Monday, September 12, 2011

Clemson v. Wofford observations

Positives
-Tahj Boyd looks very good throwing a deep ball. He is also a little more athletic than we were told. Not blazing fast, but is a load.
-Sammy Watkins IS SPECIAL. He is at full speed on his second step and cuts at full speed.
-Ellington almost looks back. Don't know if he had the wrong cleats, but if he would have stayed up on a couple cuts he would have had an amazing day.
-Andre Branch is stepping up on defense.
-Quandon Christian is a LB who actually makes a lot of plays.
-O Line is opening up running lanes and is usually okay if defense only sends four
-Martavis Bryant is fast, very fast
-Chad Morris seems to have no desire to share the ball. 90% of play calls are for Ellington, Watkins, Bryant or Brown.

Negatives
-The whole freaking game. Closest I-AA game in the 25 Clemson has ever played
-Clemson defense cannot play assignment football. Every big play was because someone was trying to do someone else's job. Triple option- Tackles and Mid LB take dive, defensive ends hit QB every play and OLB and corners take pitch man. With the safeties helping to clean up all over the field. This worries me if the youngins on D will figure that out by GT game.
-The O-line cannot pick up a blitz to save its life. This is also magnified by the fact the backfield is empty so often, leavaing no one to pick up a blitzer.
-I thought Tahj either looked great on some throws or very shaky on others. He threw 3 balls that would have been picked by a better secondary and one would have been housed if caught. More inaccurate than week one and a ton of bubble screen completions to pad his stats. The bubble screen will not beat the next three opponents.
-Dabo finally ran his first fake. Pretty sure it is his first, please comment if you remember him ever faking a punt/kick. Well, I would be happy for him, but it was the WORST TIME EVER. Late in the game against a slow plodding option attack he had a chance to go up 11 with a chip shot FG. I really like the guy and hope he survives cause he recruits as well as anyone, but he scares me sometimes.

The Funny

-Same two announcers for the broadcast the first two weeks. Both games the play by play guy said, "no better atmosphere for college football." at least five times. He also called Dabo, DAYbo the first time and then was reminded by someone that his name is not DAYbo. DAYbo would be ridiculous. Dabo is an awesome name to be respected.
-Warrick Dunn, yes that Warrick Dunn, as the color man said, "This triple option really gives the offense a lot of options." Wow, Warrick, that's probably why they don't call it the Lack of Options offense.

1 comment:

  1. I don't see this one being remotely close. There are some I-AA programs that would scare me, but Wofford isn't one of them. The fact we have seen Ga Tech's triple option three times over the last two years will help. Now that we have speed at the skill positions, we should more easily put away lesser opponents. Good news that safety Rashard Hall could play, but they will probably hold him out until Auburn unless we are in a dog fight. The O-line needs to step up and of course Tahj Boyd needs to keep improving and learning with every snap. Clemson 48, Wofford 17

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