They had the luxury of having Boyd and then Watson. Both threw for over 10,000 yards in their career and were great rushers too. Either they have a great QB coach or were fortunate enough to have two gems. It seems their offense will take a step back with a new play caller and I do not believe Johnson or Lawrence fit their scheme as much.
It'll be interesting to see how their offense is without Watson, Scott, and Williams. But the true difference in teams like Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, etc right now and Tennessee is they are able to plug and place from their depth chart and never miss a beat. They still win 10+ games. Every. Season. We have to build quality depth to start truly competing.
Regardless, right now Clemson is whipping us on the recruiting trail. Almost every kid who is interested in us seems to be more interested in Clemson when they get that offer. But can you blame them? And now Clemson has a national championship trophy to show off. And any young WR is instantly interested in Clemson. Recently, they are WRU.
lol. All coaching decisions are 50/50 anyway. Get it right and you're a genius. Flub it and you're the biggest idiot to ever put on headsets.
Before that play, they were 3-3 on scoring TDs in the Red Zone in the game. They were 3-4 in the Red Zone against OSU in the semifinal. They were 5-5 in the Red Zone against VT in the ACC Championship.
It is a lot easier for a coach to play for a TD and the win in that situation when you've scored a TD 11 of the last 12 times you've been in the Red Zone against a conference championship game opponent and the #3 and #1 teams in the country.
Would Butch have made the same call? You can say no, based on what you saw from UT this year. But if UT is in that situation with the success inside the 20 that Clemson has, I think he would.
Not necessarily. We stormed back against the Aggies with injuries and turnovers, yet he was a pansy not going for two to win the game. Even in post game, he said there was never talk or a conversation about going for two.
Dabo may not be a coaching genius, but at least he surrounded himself with great coordinators. It may have taken a roster full of great players and an amazing QB to finally win a National Championship, but heck I'd take being in the conversation and winning 10+ games every season too.
he did it in the national championship. when clemson was driving inside the 20 they didn't call a time out and were down to like 10-15 going for a spike with a time out left. even the announcers asked why wasn't he calling a time out. no coach is perfect. even the bestDabo's not a great coach and often mismanages the clock as poorly as Butch.
What Dabo does is recruit like a machine and hire great assistants. And he still almost blew it this season with NC State missing a 33 yard field goal at the end of regulation to go to overtime.
Don't get me wrong, I'd take him in a heartbeat, but he's much better in the recruit's living room than he is on game day.