We're about to smoke Clemson

Granted, a fair amount of Crown has seemingly disappeared down my gullet, but I'm 'bout to lay some knowledge on you. The Roll Tide is going to Roll Clemson up and straight smoke 'em, and here's why:

Clemson's LB's are bad. Full Stop.

Seriously, with Lawson likely out (there's very, very little chance he's ready to play 11 days after a knee sprain, i.e. mild MCL tear), their front 7 becomes a more mediocre lot. Alexander at corner is legit, but their other 2 corners are not all world, and while their safeties are tall and athletic, they are known to get out of position - their length and athleticism have simply saved them in the past. But the LB's. Are just. Not. Good.

Bama will run it right at Clemson all night long. And when we're not hammering with Henry, we're gonna play action the LB's to death. We're also gonna see KifJoey Lanewater call a bunch of screens to counter the blitz.

I rewatched the Clemson-Ok game, and noticed that Clemson misses a lot of tackles in space. We're gonna nickel-and-dime the outside, and bust a few.

When Clemson's O is on the field, we will simply stop the zone-read. By doing so, we will have stopped 65% of their offense. Crush the run, and really get after Watson. He throws it up into traffic A LOT when he scrambles, mainly because he's had the better talent on the field in most games. He, and I, have full confidence that Clemson's WR talent can win the jump ball against whichever undersized engineering-major linebacker is playing safety for Wake Forest, but Bama's gonna Yank that noise out of the sky for 6.

Interesting Tidbits:

Bama has the #1 rushing D at 70.8 yards per game.
Clemson has the #19th rushing D at 124.4 yards per rush, which is a 75.7% INCREASE, and against a much weaker schedule of running teams.

Clemson is -5 in turnover margin for the year. No National Champion in the last 20 years has been worse than +3.

Clemson is 8th in the country in yard per rush allowed outside the tackles. They are 47th in the country in yards per rush allowed INSIDE the tackles.

Clemson is 83rd in the country in 20+ yard rushes given up. Of the 22 20-yard rushes the Tigers have allowed this season, 15 have come inside the tackles; only Purdue, Indiana and Texas Tech have allowed more.

Clemson's special teams coverage units are in the bottom 20 in CFB.

Watson completed only 52% of his passes against Oklahoma.

Watson has 12 interceptions on the year, and has 3 multi-interception games.

Four of Clemson's starting Olineman are new starters this year, and their Left Tackle is a true freshman (who's gonna be a good one, but has been abused at times this year).

Name one of their starting WR's, would you please? Thought so.

Here's how it's going to go. Bama's gonna run Henry and Drake all eve'nin, and play action the LB's into oblivion. The screen game's gonna be working, and we're gonna move it regularly. Our Oline will dominate the LOS all. day. long. Clemson's soft. Like a hemorrhoid pillow.

The D is gonna completely shut down the zone-read, and therefore, the run game, forcing Watson to throw under duress. Bama gets 3 interceptions on the day, one for 6. Maybe a QB fumble. They implode from not being able to run the football (and turnovers). Clemson's Oline is over-rated and soft, like a handy-j from a fat girl.

Bama gets 2 non-offensive touchdowns, and beats Clemson 45-16. Clemson hemorrhages the football while not winning either LOS. And all becomes right in the world again. Roll Tide.

And I leave you with the least intelligent 2 minutes in the history of recorded human endeavor.