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Clemson Source SPILLS TEA before Miami Hurricanes Game vs Clemson Tigers! · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to ACC football addiction. I've got Brian from
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  Speaker 1: doom and gloom after week one and Clemson has found
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  Speaker 1: a way to just win. Everything since then hasn't always
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  Speaker 1: been pretty, hasn't always been the best, but they are
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  Speaker 1: undefeated since that first game against LSU and they welcome
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  Speaker 1: in Miami this week. What were your thoughts on the,
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  Speaker 1: on the cow game? I watched that from, uh, from Nashville, Tennessee, uh,
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  Speaker 1: on the road, late kickoff for Clemson. They went out
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  Speaker 1: to the, uh, the West coast and, uh, It was
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  Speaker 1: a good game for a little while, but then Clemson
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  Speaker 1: kind of rolled to victory where it wasn't super, super
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  Speaker 1: stressful at the end. I was impressed with the way
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  Speaker 1: they looked, man, on the road to Cal. I'm high
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  Speaker 1: on JKS. I think it was a point and a half.
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  Speaker 1: Clemson was a favorite just by that much. And they
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  Speaker 1: went out and they were markedly the better team on
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  Speaker 1: Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I picked Cal to win that ball
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  Speaker 2: game because I hadn't seen consistency out of Clemson. But
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  Speaker 2: leading up to that game, I said this. If Clemson
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  Speaker 2: will be aggressive on the offensive side of the football
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  Speaker 2: from the beginning of the game all the way through
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  Speaker 2: the end, they will make me eat my words. And
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  Speaker 2: that's exactly what they did. They were aggressive from the
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  Speaker 2: beginning to the end, and they won by 14 points. Now,
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  Speaker 2: there's this new optimistic approach that we're seeing in Clemson
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  Speaker 2: right now, and let me tell you why. It's because
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  Speaker 2: in the last six quarters of football, we've seen more
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  Speaker 2: consistent aggressiveness than we've seen in years. So with that said,
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  Speaker 2: that's why you're seeing more and more Clemson fans kind
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  Speaker 2: of put that LSU game way off in the past
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  Speaker 2: and say, hey, I think we're really turning a corner here. Now,
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  Speaker 2: you know my approach to Clemson football. It's a little
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  Speaker 2: more pessimistic. I will have to agree that I have
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  Speaker 2: not seen this offense– be this consistently aggressive. I know
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  Speaker 2: I've said that a lot, but really, that's it. I
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen them perform consistently like this with just this
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  Speaker 2: go at you, keep the opposing defense honest, stretch the field,
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  Speaker 2: and then hit the short to intermediate pass, work in
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  Speaker 2: the run consistently in a while. So I see the improvements.
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  Speaker 2: And then, of course, Miami comes to town this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I know we're going to talk about that in just
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  Speaker 2: a second. But as far as the California game goes,
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  Speaker 2: I was really impressed by what I saw out of
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  Speaker 2: a team who just three weeks ago, four weeks ago,
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  Speaker 2: lost by 41 points.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, at the end of the day, you go on
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  Speaker 1: the road, you hold a team to 10 points. I
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  Speaker 1: thought they were good defensively. I thought they got after JKS.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they did a good job. He was uncomfortable
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  Speaker 1: all night. And the offense did enough, right?
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  Speaker 2: You.
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  Speaker 1: got 24 points out of the game. When your defense
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  Speaker 1: plays that well, I think that's fine. Clemson was not
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  Speaker 1: perfect by any means, multiple mistakes, multiple turnovers in this game.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the day, they were by far
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  Speaker 1: the better team for most of the night. Yeah, two turnovers,
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  Speaker 1: a missed field goal. Shoot, this really could have been
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  Speaker 1: a 35-point game. This could have been an absolute blowout
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  Speaker 1: But instead it was a comfortable win, which I think
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  Speaker 1: when you go to the West coast and you're playing
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  Speaker 1: a freshman quarterback, like you'll take comfortable wins all day.
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  Speaker 1: Like let's not get in a point. Let's not get
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  Speaker 1: to a point where we're like, we didn't win by 25.
