Clemson Football: Did Syracuse give the formula for beating the Tigers?
Clemson football fell 27-24 to the Syracuse on Friday. Did the Orange provide the formula for other opponents to beat the Tigers in 2017?
The shock of the season happened last Friday the 13th when the Syracuse Orange defeated Clemson football 27-24 in the Carrier Dome.
Since then, we’ve received several inquiries about how “the Orange provided the formula for beating the Tigers.”
Many Clemson football fans are saying that the defense falters against an up-tempo offense and that the Tigers’ opponents will use that to their advantage in the coming weeks.
Is it true?
After all, Syracuse did 440 yards of total offense. The Orange scored the most points on Clemson’s defense this season (27).
The Tigers didn’t provide much pressure and Syracuse had wide receivers running and up and down the field.
It also seemed that Clemson football was slow getting the play-calls in. That’s why you see a lot of guys out of position. They didn’t know their assignments before the ball was snapped.
All that being said, I refuse to believe that.
Brent Venables and Dabo Swinney have a track record:
Do you remember the Pittsburgh game last season?
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Many people said, “See the shovel pass is something Clemson can’t defend.” Others said how the Panthers provided a blueprint for how to move the ball against the Tigers.
Obviously, it was much more than just the shovel pass that worked for the Panthers, as well.
They mixed up their play calls and went up-tempo as well.
But, what did Venables and Swinney do in the following weeks? They made adjustments.
Other opponents tried the shovel pass against the Tigers and, guess what, it was stuffed.
If opponents want to go out of their comfort zone and go hurry-up, I believe they will be the ones that make the mistakes. None of Clemson’s remaining opponents try to go extreme up-tempo like Syracuse does.
The truth is, in this bye week, many people just need something to talk about.
I think you just have to give Dino Babers for a superb game plan and realize that Clemson football was just not ready to play. But, I believe it’s an anomaly, not a pattern.
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The pattern for this Tiger program is that they fix their mistakes. It’s that they learn and move on. They become better and move forward.
And that’s what I believe you’ll see when Clemson plays Georgia Tech, NC State, and Florida State in the next few weeks.