Re: Studying film all day yesterday, SCar reminds me of UNC

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Nov 18, 2019, 9:30 AM

Instead of just saying, "we are Clemson and we will crush them", I will give you a few football reasons why you analysis may be off.

QB comparison: Howell gets to stand up to throw the ball. Hilinski has not been doing that very much. He does throw a decent ball with time, but in games where they have had success, he does it within 10 yards of the LOS. That is very different than Howell who makes throws to all parts of the field.

Edwards: He is a talented player. Some are saying he won't be healthy enough to play. Obviously his absence would be a huge blow to their offense.

Kinlaw: Kinlaw is good. However, he is not a whole dline. I'm not sure those around him have similar talent. Also, UNC's dline did not give us much trouble. It was the blitzing LBs. Scar's LBs are not nearly as good as UNC's.

Atmostphere: I have had several coots tell me that no scar fans are going to show up in two weeks. This could certainly affect the home field advantage. One even told me, "it will be weird seeing our whole stadium orange".

Finally, I think the outcome of the game may have more to do with the coot morale than anything else. They have to practice for two weeks coming off of a blowout loss, hearing questions about their coach's future, and knowing they are not incredibly likely to win their last game either. Their resolve and ability to prepare well and be ready to play in two weeks will be a HUGE factor in the game. Some teams come out trying to put on one last good show and some teams fold up camp because they are ready for the offseason. It will be interesting to see where the coots fall.

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I see this game going similar to their game w Bama. Doubt it ends up as high scoring (47-23 was the score btw) but a 24 point margin in the end is indicative of the discrepancy between the two teams. We go into halftime with a 10 point lead, we jump on them in the 3rd, the fourth quarter is basically the game clock just winding down to end the inevitable. It won’t “feel like” a complete blowout to their fans probably but it won’t be close either.

13-3 at half.
27-6 at the end of third.
27-13 to start the fourth. Coots have life. Kick an onside but we recover and score on a short field.
Coots get ball and go for it on fourth, deep in their territory. We hold them. We run three plays, they hold us to without a first down. We kick a field goal.
37-13 to end the game.
Coots claim some moral victory that they held our offense mostly in check in the fourth quarter and we only scored on a short field, blah blah.

Studying film all day yesterday, SCar reminds me of UNC