ESPN's Plan Foiled

[m1al]

It was painfully obvious they wanted tonight to be the set up to push Klubnik to be the Heisman front runner for next season. Instead, from looking at the kid's jersey by the end of the game you would have thought green was an official color of Clemson. Well, at least we are all now scholars on all things Klubnik thanks to ESPN's lobbying.

It was ridiculous.. At one point I hollered at the TV (like a dumbass) "STFU already, I'm good on the Club Nick info.."

 

[Smokymtnbullet]

What ESPN failed to report was how Dabo had wasted practice time cooking out.His kicker is an excellent burger flipper now but due to time training at the grill he’s now rusty at the goal posts.

 

[m1al]

I will say they chatted up McCoy and Milton a bit..

 

[loservol]

This might be the best thing to happen to Klubnik. He saw what the college game is, and how quickly it can go bad. He made inexperienced decisions. He probably out talented kids in high school. Can’t really do that in college where the talent is more equal. I think he will be alright.
Dabo on the other hand made some terrible decisions, and one year of going down can be an anomaly. Two years of not reaching expectations starts to feel like a trend. Not having an allstar qb, and losing his assistant coaches have hurt him it appears. Only time will tell.

Maybe Klubnik will hit the portal in the near future and transfer to TN if he is serious about winning.

 

[DixieVol]

The bigger back was the better runner tonight.

I beg to differ. Shipley is there go to guy. Only got 4 touches in first half I believe. Travesty in my opinion. And he had some success running it up the middle in the early part of third qtr. Had me worried a bit

 

[TartanTurff]

Dabo has the same problem as Saban, he won big with 5 stars at every position, but with NIL and a wide open portal, he doesn't have that level of talent and has 5 stars at 6 or 7 positions now, his in game coaching ability is only slightly above average and they will run the ACC table but end up on the outside looking in at a 7 or 8 seed come playoff time

 

[TNVOL68]

Kiubnick is very talented. No doubt. Just glad we got after him early and often.

I think we all know he’s very talented, the announcers told us that over and over during the game, and I’ve never heard true freshman so many times watching a game in my whole life as tonight.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Few things in life are better than foiling the sport's medias plans.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Except perhaps the bragging rights over my wife's Clemson brother, who has been obnoxious for the last decade, that we won tonight. GBO!!!

 

[EaglesVols91]

I was tired of them showing his stupid parents 100 times. How many times did they show Milton’s? Oh yea none

 

[beachvol23]

He's a good QB.
They don't have Championship caliber players around him YET. Just Shipley really.

They need to hit the portal HARD.

Nonsense, they are NOT devoid of talent! Dumbo lost his “best” coordinators in past 3 years! Now he is “suffering”, puh-lease

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

It was painfully obvious they wanted tonight to be the set up to push Klubnik to be the Heisman front runner for next season. Instead, from looking at the kid's jersey by the end of the game you would have thought green was an official color of Clemson. Well, at least we are all now scholars on all things Klubnik thanks to ESPN's lobbying.

Lol. Klubnik had zero chance at being the Heisman front runner regardless of what he did against us. The front runner and favorite is Caleb Williams. He will probably be the first player since Archie Hrifgith to win the award twice.

 

[feathersax]

It was painfully obvious they wanted tonight to be the set up to push Klubnik to be the Heisman front runner for next season. Instead, from looking at the kid's jersey by the end of the game you would have thought green was an official color of Clemson. Well, at least we are all now scholars on all things Klubnik thanks to ESPN's lobbying.
While Klubnik is good, the ESPN shills were embarrassing. Besides the grass stains, hope the youngster can live with the imprint of #24 from his backside.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Nonsense, they are NOT devoid of talent! Dumbo lost his “best” coordinators in past 3 years! Now he is “suffering”, puh-lease

@LittleVol doijg his same stupid ish. Clemson has a ton of talent at all positions on both sides of the ball.

 

[volfeeva]

Dabo lost both coordinators from last years team. He has always been a CEO head coach. They are trending down, but the ACC is a joke.

The way Dabo goes into fits on the sidelines when they have a bad play ( gets in the faces of players/coaches etc) I can see why his staff would bail on him as well as players. There's coaching, and then there is looking like a jerk on nation wide tv

 

[CR-vol]

He's a good QB.
They don't have Championship caliber players around him YET. Just Shipley really.

They need to hit the portal HARD.

Isn't Dabo a guy who's stuck in the past and doesn't believe in taking players from the portal? No way they trend upwards with that kind of thinking especially when they have players opting into the portal to leave the program.

 

[RockyMtnsVol]

He's a good QB.
They don't have Championship caliber players around him YET. Just Shipley really.

They need to hit the portal HARD.

Lol they have a top 5 recruiting class every year. They have a much more talented roster on paper than Vols.

 

[RockyMtnsVol]

I was tired of them showing his stupid parents 100 times. How many times did they show Milton’s? Oh yea none

What an eye opening good point!

 

[VolForLife83]

It was painfully obvious they wanted tonight to be the set up to push Klubnik to be the Heisman front runner for next season. Instead, from looking at the kid's jersey by the end of the game you would have thought green was an official color of Clemson. Well, at least we are all now scholars on all things Klubnik thanks to ESPN's lobbying.

He's a baller

 

[R481967]

This Clemson quote aged well... "Tennessee lost their OC, lost their QB, lost their best receivers... they have nobody to call plays!" Said Heupel, "It's my scheme, and I can call plays." DEADPAN. The guy's brilliant!

 

[EZE]

He's a good QB.
They don't have Championship caliber players around him YET. Just Shipley really.

They need to hit the portal HARD.

Agree. They’ve really fallen off in skill position talent. I think the days of Clemson being a nationally relevant powerhouse could be fading.

They will still win the weak ACC, but get exposed against SEC teams in the expanded playoff. Like Oklahoma.

 

[mpfvol]

Lol. Klubnik had zero chance at being the Heisman front runner regardless of what he did against us. The front runner and favorite is Caleb Williams. He will probably be the first player since Archie Hrifgith to win the award twice.

This they have and always will push USCw for anything and everything.

 

[2EastTnVols]

This might be the best thing to happen to Klubnik. He saw what the college game is, and how quickly it can go bad. He made inexperienced decisions. He probably out talented kids in high school. Can’t really do that in college where the talent is more equal. I think he will be alright.
Dabo on the other hand made some terrible decisions, and one year of going down can be an anomaly. Two years of not reaching expectations starts to feel like a trend. Not having an allstar qb, and losing his assistant coaches have hurt him it appears. Only time will tell.

Loved the failed fake fg, icing on the cake we stuffed little Dabo. Stupid call and poor execution. Also what's with Dabos kid being in at receiver when they still had a chance, albeit a small one, to get back in the game?

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Lol. Klubnik had zero chance at being the Heisman front runner regardless of what he did against us. The front runner and favorite is Caleb Williams. He will probably be the first player since Archie Hrifgith to win the award twice.

Doesn't negate ESPN's want or love of all things Klubnik.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

It was painfully obvious they wanted tonight to be the set up to push Klubnik to be the Heisman front runner for next season. Instead, from looking at the kid's jersey by the end of the game you would have thought green was an official color of Clemson. Well, at least we are all now scholars on all things Klubnik thanks to ESPN's lobbying.

We helped Klubnik get an NIL deal w/ Oxi Clean last night. So last night wasn’t a total loss for him .