Didn't mean that as a personal attack...my bad. The "wake up" is more towards people on here that are delusional about us thus far.
The 2012 team went to OU and dominated a good team. MSU was average at best, BC was horrid, and USC was without Barkley. But that is two years ago and has nothing to do with the current squad.
Fact of the matter is, we haven't played anyone yet. Rice is horrible and we took care of business. Michigan flat out is terrible, and did what we needed to do. Purdue is improved, but we struggled. Talking about going into FSU and winning is very premature - heck, I want to see how we perform against SU this week and fix the issues we have. They have largely been masked by playing terrible opponents.
I still don't buy Schmidt in the middle. His speed and size will be a liability, probably in two weeks, but I hope that I am wrong. FSU did look pedestrian, yes, because they had an immobile QB who cannot create outside of the pocket...think Tommy. That dynamic changes completely with a mobile QB, so does your pressures and scheme. We won't be able to run the same things Clemson did because of that.
There is nothing that makes me think, as of now, that we can run the ball to win the game. The 2012 team had a way of taking the last six minutes of the game and making you bleed - you were not going to see the ball again. We aren't there, and if we don't get there, it will haunt us when we have a lead, on the road or otherwise. Like you, I think this week will be close, unless we find a new play maker at WR and find depth in the secondary off the waiver wire.
