WATCH: Clemson releases hype video ahead opener vs. Georgia
It’s officially college football season as the Clemson Tigers released their hype video ahead of a matchup with No. 5 Georgia on Saturday. If this doesn’t get you ready for Saturday, nothing will.
The battle will be one between offenses that have two very different strengths. The game is set to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST in Charlotte.
Georgia’s running back room is the deepest in the nation. There’s Zamir White, a former five-star recruit. Kendall Milton is a former five-star recruit, too. James Cook, Dalvin’s brother, is a former four-star prospect who was a national top-50 recruit. Daijun Edwards and Kenny McIntosh are former four-star signees, too. How Bulldogs coaches will divvy up the carries Saturday night (and beyond) will be worth keeping an eye on.
Clemson, meanwhile, benefits from the return of star receiver Justyn Ross, who missed last season with a congenital spine issue that was surgically repaired. If he is all the way back, he’ll contend for first-team All-America honors. He should be joined in the starting lineup by Joseph Ngata and Frank Ladson Jr. That is a plus-sized trio: Each is at least 6-3 and all are at least 205 pounds. E.J. Williams, Ajou Ajou and true freshman Dacari Collins also will be in the mix.
Clemson is coming off of a 10-2 finish and loss in the College Football Playoff semifinals this past season. Georgia finished 8-2 after a defeat of Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl.
This is the only Week 1 matchup between top-five teams and one of five games pitting two top 25 teams against each other. Georgia has a commanding 42-18-4 lead in the series and has won six of the past seven meetings.
The teams last played each other in 2014, when the Bulldogs defeated Clemson 45-21. The Tigers won the game the year prior in 2013 by a score of 38-35.
If you were ready for the Clemson season before this hype video, you are now.