The Acc blows and the schedule stuff is valid but let me say something to make a point. If the New England patriots played in the Acc, would you still say they suck because they don’t play a tough schedule? No. You have to have some idea of what talent looks like. Bama is great and is number one. And they deserve the hype based on their success but don’t overlook Clemson. They are LOADED. The frosh qb is a potential issue but their receivers and running backs are just as good and deep as Bama’s this year which is a huge difference this year as opposed to last. The two years before that the two teams were essentially dead equal, splitting the championships and playing two games to a total of one point difference. Trevor Lawrence has very limited experience but is just as talented as tua. With every game he gets a little more experience. The line would probably be a td but that’s mostly perception by the general public that doesn’t really understand football at a deep level and just parrots what they hear from espn. If and when they play this year, Higgins, Rodgers, renfrow, and Ross will be just as good as bamas receiving corps. Etienne, Feaster, choice and Dixon will be just as good as bamas rb Corp. the olines are very similar and clemson d’s I believe is a smidge better than Bama this year. But they are at least as good. Special teams is a wash. If Lawrence plays an A game, Clemson can and may win. If he plays a b game, it will be very close. If he plays a c game or less
then it will be like last year with kelly Bryant who was too one dimensional and didn’t have the weapons Deshaun had or Trevor has. But make no mistake, who they have played does not define how good they are. I predict a game much like the first two championship games, 45-41 or 48-44 kinda deal. Whoever has the ball last or avoids the one major catastrophic era. Get out of here with the LSU and georgia crap. They are good teams. But they have not earned the respect Clemson deserves based on the last 5 years. LSU and Georgia have lost by 20+ to Bama or each other. That is not happening with Clemson. If they lose, it will be a one possession type game. Just my opinion.