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Yes, congrats. Duck fans have been pasting the ACC's 0-3 bowl streak across the web saying " look, told you so...ACC weak, FSU didn't play anybody". I believe as of this post they are 3-4 overall.
The ACC is solid and quietly challenging the decade-long supremacy of the Southeastern Conference. I think the Ducks are going to beat FSU, but I don't know if it'll be as everyone has assumed. And even though I think the Ducks are better, I wouldn't say an FSU upset is out of the realm of possibility. Just not too likely given the performance of FSU's defense all year.
I feel very good about the ACC and bowl season isn't over yet. Louisville will give Georgia everything it can handle and we will see about Fla St and GA Tech. Boston College only lost in overtime which is always a crapshoot. The ACC shut out the SEC on rivalry weekend and Clemson is more than holding up its end of the deal. Clemson has the most wins over SEC teams by an ACC school over the last 5 years if I am correct.
Great win! I didn't see that coming, but I'll take it.
Same here but even local sports radio built up the OK Sooners so much that I was convinced that Clemson had an uphill battle to win the game at least till you saw both teams on the field. That's when I knew we had a good chance to win.
Same here but even local sports radio built up the OK Sooners so much that I was convinced that Clemson had an uphill battle to win the game at least till you saw both teams on the field. That's when I knew we had a good chance to win.
I wasn't sure what to expect. I felt good about our defense and that was confirmed on the first possession. I had not idea what the offense would do, but felt a relief when we scored on that first play. They just rolled from that point.
1. Play calling through most of the year was probably playing a factor in Stoudt being a turnover machine- although I'm sure the separated shoulder didn't exactly improve his performance. But the co-OCs seemed to dial in on that better than Morris had throughout the season. The inability to atleast run time off the clock with the offense is part of what killed us against FSU and 90% of our undoing in Athens since the defense was on their backs from being on the field the whole frickin game.
2. A couple of people around the team have basically pointed out that Stoudt always played twice as well when he entered the week as the announce starter. Which either means he went home & cried over losing that spot, he was mentally fried no matter how gracious he was about the situation, or they hadn't taken adequate time to prep back-ups. Part of me thinks its partly the latter after one of Dabo's previous comments about Boyd never missing a game during his stay. I think that probably breeds a little complacency.
3. Our defense has gotten better almost every single week. If it weren't for turnovers and the UGA debacle the Clemson D would look even more dominant. We're still in the hunt for a couple of big players & if we land them this D could be brutal for at least another couple of years.
And in fairness I have to give Stoudt a lot of credit for putting out his best performance when it counted most & their was no alternative. I still think he's more likely to be a male model than continue in any football capacity but he will be the only male model with a bowl game MVP trophy at his apartment. It's funny how one great night can wash away all the disappointments earlier in the season.
The Okies are contemplating the Koolaid after that game.
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