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  Speaker 1: We're out of here, man. Like say the ones where
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  Speaker 1: we can get them three and one overall two and
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  Speaker 1: O in the ACC. And you mentioned it, Miami coming
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  Speaker 1: to town this week. This is my, this is Clemson's
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  Speaker 1: ultimate test this year. I think it's, it's the most
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  Speaker 1: challenging test ever. I think Miami is every bit as
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  Speaker 1: good as their ranking is in a college football that
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  Speaker 1: is more wide open than ever. I think they're worth
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  Speaker 1: a top five ranking, and it will be an incredibly
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  Speaker 1: tough test for Clemson this weekend. Weather could play an impact,
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  Speaker 1: could certainly be going Clemson's way in this. If you're thinking, man,
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  Speaker 1: do we want to get in a shootout with Miami?
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  Speaker 1: Probably not. You're trying to look for the paths to
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  Speaker 1: This being a fourth quarter game and the weather would
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  Speaker 1: certainly be an impact. Home crowd at night at Death
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  Speaker 1: Valley is certainly something that you would prefer over a
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  Speaker 1: 12 local time kick. So there are some things playing
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  Speaker 1: in Clemson's favor. Miami's a little bit banged up. I
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  Speaker 1: think they're in a better spot today than they were
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  Speaker 1: two weeks ago coming out of that weight game. But
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  Speaker 1: I think there are some things playing in Miami's favor.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of the day, though, it all comes
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  Speaker 1: down to execution. And this is a really tough team
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  Speaker 1: to say, you've got to go execute at a freaking
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  Speaker 1: near-perfect level to probably knock them off. But thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: the Miami game, just big picture before we dive in.
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  Speaker 1: Big picture.
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  Speaker 2: Darian Mensah, this is a guy who was playing for
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  Speaker 2: Tulane two years ago, made his mark. Last year he
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  Speaker 2: played for Duke. He and Cooper Barcake came to Clemson
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  Speaker 2: last year and won 46-45 with Duke. I think it
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  Speaker 2: was like a 3 o'clock kickoff or 12 o'clock, something
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  Speaker 2: like that. And now they're on a team that has
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  Speaker 2: a lot of bells and whistles. They are one of
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  Speaker 2: the top NIL spenders. And Mensah is one of the
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  Speaker 2: top quarterbacks in the country. And when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: passing yards, I looked at his numbers earlier this morning
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  Speaker 2: before I did my prediction. A shameless plug here. I
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  Speaker 2: put up a prediction on my channel today for this game.
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  Speaker 2: But Darian Mensah, he has, I mean, 1,200 yards plus,
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  Speaker 2: not one interception. So like the Jaden Mayavas out of
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  Speaker 2: Southern Cal and Kevin Jennings out of SMU, they have
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  Speaker 2: more yardage than him. But they have interceptions, some of
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  Speaker 2: them two, three, four, five interceptions at this point in
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  Speaker 2: the season. This guy's really good at taking care of
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  Speaker 2: the football. Of course, Malachi Toney, one of the leading
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  Speaker 2: receivers in all of college football, a very dangerous player.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just thanking God he doesn't play on the defense,
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  Speaker 2: kind of like Travis Hunter did, because you know he'd
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  Speaker 2: be incredible. So their offensive coordinator, Shannon Dawson, I have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of respect for him. You know, there is
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  Speaker 2: a part of me that kind of looks at him
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  Speaker 2: and goes, I mean, good grief, he has all these toys.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to call a bad play with these guys
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  Speaker 2: because you can call an ordinary play with them, and
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  Speaker 2: they'll make it look extraordinary. It's on a highlight reel somewhere.
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  Speaker 2: So this is the toughest game of the season, probably,
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  Speaker 2: and it is our last tough game of the season
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  Speaker 2: because after this, there's like a cliff, a nosedive. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: following up with, I believe, a bye week, Charleston Southern,
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  Speaker 2: Virginia Tech is kind of weird, and then after that,
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  Speaker 2: it's very winnable games because... No offense, Clemson fans. No,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to get mad at me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of the teams are really bad. We're going
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  Speaker 2: to play after this. So this is a massive game.
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  Speaker 1: now back to Brian. Yeah, this separates, and we talked
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  Speaker 1: about this, or I talked about it. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if we talked about it specifically, but we talked about this.
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  Speaker 1: Clemson got absolutely embarrassed against Georgia in 2024 to open
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  Speaker 1: the season, and then they just went out, and they
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  Speaker 1: weren't perfect down the stretch, but they went out, and
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  Speaker 1: they fought, and they competed, and they had a nice
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  Speaker 1: finish to the season. They win the ACC. They go
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  Speaker 1: to the playoff. And I'm not by any means telling
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  Speaker 1: you that I think Clemson is playoff caliber this year.
