Oct 3 | Clemson

[connor_in]

I tried googling how this ended up and came up short. How in the hell does a 17 year old get away with Armed Robbery with zero jail time?

BOOSTERS

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[BobbyMac]

Jayron kearse has a nice past....

Fort Myers home invasion suspects arrested - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida

We'll see how Kearse likes it when his house is invaded. And he hasn't seen an armed intruder until he sees the guns on #56. I hope he meets Nelson in a hole one time and sees what it's like to be assaulted and have things he values taken from him, namely his dignity and consciousness.

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[JohnnyJasper]

Agree completely.

I hope this game doesn't remind us what we lost when Folston went down. Our RBs have shown they can run through massive holes but can they take the 1-4 yards given and be patient until something opens up.

Clemson is a whole different beast and our OL better show up, ready to play. (and our TEs and WRs better not give a subpar effort either).

There is no doubt Luatua will be a huge factor in this game. If the weather is what we are anticipating for this game CJ/Josh/Dexter and Deshone should have a big day running the ball. The handoffs in shotgun with Luatua leading the way along the o-line should be a huge advantage for us. Biggest thing is Kizer playing smart. As long as we hold on to the ball I don't see them staying with us all 4 quarters.
Defense just needs to know their assignments and limit the big play which we have let up a few times already this year. AKA the DB's need to stay with their men and not fall for some trick plays. Day has been a disruption all year and will continue to do so. Just need the DE's to have a big day and contain Watson. Not worried about Jay, Schmidt, Martini etc. doing their jobs.

We've been in these situations before and know what to expect.
Make a statement early, whether it's a big hit by someone on the defense to get the boys to rally or getting a TD or 2 on them and quieting that crowd.

I keep comparing this game to the OU 2012 game. Looking for the same outcome.

Can't wait for Saturday!

#BeatClemson #

 

[Bogtrotter07]

So the talk of Clemson's abysmal record against ranked teams got me doing some research.

Clemson is 4-16 all-time in Death Valley vs. AP Top 10 teams. Notre Dame comes into Saturday's game ranked No. 6 in the AP Top 25.

1953 No. 3 Maryland L 0-20
1955 No. 2 Maryland L 12-25
1967 No. 5 Georgia L 17-24
1967 No. 10 NC State W 14-6
1969 No. 7 Georgia L 0-30
1970 No. 9 Auburn L 0-44
1976 No. 9 Georgia L 0-41
1977 No. 10 Maryland L 14-21
1977 No. 5 Notre Dame L 17-21
1981 No. 4 Georgia W 13-3
1984 No. 9 S. Carolina L 21-22
1988 No. 10 FSU L 21-24
1992 No. 5 FSU L 20-24
1995 No. 1 FSU L 26-45
1997 No. 5 FSU L 28-35
1997 No. 8 UNC L 10-17
1999 No. 1 FSU L 14-17
2003 No. 3 FSU W 26-10
2013 No. 5 Georgia W 38-35
2013 No. 5 FSU L 14-51

Clemson is 1-5 all-time vs. an AP top 10 teams at home when it is ranked in the top 25.

The Tigers are 1-2 vs. top 10 teams in Death Valley when both teams are ranked in the top 10.

The first time Clemson played a top 10 team in Death Valley when it too was ranked in the top 25 came in 1977 when the Tigers lost to No. 5 Notre Dame.

Is it Saturday yet?

I know!

I went through and looked at the home wins by Clemson since 2012, because it was brought up as a fact, like only two teams have been able to win in Death Valley in three years, but the only possible quality win was Georgia in '13. Was that the year they were pretty good, or the year they fell apart?

You do know this game is being broadcast by ABC/ESPN, and CBS Sports has no stake in it? In fact, wouldn't they prefer everyone to watch their vaunted SEC matchup?

 

[Irish#1]

https://twitter.com/FakeBigHarry/status/649450004717813760

Funny

 

[Irish YJ]

Packing up for Clemson. Can't wait for GameDay.

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[Dizzyphil]

Word to the wise traveling to Clemson to see the game. If you are traveling down I-24 through Chattanooga, they are doing construction right before you get to the TN river. It will add about an hour to your drive; two if you travel tomorrow between 3:30pm and 6:00pm.

little FYI ~ !!!

 

[wizards8507]

You do know this game is being broadcast by ABC/ESPN, and CBS Sports has no stake in it? In fact, wouldn't they prefer everyone to watch their vaunted SEC matchup?

I'm not sure what you're getting at.

Packing up for Clemson. Can't wait for GameDay.

Reps.

 

[woolybug25]

Expert Picks

CBS
Dodd - Clemson
Solomon - Clemson
Palm - Clemson
Fornelli - Clemson
Hinnen - Notre Dame
Patterson - Notre Dame
Kalland - Notre Dame

ESPN
Anderson - Clemson
Fortuna - Clemson
Hale - Clemson
Shanker - Clemson

 

[IrishLion]

We'll see how Kearse likes it when his house is invaded. And he hasn't seen an armed intruder until he sees the guns on #56. I hope he meets Nelson in a hole one time and sees what it's like to be assaulted and have things he values taken from him, namely his dignity and consciousness.

