Some maffs for ya

Oct 6, 2018, 9:04 PM

I keep hearing a couple of recurring themes from the Talking Heads...

1) CLEMSON IS "SOFT" ON THE OL

Well, Clemson just ran for 471 - repeat (471)! - yards against Wake. This puts Clemson up to - get this - 280.3 yards per game rushing. Based on last week's stats, this would put Clemson at #5 nationally in rushing - behind mostly option teams like Georgia Tech, Navy, and Army.

If that's your version of "soft", okay, I guess.

2) CLEMSON'S SECONDARY AND PASS DEFENSE ARE SUSPECT

Uh...okay. We gave up big yards to Kellen Mond on the road at A&M...and Mond literally seemed to have a golden horseshoe jammed up his butt and was a highly mobile guy having the absolute game of his life. We haven't given up much to anyone else, including pass-happy Syracuse. This week Clemson gave up just (cough) 74 total yards passing to Wake Forest. That means Clemson is now giving up just 152.8 passing yards per game...which based on last week's stats would put Clemson at #7 nationally.

If that's your version of a "suspect secondary", I can live with it.

AND JUST FOR FUN....

Clemson racked up 698 yards of offense and allowed just 249. This means Clemson is now averaging 531 yards of offense per game, which by last week's stats would put Clemson at around #10 overall nationally.

Clemson's defense - despite emptying the bench and playing everyone up to and including third-stringers most games - is now allowing just 261.2 yards per game...which will keep us right around where we already were this past week, which was #4 overall nationally.

And just for giggles, the number of other teams in the country that are Top-10 nationally in both offense and defense?

Yup. There isn't one. For all that Bama's offense is breaking scoreboards this year, their D has quietly been extremely sub-par by Bama standards, allowing a surprisingly 332.2 yards per game...which would put them right around 30th by last week's stats. (By way of comparison, South Carolina was averaging 330.5 until they gave up 490 yards to Mizzou today...and still somehow won the game.)

Whatever, it's interesting how far different the actual numbers are from national perception. And the scary part is, Clemson's passing game really isn't hitting on all cylinders yet. And the more comfortable Trevor Lawrence gets....

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