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  Speaker 1: I also think we talked off season that Clemson had
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity because of this schedule to win a lot
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  Speaker 1: of games. And at the end of the day, all the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, bad feelings that happened after LSU, which to
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  Speaker 1: me was more of a snowball and maybe the wrong
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  Speaker 1: quarterback started that game. I don't know, man. Like you're
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  Speaker 1: allowed a bad performance and bad performances can happen. You
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  Speaker 1: can still have what many would consider a successful year,
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  Speaker 1: even if they lose this game to Miami. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't even really care what the score is. Obviously Clemson
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  Speaker 1: fans would, would want it to be closer. Clemson fans
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  Speaker 1: want to win. I think you're going to be Charleston Southern.
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  Speaker 1: I really think you'd be Virginia tech at home. I
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  Speaker 1: think you'd be Florida state. You're going to be Syracuse.
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  Speaker 1: Georgia tech is not good. Duke is undefeated right now.
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  Speaker 1: And they did win last year, but I don't think
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  Speaker 1: you lose that game. And then I think you're playing
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  Speaker 1: better than South Carolina is like, I think there's a very,
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  Speaker 1: very real path of Clemson going 10 and two this year.
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  Speaker 1: I think nine and three is very realistic. Like if
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  Speaker 1: you slip up against one of those teams, maybe Virginia
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  Speaker 1: tech or FSU or South Carolina, catch you asleep. And
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  Speaker 1: maybe Duke's a little better than we think they are.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You could finish, you could finish nine and three. That's
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  Speaker 1: not going to feel great. If you lose to the
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  Speaker 1: only teams that are really competent on your schedule, but
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  Speaker 1: still it's maybe not the disaster scenario that was everyone's
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  Speaker 1: mood after, well, really LSU and Georgia Southern, both of
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  Speaker 1: those games early in the season. And so, yeah, there,
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  Speaker 1: but the, the Miami game to me is the litmus
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  Speaker 1: test of, okay, we think, we think they'll win somewhere
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  Speaker 1: between eight and 10 games. Eight would even be probably
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  Speaker 1: underachieving at this point, but they'll win between eight and
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  Speaker 1: 10 games, maybe more. We'll see. But if you can
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  Speaker 1: be competitive here, if you could somehow sneak away with
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  Speaker 1: a win.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Then you're talking about this as a play. I give
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  Speaker 1: Clemson wins this game, which I'm not predicting they do.
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  Speaker 1: I think Miami wins, but if Clemson was to win
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  Speaker 1: this game, you would all of a sudden look at
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  Speaker 1: them and say, why can't they go to the playoff?
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be in Charlotte. They're probably going to
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  Speaker 1: go 11 and one to have only a loss against
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  Speaker 1: the playoff team in LSU. So, yeah, it is a
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  Speaker 1: big kind of litmus test of like, okay, have we
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  Speaker 1: figured out enough? Now, all that said, not to be
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  Speaker 1: all doom and gloom, I don't think they have. I
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  Speaker 1: think that Miami is a lot better. But how you
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  Speaker 1: look matters. And I don't want to try and sell
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  Speaker 1: people on moral victories, but there's a big difference in
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  Speaker 1: losing this game by 10 to Miami than there is
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  Speaker 1: losing this game by 30 to Miami. And I think
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  Speaker 1: that is important. Not that Clemson fans should settle for losses,
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  Speaker 1: but looking competent against a really good team is important.
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  Speaker 2: I agree with you 100%. A loss is a loss,
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  Speaker 2: but y'all, a loss by 41 versus 10?
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, y'all, how many brain cells do you have left?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we talked about this before we started the video.
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  Speaker 2: You made mention of it. Like, looking at Tennessee losing by, what,
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  Speaker 2: three points or something like that, and their true freshman
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  Speaker 2: quarterback got sacked 10 times? I know it's a loss.
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  Speaker 2: That's impressive. And so if we look at Clemson and
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  Speaker 2: we go, hold on, hold on, they go into this
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  Speaker 2: Miami game, they lose by, to me, if Clemson loses
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  Speaker 2: by 14 points or less, I'm like, wow, we have
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  Speaker 2: turned a corner here. Now, am I on the inside
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  Speaker 2: bitter and irritated that we would ever get to this place?
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  Speaker 2: That the Biltmore House, the largest, beautiful home in privately
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  Speaker 2: owned in the United States of America, basically became a shack? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: of course I'm mad about that. I mean, can you
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  Speaker 2: imagine if the Biltmore House, they just let it get
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  Speaker 2: run down into like a shack? Yeah, you would be like,
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  Speaker 2: what happened here? That's how I feel about Clemson football.
