5 Ways Clemson Beats AL

Jan 2, 2017, 1:53 AM

We know we have the solidified, 2 time Davie Obrien and 2x Heisman finalist ( winner in my book )
best quarterback in the nation. There isn't a team in the country that wouldn't want DW4 signal calling at the helm, and that includes Alabama too. Congratulations to the entire Tiger Team and staff on a Big Win against Ohio State. While they say this years' AL defense is more ferocious than last years, Watson and This Clemson Team has wanted things to end up now just the way the are.

5 Ways:

1. Best QB in the nation- C'mon, Saban knows what He's up against. Watson may throw a pick, it's almost inevitable against the highest level of completion. However, Watson himself has the resolve to get right back in there and score 3 touchdowns for his team. Jalen Hurts, while He has some great young attributes, will get too see what a " next level " quarterback " plays like. He will be a student on game night, not a force.

2. Defense has the capability of stuffing the run and getting after the passer. Clelin Ferrell, yes, I'll take 4 Clelin Ferrels please, along with the rest of the D-Line against AL Guard. They are Big, But Clemson is Big- And Fast- in multiple position's. While Allen get's all the talk- and He is fast , He's backed by a sturdy but a little less athletic D-Line than the Clemson's Just being honest. Their linebacker play is what makes them dangerous. They take away the balls, strip sack and then run it to the house, as well as the big guys. Ball security is going to have to be a high priority. However.... With The Nations' best QB that has seen an " All Time " Bama defense before, knows how to play on the run, Alabama will have a much different task at hand holding Watson than they did Browning. That's just a fact. Watson will just simply have to outscore them. If He throws a pick, He will throw 2 touchdowns to match it. As Far as our defense, yea, Venables will have a scheme, especially since He was instrumental and the mastermind behind shutting down a " runner first " quarterback" Which is what Jalen Hurts is. Keep pressure on Hurts, and He will make mistakes.
He may try to make a throw downfiled with enough time, but so many orange jerseys will be in his face He'll hope it hit's his target, with 50/50 Tankersley comes up with, as well others.
3. Double coverage all night on BO Scarborough, and players like Joseph and Ferrell with the D-Line living in the Alabama backfield to have some take aways of their own. I mean, we're at Championship football. These Big boys know How to score touchdowns too. My opinion, The Run will be what we are after stopping all night, just as Coach Petersen said, " they like to run the ball. They will try to win in " old fashioned " Saban ' pound the ball. Clemson is deeper this year, if that's the way they want to play, Clemson should be poised.

4. Dominate The Line of Scrimmage. As Dabo says " This team is built in the trenches". Goes back to defense. Play aggressive like Clemson did against Ohio State, then Alabama boys will have all they can handle. Also, Al secondary is it's weakest link, Watson will throw to his myriad of weapons all night long as well as run also- He'll have to.

5. Establish the run, and commit to it. Gallman, Watson, Fuller, Whatever it takes, keep AL on it's heals, opens up lanes and deep routes. We've seen the most balance attack all year against Ohio State, which we know can take away the ball and score. However, they didn't. Watson will have to outsmart the defense, which He will get done. Go ahead Vegas, call The Tiger's underdogs. They wouldn't have it any other way to bring home the trophy.

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Washington held Bama to 326 yards of offense and 24 points. Our defense is at least that good. If we take care of the ball as well as we did against OSU we'll beat Bama by three scores. If not we'll squeak by with four to five hundred yards and win by double digits.

Personally, I think our coaches, after spending all year beating the heck out of our players by manufacturing 'adversity,' they've finally allowed a good gameplan to show up on the field.

The fact is that Alabama can not prepare for our offense. They lack wide receivers to simulate our offense but more than that they lack a quarterback. They can call all the quarterbacks in their history and none can reproduce our option read. Without that Saban will have to resort to using trick plays.

Dabo has made it quite clear that our entire season was designed for this game, against this team. He's watched Alabama like a hawk all season, tracking Bama's every play and making plans to take them down. He and our team, unbeknownst to the players, have prepared for Alabama everyday. We've seen everything they have.

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First things first.

I'm going with, score more points?

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