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Bryant and Watson at practice in 2016
Bryant and Watson at practice in 2016

FS analyst on CU-Alabama: Deshaun Watson "not walking through those doors"


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Fox Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt isn’t buying Clemson beating Alabama for the second straight season in the college football playoff.

Klatt suggested that Clemson can't win against Alabama without their former signal-caller Deshaun Watson.

"1061 yards. You might be thinking to yourself what the world is 1061 yards. Alabama gave up 1061 yards in their last two meetings with Clemson in the two National Championship games. 941 yards were directly responsible by Deshaun Watson.

"He's (Watson) not walking through those doors," Klatt said. "I think if you give Nick Saban this amount of time versus a young quarterback who is inconsistent, played good down the stretch but inconsistent during the course of the season. You get healthy if you are Alabama. I like Alabama to beat Clemson. I know that is a less than popular opinion. I know a lot of people riding with Clemson right now. Dabo Swinney has done a heckuva job, there's no doubt."

Klatt reiterated that Watson doesn't play for Clemson anymore in case you weren't paying attention.

"941 of the 1061 yards were directly tied to Deshaun Watson. He doesn't play there anymore. In order to beat Alabama, you have to have a dynamic quarterback performance."

Bryant has actually been a dynamic quarterback this season leading his team to a No. 1 ranking and a 12-1 overall record. He has passed for 2,678 yards with 13 passing touchdowns and only six interceptions. He also has shown his dual-threat ability by moving the chains running the ball with 646 rushing yards and 11 scores.

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TigerStripe_6317
spacer Klatt, negative nabob, "not walking through those doors"***
tigeron®
spacer Apparently Klatt loves being wrong ...
apextiger
spacer Re: Apparently Klatt loves being wrong ...
TennesseeLadyTiger
spacer What he is missing is our defense. We don't need 500 yds
tigerfan28173
spacer Yes. Nothing about our defense or Alabama’s inconsistency on offense this year.
CootSmackdown16®
spacer Translation: "Clemson's a fraud"
clemchem®
spacer Deer Lowered.....Since when did Joel Klatt become reputable?
NorthwestPurple®
spacer so are we calling Nick Fitzgerald
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spacer Klatt = Dufuss***
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ddclemson
spacer Joel Klatt sits when he pees...
HaloTiger
spacer The proper phrasing is 'Squats to pee."***
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CUTig62®
spacer He really is a hater***
TigersAndCubs
spacer Joe Who???
twill
spacer Yawn! Same boring narrative from some ignorant talking head.
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spacer Klatt's preseason Top Ten
walrus
spacer ^^This^^
Fluxus
spacer I bet he was one of the ones expecting us to have
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spacer enough with the Joel Klatt trolling mods...
tigerking79
spacer Didn't realize Jarrett Stidham was such a stud!
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VitG65
spacer Any of you gurus have Joel's prediction for the Miami vs. CU
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spacer Neither are...
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spacer DW not walking through doors & neither is Bama 2016 Defense***
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spacer So Disrespectful
CUatFike00
spacer Every single Fox analyst picked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl
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spacer Oh, it’s Joel “i hate Clemson” Klatt. If his name would’ve
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spacer Same guy that said is was "laughable" that the committee
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spacer So glad that idiot cleared that up. I thought for sure that
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