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  Speaker 2: But either way, Clemson, if they come into this game
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  Speaker 2: and they play competitive football here, Even I have to say, okay, okay,
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  Speaker 2: all right. Maybe this is one of the best stories
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  Speaker 2: of all time where they turn the corner and they
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  Speaker 2: make me eat crow. And folks, here's the thing. If
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  Speaker 2: you want to make me eat crow, for goodness sakes,
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  Speaker 2: after forever of me sitting over here starving to death,
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and be my guest. Yeah, because you're right.
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  Speaker 2: After this game, it's extremely winnable. And so the only
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  Speaker 2: thing that really makes me feel like, ooh, my skin's crawling,
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  Speaker 2: every time you play, almost every time for the past
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  Speaker 2: six years you've played a good football team, you've lost.
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  Speaker 2: And on top of that, you've got your butt whipped
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  Speaker 2: several times when you've played top ten teams. So if
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  Speaker 2: you want to write the story, you want history to
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  Speaker 2: be different, when we look back on this season, starting
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  Speaker 2: 7-30 on Saturday night against Miami, don't go in there
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  Speaker 2: and get blown out. don't do it don't do that
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  Speaker 2: go in there play them well and uh let them
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  Speaker 2: go back to south florida with a bunch of bruises
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  Speaker 2: even if they do win and you can build on
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  Speaker 2: that so it would be very interesting to see how
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  Speaker 2: we approach this game but there's there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: moving variables here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah for for sure and i think that's where you
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  Speaker 1: know if you're miami or i'm sorry if you're clemson
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  Speaker 1: you can have the realistic conversation of, Hey, our talent
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  Speaker 1: level is not where it's supposed to be. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: when we go up against matchups like this and LSU
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  Speaker 1: and others, um, that is a very real argument. And
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  Speaker 1: that's a more, it's a, you know, macro big picture
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  Speaker 1: type thing. Whereas the specific, the specifics of the season
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  Speaker 1: are still the specifics of the season. If you go
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  Speaker 1: 10 and two, That's really not the way, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's not the, you probably end up in Charlotte for
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  Speaker 1: the championship, you know, like, and then you got a
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  Speaker 1: chance at a rematch and I probably would pick Miami
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  Speaker 1: there if they're there because, but man, football's weird. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, none of us would have picked Oklahoma state.
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  Speaker 1: No one else would against Oregon. None of us would.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't think Tennessee would just lose by three in
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  Speaker 1: sack 10 to like football is weird. And you do
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  Speaker 1: have an opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The just thoughts on Reynolds and this wide receiver. You,
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  Speaker 1: I think if there's a, an area that you can
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  Speaker 1: attack Miami, I think their defensive line is still really good.
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  Speaker 1: I wonder how much Clemson will be able to run
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  Speaker 1: the ball effectively. And I know the weather's there, but
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  Speaker 1: if there's an area where you can, where maybe you
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  Speaker 1: can attack Miami just a tad, it is on the
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  Speaker 1: backend where they've had a lot of injuries in the
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  Speaker 1: secondary and, Clemson's got the best, some of the best
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  Speaker 1: wide receivers in the country and Reynolds just looks a
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  Speaker 1: little bit better each week. You know, is that kind
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  Speaker 1: of your thought is, Hey, I know we want to
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  Speaker 1: run to maybe slow this game down and not let
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  Speaker 1: Mensah have the ball for as much time, but like,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to have to hit them with some big
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  Speaker 1: plays at some point.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I think just an intelligent, an intelligent aggression. I
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  Speaker 2: like to say this, we're not playing PlayStation here. We
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  Speaker 2: can't run streaks over and over at this. That's not
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  Speaker 2: what I'm talking about. But I would tell you what
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  Speaker 2: we've seen in Clemson over the past five years, and
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  Speaker 2: I know it's a different offensive coordinator. I know that
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  Speaker 2: we have Morris back. But even in that LSU game,
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  Speaker 2: we played it really safe and we paid the price
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  Speaker 2: like big time. And so hopefully we've learned from that.
