Gameday Thread: ACC Championship edition
by DrB on Dec 5, 2009 1:11 PM EST
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Clemson Tigers, Dec 5, 2009 8:00 PM EST
"You can't let one game determine your happiness as far as being excited about playing in a championship game," Swinney said. "You only get so many opportunities to play for a championship. When it's all said and done, nobody really cares what your record is. There's one champion.
"We're disappointed we didn't win our rival games, but both teams have to re-focus because this is what you start the season wanting to do, to be the champion of your conference." (source)
"That’s our goal every year, we want to be here, but in particular, I thought it would be great this year if we could figure out a way to get it done because we knew they were honoring Coach Ford," Swinney said.
Danny Ford's comments from his induction last night
"Somebody asked when they were 2-3, ‘Is he going to make it?’ Really and truly, you don’t ever know about a football coach until you get in a ditch," Ford said. "He’s worked his way out of a ditch pretty good, so that’s a good sign.
"Coach Howard helped me tremendously, and I’ll help Dabo anyway I can, but he don’t need any help."
"I will say this, and I’ve never said it, I don’t think I bother him any, and that’s a compliment to him," Ford said. "Some of the people have always asked, but I just didn’t feel comfortable going around sometimes, but I’d feel comfortable going around there any time."
"Coach Howard I saw every day, whether I wanted to or not and every Sunday after my TV show, I saw Coach Howard," Ford said. "He always gave me advice. I didn’t ask for it, but he always gave it because he was Mr. Clemson."
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Players from the 1991 team see several parallels with this years team so lets hope we pull this sucker out.
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Lord I hope we aren't embarrassed again....
I don’t think my liver will be able to take it.
excellent start
I hope the players didn’t notice
Help a Dawg fan who's rooting for your team tonight....
What would be the appropriate cheer for Clemson?
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
spell C L E M S O N after every score
that should be enough, you dont want to do the cadence by yourself, they’ll think youre an idiot
by DrB on Dec 5, 2009 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you.
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Alright. Let's do this shit.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
FIRST DOWN!
CLEMSON TIGERS! .
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
That was too easy.
Tech is coming out flat as hell.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
I don't care man.
That’s about as flat as a defense can get.
Let’s see how our defense is doing then shall we?
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
How was that not a false start?
That was pretty close to being one. Our D-Line was caught sleeping.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Not this time.
3rd and 4!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Missed tackle >.<
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
I watch baseball on MLB.TV since none of my teams show down here.
And it’s always behind too. makes gamethreads difficult. Luckily with that you can adjust the quality so it moves faster.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Goodnight sweetheart!
2nd and 12. Pass play coming up I bet.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Thank God that receivers can drop balls.
Our DE almost blew it. Almost. Good stand!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
We need to run the ball down their throat then.
Crush their will to live!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
footing also really bad if yall noticed
lots of divots coming up out of that turf, Jackson fell on his ass
by DrB on Dec 5, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
why didn't GT have someone back to receive that?
That could have ended poorly
Cmon now. Put your pads on him!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
cj headed to the locker room
hope ellington is ready to perform
Doesn't it seem like we're dodging bullets right now?
That was close to being a TD
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Well this sucks.
We need you CJ!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
This is freaking irritating.
What is that, 4 fakes in a row?
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Oh my god!
They’re getting so freaking lucky! Always getting the ONE GUY that misses their man.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
What the hell?
Decline that shit. It’s still 7-8 yard loss.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
i was thinking the same thing
looks like it turned out ok though
interior line is coming alive
they just have to stay disciplined outside
by DrB on Dec 5, 2009 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
Really freaking awesome.
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
However, I know a certain soccer player
who can make a 40 yrd field goal (the first time he ever attempted it) and is heading to Clemson next year with absolutely no intentions of playing football, I can attempt to influence that thought process.
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
we've got 2 on scholly and another walk-on
and none can hit a damn extra point
by DrB on Dec 5, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
That was close!
They came close to losing the football there.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
I think we'd have to win this game as well as the orange bowl
with big games from CJ as well as some bad play from the other contenders
Haha. I love an offense like this.