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Someone should make a "Kearse's home invasion" sign for Gameday

 

[ickythump1225]

Ever need to fire up your team but your opponent isn’t giving you any bulletin board material? Or want to play the underdog card but your team is actually the favorite? Missing that important chip on the shoulder? Just follow Clemson’s ingenious blueprint and you’ll have your players frothing at the mouth in no time!

Step 1: Find an innocuous tweet and twist the meaning to be “disrespectful.”

After UMASS, Will Fuller tweeted “Clemson … promise it’s gonna be #savage.” Fuller later said it just meant “two top teams are playing, everybody is going to be watching. It’s going to be a really great game.” Makes sense, right? Well, that’s because you’re a normal, reasonable human being.

If you’re a Clemson player/fan/media member with an incredible inferiority complex, somehow you interpret that tweet as “disrespect.” Jayron Kearse has been particularly outspoken about it, saying “They’re getting a bit chippy, they’re talking a lot, all through the media and things like that so I’ll just say, I hope the ref lets us play football… they’re talking a lot, obviously they don’t know what we do down here in Death Valley, so I’m looking forward to this… looking forward to meeting a running back in the hole, catching Will Fuller on the post, whatever it takes.”

So for those keeping score at home, Will Fuller had the audacity to make a harmless tweet about it being a “really great game” and Kearse’s proportional response was to get in front of a microphone and say he hopes the refs let him take cheap shots at Notre Dame players. Seems legit.

Step 2: Take comments made by an opposing player and ignore everything except for a very small part that you can interpret as a slight.

KeiVarae Russell was asked about Clemson, and responded with high praise. He lauded Artavis Scott and injured alpha dog receiver Mike Williams. He said DeShaun Watson was a “good quarterback” that “manages the game extremely well.” But then he made the mistake of saying that he “saw some weaknesses in the Louisville game” and that he’s probably not a “top 5 quarterback.” BIG MISTAKE! You’ve fallen into the second part of the Clemson trash talk trap.

The Clemson world lost their collective minds over these factually accurate statements. You can literally find over a dozen articles on the “slight” given to Watson. Never mind that any objective person would say that DeShaun Watson was not good against Louisville. He threw two picks and didn’t crack 200 yards. He had a QBR in the 50s, which is bad. And speaking of QBR, Watson currently sits at #14 in the country in QBR. So yeah… HOW DARE KEIVARAE RUSSELL GIVE OBJECTIVELY ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF HIS OPPOSITION!?! What exactly were people expecting? Russell to get down on both knees and praise Watson as God’s gift to quarterbacking?

Step 3: Completely exaggerate how “the world” doesn’t believe in you.

This is my favorite part of Clemson’s motivational master plan, because it doesn’t actually require any external doubters. You just have to wave your hands at “everyone” and let Clemson’s massive inferiority complex take over. Notre Dame fans might not be familiar with Clemson, but imagine the inferiority complex held by Boston College fans… and then imagine how much worse they would be if annually they were pretty good but never got over the hump and inexplicably collapsed in key games. “Clemsoning” exists in our college football lexicon for a reason, and is the root of all this insecurity.

But let’s cut the bullshit for a second… Clemson is the favorite in this game. Despite being the lower ranked team, they opened as the favorite in Vegas and remain a slight favorite at most books. But don’t let facts get in the way of your underdog mentality, Clemson. Leave it to Jayron Kearse to give us another insightful gem: “Everybody thinks Notre Dame’s unstoppable. They honestly should have lost to Virginia. So they think Notre Dame’s unstoppable, so we going to come out here and show them that we can stop them.”

Yes, Jayron. EVERYONE thinks Notre Dame is “unstoppable.” Except all those people public polls that overwhelming favor Clemson. And the bettors that have money split evenly. And the pundits that are picking Clemson. And… OK I’ll stop, but I’m not sure words mean what you think they do.

Irish Turning Point - #Savage: A Clemson Guide to Manufacturing Disrespect
Nailed it.

 

[Irish#1]

Agree completely.

I hope this game doesn't remind us what we lost when Folston went down. Our RBs have shown they can run through massive holes but can they take the 1-4 yards given and be patient until something opens up.

Clemson is a whole different beast and our OL better show up, ready to play. (and our TEs and WRs better not give a subpar effort either).

CJ has already shown great patience. I'm not worried about him.

I tried googling how this ended up and came up short. How in the hell does a 17 year old get away with Armed Robbery with zero jail time?

His promised never to do it again.


When teams have to talk smack or keep bringing up the same drivel, it tells me they have some doubt. Smack 'em in the mouth and reinforce that doubt.

F@ck Michigan and while you're at it, F@ck Clemson!

 

[wizards8507]

ESPN
Anderson - Clemson
Fortuna - Clemson
Hale - Clemson
Shanker - Clemson

You want me to identify anti-ND bias at ESPN? The ACC writers.

 

[Irish Insanity]

Packing up for Clemson. Can't wait for GameDay.

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That's a bad ass sign

 

[BobbyMac]

Latest weather update for gametime.

