Clemson Postgame...

[Cackalacky]

Stuff like this makes me feel worse about the game than had they just been flat beaten through lack of talent... ND seems to clearly have the better team... and still found some way to lose.

Me too which is why I called this a "BAD" loss. I feel like a Jack ass pointing out the obvious so I will stop. This loss was very much preventable and should not have happened.

 

[T Town Tommy]

A statistical profile of both teams prior to the game can help in some ways, but can be flawed as a predictive tool. I'll link his post game stats at the bottom. So, I'm not sure why you have highlighted what you did.

With demonstrated reading of One Foot Down, the statistical results of the game illustrate the results.
Five Factors Review: Clemson - One Foot Down
Additionally to address some of the passing points in the quote, ND doubled Clemson in explosive plays (16 to 8) despite Fuller being taken out of the game by Alexander (2 receptions for 37 yds). Subtracting Fuller's yardage, ND's other receivers' yds per catch increased to 12.0. Despite the dropped passes, Kizer had a career day with 321 yds despite not throwing to Fuller very much at all. All this was against the top ranked defense now ranked fourth nationally and. We had one less scoring opportunity due to the kickoff fumble. Points per opportunity were 4.0 for ND and 3.43 for Clemson.

Clemson converted 3 of 3 red zone chances, while the Irish converted 2 of 3 due to Brown's fumble. Due to turnovers, Bill C has ND giving up 17.3 points and Clemson gave up 3.

Plus you have Bill Cc post-game article also reflecting statistical results.
Clemson 24, Notre Dame 22: That wasn't an awful 2-point decision, btw - Football Study Hall

I only posted it as it was discussing the fact that, at least up to the Clemson game, ND was falling in to passing downs rather easily. Given the discussions in the few previous posts about how some felt ND was tipping their run plays, I thought that maybe the correlation between the two was interesting. As far as pregame predictions, I agree. Football is very fluid, but statistical analysis can be as revealing. Obviously things happen in game that can change what statistical models tell us - turnovers being a prime example - but I would argue that over time with a large sample size, statistical analysis can be very revealing and quite accurate as to how opponents strengths, weaknesses, trends, stack up pre game. Can't wait for week seven when Football Outsiders update their FEI ratings.

 

[yankeehater]

How do you post a video from my phone to IE? I have the recording of the teams entering the stadium on Saturday.

P.S. It is now saved to my computer.