Game 7 - UVA Observations

Oct 20, 2024, 8:52 PM

Got the chance to rewatch the game today and here are some of my takeaways:

- Cades game has grown and improved alot but hands down his biggest improvement is pocket presence & awareness. His scramble and escape on the throw to Turner in the first half was a thing of beauty. There’s no chance the unconfident version of Cade last season makes that play.

- The INT he threw was just horrendous. Like Dabo said, it was just a bad play. Whether he saw the LB or not, I have no idea why he made the decision to make that throw it just wasn’t a complete-able ball in any universe.

- One of the more exciting things imo from yesterday was how easy the 1st team offense scored when Dabo put them back on the field in the 4th. A part of me was worried about them going out there and being effective after they had “shut down” in mindset thinking it was the 2s and 3s for the rest of the game but they absolutely didn’t.

- Stellato is really, really impressive. I hate that injuries have ruined the majority of his Clemson career at this point because I would love to see what kind of WR he’d be right now if this wasn’t essentially his “first” season with full time participation.

- TJ Moore is going to be an incredible weapon. Wesco got a lot of the hype because of his big plays early but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Moore ends up being better by the time they leave Clemson.

- The defense isn’t nearly as bad as most posters on this board make it out to be. Don’t get me wrong, they aren’t on the level of BVs defenses back in his tenure but they’re still a really solid group. I’ve noticed it takes them about a drive or two, maybe a quarter and they adjust to what the offense is trying to do to attack them.

- On the subject of adjustments.. I don’t think Wes gets enough credit for his ability to make in game adjustments. I’ve noticed it before but really am taking notice this year. I would love for the defense to get the hot starts out the gate that Clemson fans got spoiled with when Coach Venables was calling the shots but am pleased that Wes can make the changes needed in game to string together stops.

- The state of the reserves on Defense is concerning. We definitely don’t have that “We Too Deep” depth we used to have. Not 100% sure the reasoning for it but I tend to lean more towards the side of it being youth and inexperience. We’re a really young group on the defensive side of the ball. Which stinks when it comes to the garbage time but I think will pay dividends when it’s their turn to get meaningful snaps in future seasons.

- Sammy Brown is really good at this football thing.

- Hauser reminds me a lot of Potter as a freshman. I don’t have nearly the anxiety when we trot him out for FGs or XPs, like I did watching us try and kick the football last season.

Really excited for this last stretch of the regular season and seeing the possibilities of what this team can do in the postseason.
I gain a bit more confidence with each passing game/week that this team can get really hot and surprise a lot of people in the playoffs.

The 2nd bye week is coming at a good time. Louisville is a solid ball team. Get an extra week to prepare, get healthy, and welcome them into the Valley for an important ACC game.

Handle business on the field and let all the other stuff handle itself.

Go Tigers!

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maybe not some things stated strong enough. As far as Wes Goodwin I think the biggest difference is the talent he was able to recruit the first few years. Venables was almost a legend and when he left Goodwin had to establish his own recruit relationships both with HS coaches and players. That is why we are seeing less "depth." The same case as with Grisham were the WRs were not quite what we were used to seeing. Grisham seems to have established that quicker than Goodwin. Hopefully Goodwin will catch up soon. With the his DL coaches being "relatively" new to Clemson and college football again they will upgrade recruiting. Conn and Reed are established recruiters, but maybe NIL are interfering to some extent.

Obviously Goodwin got a great one with Sammy Brown (barring injury). Development of the young players and some more hits like Brown are necessary.

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