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  Speaker 2: We don't need to treat Tate as a freshman, even
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  Speaker 2: though he is. If you want to give him one
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  Speaker 2: drive to get kind of comfortable in this big game,
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  Speaker 2: this environment, the keys to the car are his versus
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  Speaker 2: the last time Herb Street and Fowler saw Clemson, it
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  Speaker 2: was Vizina and Baton Rouge and getting beat up, and
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  Speaker 2: then Tate trots out there. It's a different story, right?
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  Speaker 2: I think the key is Let Miami know we're not
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  Speaker 2: going down without a fight. We're going to stretch the field.
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  Speaker 2: And I know this past week against California, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of people made fun of that whole flea flicker thing.
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  Speaker 2: What a disaster. Dude, you know me. You know me
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  Speaker 2: very well in my approach to the game. I was happy.
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't happy we turned over the ball. But I
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  Speaker 2: was happy. I was like, yeah, show these guys we
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  Speaker 2: didn't just fly out here to lose or to keep
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  Speaker 2: it competitive or win because our field goal kicker hits
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  Speaker 2: 10 field goals. No. No. We came out here to
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  Speaker 2: beat you. We're tired of this. We're tired of this.
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  Speaker 2: Playing a barbaric sport like Pee Wee Herman. We have
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  Speaker 2: to stop this. It's time to get out here and
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  Speaker 2: play like men. It's time for when someone, before they
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  Speaker 2: can punch you in the mouth, you punch them in
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  Speaker 2: the gut and the mouth. That's what you must do.
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  Speaker 2: And with Miami, listen, Miami fans are watching this.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: You're laughing.
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: Hey, dude, I don't blame you. Clemson has earned this.
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: If I'm Clemson right now, I should ask myself, what
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: should I do? Let's just say either way, in destiny,
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: it's already been predetermined. We lose this game. Do we
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: want to lose this game safe? Or do we want
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: to punch them in the mouth and say, this is
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: not going to be an easy one. I take the
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: second one. I say we need to stretch the field
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: early on. Keep them honest. Open up the run game.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Don't run Tate too much. Because this team... They're going
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: to hit him. They don't even have to do anything dirty.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: They're just going to hit him hard. They're really good athletes.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: So we need to come out in this game, wipe
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: our minds clean of all the bad things that could happen,
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: and play aggressive football and drive it home. We are
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: here to win this ballgame, even if we don't win it.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: And that's how they have to approach it.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: Last seven quarters, Clemson has held UNC.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: And Cal to 16 points total. Absolutely a change after
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: that first quarter of the UNC game on defense. Miami,
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: I think, has one of the most diverse offenses in
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: the country that can beat you multiple ways. I think
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: Mensah should probably win the Heisman, although there are a
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: lot of guys up there that are in conversation for that,
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: but he'll be there talked about at the end of
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: the year for the Heisman. We know how good Tony is.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: We know how good their running backs are. Fletcher was
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: banged up last week, didn't play. I kind of wonder
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: if that limits them a little bit. Their backup, Marty Brown,
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: also out for the year. And so their offense is really,
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: really good. They've struggled a little bit with the interior
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: of the offensive line. They haven't got the running push
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: that they got last year, and they– still score a
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: lot of points. They're incredibly efficient. I think dairy mints
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: is complete. I think he has more touchdowns than he
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: has in completion. Still to this point, he's throwing at
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: 88% completion percentage. It's absolutely stupid that a guy can
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: be that efficient. Uh, but I mean, but it's impressive.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Like I, what, what they're doing is really, really good.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: I don't know that I believe in Clemson's offense enough
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: to where if this game gets into the thirties that
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: they can hang with them, I think you really got
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: to keep them around that 20 to 24 mark and
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: then hope that your offense does enough. So thoughts on
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Clemson being able to slow this offense down, and then
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: we'll get out of here.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: If you accept that Tony is going to get his
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: and that Mensah will get his, I think, first off,
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: that's not going to shock you when you're in the game.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: And it's like, whoa, I had Tony in front of me,
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: and somehow he planted his foot, and he's now behind
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: me for a 15-yard gain. Now, that can't happen every play.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: It'll be a long day. But if you'll go ahead
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: and accept that they're going to get theirs and they're
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: going to have some successful moments, and then you can
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: clear your mind and say, all right, all right, now
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: let's play this play, right? We're not so overwhelmed by
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: what just happened. And then you play really good, solid,
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: fundamental football. Tom Allen, I'm a big fan of Tom Allen.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: I know he's had some tough times at Clemson, but
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: I'm a fan of the guy. I've talked about the
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: offense a lot because it's just been so pedestrian. This
