That the Clemson oline was big enough to power run on plays that were not really all that well blocked but washed ahead for gains over and over.. Thats what size does..
We often had multiple parts of the oline beat but they could push 1/3 of the line and plays that could have been 0-2 went for 3-5 and that adds up over a whole game for 300 yds. Even with the big run they only avg 4.9 vs our 4.4 but it turned into 60 runs and wore the Dline out..
Losing guys like Thompson with his size and Lockett really made some guys play more snaps and that adds up.
Shipley runs hard for his size.
they ended up with almost twice as many plays and we had half as many negative plays.
We often had multiple parts of the oline beat but they could push 1/3 of the line and plays that could have been 0-2 went for 3-5 and that adds up over a whole game for 300 yds. Even with the big run they only avg 4.9 vs our 4.4 but it turned into 60 runs and wore the Dline out..
Losing guys like Thompson with his size and Lockett really made some guys play more snaps and that adds up.
Shipley runs hard for his size.
they ended up with almost twice as many plays and we had half as many negative plays.