AUBSC76 0 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Yabba Dabba Doo repeats this fact in every press conference.... "I’m not going to spend a lot of time on the Orange Bowl. It was poor performance. As I step back, you can’t let a terrible night let us lose sight of a special year. This is a roster that had 42 freshmen on it." http://www.shakinthesouthland.com/2012/1/13/2705985/post-season-press-conference-sts-is-the-devils-playground#storyjump But let's take a little closer look: Prior to the Orange Bowl - not counting special teams plays "Roughly 2/3 of snaps this season were taken by juniors and seniors. Freshmen accounted for over 15% of the snaps and sophomores almost 18% of the overall snaps." http://www.shakinthesouthland.com/2011/12/19/2645337/2011-pre-orange-bowl-clemson-participation-analysis There are teams with young rosters and there are YOUNG teams that actually play. Although I haven't done an analysis like the above link for Clemson, it's very safe to say that Clemson is the former, Auburn is the latter. I'm pretty sure this will be apparent when we tee it up against them in our opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBSC76 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 I cut this post from a Clemson board on this subject: Posted: 1/10/2012 12:47 PM Better or worse next season? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gone: TE Dwayne Allen OT Phillip Price OT Landon Walker OG Antoine McClain DE Andre Branch DT Rennie Moore DT Brandon Thompson CB Coty Sensabaugh P Dawson Zimmerman Returning: QB Tajh Boyd RB Andre Ellington WR Jaron Brown WR DeAndre Hopkins WR Sammy Watkins OG Brandon Thomas C Dalton Freeman DE Mallicah Goodman LB Quandon Christian LB Jonathan Willard LB Corico Hawkins CB Xavier Brewer S Rashard Hall S Jonathan Meeks Possible replacements: TE Brandon Ford OT Gifford Timothy OG Kalon Davis (Thomas moves to tackle) OG Reid Webster DE Corey Crawford DT Tyler Shatley DT DeShawn Williams CB Bashaud Breeland I can't say I'm looking forward to next year's offensive line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wareagletd 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Andre Ellington is going pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBSC76 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Andre Ellington is going pro No he's not. That "announcement" was premature. He's coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wareagletd 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Oh ok. Stupid BSPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collector527 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Clemson will still have a very dangerous offense if the line can handle blocking. We all know without the line the offense can not produce nearly as well. If you look at the qb,rb, wrs, they have coming back, then that is a good as anyone in the nation. Sammy Watkins should be even better. I bet he is a finalist for the blitnekopf(not the right spelling) award if the season goes the way they hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBSC76 0 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Clemson will still have a very dangerous offense if the line can handle blocking. We all know without the line the offense can not produce nearly as well. If you look at the qb,rb, wrs, they have coming back, then that is a good as anyone in the nation. Sammy Watkins should be even better. I bet he is a finalist for the blitnekopf(not the right spelling) award if the season goes the way they hope. Agreed, concerning their skill positions but the game will be won in the trenches. Both their O-line and D-line will be much like ours was in '11... in the process of being re-built and we will catch them like they did us, still trying to work out the kinks. This bodes well for our prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeattleTiger86 22 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Well our defense is going to have a pretty good idea what to expect from Clemson in Atlanta, while they won't have a clue what we will be running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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