No. 1 Clemson (4-0, 3-0 ACC) has not only confirmed his place as conference class and all college football at this early stage of the season with a 42-17 win over 7th Miami on Saturday. Night in Death Valley. In just the 17th meeting between the top-10 teams in ACC history, the Tigers clearly defined the sand line between themselves and the latest contenders for the crown. The Hurricanes didn’t play particularly well on a foggy night under the lights, but it was the stage that the opponent didn’t mind as Clemson was able to overcome his mistakes on the road to wire-to-wire victory.
There were penalties, turnovers, special teams wrong errors and questionable coaching decisions by both teams, but game errors come to the floor of the conversation’s cutting room, around Clemson and in search of his sixth straight ACC title. The Tigers defense was playing its best game of the season so far, including Cannes quarterback De Eric King and holding his offense out of the final zone for three quarters, with a touchdown-less streak called for a late touchdown for Miami. 2010 meeting between the two teams. King was limited to just 121 yards on a 12-F-28 passing with a zero touchdown and a score on two interceptions and 14 attempts with 84 rushing yards. There were 28 yards on 13 attempts (including five sacks) and 56 yards on the other side, which was without a doubt the main play of the night in Miami.
Unfortunately, it ended up being a field goal rather than a touchdown in the long run, which would counteract Clemson’s touchdown-saving and subsequent defensive-type content that showcased Tiger’s championship form. When a team plays in many games of this intensity, whether it is in the regular season of the top five teams or in the College Ledge Football.
Clemson’s defense seemed to close the door with a four-point swing on the defensive stand after King’s run, when coach left-hander Swinney sent BT Potter into the last game of the second half to try to score a 61-yard field goal. . Miami blocked the field goal and returned it to the touchdown, cutting Clemson’s halftime lead from 18 to 11 points.
Swinney blamed the decision in an interview with ESPN in the locker room, but it was one of three field goal blocks for Miami at night. Those blocks, moving together with Trevor Larens, would help prevent Cannes from watching the game, as the Tigers were able to effectively run their gameplan from both sides of the ball.
Le Touch Rance finished 29th out of 42 for 292 yards, passing three touchdowns (his 17th game of its kind for the Tigers) with a touch of 34 yards and another score. The star running back Travis Etienne was phenomenal all night, serving as Clemson’s leading runner and receiver, with a total of 222 total yards and 25 touchdowns for two TDs.
While Clemson retains his number one spot in the polls and remains at the top of the ACC’s division in the 15-team, Miami will now face a difficult path to a rematch with the defending champions in Charlotte. With Cannes, Notre Dame and North Carolina fighting to finish in one of the top two spots of the conference standings, they will need a head-to-head win against those teams to make up for the loss of the opening season.
1. Bravin Jordan’s status will be very interesting for Miami: Jordan is King’s most trusted target through a passing game and a tight end future NFL talent. He left the game in the second half and was taken to the locker room with a shoulder injury. The program initially ruled him out as a possibility to return peacefully, but after the game, coach Manny Diaz said the injury in the preliminary examination was “not too bad” and Jordan himself said he was looking forward to Cannes’ next game against Pete Week. Keeps. But. But it was in the heat of the moment after the game, so stay tuned for Miami’s availability after Jordan gets a night’s rest and try to see what things look like during the week.
2. Miami will have to improve their passing attack to get a chance in a possible rematch: Clemson’s game plan against Miami’s up-tempo offense was fantastic. The defense embraces King and the secondary stays consistently tight with Miami’s receivers, with Miami finally gaining some momentum in the game as they move forward with big time plays over obstacles. But as much as you want to give credit to Clemson’s game plan and its holding its cornbrocks, there’s also the need to worry about hurricane recipients and the effectiveness of a passing attack. Not every team has the coaching and talent of Clemson, but the face of Miami will try to do what every opposing Tigers do and push King into the field from the inside out of their pockets.
Cle. Clemson’s two quarterback sets mean just that: There is an aggressive set of Tigers including a DJ Yuagaleli, a five-star freshman backup quarterback in a shotgun tug with a loggia, picking up an NFL draft in the future first round, arranged on a wide receiver. It’s a wildcat type set, rather than a run with limited passing ability, the future of the Clemson Pass attack. Yuagaleli ran him as a keeper for a 14-yard advantage on the play, but don’t think that was put on tape to counter the crazy thinking about potential wrinkles that could include both quarterbacks.