98% probability of heavy rain during the entire game. Calling for 3.75" on Saturday and 2.75" on Sunday. That follows 1.5" on Friday. 62 degrees and 17mph winds out of the NE.

Clemson's stadium has a strange configuration. It is laid out from WSW to ENE with the eastside being more open. Winds should really be whipping around that stadium at game time.

Updated weather link.

Clemson, SC (29631) Forecast | Weather Underground

 

[wizards8507]

Kirk Herbstreit's Gameplan Breakdown - ESPN Video

 

[IrishLax]

Expert Picks

CBS
Dodd - Clemson
Solomon - Clemson
Palm - Clemson
Fornelli - Clemson
Hinnen - Notre Dame
Patterson - Notre Dame
Kalland - Notre Dame

ESPN
Anderson - Clemson
Fortuna - Clemson
Hale - Clemson
Shanker - Clemson

Wooly you got a link to any of those picks?

 

[wizards8507]

Wooly you got a link to any of those picks?

The ACC bloggers:

ACC Week 5 game picks: All in on Clemson to knock off Notre Dame - ACC Blog - ESPN

 

[MPClinton22]

Expert Picks

CBS
Dodd - Clemson
Solomon - Clemson
Palm - Clemson
Fornelli - Clemson
Hinnen - Notre Dame
Patterson - Notre Dame
Kalland - Notre Dame

ESPN
Anderson - Clemson
Fortuna - Clemson
Hale - Clemson
Shanker - Clemson

CLEARLY ITS US AGAINST THE WORLD AND NO ONE BELIEVES IN US. EVERYONE THINKS CLEMSON IS UNSTOPPABLE. THEY SHOULD HAVE LOST TO LOUISVILLE. JUST WAIT UNTIL THE IRISH SHOW THE WORLD WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT.

Was that a good Clemson impersonation?

 

[gkIrish]

Any advice on driving from Charlotte to Clemson?

 

[woolybug25]

Wooly you got a link to any of those picks?

ACC Week 5 game picks: All in on Clemson to knock off Notre Dame - ACC Blog - ESPN

Expert Picks - Straight Up - Week 5 - CBSSports.com

 

[connor_in]

Any advice on driving from Charlotte to Clemson?

Use a car...

 

[rtrn2glory]

would suck to pay a boat load for tickets to watch it in the monsoon...weather might help with those trying to scalp, but not the scalper

 

[Cackalacky]

Any advice on driving from Charlotte to Clemson?

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Charlotte+Douglas+International+Airport,+5501+R+C+Josh+Birmingham+Pkwy,+Charlotte,+NC+28208/Clemson,+SC/@34.6557377,-82.8243164,11.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8856987db74ad489:0x1aba4a6f3cc4a737!2m2!1d-80.9473146!2d35.2144026!1m5!1m1!1s0x88585dda01b900cb:0xd4000ff11bdcc047!2m2!1d-82.8373654!2d34.6834382!3e0

If you are leaving from the airport.... take 85 to either Hwy 88 or hwy 76. 76 will take you to Perimeter Road which takes you right to the stadium. 88 to 123 will take you into Clemson Proper.

 

[NDohio]

Any advice on driving from Charlotte to Clemson?

I-85 through Greenville to exit 40. Take St Rt 153 North to St Rt 123 South(it goes SW). That'll take you right into Clemson.

 

[gkIrish]

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Charlotte+Douglas+International+Airport,+5501+R+C+Josh+Birmingham+Pkwy,+Charlotte,+NC+28208/Clemson,+SC/@34.6557377,-82.8243164,11.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8856987db74ad489:0x1aba4a6f3cc4a737!2m2!1d-80.9473146!2d35.2144026!1m5!1m1!1s0x88585dda01b900cb:0xd4000ff11bdcc047!2m2!1d-82.8373654!2d34.6834382!3e0

If you are leaving from the airport.... take 85 to either Hwy 88 or hwy 76. 76 will take you to Perimeter Road which takes you right to the stadium. 88 to 123 will take you into Clemson Proper.

I-85 through Greenville to exit 40. Take St Rt 153 North to St Rt 123 South(it goes SW). That'll take you right into Clemson.

Muchas Gracias

 

[GoIrish41]

Any advice on driving from Charlotte to Clemson?

Change your windshield wipers before you leave.

 

[ulukinatme]

CLEARLY ITS US AGAINST THE WORLD AND NO ONE BELIEVES IN US. EVERYONE THINKS CLEMSON IS UNSTOPPABLE. THEY SHOULD HAVE LOST TO LOUISVILLE. JUST WAIT UNTIL THE IRISH SHOW THE WORLD WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT.

Was that a good Clemson impersonation?

Careful, Clemson could use this as bulletin board material, they'll find anything!

 

[phork]

You'll note that CBS pickers who picked Clemson are also .500 or under in their picks this year.

 

[koonja]

I'm torn on the rain. Part of me says any change to the elements benefits the weaker team (who's Clemson IMO), and another part of me thinks they're going to have to pass significantly more than us to win, and that hurt them.

I honestly think our DL will blow up a lot of plays against their OL, so might not matter either way.