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Other coaches explain how to beat Alabama & Clemson
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:02 pm
Pretty good stuff
Sports Illustrated - Coaches explain beating Clemson, Bama
Most notable stuff
Sports Illustrated - Coaches explain beating Clemson, Bama
Most notable stuff
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The Tigers' biggest weakness is their offensive line, and I'd be surprised if they can move the line of scrimmage against Alabama. They start a true freshman at left tackle [Mitch Hyatt], and if you study them on film, a lot of teams are knocking him backward. He'll be a good player someday, but he'll be in for a long night. They have a center who isn't bad [junior Jay Guillermo] and a guard who isn't bad [senior Eric Mac Lain], but against better teams they've given up sacks.
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On defense Clemson plays multiple fronts and mixes man and zone, so the Tide should abandon the plan they used against Michigan State, when senior Jake Coker threw the ball 30 times. They need to pound away on the ground with Heisman winner Derrick Henry, get after Clemson up front and turn this into a toe-to-toe heavyweight fight. If they do, there's no way that Clemson wins. The key to freeing up Henry is establishing early that receivers Calvin Ridley and Richard Mullaney can beat the Tigers' two big corners—Mackensie Alexander and Cordrea Tankersley—in one-on-one matchups. Once Coker does that, it will force Clemson to take the safeties out of the box and give Henry room to run.
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Wayne Gallman will not be able to run inside against Alabama's 315-pound noseguard [junior Darren Lake] and two ends who are more than 310 [senior Jarran Reed and junior A'Shawn Robinson]. The Tigers will have to exploit the perimeter—bubble screens and jet sweeps.
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With Watson, Clemson can play with anyone—every other team in college football would trade its quarterback for him. The Tigers can't let Alabama pressure Watson rushing only four, because that will let Saban get exotic defensively with the seven other guys. Watson will need to complete some over-the-top shots.
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On defense Clemson must slow down Henry by forcing him to run east-west. Some teams used slanted lines, which means bringing a big guy off the edge so Henry is cutting into a linebacker or an outside blitzer, who will force him to turn his shoulders so he can't run downhill. The Tigers also need to give Coker a different look postsnap than they do presnap—showing a single-high safety then going to split safeties. Film reveals that if you show Coker the same thing a few times in a row, he'll take advantage.
This post was edited on 1/8/16 at 1:27 pm
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Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:21 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Didn't click the link but assume it's just hugh freeze.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:22 pm to Mootsman
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assume it's just hugh freeze.
LOL
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:42 pm to SummerOfGeorge
That's interesting because I thought all of Clemson's linemen were first, second or third team all-acc.
Or does the ACC just suck that much?
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The Tigers' biggest weakness is their offensive line, and I'd be surprised if they can move the line of scrimmage against Alabama.
Or does the ACC just suck that much?
Posted on 1/8/16 at 1:54 pm to SummerOfGeorge
When are they giving up these sacks? Clemson's only given up 6 sacks this season. Hyatt has allowed just one sack in 14 games.
Compared to Alabama's Cam Robinson, Hyatt has allowed 8 fewer sacks, 1 fewer hit (4), and the same number of hurries (11). According to CFB Film Room, his pass block success rate is 96.4%. So I'm not sure what film these coaches are watching. But when you don't have to put your name on it, you'll say a lot of things you'd never mention when it's not anonymous.
Compared to Alabama's Cam Robinson, Hyatt has allowed 8 fewer sacks, 1 fewer hit (4), and the same number of hurries (11). According to CFB Film Room, his pass block success rate is 96.4%. So I'm not sure what film these coaches are watching. But when you don't have to put your name on it, you'll say a lot of things you'd never mention when it's not anonymous.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 2:20 pm to silverstreak02
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When are they giving up these sacks?
I'm not sure sacks is the best barometer in this scenario considering Deshaun Watson is extremely elusive.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:07 pm to silverstreak02
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Compared to Alabama's Cam Robinson, Hyatt has allowed 8 fewer sacks, 1 fewer hit (4), and the same number of hurries (11). According to CFB Film Room, his pass block success rate is 96.4%. So I'm not sure what film these coaches are watching. But when you don't have to put your name on it, you'll say a lot of things you'd never mention when it's not anonymous.
I haven't watched Clemson this year very much. I'll defer to your evaluation of Clemson's line play with the added exception to the play of Cam Robinson for us at left tackle.
When he's motivated he's one of the best, and he's better than most on a slack day.
This post was edited on 1/8/16 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:11 pm to silverstreak02
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Compared to Alabama's Cam Robinson, Hyatt has allowed 8 fewer sacks, 1 fewer hit (4), and the same number of hurries (11).
Yea, I haven't seen Hyatt play much this year, so I can't speak to him, but Cam played injured for a month period in October and didn't look like himself at all. Since the bye week pre-LSU he has been back to the 1st overall pick type player he was as a true freshman (one of the big reasons our offense has improved, too).
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:11 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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With Watson, Clemson can play with anyone—every other team in college football would trade its quarterback for him
nah
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:13 pm to SummerOfGeorge
The numbers came from CFB Film Room. I'm not questioning that our offensive line is facing by far the toughest challenge Monday night.
But for them to suggest that Hyatt has struggled is silly and made up. Deshaun was sacked twice in the Orange Bowl. Both were on drives that Hyatt was out of the game with some sort of foot injury. When he came back in, it was business as usual in pass protection.
But for them to suggest that Hyatt has struggled is silly and made up. Deshaun was sacked twice in the Orange Bowl. Both were on drives that Hyatt was out of the game with some sort of foot injury. When he came back in, it was business as usual in pass protection.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:15 pm to silverstreak02
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The numbers came from CFB Film Room
They are good, I like their stuff.
That is impressive by Hyatt. All I know about him is that he played his high school ball in Gwinnett County, and if any kid from an area is gonna show up and start from day 1 that is where I would want them to be from.
Hell, during his high school career as a Left Tackle at North Gwinnett HS he had to play against Robert Nkemdiche and Lorenzo Carter, not to mention 50 other SEC/ACC players.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:15 pm to Gladius Veritas
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nah
I love Brandon Allen, but yes.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 3:32 pm to SummerOfGeorge
When I found out he was starting, I was surprised, but we lost quite a bit from last year. He's shown that he can do the job and is the kind of recruit that Clemson struggled for years and years to get.
I'd say over the last decade, we've recruited skill position players as good as anyone in the nation short of maybe Florida State, Alabama, and Ohio State. But the inability to recruit and more importantly, develop offensive linemen and defensive linemen kept us from winning anything substantial.
In the last 3 or 4 years, that has changed. And it's shown when we've beaten teams like Florida State, LSU, Auburn, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia. We don't have any championships in the trophy case to show for it, but I have little doubt that we are going to be around for a long time because our entire culture has changed. It's really crazy to think how far we've come since 2008 when Dabo took over the program.
I'd say over the last decade, we've recruited skill position players as good as anyone in the nation short of maybe Florida State, Alabama, and Ohio State. But the inability to recruit and more importantly, develop offensive linemen and defensive linemen kept us from winning anything substantial.
In the last 3 or 4 years, that has changed. And it's shown when we've beaten teams like Florida State, LSU, Auburn, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia. We don't have any championships in the trophy case to show for it, but I have little doubt that we are going to be around for a long time because our entire culture has changed. It's really crazy to think how far we've come since 2008 when Dabo took over the program.
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