Clemson has opportunity for playoffs, a shot at a newbie in conference, and get back to the top of the conference where they belong. Last week still stinks, but nothing can be done so moving on to a chance to make the CFP again after a few years.
Please open up the playbook, let the athletes make plays. SMU will be wide open, will be a difficult task to hold them down but I feel the Tigers will slow them down enough. The question becomes, can the Clemson get out of this funk of not scoring points.....the answer will come Saturday night in Charlotte, since I work in town think I will go ahead and head to BOA and try not to freeze lol
I too think Clemson should move with tempo. If they slow it down, there are more plays, more chances for penalties, fumbles, interceptions. I'd love to see Cade just air it out all game long. We have the receivers. Would also love to see Haynes much more in the backfield. He can motor. Mafah hurting and slow.
I think some have stated that CDS knows the team best and sees that playing fast does result in a lot of turnovers and poor execution. Which might be true, but there was a time it worked well and had teams on skates trying to figure it out.
Use tempo at certain points, not entire game. Get plays in fast and have guys prepared to play multiple plays in a row and not substitute every play. Slow it down, them up tempo on a drive and let the SMU staff try to figure out what to do if it is successful.
Shakeup the standard procedure and try something a bit new. If it results in points, then why not.