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TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?
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TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 8:00 AM

 
Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?

Four years ago, a Clemson team stumbled into Syracuse on the Friday before an open date and suffered a humbling loss at the hands of the Orange. This year, the Tigers head to Syracuse for another Friday game, this one after the open date, hoping to avoid the same fate of the 2017 team. Full Story »


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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 8:24 AM

I love that we are currently 3-2 and out of the 45 total predictions from the staff, only 1 has picked the other team.

Why do you all even bother? Clemson could finish 8-4 and you all would still pick Clemson for every single game. So what's the point if you're just blindly picking Clemson?

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 8:28 AM

That being said..the tempering of offensive expectations via score predictions after the GT game was hilarious.

42.4 ppg average prediction vs GT
23.9 ppg average prediction vs NCST

*Avg prediction vs UGA was 27.7ppg

You know the season is going down the crapper when the pumpers that do these predictions think we'll score 4 less points vs NCST than we will vs UGA

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That might change next week vs Pitt


Oct 15, 2021, 8:29 AM [ in reply to Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror? ]

but I think picking Clemson (a 15 point favorite) over Syracuse makes sense. Don't you?

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Re: That might change next week vs Pitt


Oct 15, 2021, 10:02 AM

Clemson has been horrible against the spread the last 2 seasons. Ignore the 15 point line, sharp money definitely has

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 8:43 AM [ in reply to Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror? ]

That’s incorrect, every predictor has picked Clemson every time in every game. It’s completely absurd, we have no reason to believe that Clemson is going to go up to Syracuse and win that game. It’s going to be a toss up, I could easily see Syracuse winning it. Mobile quarterback is tough for us. I agree, why bother if you’re going to pick Clemson in every single game

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 10:09 AM

It STILL makes complete sense to pick Clemson by roster alone. While that talent is not panning out, you still have to give the nod to the team who is, on paper, more considerably more talented. That’s not being a homer.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 11:19 AM [ in reply to Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror? ]

Kantor picked BC

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 12:07 PM

Kantor picked Clemson but had it closer than the others. I would pick CU this week but if the O does not show improvement tonight then I would find it hard to pick them against Pitt next week.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 12:12 PM

No, Kantor picked BC.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 12:22 PM


No, Kantor picked BC.




Correct I was thinking tonight not BC last week.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 12:10 PM [ in reply to Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror? ]

It's not "blind picking". We have been favored in every game, including tonight, and in all cases other than UGA the line has been double-digits. It's not just Clemson writers that expect the team to win.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 3:46 PM

A line is not predicting who wins, it's generating a spread that will generate the most action on both sides.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 3:50 PM

I am well aware of what a line is and how they fluctuate. Surely you understand that a high point spread (and corresponding high money line) are clear indicators of who is expected to win.

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Re: Currently i do see


Oct 15, 2021, 12:07 PM

Syracuse scoring 20 points but i don't see Clemson scoring 31 points. Maybe.... 21 points. 7 points by the Clemson defense.

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The pickers must be seeing something I am not.


Oct 15, 2021, 12:41 PM

I don't see how our offense will score anywhere near the predictions. Our defense is outstanding, but I do not see our defense holding them to that low point totals.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 1:21 PM

Am I all by myself...or has anyone else noticed our offense sucks
this year?!? We are well past hoping and a magic wand. 8-4 is
Very Realistic.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 2:24 PM

Agree. All anyone can say at this point is hope we play better and find a way to win.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 2:15 PM

23-13. We scored one TD and 4 FGs against BC. The offense improves and we get 2 TDs and 3 FGs this week. We might even score 27 on Syracuse - 3 TDs and 2 FGs.

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Re: TNET: Clemson vs. Syracuse prediction: Can Clemson avoid another Friday night horror?


Oct 15, 2021, 2:41 PM

I hope this is one game, that I do not have to get my blood pressure up yelling at the TV.

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The optimism here is outstanding.


Oct 15, 2021, 2:44 PM

The average predicted points scored for Clemson is 28.25. I’d love to see that happen tonight, but I don’t see it.

That’s based on nothing more than hope and optimism.

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Re: The optimism here is outstanding.


Oct 15, 2021, 2:54 PM

The Vegas total is 28.5...right in line. We turn a couple of FGs into TDs and 28 is easily attainable. I think we'll get there.

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Re: The optimism here is outstanding.


Oct 15, 2021, 3:48 PM

Nothing about this offense is 'easily attainable'

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We are averaging 12.5 points per game in regulation this year


Oct 15, 2021, 3:52 PM [ in reply to Re: The optimism here is outstanding. ]

against power 5 teams, yet you think we will more than double that against a Syracuse defense ranked in the top 25?

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Re: We are averaging 12.5 points per game in regulation this year


Oct 15, 2021, 4:00 PM

Syracuse's defense is not a concern, at all. They gave up 30 to FSU and 37 to Wake in their two most recent games. In the weeks before that, a combined total of 45 points to Albany and Liberty.

I saw progress last game - a balanced attack of 200 yards rushing and passing. Just too many drives ending in FGs. We've had time to heal a little bit, time to mesh and hopefully get back to basics, and I expect to see it come together tonight (finally).

I really like what I see out of Pace, and Mafah will get loose at least once. I do think there's a lot of "coach speak" going on, but one of the points is right on - if we normalize our 3rd down conversion back towards the mean, it will have a huge impact. That was true all the way back to DW4 early days...there were plenty of 3 and outs. But usually, if we got just 1 first down, points were coming.

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