LSU certainly hasn't looked as good as their preseason ranking. They haven't impressed against any P4 opponents or LaTech and lost to the only good team they face. I guess it's widely assumed Nussmeier is playing injured. They're still plenty good enough to beat us, though. If we were a bit better on offense, I'd say they were quite beatable.
Not the version that showed up against UNC.
A 6-6 finish would have been a decent season before the games began, now it feels like they would be finishing on a high note. I expected 5-7 this season. They lost too much on defense, the RB situation was murky and no change in OL coach; Gamecocks in preseason playoff talk was ludicrous.
Everyone that beats UNC wins by 100. Defense is abysmal. That win proves nothing about Clemson.
Btw, Old Dominion is looking like a really good team this year. I feel like we helped in some way
They seemed to have upped their level of play since we played them.Will our DC challenge that injury? I remember whammy not blitzing Watson at Clemson with everyone in the stadium watching him hobble
Gonna be 4-8. Beams doesn't have the chops and apparently (and incredibly) a bigger ego than Dabo.
So he needs 20 more years at Carolina? Gonna have to make the playoffs a few times to justify that kind of contract. Spurrier had 3 straight 11 win seasons in his prime here and 5 straight wins against Clemson. Still waiting on one double digit win season under Shane.
If we can get to 6-6 this year I will be very optimistic and hopeful because I think it will mean the offense has been fixed.
The process is in year 5, we know what we have and what we will have. Beamer is going to be pretty consistent with what Carolina football has historically been, a little of .500 over any length of time. I can see wild swings in season records, 4-8 to 9-3 over time with no rhyme or reason as to why.
New qb next year more than likely. 6-6 would be a disappointing season.
2026 team will be totally different in the brave new NIL/portal world. The days of a "rebuilding" year are pretty much gone, every season is like a new team.
Double digit wins in the SEC are going to be very hard to come by in the new NIL world.
Herein lies a major problem. It is pretty obvious that there is no quality qb waiting in the wings, the obvious solution is the portal and there probably isn't going to be another Rattler in the portal.
Depending on Clemson’s trajectory, I’d say 4-8/5-7 is the rationale prediction right now. North Carolina definitely sucks, but Clemson was very obviously improved from their bye week.
Seems so simple; too adult I guess.
I agree. And if you look at our history, the successful eras have been when the football program has been led by those whose forte was coaching, not recruiting. I have said that for a long, long time. Let's hope that Beamer has the coaching chops.
Sure was! Why does that offend you and the lurkerpuppy so? You get a girlfriend stolen by someone like me in the past?
You can tell it’s been a disappointing season around here.
Yes but you quoted a poster and said that we're (meaning Carolina) not better than the "version that showed up last night" against North Carolina. You evidently think Clemson has all the sudden turned on the switch.
So because I don't we've played better than the Clemson team that played UNC, that means I think Clemson is great? Can you explain how you make that leap?