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: defense has stepped it up in the last six quarters.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: We're seeing a lot more pressure, a lot more aggressiveness.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: He does have some players that can do that. We
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: do have some injuries. A lot of injuries along the
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: defensive line. It's just like every other day where I'm
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: opening up Google or looking at a Clemson football forum.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: And someone else has, you know, tweaked something or tore
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: something or, you know, someone backed over their foot with
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: a car. I just made that up. But I'm just
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: saying it's just bizarre stuff. But we still have some
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: solid players out there. Most notably, Will Helt on the edge,
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: four sacks on the season, one of the best linebackers
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: in college football, no matter who he plays for. He
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: could play for the University of Oompa Loompas. He's still
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: going to get his. Sammy Brown is unbelievable. Ashton Hampton
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: is a massive human being, and yes, he is a cornerback.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: He looks like a flipping linebacker. So we do have
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: some talent there. Overall, we have to be aggressive. against Miami.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: This guy, Mensah, can just stand back there and pick
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: and choose. Go ahead and pick and choose. Don't let
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: him pick and choose. At least get his jersey dirty.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: I'm not calling for anything dirty, but I am saying
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: get his jersey dirty. Hit the guy. Nail him. Make
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: him force something. Make him force his first interception of
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: this season. and give Clemson a fighting chance because I
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: do agree with you. If we get into the 30s,
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I don't think Clemson's offense has matured to the place
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: where they can keep up. So we need the defense
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: to step up, create some opportunities. And across the board, TJ,
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: we need to play good, solid, fundamental football. No turnovers,
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: no hopping off sides, no flinching for a false start.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: We are playing probably the toughest team all season. We
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: saw what it looked like three or four weeks ago.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: The question is, Have we turned the corner and learned
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: our lesson enough to just go back to the fundamentals
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: of football?
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: Give me a score and then tell me how people
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: can find you and what you got coming this week.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: Give me a score. I hate that's the part. I know.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: I know. Here we go. Tuesday.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Somebody just asked me for my FSU UVA one. And
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: I'm like, I didn't even got over whining about the
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: last game yet. How are you asking me about the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: next one? But sorry.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Well, no, no, no, no. Yeah. I'd be whining about that. But, uh,
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: I just remembered that. That's replaying in my mind right now. Anyway,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: you shouldn't have done that to me. I have a
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: short attention span. So I gave my prediction, released my
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: prediction video on my channel, Clemson Football Live. You can
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: find me on YouTube. So just find Clemson Football Live
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: and chime in. You'll see that prediction. I did not
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: give a score, but I know that right now Vegas
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: has Miami as a 16 and a half point favorite.
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: And I said on my prediction video, I'll take the over.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: I believe Miami... comes into Clemson, and they win by
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: at least 17 points. Now, my hope is that we
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: don't see LSU all over again. I don't know what's
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: going to happen to the Clemson Nation. Some of them,
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: they deserve it because they've been absolutely too rude about it.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: And six quarters of football has made them awfully arrogant.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Six quarters of improved football. But, you know, I'm seeing
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: somewhere in the 30-10 range, kind of range. The best
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: case scenario for Clemson, other than winning, is the 10-point win,
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: like a 20-10. I think our offense is just going
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: to struggle against them. You have a freshman quarterback they're
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: going to come after. We have had some drops at
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: the wide receiver position. I think they're going to overwhelm
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Tate and try to make him force the football a
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: little too early, leading our receivers not to be able
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: to complete their routes and so on. So best case
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: scenario for me, other than a win, an upset, would
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: be 20-10. But I'm seeing something like 30-10, and I
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: hope that's as bad as it gets.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it could be a situation, again, if you're
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: trying to paint all the silver linings, if this is
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: a 10-point game in the fourth quarter, and it's 20-10,
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: and then they score a late one to make it 27-10,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: where it really puts it out of reach, you know
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: you're not going to win. but you were competitive for
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: three and a half quarters or three quarters. Again, you're
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: looking on something to, to build for the rest of
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: the year. Clemson's got a lot of opportunities to win
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: games down the stretch here. And they got to even,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: even in a loss, they, again, I know people hate
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: the silver lining crap because it does suck. Trust me,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I'm doing a lot of it with that. But even
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: in a loss, you need to do something here to
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: show that you are going to go out and perform
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: the rest of the year. So Brian, I appreciate you
• 24:14
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• 24:23
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• 24:24
  Speaker 2: Thanks for having me on. Take care of yourself, bud.