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Clemson Football: Scoring Prediction, Keys to Victory vs. Texas A&M

By Andrew Boardwine

CLEMSON, SC - SEPTEMBER 01: Clemson Tigers fans raise four fingers prior to the start of the fourth quarter of the Tigers' football game against the Furman Paladins at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC - SEPTEMBER 01: Clemson Tigers fans raise four fingers prior to the start of the fourth quarter of the Tigers' football game against the Furman Paladins at Clemson Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) /
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The Clemson football team will take on the Aggies of Texas A&M tonight in College Station. Here is our scoring prediction for the match up.

The Clemson football team will take on Texas A&M Saturday evening in a game that is featured on ESPN College GameDay.

The Tigers will be looking for a chance to advance to 2-0 and have a signature win on the schedule early in the year.

Here is our keys to a victory for Clemson football, as well as our prediction for the game.

Keys to Victory:

  • Don’t turn the ball over

When you have a team like Texas A&M that is going to be playing on a lot of raw emotion, the last thing you want to do is feed that energy.

If Clemson can refrain from turning the ball over, the Tigers will have a great chance to win the game and knock a little bit of that adrenaline out of the Aggies’ system. The weather report is calling for a chance of rain, so things could get slippery. If they do, it will be extremely important to hold onto the football.

  • Get your playmakers involved

Clemson has too many palymakers to not get them involved in the game. You need to feed Travis Etienne, especially in the event of rain.

You need to get the ball out to Amari Rodgers in space and throw the ball up to Tee Higgins. Those guys, in particular, need to get the ball. You’re only doing the Aggies a favor if you keep the ball away from those guys and don’t look for specific opportunities to get them involved.

  • Improved Pass Coverage

Of course Texas A&M is going to try and run the ball. Unfortunately for the Aggies, though, I think they’re going to find very early on that they can’t run the ball effectively against Clemson.

That means that the secondary has to guard some of those talented Texas A&M wide receivers and make it hard for Kellen Mond to find any open targets.

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Prediction:

Clemson 31, Texas A&M 14

I think the Tigers’ offense gets the job done and that the defense is able to keep the Aggies from scoring many points. Clemson will need to survive the opening minutes when Texas A&M is playing off of raw emotion.

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