I don't know what it looked like on TV, but I thought our defense did great

Defense was great. For as much time as they had to be on the field for it was really good D. I kept waiting for the levy to break but it never did. Had the boneheaded INT safety but it wouldnt have mattered with the way the offense was playing.
 
Want to know how it looked on TV?

Speaking to the offense, TV magnified our shit show. They replayed the tackles in the backfield. The blown mesh points. The times when we would get to the outside and it's 2 tech players vs 5 Clemson players on option plays. The times when 370 pound Shamire Devine is getting owned by guys that weigh 50 pounds less than him. The times when our OL dove at the legs of Clemson DL, only to have them run right past and obliterate JT.

All that was magnified on national television

EDIT addition: the times when JT would drop back to pass and would never even have time to set his feet. As if we didn't even have an OL. Literally the worst OL in FBS. I've never in my life seen a team get in the backfield as often as Clemson did, in any FBS game
 
After what Clemson's DL did to our OL last night, we would probably welcome the relative safety of a prison shower.
 
this original post doesn't fit the narrative that it's always the defense's fault and paul johnson / the offense is never to blame
 
MTrain said:
this original post doesn't fit the narrative that it's always the defense's fault and paul johnson / the offense is never to blame
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Literally nobody says this anymore. It was true in the Tevin years, when we'd score 35+ points and lose b/c our defense was a shitshow.
 
white&gold said:
Want to know how it looked on TV?

Speaking to the offense, TV magnified our öööö show. They replayed the tackles in the backfield. The blown mesh points. The times when we would get to the outside and it's 2 tech players vs 5 Clemson players on option plays. The times when 370 pound Shamire Devine is getting owned by guys that weigh 50 pounds less than him. The times when our OL dove at the legs of Clemson DL, only to have them run right past and obliterate JT.

All that was magnified on national television

EDIT addition: the times when JT would drop back to pass and would never even have time to set his feet. As if we didn't even have an OL. Literally the worst OL in FBS. I've never in my life seen a team get in the backfield as often as Clemson did, in any FBS game
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That was actually how it looked in person too...but beej is right about the D. I feel better about that unit.
 
KC_Jackets said:
Hard to make them pay when 5 defenders are in the backfield and the QB is running backwards with receivers running routes that take 10 seconds to develop.

A short, reliable passing game would be nice.
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Ding Ding Ding. We need some quick pass plays. JT needs to get the ball out of his hands quicker.
 
BainbridgeJacket said:
No offense meant, but you need better expectations. That was not a good defensive performance. Clearly, if I'm assigning blame to one unit, it's the offense, but we gave up too many yards and too many points. Especially early. We don't keep stopping them if they aren't trying to run clock.
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If they were trying to run clock, why were they running no huddle hurry up the entire game?
 
gt2690b said:
JT also played like ballsweat
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He made some good playing avoiding sacks and throughing it out of bounds. It's hard to look good when your OLine is playing flag football and Clemson is playing tackle.
 
beej67 said:
Really gutsy performance. Forced a lot of punts, lot of 3 and outs, didn't give up any silly long runs, didn't really do anything stupid. I was pleased. If we can get that kind of effort from our defense we could win 8 or 9 this year.

And holy öööö Clemson's players are huge. I've been to a lot of Clemson games, and this team this year has got to be the biggest team overall that they've ever had, in terms of size and height. They looked like giants out there.

It would have been nice to see the halftime adjustments happen sooner, but in general they just kicked our ass on the line. I didn't get benefit of replay really, but it seemed like we knew who to block, we just couldn't.
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Our hats should all be off to the D for last night's performance especially considering how many plays they were on the field for. I agree with others that said the coverage should have been tighter in some situations but overall they did very well.
 
beej67 said:
Really gutsy performance. Forced a lot of punts, lot of 3 and outs, didn't give up any silly long runs, didn't really do anything stupid. I was pleased. If we can get that kind of effort from our defense we could win 8 or 9 this year.

And holy öööö Clemson's players are huge. I've been to a lot of Clemson games, and this team this year has got to be the biggest team overall that they've ever had, in terms of size and height. They looked like giants out there.

It would have been nice to see the halftime adjustments happen sooner, but in general they just kicked our ass on the line. I didn't get benefit of replay really, but it seemed like we knew who to block, we just couldn't.
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Well, they did do one thing that was really stupid. But overall, given how good Clemson is and how little our offense was able to stay on the field, I would also say the defense played great. If the offense can get its shit together we can still have a special year. Who knows, maybe we can even get a shot at Clemson again.
 
andrew said:
Well, they did do one thing that was really stupid. But overall, given how good Clemson is and how little our offense was able to stay on the field, I would also say the defense played great. If the offense can get its öööö together we can still have a special year. Who knows, maybe we can even get a shot at Clemson again.
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It could happen.

I'll take this happy thought and look forward to the Miami game.
 
gt2690b said:
JT also played like ballsweat
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JT can't change a game by himself, he's not THAT kind of talent. I give him credit though for not turning the ball over, not forcing things like last year. Not really his fault that Clemson set up a conference table and buffet in the backfield.

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I agree with the OP. Our problem is not on the defensive side.

Even after playing Clemson, even after giving up a safety and a post-safety TD, we STILL are only giving up <16 points per game. That is nothing to to hang heads over - especially after the defense was on the field for what seemed like 53 of the 60 minutes.

Seriously - who cares about 10 yard cushions when that is apparently what it takes to keep from getting burned with long TD passes.
 
Defense clearly executed the game plan. Stop the run, keep the wide receivers in front of you even if it means giving up 1st downs, and hope clemson makes enough mistakes that we can capitalize on. Unfortunately we couldn't recover the fumbled punt and botched the int. Clemson made enough small mistakes that we made them punt the ball back to us but offense never made them pay
 
TheTaxJacket said:
Defense was great. For as much time as they had to be on the field for it was really good D. I kept waiting for the levy to break but it never did. Had the boneheaded INT safety but it wouldnt have mattered with the way the offense was playing.
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Ted Roof is doing a pretty fair job with the talent he has.
 
cyptomcat said:
It looked like Clemson pulled foot from the gas pedal.
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So the starters running no huddle and snapping well before the play clock ran down with less than 5 to go was pulling foot from the pedal?

I think Dabo knows his offense has issues, and was trying to run the up tempo stuff to the very end as practice.
 
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