Embarrassing and humiliating

So I was at the NC St. game. That was embarrassing. The only thing that kept you from going into a maniacal rage was the rationalization that the Tigers were looking forward to the next two huge games versus SC and Va Tech. I hate rationalizing and should quit doing it. There is never an excuse to play that bad against a very average to below average opponent. Dabo says you only play 12 Saturdays a year and to not be ready for one is unacceptable. Well he is right and that is why it was an embarrassment in Raleigh.

The South Carolina game was humiliating. It was humiliating because one team played absolutely gutless. Outside of Jaron Brown's block I didn't see one physical play from Clemson all night. After starting the year with very few penalties and very few dropped passes, all the Tigers can do is hold, line up wrong and catch a ball like it is made of some icey butter mixture. Anyone who watches us play knows this so I am not breaking any ground here.

Here is my question?
What is worse: playing that bad against your rival or knowing even if you played better they are just better than you are? SCar has outrecruited, outdeveloped and outweightroomed the Tigers and the gap is widening, not closing. I hate to break it to all the Tiger fans, but all this crap about Clemson being young is bunch of flaming propaganda. They have a ton of freshmen coming up the ranks, but the starting 11 on offense are 4 seniors, 3 juniors, 2 sophs and Sammy. Not to mention those four seniors are on that O-line that got pushed around the last four weeks. Why the hell hasn't Clemson recruited good O-lineman since the Reagan administration?

The eleven defensive starters are 5 seniors, 4 juniors, 1 soph and Breeland (the lone young bright spot on the ENTIRE DEFENSE). Again, 3 seniors and a junior up front. The defense only has three true freshmen in their whole two-deep and the offense only has them at the skill positions. It is an excuse and a crock of crap that this team is inexperienced. The program is young, but the guys that are expected to line up and play have been at Clemson a long time, especially the ones you are expecting to get it done in the trenches. Every year there is an excuse. Yes, I thought we were a few years away, but they proved through the first eight weeks there is plenty of talent in Clemson if they would show up and hit people in the mouth.