HIT EVERYONE! SOMEONE HAS THE BALL!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Hopefully not in first grade.
Or that’s a whole other problem.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
What we're looking for now
Better OL play, we’re having success running, DONT go away from it Billy. The line they have has 3 backups in, and we should fire off the ball. We’re using alot of motions and I dont think its helping.
We ran 1 play in the 2nd qtr.
LB play is pitiful. They are not in the right gaps or making plays when they are, poor gap control. Watch for McDaniel to drop in the box more to take out the outside veer they are having success with. DE play has been average, it seems they are tentative. I’d have them in 3pt stances.
These are long freaking drives.
Our defense is getting manhandled. We need to be more physical….
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
So much for making an adjustment at halftime on defense
Why can you not assign someone to hit the QB every play.
Dive, hit the QB.
Keep, hit the QB.
Pitch, hit the QB.
Every play. Once he pitches, there is no point in not following through because you are not going to catch the pitch man from behind.
Our defense is losing this game right now.
Our offense have made mistakes, but we cannot stop this offense. Period. Slam everyone that has an opportunity to get the ball later to the ground. We’re just playing soft now.
I’m beginning to wonder if there is any truth to the guy that said “SEC defenses are more physical than the ACC.”
Let’s hire one of their coordinators next year.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Your DC came from Alabama.
Also, Willie Martinez is available.
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
I'm glad we have him.
I hope he stays all four years, he’s a beast.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Good conversion!
I love Kyle. What a clutch performer.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
They can't stop CJ.
He’s not a man, he’s a machine!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Time out.
Time to make some Banana pudding.
Cravings….
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
There we go!
They’re getting it! Tackle everyone! Put them on the turf!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
You've got to be shitting me.
Last I checked, wasn’t the defense the strength of our team?
They’re just doing everything they can to lose this one.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
This drive needs to last a while
Give our defenders a break.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
This is shaping up to be a pretty bad week for Clemson sports.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
i think it's over already
they haven’t even effin punted yet, what a(nother) disgrace.
It's still a two possession game.
Very reachable, our offense has to score here though.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Face mask is legal in the endzone when the defenser is beaten
Didn’t you guys know that?
The ref was right there looking at it.
What the fuck was that?
Eyes downfield Parker! Throw the damn ball!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Ok! You have to go for it here. If Tech scores a field goal it's a two possession game again, and the game is out of reach.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
That's game.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Wait never mind! That's not game!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
It was all part of the plan.
Mwahahaha :3
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
TOUCHDOWN CLEMSON!
Guess who?
We’re back in the game guys! Let’s go D!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
My god....
They’ve been running this same play all game.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
WHO WANTS IT MORE?
4th and 1 baby!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
CJ Spiller for Heisman!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Wow....200 yard game already.
4 touchdowns.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Lol! Clemson tigers.
The “Give the Ball to CJ Spiller offense.”
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
CLEMSON TAKES THE LEAD!!!!!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
CJ Spiller is all.
Adrian!!!
Rocky!
Adriaaan!!!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
6th man right now on the line
Almost half/half playtime with McClain, I think he’s the starter at LG next year
Here's an idea.
Tap the ball back to your own 20, give them the touchdown, and let Spiller drive the ball to win the game. Lol
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Wow.
This is getting pretty damn close. This kicks the ass out of the SEC Championship.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
When the fuck did I say that? Lol
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Lol! I see.
I was hoping you weren’t a closet SEC fan :p
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
And it's usually the fans of the teams at the bottom of the SEC
But we do the same thing in basketball.
Holy shit.
This is not good. Not good!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Good shit!
We needed that touchdown. They were going to get the field goal anyway. At least this gives Parker and his boys one last shot to win the game.
We have CJ Spiller! Never forget that. We have fucking CJ Spiller.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
yeah that was probably the best thing that could have happened
on another note, our D stinks
Who cares?
We make another touchdown here, and we win in spite of them.
