My thoughts ... Just what you have been waiting for

Oct 4, 2015, 3:31 PM

I was in DV last night and watched the game closely, as did many of you.

One thing for sure. We had our handsful last night with a team we expected to be really good. And they are. Perhaps the best team that Clemson will play this regular season. I never felt comfortable in this game and I'm not talking about the weather! The defense is probably better than we thought. At least, early in games. Hopefully some of the younger guys will improve and they can be relied upon to give the front line guys a break. I think we were dragging late in the game and rightfully so since everyone played so hard for three quarters. I think that you would agree that this was a game the Clemson Tigers of old would have lost. Unreal effort late when it really counted.

As I have mentioned before, I hope the staff is focusing on recruiting a top flight center. In the zone read, that center snap is extremely important and I have seen us botch that up far to much already. ND had the best OL that I have seen in a few years. With our focusing on that recently, I believe that we can match up with most teams soon.

It was especially good last night seeing the often talked about RB and WR have very average games. Says a lot about Coach V and his team.

B. Boulware is on everyones list of favorite players and he is certainly a gamer. Wish we had three more like him. Teams are learning to match up with him with their speedy receivers and backs and he is not always ready for that kind of coverage. I bet the Tigers work on that this week.

Difficult to evaluate Watson and the play calling last night because of the playing conditions. We really don't know what the coaches tried to do. For the most part, it worked. We went through a critical time in the game where just one first down would have taken the pressure off and we didn't get one when we needed it. Probably will work on that too. Wonder if the wildcat is ever an option?

A good afternoon game in good weather against a quality opponent is what we need and that is just around the corner. I'm going out on a limb and say that this will be Watsons best game as a Tiger.
He needs it right now. Agree?

DV was at its best last night and I am sure Dabo and Co. appreciate support like that.

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The play calling in the second half was sophmoric at best. I understand Scott saying that they wanted to make ND go the lengthy of the field to get a TD but we went into a shell far too early. Our pass coverage overall in 2nd half was horrible. Alexander sat out almost a quarter and that effected it to some but we need work in that area.
The offensive calls were totally mysterious to say the least. We had at least 5 series where a field goal (let alone a TD) would have put the game out of reach. So what do we do. Run the ball between the tackles, run pass routes (nothing over the middle) that were poor at best and even to the point that Watson shook his head when he saw a couple of the plays that were sent I. Having said this, These OC's are young and will learn--hopefully quickly--that theree is a reason that the field is approx 53 yards wide. Use it.
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