Clemson v. Troy Observations

Observation for the Day
Was headed to the dumpster and offered to take a students very small bag of trash for him. He said, "I'm heading that way anyway, let me take yours." Awesome example of Kharma in action

Clemson Observations
This is sadly coming from someone who did not watch the game, so I will stick to things I can comment on. Like how does a kicker go 3 for 3 from beyond 45 yards and miss an extra point. But, the Cat Man is 9 of his last 10 going back to last year.

Dabo said they didn't panic at halftime. The way they played in the second half it sure looked like they didn't panic. But, you know there had to be a moment when he was by himself when he thought, "Sh*#, if this team of a*#holes, doesn't wake the hell up, I'm gonna be back selling houses in the middle of a recession!!" I wouldn't say I panicked, but it wasn't the most fun halftime of my life.

Dabo also progressed past relaying signals. In the last few years, he could be seen waving his arms and making weird gestures, while at the same time mouthing the play to the point where my father could predict our play by watching Dabo. Leo would say he just mouthed, "strong right jet sweep." And sure enough we would line up strong right and run a jet sweep. Okay, it wasn't that bad, but Leo could predict Napier's plays with 90% accuracy just based on formation. Hopefully the new OC Chad Morris could mix it up enough to fool a high school coach who only watches every other Clemson game, and only every other drive due to sporadic napping.

Lets not panic too much cause Troy hung with us. They would probably beat BC, Wake, Duke and maybe Virginia on a nuetral field.

Kickoff specialist Spencer Benton added another two tackles for his career. This is not a good thing, you would rather a kicker never make a tackle, but he is making them at the 27 and 31, respectively. That is awesome! He is just starting his junior year and already has the most tackles by any kicker in Clemson history.

While I still feel 2011 is a rough one, with the chance to at least be decent, 2012 could be really good. Of the 70 guys that played on Saturday, 24 are freshman (12 true and 12 red-shirt), including future all-american?? Sammy Watkins with 8 catches and (this is a quote from the Clemson SID office) "scored his first career touchdown on his first career reception on his first career drive in his first career game." Watkins scored 26 seconds into his career, which might be a record that is never broken. It isn't the quickest into a season a Tiger has scored, since Spiller took the opening kickoff in '09 to the house.

Speaking with some other fans, it should be a solid defense, but it might lack the studs of the last few years who were counted on to make big plays. Rashard Hall isn't as talent as the stars Clemson has had on defense, but he seems to always be around the football. Maybe he can be that guy? The key is will one of the defensive lineman require a double team. Really great defenses are ones who can really pressure the quarterback while only rushing four. Don't know if this team is going to be able to do that.

Dabo said they didn't panic at halftime. The way they played in the second half it sure looked like they didn't panic. But, you know there had to be a moment when he was by himself when he thought, "Sh*#, if this team of a*#holes, doesn't wake the hell up, I'm gonna be back selling houses in the middle of a recession!!" I wouldn't say I panicked, but it wasn't the most fun halftime of my life.

Dabo also progressed past relaying signals. In the last few years, he could be seen waving his arms and making weird gestures, while at the same time mouthing the play to the point where my father could predict our play by watching Dabo. Leo would say he just mouthed, "strong right jet sweep." And sure enough we would line up strong right and run a jet sweep. Okay, it wasn't that bad, but Leo could predict Napier's plays with 90% accuracy just based on formation. Hopefully the new OC Chad Morris could mix it up enough to fool a high school coach who only watches every other Clemson game, and only every other drive due to sporadic napping.

Went back to a more classic looking uniform pants. Like them much better than the new age Nike crap. Wish Nike would think enough of us to make something as hideous as the power rangers uniforms they made for Georgia or the overly sleek Boise look OR the amazing things the Maryland boys wore last night. From the left they looked like the Steelers on crack and from the right they looked like they were on a crusade. WE MUST ATTACK THE HOLY LAND!! GOD WILLS IT!!
I guess it is like the crusades. A group of guys fighting evil, in this case the evil is the University of Miami.