First ACC Championship wish 1991. Let’s do this shit.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
((PS: I probably got that wrong. lol))
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Dabo looks like he's fisting someone on the sideline.
He’s pretty pumped!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
God damnet!
Why are we throwing the fucking ball down the field? Work the sidelines!
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
....game....
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
I have never liked Georgia Tech and this just seals it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
This is freaking heartbreaking.
Damn defense.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Not really.
No timeouts remember? Even if Spiller had got that first down, we’d only have about 20 seconds left after everyone spiked the ball.
Part of me just died.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Yep that's 20 seconds to try a pass or two. Spiller is more likely to get a first than Parker
Not that it matters. The defense is why we lost.
It was, yes. My point was get the first with Spiller, then spike it.
But it doesn’t matter. Defense lost it. Couldn’t stop them over and over and over.
on the last play? I wanted a delay QB Draw
I think thats what it was, its the best bet
The guys didnt hold blocks though.
no he's young, and it showed
he just isn’t the next coming of Vince Young. That is all
he is young, and I don't mind the guy, but he had a terrible game
10-17 for 91 and 2 picks in a conference championship game? I mean, how many good, solid throws did he make this game? I don’t remember any. Granted, one of the picks should’ve been caught, but he still forced it into traffic. The other one…. I have no words. I think he could turn out to be a decent QB, and he by no means deserves all the blame for the loss, but I think his ability/poise/whatever in big games needs to be questioned. I may be thinking with emotion right now, but that’s what I think.
It was not his best game for sure.
The 1st int was a fluke, not his fault, although he should have run.
On more than one occasion he should run, but instead he keeps it too long and rolls to the right.
The 2nd int was just absurd.
I do hope he comes back to play with us next year
I just hope he becomes more consistent
I'm not saying that to excuse his performance, it wasn't good...
the 1st pick was a lack of touch by Parker combined with Ellington looking for the contact rather than securing the catch, both a result of freshmen playing in their first full season. The second pick was all Kyle, not planting his foot and stepping into the throwI also look at the runs he made when he didn’t have anyone open and getting positive yardage, and the pass Jacoby didn’t catch because the cb interfered with him and it wasn’t called. He didn’t play his best game, but it wasn’t his worst either. Could the team have been helped if he played perfect, yes. But Georgia Tech could have used a defense today as well. They played like crap (moreso than our D since they spent a heck of a lot of time getting rest). But in the end they took advantage of opportunitites more than Clemson did. The game was decided by a lot of things today. I just won’t specifically pick on Parker’s play, like i won’t pick on Butler’s blown coverage, Jackson falling on a field goal attempt, Skinner snapping the ball behind Wade on the PAT, the linebackers playing “Where’s Waldo” the entire game,etc.
No he needs to develop linebackers
Butler had a the Butler play I’ve been waiting for all year (BC 2007), but I’m not mad at any of them. Linebackers need to learn how to deal with blocks. It’s been happening all year from the first game to the last, but again I’m not kad at them either. I applaud the the whole team, they put up a good fight, but in the end you have to make more plays than mistakes, and GT made less mistakes.
I will wait for your analysis on the game, Dr B.
But I was waiting for a linebacker to show up for more than the 4 random plays they did tonight. Since Anthony Waters left, the only linebacker that has made any plays that counted was Watkins (he dissappointed me when he decided not to “participate” in the bowl game in ‘07). That game preview the linebacker play we’ve seen the last two years. If you need one to fill a gap (the correct one), well I wouldn’t hold my breath for that to happen. Not knocking their effort, but the"football" sense isn’t there. The secondary and d-line makes their share of mistakes,but, d@#n for the linebackers it’s an artform.
Yeah, that's one area they need to address
Conner is the best one and he’s gone. I am interested in Willard and Hawkins and how they will develop after this year. Christian will be there coming off of a red-shirt. That being said, they need to solidify that position for there to be any improvement in the next 2 recruiting classes. Unless Maye and Cooper make some kind of leap, they are who they are, and it eventually won’t cut it
the staff feels like they hit on
Christian, WIllard, and Hawkins and I expect the latter two to take starting jobs. I dont think Cooper will get back in Steele’s good graces.
