OREGONSOCKPUPPET said:

I can see them going 6-6 or 10-2. I really don't know.

Loss to Miami is a given, but I think Duke and VA Tech can win those games and don't sleep on Syracuse (They seem to struggle with them for whatever reason), and Florida State.

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buckeyemania11 said:

Unfortunately, the rest of their schedule is laughable, so they probably won't be as embarrassing as we all would like them to be.

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TwinsBuck said:

But even with BIG's official statement, the game was probably over because college football has no partial seconds. So they said the clock showed 0:01 when the WMU player touched the ball. If he did not touch it at the precise moment it went from 0:02 to 0:01, then there was only a partial second, which by rule has to be allowed to go to 0:00 even if it was 90% of that second remaining. For another play to be awarded with 0:01 remaining, he would had to touch it with 0:02 showing on the clock and it about to go to 0:01 because an entire second would required. But once they saw it at 0:01, even if it was showing ever so briefly, it would not have been a full second. Therefore, by rule, game over.

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TwinsBuck said:

But even with BIG's official statement, the game was probably over because college football has no partial seconds. So they said the clock showed 0:01 when the WMU player touched the ball. If he did not touch it at the precise moment it went from 0:02 to 0:01, then there was only a partial second, which by rule has to be allowed to go to 0:00 even if it was 90% of that second remaining. For another play to be awarded with 0:01 remaining, he would had to touch it with 0:02 showing on the clock and it about to go to 0:01 because an entire second would required. But once they saw it at 0:01, even if it was showing ever so briefly, it would not have been a full second. Therefore, by rule, game over.

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ScriptOhio said:

Another year, another 'Dabo is done' moment: Why Clemson's blowout loss to LSU feels like game over

Swinney's insistence on rehiring Chad Morris and bypassing transfer quarterbacks backfired immediately in Clemson's humiliating 51-10 loss to LSU

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Another year, another 'Dabo is done' moment: Why Clemson's blowout loss to LSU feels like game over​

Swinney's insistence on rehiring Chad Morris and bypassing transfer quarterbacks backfired immediately in Clemson's humiliating 51-10 loss to LSU\​

As one coach's tenure began in glorious fashion on a stormy Saturday night in the Bayou, it felt like the opposing coach's time was ending.

After a dramatic week full of lawsuits, court hearings and threats of significant penalties, Lane Kiffin did what he does best by putting on a show in a 51-10 win over Clemson. LSU looked every bit like a College Football Playoff contender. Clemson was a clear level or two below that standard.

"We got our asses kicked," Swinney said. "We gotta go win next week. It's an embarrassing performance, coaching and playing. We're going to have to own that. We can't let that lead to another loss."

It's the worst loss in Swinney's time at Clemson but, really, it's about so much more. It's about a man who has resisted change, who has bucked traditional wisdom and looks much closer to being unemployed than ever hoisting a trophy above his head again. Maybe the demise began in 2021, when DJ Uiagalelei fell on his face as a starter, or in 2023 when Clemson opened the year with a road loss to Duke after turning the reins over to Garrett Riley. A headline the next morning read, 'How dynasties die: Is Clemson flirting with disaster?' There was a brief stay of execution during the best of the Cade Klubnik years -- with a few what is happening moments sprinkled into a back-doored ACC Championship and CFP appearance -- until everything came crumbling down last season, Dabo's worst since 2010.

Swinney looks out-matched and unable to succeed in this current era of college football. The glory days of Clemson football, which included two national championship wins over Alabama, feel like a lifetime ago. Worse, the path back to that level of success feels impossible now under Swinney.

No one other than Swinney thought hiring Chad Morris as offensive coordinator was a smart decision. It was the ultimate double-down move from Dabo, the defiance that prevents him from evolving as other top coaches have to succeed in the NIL and transfer portal era.

Morris hadn't been a successful offensive coordinator since his first stint with Dabo back in 2011-2014. He failed as Arkansas' head coach, failed as Auburn's offensive coordinator and has mostly bounced around the last six years in analyst roles and back at Texas high schools. There's not another Power Four school in the country other than Clemson that would have hired him as offensive coordinator. Frankly, there likely wasn't a Group of Six one, either.

Swinney, of course, didn't care. He was friends with Morris and thought rehiring him would somehow lead to the same success the duo experienced in the early 2010s.

"There are always tough decisions that have to be made in this profession, and though I had to make a couple tough decisions, it was an easy decision to hire Chad Morris," Swinney said explaining the decision. "I'm really excited for our players. It's pretty cool to have guys like DeAndre Hopkins and Sammy Watkins and a bunch of great players shooting me text messages with their excitement knowing what's to come offensively. I think we've got elite offensive personnel, and the name of the game is points."

Against LSU, Clemson totaled 40 rushing yards, only eight first downs compared to LSU's 38 and even made a quarterback switch before halftime. At the time of the switch, Clemson had negative rushing yards. Quarterback Christopher Vizzina had no chance against a swarming and aggressive LSU defense, throwing an interception returned for a touchdown and managing only 83 passing yards on 16 attempts. Freshman Tait Reynolds wasn't any better with a 4-for-6 for 22 passing yards and negative-nine rushing yards stat line. Morris' offense looked completely overwhelmed and incapable of stymying LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker's group.
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BuckeyeNation27 said:

It's almost like I told you that's what I meant by it several posts ago. Weird, right?

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BB73 said:

I think we here at BP share some blame here.

We have mentioned so many times that a team only kicking Field Goals can’t beat a team that has scored a TD that the B1G refs made it so.

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Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

If people are arguing and melting down about minutia, then it is absolutely on topic for the lanekiffin thread

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Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

I think he would appreciate Arthur Smith more if he admitted that he was a bad OC and declined an offer for that role at an elite program rather than Arthur Smith pretending to be a good OC and accepting the offer for that role, when he is, in fact, a bad one.

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Crump's brother said:

Raw milk is where it's at

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Thump said:

This is the answer.

White shoes should ALWAYS be worn!

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pnuts34 said:

He's as athletic(if not more) as Devon Dampier who was the Utah QB last year. I'm just saying that the offense that Beck likes to run is predicated on an athletic running QB, which Underwood is. And they can't make it work. He doesn't read defenses well either, which doesn't help RPO, but I agree, his best runs are from draws and broken plays

That's why it was so baffling seeing Jaime Ffrench leave Tejas for scUM, he's in an offense that only throws to the TE and maybe 1 primary WR. Buchanon is going to be the go to, and Marsh and Ffrench will not be happy

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