Week 1 games

[Vowelguy]

Is Dabo still on his No-transfers high horse?

 

[Purple Stein]

Duke looks like a superb team - they have a QB that looks like he will play on Sundays. Giving Clemson all they can handle.

It looks like they don’t suck, which is a major disappointment for multiple reasons.

 

[storrsroars]

Cripes, Clemson fumbles on back to back possessions inside the 10.

Had a helluva drive before that 2nd fumble at the 1. Pretty much pushed Duke around.

 

[Mora4Prez]

LOL we’re about to get lit UP by Duke

my prediction: 38-10 bad guys

 

[CTBasketball]

LOL we’re about to get lit UP by Duke

my prediction: 38-10 bad guys

We need to take care of business and head into that game 2-1.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

LOL we’re about to get lit UP by Duke

my prediction: 38-10 bad guys

You are still pretending you are a UConn fan?

 

[Scoe]

LOL we’re about to get lit UP by Duke

my prediction: 38-10 bad guys

No balls

 

[storrsroars]

We need to take care of business and head into that game 2-1.

We have an offense that can eat clock if we use it. Seems many here want to see an aerial show from our boys, but there's not much to support that works yet. We know we can run and our backs can get YAC on screens and short passes. Keep the ball out of Duke's hands and they won't get to 38.

 

[storrsroars]

Poor Clemson. QB slides just short of the 1st down marker on 4th and long. Gets his bell rung. Duke penalized for targeting but refs say it's a dead ball foul, so Duke gets possession (less 15 yards). I had no idea that was a thing - thought targeting would've ensured Clemson a 1st down.

(couple minutes later...) This is now a comedy. Ball bounces off Clemson WR's hands right into breadbasket of a Duke defender. Looks like Clemson will be held to 7 points. When's last time that happened?

Dabo is going to have some nasty phone calls from big boosters this week.

 

[superjohn]

It looks like they don’t suck, which is a major disappointment for multiple reasons.

Why is that a major disappointment for multiple reasons?

 

[Scoe]

Not impressed with the Clemson qb he’s a gadget qb who will get exposed by real defenses.

 

[BugsyCT]

Duke's D is playing very well and at the same time is getting some ridiculous breaks off Clemson miscues.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Poor Clemson. QB slides just short of the 1st down marker on 4th and long. Gets his bell rung. Duke penalized for targeting but refs say it's a dead ball foul, so Duke gets possession (less 15 yards). I had no idea that was a thing - thought targeting would've ensured Clemson a 1st down.

Pro tip to Clemson. Next time wait until the end of the season before you become a gigantic pain in the butt to the conference. The game officials paychecks do have "ACC" on them after all.

The Clemson lawyers looking at how to break the ACC GOR can sleep in tomorrow. I suspect the SEC and Big 10 are re-evaluating expansion plans.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Is anyone else enjoying Clemson, which is one of the programs blocking us from joining the ACC, getting bludgeoned?

It would be ironic if Clemson finished 7-5 the first year there were performance bonuses for top ACC teams.

 

[CTBasketball]

We have an offense that can eat clock if we use it. Seems many here want to see an aerial show from our boys, but there's not much to support that works yet. We know we can run and our backs can get YAC on screens and short passes. Keep the ball out of Duke's hands and they won't get to 38.

I’ll say it again also - Duke plays Notre Dame the week after us, so this ideally is a trap game if they come in sleeping.

Huge game for us, who cares game just get the win for them.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Hmm. So a bunch of SEC and other schools (like Clemson) renowned for their cheating dominate college football (and in some cases, basketball) for a decade because they are willing to cheat at a different level from everyone else, fall back to earth when they don't have the cheating advantage since paying players is no longer cheating.

 

[Vowelguy]

Dukies should be ranked and 3-0 for UConn game. But maybe they’ll be looking ahead to ND game following week, and the possibility of hosting gameday.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Clemson quit. Couldn't happen to a nicer coach.

 

[Purple Stein]

Why is that a major disappointment for multiple reasons?

Because I don’t want us to lose to them by 20

Because they are Duke and I loathe them

 

[BugsyCT]

Bring the noise to the Rent on the 23rd. We're gonna need it.

 

[superjohn]

Because I don’t want us to lose to them by 20

Because they are Duke and I loathe them

Weird way to look at it. I would like to beat a ranked Duke team who blew out Clemson.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Duke is going to kill UConn. Huskies are not yet good enough to beat a team this good. I will settle for a 2+ TD win over BCU as a consolation prize.

 

[BugsyCT]

77-74

 

[Husky68]

Hard to win games when other teams QB is always better than UConn's. Duke kid looks really good. Going to be tough to stop and Duke defense looked good too (some help from Clemson).

 

[storrsroars]

77-74

That would be the greatest college football game ever played (assuming we're the 77).