So while we might be more talented at LB next year, I cant say we’ll be better because of inexperience. Maye will have to fucking show up next season with a brain.
What we really need is Justin Parker right now. He could potentially make an impact, even though he will have teething problems as a freshman as well.
by DrB on Dec 6, 2009 2:49 AM EST up reply actions
I can't remember the last time I've seen a QB fold under pressure as quickly as Parker has this year
Parker did very well given the circumstances.
The defense freaking failed us, and failed us bad.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
He didn't fold,
CJ had such a game where that didn’t play into it. When you put up 34 points and the qb didn’t have to do much, you can’t put it all on him. Yeah he threw 2 bad picks, but he did make some plays with his feet when he had 2. He just didn’t get the last one.
I understand he didn't have to do much
But he did do anything. Yes he made a couple good scrambles, but he did nothing with his arm. Even the ones he did complete were off the mark, causing the receivers the juggle the ball or go down when they could have picked up some YAC. Again, I’m not saying he was the primary culprit in the loss, but good Lord that was a bad game.
look at the reply above...
I agree with you mostly, I just won’t pile it all on him. I just hate that CJ had a game like that and the Tigers didn’t win.
I saw it
I’m not trying to pile it all on him, like I keep saying. I just thought it needed to be pointed out
yeah i saw you saw it right after i posted :)
trust me, I wasn’t pleased with some of the things he did. He got the "wth was that’ treatment from me a few times during the game. If you look at some of my post on linebackers you can probably guess who led that charge tonight. Parker’s receivers made several catches tonight that kept his line from being worse than it was. Ford’s 4th down catch was clutch on a bad throw, and Dye had a first and more on the next to last play if the ball was accurately thrown.
I do hope he comes back next season
He definitely has potential I think
yep, That pretty much sums it up
CJ played his butt off, like he has done for the whole season. I just hate the Tigers didn’t pull it off. Hats off to the running game. Finally they dominated a defense up front they should have, and even though Morgan made the last play (actually he didn’t, he just happened to be where Parker ran) he got handled like he did in the second half of the last game.
Too bad Spiller doesn't play defense
Too bad our defense doesn’t either. They should be asheamed for letting them drive all the way from the 15 fucking yard line.
Well guys,
You have to admit, this has been a wonderful first year for Dabo Swinney.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
Yup!
I’m still amazed how much talent that freaking Bowden had, and he couldn’t get any shit done at all.
We beat our rivals every year. Who cares? Under Dabo we goto toe championship, and I’m pretty happy for that.
"Once again the trousers of evil are yanked down by the mocking hands of justice!"-Revshawn
I now officially hate Tech more than the Chickens.
Jesus Christ please work on stopping the option plays.
Why? Can't blame them for going with what works
Paul Johnson is a flat out good coach
?? That is, WE need to stop the option plays?
I hate them because they keep beating us in these heartbreaking losses. If we had a semblance of a defense, maybe they wouldn’t?
I'm saying why hate them more than USC
I mean, I can see wanting to beat them, but hell, it’s the shamecocks we’re talking about here
We beat the chickens more frequently, although we didn't show up this year.
Tech is in our conference. WE need to figure out how to win a game against them.
Just flat out come out and win the game, none of this losing at the very end crap AGAIN.
upon further review (reading the GT blog comments on the game)
their fans are obviously really classy so they have definitely lost some points in my book
Probably a byproduct of being in Atlanta
So their comments were classy or not?
I’m confused. Although it is 4 am so maybe that’s the problem…
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Ah.
See at four, internet sarcasm is lost on me.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I probably should have been more clear
It’s hard to detect internet sarcasm at any time
So what bowls are we looking at now?
Has the Gator said yet whether it wants Bobby Bowden?
I agree
But just because they beat us on a regular basis is no reason to dislike the school/team
aw, hell, at least I got my wish of 200 yards+ rushing for CJ and 4 TDs
didn’t get anything else AT ALL this game, though. Well, Ellington looked good.
What a waste.
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