Dec 19 | ACC Championship | Clemson

[IrishLax]

What everyone think of Luggs performance at Center last night? I felt he was getting blown up a lot, and just looked uncomfortable.

It was an unmitigated disaster and one of the primary factors in ND's struggles on offense. They have him playing completely out of position.

 

[NDRock]

It's alarming, because it proves how depth is a mirage. The truth is that at most position the gap between the "key starter" and the "next guy in" is fucking massive. I had no idea Jarrett Patterson was one of those guys. I did know that Hamilton, McCloud, JOK, and Book are.

The only positions on this team with true depth are DL... which is crazy to say going back to the roster Kelly inherited and a testament to Mike Elston... BUCK linebacker (because none of the three are really refined/impact players right now); and TE. That's it.

Alabama loses Jaylen freaking Waddle and doesn't miss a beat.

You think that’s because Center is such an important position? Did Patterson make the protection calls? I always assumed Center was the hardest position on the line to replace. Honestly, that and quarterback.

 

[IrishRazor82]

I'm very happy to be playing a pocket QB. But is Hamilton ok? Because my God if he's not..

 

[IrishRazor82]

It was an unmitigated disaster and one of the primary factors in ND's struggles on offense. They have him playing completely out of position.

Gotta think Zeke is back given the 11 day gap?

 

[NDisme]

Gotta think Zeke is back given the 11 day gap?

You’d have to think yes but another issue is he hasn’t had live game reps since thanksgiving. So now it’s just ok go play Bama? Screwed either way

 

[BilboBaggins]

It was an unmitigated disaster and one of the primary factors in ND's struggles on offense. They have him playing completely out of position.

Not his fault though. I still have a lot of confidence in Lugg as a starter next year. Probably a RG though.

 

[BilboBaggins]

ND "could have" been up 10-0 quite easily to start the game, and then also screwed themselves on the missed connection to Avery Davis that left another 3-7 point on the field. For those three drives, ND played successful football but a lack of execution meant no points. Then Clemson made some adjustments and here are the next five drives while Clemson pulled away:
3 plays, -3 yards
4 plays, 16 yards
3 plays, -11 yards
5 plays, 12 yards
4 plays, 25 yards

Brent Venables did to Tommy Rees what Clark Lea did to UNC a couple weeks back. And that's not really all that surprising when you have the best in the business against a 1st year OC.

Clemson finished the game with 6 "successful" drives (i.e. moved the ball successfully down the field into scoring range where you'd expect to get points) to Notre Dame's 4. You'd expect a 1-2 score victory for Clemson, instead it was a total blowout. Why? One team has explosive playmakers that scored 3 TDs of 30+ yards and the other does not. One team makes you defend the entire field, the other does not. There was a large talent difference between the two sides at the skill positions but ND was capable of competing in that game they just didn't execute.

That's a bingo.

It's soooo similar to 2018 in many aspects. Likely because it's the same limited QB without a good interior push to take pressure off him.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Alabama just lost their starting center. Somehow I don't expect their offense to miss a beat.

I think losing Dickerson is going to be a real issue. We'll have a good player to replace him, but there will be a noticeable drop off. Center is so critical since they make most of the blocking calls, and Dickerson was the anchor of our line and an Outland finalist. Losing him seriously worries me.

 

[rtrn2glory]

I think losing Dickerson is going to be a real issue. We'll have a good player to replace him, but there will be a noticeable drop off. Center is so critical since they make most of the blocking calls, and Dickerson was the anchor of our line and an Outland finalist. Losing him seriously worries me.

We know the feeling

 

[Bluto]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welp, another embarrassment once again. Starting to get ridiculous actually. Every single year <a href="https://twitter.com/NDFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NDFootball</a> . I don’t know what the remedy is to get this changed but it’s embarrassing</p>— Keivarae Russell (@Keivarae1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Keivarae1/status/1340438106714107905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That tweet is peak irony. I'm sure Mr. Russell could answer his own question if he chose to ponder it long enough. Lol.

 

[DCDomer]

I'm glad I wasn't online last night. That shit hurt.

I do want to say one negative thing and that's... Keivarae Russell can fuck off.

 

[philipm31]

I'm glad I wasn't online last night. That shit hurt.

I do want to say one negative thing and that's... Keivarae Russell can fuck off.

AMEN to that. That was low class.