So realistically, what do you expect out of this game?  I know no one and their mother is giving Clemson a chance…..I kinda like it, hope the players are hearing the same thing.  Much different noise then they heard last year in Miami where Clemson was supposed to roll…..

Watching some of LSU this year, they are bi-polar.  Crazy talented, great defense but play very head scratching games.  Some are great and dominate, others are well…..Townson, Auburn, Arkansas etc.  Its going to be a physical game.  I fully expect Clemson to come out strong and have a good showing, can they last the whole game?  Thats the big question we all want to know.  Can we win?  If we can hang in the game, yes I think we can win.  LSU doesn’t want to be there, we have something to prove.  At least lets hope so.

Here are my keys for Clemson:
1.  Defense (all of it), but mainly being able to stop the run and get to Mettenberger, his one game of his life came against Alabama and I honestly don’t see him doing much in the air.  Although the way our DBs have played all year…..we’ve been able to stop the run enough to have me satisfied, but does that come at a price that our secondary gets burned once again?  I sure hope not, we HAVE to be better in the secondary or we’ll make a terrible QB look like a 1st round draft choice.

2.  Offensive line.  We see how they crumbled against USCjr, question is can they hold the line long enough, specifically the ends.

3.  Don’t abandon the plan to early.  During the USCjr game we abandoned some offensive sets WAY to early and never went back to them.  This however is the double edged sword, we’ve seen where Morris (or Boyd if he audibles) likes to be hardheaded and keep the plan thats not working (Like Boyd runs).  Need to find that balance again.

4.  KICK THE GDAMN BALL OUT OF THE GDAMN ENDZONE.

5.  Keep the pace.  Need to go fast fast fast and wear down that LSU defense.

I’m really cautiously excited about this game.  Its the exact same feeling I had going into the Peach Bowl against Tennessee years ago, hope it has the same results.  Going to be tough, but thats what it takes to get to the next level, I’m ready.  GO TIGERS…the orange ones!

I would like to see Clemson win this game. In some ways Clemson is like the current FSU team, you never know what they are going to do.

Clemtgrs - 31 December 2012 12:03 AM

Here are my keys for Clemson:
1.  Defense (all of it), but mainly being able to stop the run and get to Mettenberger, his one game of his life came against Alabama and I honestly don’t see him doing much in the air.  Although the way our DBs have played all year…..we’ve been able to stop the run enough to have me satisfied, but does that come at a price that our secondary gets burned once again?  I sure hope not, we HAVE to be better in the secondary or we’ll make a terrible QB look like a 1st round draft choice.
As some of the others have said, we have to load the box and make Mettenberger beat us through the air.  Otherwise, they’ll have the ball for 40+ minutes and we have no chance.  I’d like to see us do what the FN Redskins did to my Boys last night.  They brought constant pressure from all sides, played inside the uniforms of the Dallas WRs (most of the time, there was a little zone thrown in) and made Romo think fast.  Of course, we don’t have DeAngelo Hall at CB

2.  Offensive line.  We see how they crumbled against USCjr, question is can they hold the line long enough, specifically the ends.
I miss D. Allen.  We have 2 options here.  1. Keep a TE (or two) on the line.  It does no good to have four receivers in a pattern if Tajh can’t get past his second read.  That also sets up a play opportunity in short yardage or redzone when they’ve all but forgotten the TE as a threat.  2. Keep the pocket moving.  Roll Tajh out with a run/pass option.  Keep their D running from side to side.  Tajh is pretty good on the move.  That also sucks up the DBs and gives Sammy and Co. a chance to get behind them.  I think this will be a Sammy-heavy gameplan.  Those jet sweeps which were missing in the SCar game help keep the ends honest.

3.  Don’t abandon the plan to early.  During the USCjr game we abandoned some offensive sets WAY to early and never went back to them.  This however is the double edged sword, we’ve seen where Morris (or Boyd if he audibles) likes to be hardheaded and keep the plan thats not working (Like Boyd runs).  Need to find that balance again.

4.  KICK THE GDAMN BALL OUT OF THE GDAMN ENDZONE.
This scares me.  LSU always has some ridiculously fast little waterbug returning kicks and our coverage teams have been less than stellar

5.  Keep the pace.  Need to go fast fast fast and wear down that LSU defense.
This is key

I’m really cautiously excited about this game.  Its the exact same feeling I had going into the Peach Bowl against Tennessee years ago, hope it has the same results.  Going to be tough, but thats what it takes to get to the next level, I’m ready.  GO TIGERS…the orange ones!

I’m not really that hopeful here to be perfectly honest.  What you said about LSU going through the motions and Clemson amped to be there is our only chance.  I would like a good clean competitive game.  A respectable showing and an offseason without LSU jokes.  Go Tigers!

I absolutely think we can win this game.  There is a strategy to beat any team with enough talent…..and we have enough talent if the strategy is sound.  We all agree we cannot allow LSU’s offense to grind out time consuming drives…..If Dabo get’s a macho streak and want’s to go toe to toe then we are dicked….

I saw the ACC vs. the “SEC, SEC, SEC, ...” is 10-10 in this bowl game. I hope Clemson wins bc it will help FSU’s rep. I just don’t trust their D though.

Might be a LONGGGGGGGGGGGG night boys.

Bad call running Watkins up the middle, he is a wide receiver not a running back. Now he has a busted up leg and he was the best hope of winning this one. I am afraid it is all over for Clemson after the second play.

Don’t give up hope just yet Seminole, if you’ve forgotten Sammy is not our best player this year.  But if we keep doing dumb 1yd runs up the middle then yes it will be over.  Still hope, still a lot of game.

See, we can do it without Watkins…..again question becomes, can we last against a hard hitting Defense?

Here comes our defense up, time to hold your breath.

Nice Drive.  I think this will be a good game.  ACC doing good so far this bowl season, nice to see.

Where has this Clemson Defense been all year???

Tied up!  We got a game folks!!  Hopkins!  If we keep this up I think we can get this one.

Well ok pending extra point.

LOL see FML

these REFs are bad.

The SEC Thuggery is bad too.

14-13 at halftime.  I like what I see.  We always come out soft in the 3rd, we HAVE to come out firing.  I love what I’m seeing from Clemson, looks like we actually prepared for a game.  KEEP IT UP TIGERS!!!!