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If Diaz//Baker can come up with a good plan to stop the run...
I'm sorry, which team is it you root for?
I think Cam is gonna wear them out
I completely agree. If you look back at the last 2 games we played them, that's what they do. They will try to "shock and awe" us in the 1st qtr. I remember the trick play with Desean Watson where the offensive line didn't move on the snap and our defense was completely confused. Meanwhile, Watson hit his wide open TE for a TD. We never recovered from the beginning of the 59-0 beatdown.From Bronco Mendenhall's press conference last night- he was asked about using two of his 3 timeouts so early in the first half:
On effect of using timeouts in the first half
“Really not that much. Here is the simple thought behind that. Clemson is hopeful to have shock and awe right from the beginning and put you on your heels and never let you recover. I was absolutely willing to use timeouts and slow the pace to make sure our guys were ready, and they were. That was absolutely something that we would do again and was prepared to do because of how fast, how explosive and how easily they jump out on teams so quickly. Looking to stall and use them if we needed to and I believe we needed to.”
They ain't got the horses to just turn it one like that; especially against a team full of talented dudes with something to prove.The problem is when you've been on a run like Clemson has the last couple years, boredom and complacency become an issue. The only thing that seems to change that is big games.
If they view us as a big game, theyll be ready for us. We just have to go out and execute.
From start to the last whistle we should be tempo mode ....if their 1s can keep up with that then so be it.But are they going to be ready for an uptempo pace. If you go watch games versus teams that ran uptempo offenses gave Clemson defense and Venables trouble. LSU and UNC did just that!