Georgia Tech Prediction
Well, this is it. Now is the time we face the coach that we should have hired last year. This game was slated to be a blowout in Clemson's favor before the year began, and even as late as a couple of weeks ago. Then the tables turned and it seemed that Johnson would surely blow us out with our incompetent coaching. However, the events of the last week have just thrown everything into complete turmoil.
Firstly, Tech had a game against Gardner-Webb last week in which they struggled mightily and only won 10-7. Now, that score doesn't really reflect what was going on, mostly in the fact that Johnson used the game to rest up many of his dinged up starters. Nevertheless, even Tech's third string should be able to handle Gardner-Webb better than that. Somehow, I think that game is going to have absolutely no bearing on how the nerds come out to play us. For one thing their starting QB is back and healthy and ready to kick some ass. For another thing they won't be playing vanilla practice defense against an offense that they didn't gameplan for. In fact, if anything they've had two weeks in which to prepare for our offense.
This brings me to the second part of this tale of turbulence: this week we have experienced here at Clemson the inevitable and the tardy departure of Tommy Bowden and his Bible study buddy Rob Spence. In their wake we have been delivered interim Head Coach Dabo Swinney, who most of us see as a Godsend. The man has reenergized the students, the fans, and the players. He's made some changes around Clemson that people are already feeling and he's gotten us back in the mindset that Clemson football is something to appreciate and to get fired up about.
That being said, he's inheriting a crippled team from a football ignoramus. He's got an offensive system to work with that was made by a mad (insane) scientist (dumbass) and a roster full of track stars with nobody to block for them, plus a quarterback who's never started a collegiate game. The ultimate recipe for success right? Hardly.
Although Dabo has already made some critical adjustments (that he's made public) like putting the linemen back into a three point stance, I just don't think 5 days is enough to completely turn around a totally inept offense. For that reason, I see a game full of excitement and big plays, but not enough will go our way. Georgia Tech wins 28-17. Dabo will do a good job and we will improve leaps and bounds the rest of the year, but this game is going to prove that old school fundamentals are too much to overcome, regardless of talent.
Firstly, Tech had a game against Gardner-Webb last week in which they struggled mightily and only won 10-7. Now, that score doesn't really reflect what was going on, mostly in the fact that Johnson used the game to rest up many of his dinged up starters. Nevertheless, even Tech's third string should be able to handle Gardner-Webb better than that. Somehow, I think that game is going to have absolutely no bearing on how the nerds come out to play us. For one thing their starting QB is back and healthy and ready to kick some ass. For another thing they won't be playing vanilla practice defense against an offense that they didn't gameplan for. In fact, if anything they've had two weeks in which to prepare for our offense.
This brings me to the second part of this tale of turbulence: this week we have experienced here at Clemson the inevitable and the tardy departure of Tommy Bowden and his Bible study buddy Rob Spence. In their wake we have been delivered interim Head Coach Dabo Swinney, who most of us see as a Godsend. The man has reenergized the students, the fans, and the players. He's made some changes around Clemson that people are already feeling and he's gotten us back in the mindset that Clemson football is something to appreciate and to get fired up about.
That being said, he's inheriting a crippled team from a football ignoramus. He's got an offensive system to work with that was made by a mad (insane) scientist (dumbass) and a roster full of track stars with nobody to block for them, plus a quarterback who's never started a collegiate game. The ultimate recipe for success right? Hardly.
Although Dabo has already made some critical adjustments (that he's made public) like putting the linemen back into a three point stance, I just don't think 5 days is enough to completely turn around a totally inept offense. For that reason, I see a game full of excitement and big plays, but not enough will go our way. Georgia Tech wins 28-17. Dabo will do a good job and we will improve leaps and bounds the rest of the year, but this game is going to prove that old school fundamentals are too much to overcome, regardless of talent.
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