Huge win, schedule opens up.

[richmondcuse03]

We stole one of the initial road games which is what I thought we needed to put 8 wins in play. I never thought it would be Clemson instead of Tennessee or SMU but I’ll take it.

Key is still going undefeated at home. But Duke is a trap game for a lot of reasons and one I was worried about going into the year. Gotta win that one and worse case you’re 4-2 heading into the bye.

We’ve won the first quarter of the schedule. Team should keep getting better (with the obvious question marks at QB now). LGO.

 

[wfschrec]

One minute of "rah, rah, rah SU. Eight minutes of Clemson issues. I agree the coaching staff at Clemson is not likely to be the issue, they know what it takes to win championships and have done it. The players were lacking in general and Klubnik is overrated, has a bad day.

Of course, we know SU made Clemson have a bad day, but they already recognized Syracuse improvement, they are not ready to recognize Syracuse as a conference leader.

I think part of the staff is the issue ... from the NC teams both coordinators are gone. And hell Tony Elliott needed two elite QBs to have a consistent offense with Trevor and Watson. Losing Venables I think was the start of the end for Clemson.

 

[HtownOrange]

I think part of the staff is the issue ... from the NC teams both coordinators are gone. And hell Tony Elliott needed two elite QBs to have a consistent offense with Trevor and Watson. Losing Venables I think was the start of the end for Clemson.

Fair points with losing two coordinators. And Venables was a huge loss. Still, this staff won the ACC championship and has been in the playoffs since. Regardless, your point remains valid.

 

[dasher]

He was all Brady and Refs, clear now

It's wasn't the refs. It was Brady

 

[hungrychuck]

For different reasons, 6-6 would still be a great outcome.

 

[MGraves5]

Normally losing out starting qb for the season would have me lose complete faith in getting to 6 wins. The that gives me hope is Jeff Nixon. I think he knows how to put his players in a position to succeed and will call the right plays to play to their strengths, whether it's Collins or Carney at qb.

 

[anomander]

If we had Angeli we could possibly be looking at 8 wins. Massive improvements each week. Getting Grant back on defense helped and the young guys continue to improve. That side of the ball has upside. I loved watching Tremble too. He’s too good of an athlete not to be on the field is improving quickly at a position of need.

Going to be tough without Steve, but getting 6 or even 7 with the injury gives us an excuse. Another big season could really have primed us for 2026 though.

 

[AZOrange]

They’re a team that I want to see less of late in the year if they keep playing well. That’s the type of squad that can snowball down a mountain if momentum builds and become a wrecking ball.

The coach is a big dumb meathead that will blow it

 

[AZOrange]

Just get Duke first…then worry about the rest. Easy to lay an egg in that game