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Mickey Plyler's Blog: The Weakest Link
Aug 1, 2013, 9:31 AM
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The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link
The past two seasons Clemson's secondary has been the biggest weakness on this team. In 2011, the Tigers allow 218 yards per game through the air. That was an increase of 26 yards per game from the year before and 55 yards per game from 2009.
Last season that number inc
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Orange Beast [6258]
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Geez...
Aug 1, 2013, 9:38 AM
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That didn't make me feel warm and fuzzy.
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Rival Killer [2814]
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Love the blog, and I agree with most of what was said, but..
Aug 1, 2013, 9:43 AM
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PLEASE get this man a secretary or something to review his blog posts. I stopped counting grammatical errors at five, and this happens every time. I really hate to blast one of my favorite Clemson people, but it just looks bad, and non-Clemson people read this.
"...when the Wolfpack through for 429 yards." Come on, man.
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CU Guru [1639]
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Re: Love the blog, and I agree with most of what was said, but..
Aug 1, 2013, 10:00 AM
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spell check will never replace a proof reader. Problem is when you do your own proof-reading, your mind sees what you meant not what you typed.
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Re: Love the blog, and I agree with most of what was said, but..
Aug 2, 2013, 10:47 AM
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Ohhhh a truthful statement.
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Re: Love the blog, and I agree with most of what was said, but..
Aug 1, 2013, 4:19 PM
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The truth is, if T-Net is gonna be The Clemson Website, as most of us wish, we need to have these reviewed by someone who can catch this kinda problem.
But hey, I trust the guys (writers) to state their opinion and not present opinion as fact. At lease we can believe what we read here.
While you've got a point I think I would have liked for your concerns to have been shared in a private communication such as a T-Mail rather than plastered on the forum.
Don't worry Mickey, we got your bak!
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Re: Love the blog, and I agree with most of what was said, but..
Aug 1, 2013, 10:19 PM
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Agree completely. I just stopped reading. The amount of obvious errors is ridiculous. If he can't read through his own blog one time, then I'm not going to read it either.
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Re: Mickey Plyler's Blog: The Weakest Link
Aug 1, 2013, 10:17 AM
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mickey did not major in English at Clemson but I wonder if he ever proof reads his articles. our secondary will be tested by the dogs and I think we have to be better than last year but this game will answer the question if we are good enough!
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Rival Killer [2814]
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I think he spell checks it
Aug 1, 2013, 10:46 AM
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But that doesn't catch any of the grammatical errors. This happens every single blog.
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Re: Mickey Plyler's Blog: The Weakest Link
Aug 2, 2013, 11:12 AM
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UGA will have one of the better QBs and RBs as we will face this season. I think that we will face better defenses than what UGA will start the season with. I think that our D will be much of an improvement over last years. And if that comes to be true, we are in for a H&ll of a season. Gooooo Tigerssss!!!
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Re: Mickey Plyler's Blog: The Weakest Link
Aug 1, 2013, 10:18 AM
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New blood and new didication from old blood (especially from Blanks) means there is a chance we will significantly improve. And with the promise of a really improved D line, perhaps we have a good chance at providing more balance - meaning putting less pressure on the offense. In a number of games last year the key seemed to be for the offense to outscore the lack of defense ability to hold down yards and scoring. The offense is likely even better, so even a medium improvement from the secondary should help our chances everywhere.
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Re: Mickey Plyler's Blog: The Weakest Link
Aug 1, 2013, 10:31 AM
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Regardless of what some of these experts think, the simple FACT is ... Clemson had a ton of injuries to KEY players in the secondary and played almost the entire season with only six able bodied guys. Guys healing and the addition of coach Reed will solve a lot of the DB problems. IF the defensive ends can keep pressure on the QB's, Clemson will be much higher than 77th this season. The secondary doesn't concern me nearly as much as the return game. We were horrible at kick coverage last year and the return game was less than average. That MUST improve considerably this year.
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CU Guru [1346]
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Good point about injuries
Aug 1, 2013, 10:59 AM
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The one that some people think will have a big comeback is Darius Robinson. But there is still a lot of new and reassigned talent in the secondary overall. Fingers crossed....
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A strong pass rush will do wonders for a secondary
Aug 1, 2013, 4:07 PM
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Less time for a qb to sit in the pocket means less time for a receiver to get to the point in the route where the ball is expected. Sometimes it's not fair to put all the blame on the secondary.
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So, MP's blog is the weakest link?***
Aug 1, 2013, 11:00 AM
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Paw Master [16268]
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Re: So, MP's blog is the weakest link?***
Aug 1, 2013, 11:03 AM
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Mickey might have taken writing lessons from Billy D'.
On second thought, Mickey writes much better than Billy D'.
Talk about embarrassing the university!
Harley
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Re: So, MP's blog is the weakest link?***
Aug 1, 2013, 11:51 AM
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Travis Blanks not ever starting a game doesn't seem to be a big concern for me. He already proved he can play well and should be even better this year.
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Re: So, MP's blog is the weakest link?***
Aug 1, 2013, 3:41 PM
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this made me laugh. MP is the worst. We deserve much better radio than we get on 104.9
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No offense to those who think differently than me...
Aug 1, 2013, 3:28 PM
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but THANK GOD those players are gone! They were absolutely clueless. Unfortunately, when Breeland was in there, he was terrible too! I just hope he's learned a lot in the offseason that he somehow could grasp last year. I don't understand how anyone can be worried over us losing those three specific starters in our pathetic secondary. Just about anyone else would be an improvement, in my opinion.
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Orange Blooded [2507]
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Breeland was our best cover corner
Aug 1, 2013, 4:21 PM
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Robinson was the one that was very disappointing last year before his injury, hence him losing his starting job to Peters in the BC game. Still he has experience and reports are that he's upped his game what with the freshmen coming for his job. I still think having him, Jenkins, and Breeland back helps with depth and experience
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