After a Rewatch, My Takeaways

Sep 25, 2023, 3:21 AM

After the game, I had about 4 things that really stood out to me. I wanted to go back and rewatch to see if I was right. My review pretty much confirmed what I saw Saturday.

My biggest aggravation was how badly we got out coached at the end of the first half. I have seen lots of venom about play calling, but I don’t typically like to do that. I do, however, have no such hesitation when it comes to less eye of the beholder coaching decisions. In this casethink clock management was critical and was massively tilted in the Noles favor. At 2:49, Briningstool is tackled at the 12. We essentially hurry to line and snap the ball with 18 seconds left on the play clock. Why? You absolutely bleed the clock there. Next play is Shipley for 1, T/O FSU (as it should). The next play is the Shipley reception for the TD. No complaint there, although another running play would have been preferable to me - again to bleed clock.

Now, the tables turn. FSU drives the field, getting to our 11 with 1:20 left after the PI. They run off tackle for short gain and we don’t call T/O. Then they pass over the middle for a nice gain and AGAIN no T/O. Instead of getting the ball back with 1:00+, we get it with :22.

This leads to the most infuriating of all to me. 1st and 10 at our 25 and we run it, followed by a T/O. What? WHAT??? Either you throw the ball or you take it to halftime.

Major advantage FSU on that exchange.

My next complaint was on the FSU drive around 8:00 remaining. Why in the world did Dabo accept the holding penalty when FSU was clearly short?

On the flip side, I would like to point out one area that was notably improved from earlier games was our handling of wheel routes. Duke killed us with it, and FSU tried a few times, but was largely unsuccessful. They had 1 chunk play early in the 4th, but believe there were a bunch of inconsequential attempts. Good work by the staff.

My final takeaway, and I believe it has been pointed out by others, but I have been disappointed all season in our lack of pass rush, particularly from the tackles. Tyler Davis in particular does not seem as disruptive as in previous seasons. I love TD and am in no way suggesting he should be replaced, but it seems like we are doing something differently. I don’t know if we are stunting or slanting the line significantly less, but the lack of pressure is noticeable. We really need to address this.

Aside from this game, I am really having a hard time keeping the faith. We are now 3-4 in our last 7 and all 4 were not just winnable, but outright should have been wins. Choking the Carolina game cost us a playoff berth last year, and Duke and/or FSU almost certainly did so for this year. Come on Tigers, stop losing to Clemson!

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Great review, I’ve calmed down a lot since Saturday afternoon & like you tried to reflect on the game with honest eyes & really after thinking & watching the game again it was one main thing that stuck put to me… I mean sure I could put a lot of what you said, which is true btw, or what others had posted but to me the biggest glaring weakness facing this Clemson team yesterday was the “Clutchness” the prior teams had. Whether it’s Nolan Turner’s game sealing INT against OSU or the T Law TD pass to Etienne on the drive before when we needed an TD to win, or D Watson to Leggett against FSU in 2016, or the 4th Down stop against Louisville etc. Honestly, what’s the closest win that Klubnik had lead Clemson to? Guess you could kind of say against Syracuse last year but he wasn’t asked to do much on that game except hand the ball off & not create a TO. So until Klubnik, the defense, or god forbid one of the kickers gets that clutch play then I don’t think this team is going to build any confidence in close games going forward. Honestly, I felt we were going to lose as soon as we missed that kick & had zero confidence going into Overtime. I know that’s wrong but until this team gives me something to believe in then I’m going to continue to doubt.

Anyways that’s just my $0.02 & I don’t get paid millions of dollars for my thoughts but that’s what they are.

After a Rewatch, My Takeaways

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I too had zero confidence going into OT. But, it was because

Agree but think accepting penalty was the right call

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Point for Rewatching That Murderhole***

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