Re: Good morning, how was everbody's Thursday?

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Well, after watching the game last night, I have concluded

Sep 23, 2016, 9:32 AM

* We're a good team, NOT a great team. That little something 'special' we had with the team last year is not there this year. The 2016 version of Clemson football is NOT a top 10 team at this point.

* We gifted GT a touchdown in the third quarter, and all on the back of youth mistakes from our defense and not because of something GT was doing right. That aside, we are very talented on that side of the ball, but we are going to see a few rookie mistakes from guys this year. The dumb mistakes are of the easily correctable type, and these young guys should get even better by the end of the year. This defense is impressive. We'll see just HOW impressive next weekend.

* Our offensive line is serviceable. And I don't mean that as a compliment....they're softer than last year, playing with less urgency. If I had to guesstimate the issue, they're lacking a true leader in that group. I know the talent is there, but they need someone from their group to step up.

* Watson is NOT the best QB in the country right now. Possibly not even top 5 in college football. I'm afraid that Watson is in Watson's head, and only Watson can fix that. It would not shock me if he continues like this the rest of the year, as the 'mentals' are hard to overcome and correct in-season. I don't buy the announcers week in and week out saying "Watson will be OK" because it's marketing hype. He is NOT the same QB this year and it's evident. Physically it's there, menatl focus-wise it's not.

* The play-calling was a lot better last night, and the fact that we could not convert a first down in the second half had little to do with play calling or GT's defense as much as it did with our lack of sync on that side of the ball.

* All in all, I'll take it since Bobby Dodd has not been kind to Clemson as of late, but at this point it is my opinion that I'm seeing a Peach Bowl level team that might get lucky and crack the top 10 in the final poll.

Sorry friends, but my Thursday really WAS kind of Mangey.

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I'm not sure that I fault Watson as much as our receivers. I don't feel that he trusts them, and as far as I can tell they aren't running good routes and aren't getting open. There just seems to be a lack of communication. And where as Artavis Scott gone? We really seem to be missing that elusive speedster who can make the big plays. It's not as much that our offense is playing bad, we're getting virtually no big plays and not a lot of yards after catch. We're really struggling to score and sustain long drives consistently. It's not just Watson, or the OL, everyone appears slower than last year on offense. But so far I think defenses have played smart against us, slow us down, keep everything in front, and let us stop ourselves.

Good morning, how was everbody's Thursday?

Watched first half with my aunt and uncle. Second half at

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Re: Good morning, how was everbody's Thursday?

awful, we only scored 3 second half pts

turrible! DW4 overthrew 26.3 recievers

Was a good time at the game.

So is he your step brother now?

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Well, after watching the game last night, I have concluded

BOOO THIS MAN. BOOOOO. BOOOOOO!

I applaud your Bowden-era optimism.***

Defense looks like they may be great, and be great for years

Trust...that's what the announcers felt too.

concur re: Watson. Flashing the L signed sealed it

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