12:21 AM
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Like Citadel said, not sure why you went back 6 years. That would include Richt's last year (Kirby's only coached 5 years) as well as Kirby's first year. And most coaches get a mulligan their first year - I mean look at Dabo's 1st year, or even his 2nd.
And if you look at the last 4 seasons, then yes, Clemson has a better overall W-L record with 7 more wins and 4 fewer losses. But our record vs ranked teams is not "much worse", particularly against top 10 opponents. Since 2017, UGA is 16-8 against ranked opponents, while Clemson is 14-4, and against top 10 opponents, UGA is 9-6 while Clemson is 6-4, which is the exact same winning percentage. UGA is 3-2 in bowl games, while Clemson is 3-3, both have finished in the top 10 4 times, and both have lost to an unranked opponent once.
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I'm terrified of UGA
May 24, 2021, 9:19 AM
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I LOVE big games! Our Tigers often achieve incredible history in big games when we get them.
But this year there's no bigger game than Clemson vs. UGA, and for us Clemson fans, losing to UGA could be determinant.
My legitimate concern is we lose to UGA by more than a score, then we absolutely obliterate the rest of the schedule but still have to cross our fingers to get into the playoff. I just don't see the rest of the opponents as being even relatively competitive outside of Pitt (who we play on the road and right after the game in Syracuse).
Nobody on the schedule has a bye-week to prepare better for Clemson again, which is another reason I think the scores will be vastly lopsided. Frankly, I think that may hurt us, oddly enough. Hard to say, but I do think it's safe to say the UGA matchup will be the one game we're still highlighting in December, win or lose. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS GAME!
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 9:53 AM
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I love how you SEC homers like to talk about "ranked wins". Everyone in the world knows the SEC BS that exists in the rankings every year. Want proof? How about last year. You played and beat a #7 ranked Auburn team. Guess what? Auburn finished 6-5 and not ranked. Then you beat a #14 ranked Tennessee team that went on to finish at 3-7! And to top it all off, you get credit for beating a #25 ranked Missouri team! Let's be real, the only 3 legitimate ranked teams you played last year were Bama, Florida, and Cincy. You got throttled by giving up more than 40 points to both Bama and Florida, while eeking out a victory against a Cincy team that took its foot off the gas way too early in that game. Kinda makes your 2020 season look rather mediocre when you look back on it. What exactly makes you feel you have a chance against Clemson? You don't think we can score like Bama and Florida?
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 4:01 AM
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Red Dawg, how do you think your defense will be that good when Cinncy had you beat but then pulls a bunch of stupid mistakes that handed you the ball game.
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Cincy was great
May 24, 2021, 9:27 AM
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I loved watching Cincinnati the last several years. Frankly I'm still kinda surprised Notre Dame got in ahead of them outright last season. Legitimately competitive, I just hated that both of those teams had so many guys out by the time that game came around (albeit I get it, & COVID-19's season messed up a lot of things for a lot of teams for the bowl games in particular).
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The Georgia games going to be really really close
May 23, 2021, 1:17 PM
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In the 1st drive but we should open up a little cushion from that point on. Look for Justin Ross to have 3 TD catches & over 150 yards receiving. It’s going to be a dog fight until the Tigers begin to dominate. The Dawgs offense won’t be able to keep up for long as the Tigers pull away for a 38-16 win.
Sorry puppies, we won’t see ya on Tigernet for two years unless your pulling for your Daddy Alabama in the Natty!
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 23, 2021, 2:40 PM
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Only prediction I have is that the Georgia game will be a battle!! Team will need to BYOG every down of that game, no love loss between these 2.
Clemson 34
Georgia 23
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Tell 'em u6c coot
May 23, 2021, 4:27 PM
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fno
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Could easily go 11-1, but...
May 24, 2021, 9:13 AM
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I have them going 12-0 but worse case is 9-3.... Could easily go 11-1 with a loss to Georgia and still make the playoffs. But I think we go 12-0 improved defense offensive line hopefully will be good enough Dj has to have protection.
I think the UGA win will be absolutely crucial, but more importantly we're not getting into the playoff without an ACC title; if we're 11-1 at playoff selection that would mean we didn't make the ACC title game (or it got cancelled?), but that game seems just as paramount, too; it will be the only other ranked team we'll play besides UGA. Those two games will be the bread that makes the sandwich, but 11-1 means we only make the playoff if several other conference champions lose more than 1 game.
Otherwise, with the scores you're suggesting I'm not sure we'll be ABLE to pull away enough in the standings.
I don't think our defense is going to be worse this year as you're suggesting, but I love your breakdown. I instead think we'll absolutely embarass most teams on the schedule after UGA, especially Syracuse (I'm curious why you have them scoring 24 points on us?!)
We have zero bye-week opponents (again), which is good, but to me the only real worrisome stretch is the back-to-back trips to the northeast for Syracuse and Pitt. In fact, the only team that really gives me any hesitation, DJ or not, is Pitt. Thanks to having a legitimate QB threat, they may be ranked by the time we play them, too, which would be great for us.
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Florida State is DOOMED, though?
May 25, 2021, 8:52 AM
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"Florida state- win (they're) improving but this isn’t a breakout year. 38-17"
Y'all. Come on now.
Do you remember what Florida State did? Do y'all not remember how livid Coach Swinney was, and publicly at that? It was certainly not one of his proudest moments, but a 38-17 victory this year would surprise me.
FSU may be improving (nowhere to go but up?), but if y'all think we're only winning by 3 scores, get ready to celebrate.
Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if we put up 60+ on them; it's at home, it's Halloween weekend, and as much as I don't love the thought of it, it's an absolute REVENGE game for our young men.
I love your list & it's fun to think about, but FSU & Syracuse aren't a legitimate threat this year enough for us to outright embarrass both of them. Thoughts?
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 12:03 PM
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We should go 13-0.
The only Problem I’m worried about is , I hope TL is not going to be that much of a difference.
What I mean is that TL could be a once in a lifetime QB and we struggle on O this season.
I think DJU will be fine but he is not as fast as TL and our OL will have to play a lot better.
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Re: Not to early for Football predictions.
May 24, 2021, 4:24 PM
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Nature of OSU loss eqauls UGA win.
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