Key to beating Clemson

[wmcovol]

Is find a way to control Shipley. Keep him under 20 carries & 80 yds & Vols look good. If he has 120+ yds rushing, could be a long night.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Is find a way to control Shipley. Keep him under 20 carries & 80 yds & Vols look good. If he has 120+ yds rushing, could be a long night.

We have to limit his YACs too. He’s very good catching the ball out of the backfield. He’ll be a tough matchup for a linebacker or safety.

 

[TAF]

Score more points.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Score more points.

And that's always a sure bet.

 

[headhunter15]

Also can’t have a first half like South Carolina. Can’t go multiple drives with 3 and out and no points.

 

[thehardknoxlife]

The key to winning is getting ALL your players to play. These games are meaningless now. I can understand both sides but the bowl game outside the playoffs are littered with teams without their most productive players.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Pass rush, pass rush, pass rush. Pressure, pressure, pressure.

 

[OffTackleVol]

The key to winning is getting ALL your players to play. These games are meaningless now. I can understand both sides but the bowl game outside the playoffs are littered with teams without their most productive players.

Have to disagree, respectfully. The approach is to prepare the kids coming back next year with all the extra practice, reps, schemes and such. It's almost like the bowl game is the first game for next season. As an example, Squirrel White getting all the first team reps this week in Hyatt's place, much like he would the last week of next August. I'm excited to see some of the young guys get to play.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

Shipley is a good RB runs hard and plays hard. He will give us alot of problems if we don’t come to play on defense and wrap him up.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

The key to winning is getting ALL your players to play. These games are meaningless now. I can understand both sides but the bowl game outside the playoffs are littered with teams without their most productive players.

As a fan, I get the mindset. We’re not winning a championship this year. But for a player or coach, talk like that is asinine. This isn’t pop warner. I would direct everyone who says this to this video:

 

[OffTackleVol]

As a fan, I get the mindset. We’re not winning a championship this year. But for a player or coach, talk like that is asinine. This isn’t pop warner. I would direct everyone who says this to this video:

That's freaking priceless. I'd like to have seen a coach years ago respond to our a$$ wipe (John Adams) that way.

 

[Vol_Dad2408]

As a fan, I get the mindset. We’re not winning a championship this year. But for a player or coach, talk like that is asinine. This isn’t pop warner. I would direct everyone who says this to this video:

I LOVE IT!!! This is exactly right!!! This is not a useless game by any stretch of the imagination. This is growth, this is progression, this is building on tradition and getting back to elite level.

 

[37620VOL]

I think we need to score TDs on 2/3 of our possessions. I don't think Clemson can match that efficiency with a young QB.

 

[fossilfiction]

I don't like the matchup right now. Clemson's defense is really good. Tennessee is missing a lot of firepower and lacked a pass defense. If DJ were still the QB the boys get the win. Joe or the entire defense needs to play lights out to get the W.

 

[Dudleys87]

Pass coverage
Create pressure
Get Joe comfortable and build his confidence
Run, run, run the ball.

 

[temptn]

What is Clemson's best win? What decent team did they overwhelm? Several of their wins were by less a touchdown.

Note: ND was ahead 28-0 in the fourth quarter against Clemson. Maybe watch that game.
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[S.C. OrangeMan]

Pass rush, pass rush, pass rush. Pressure, pressure, pressure.

That might not be enough. Klubnik can run. Shipley and Mafeh are effective receivers out of the backfield. Mafeh completed a 1st down pass to Klubnik in the ACCCG, too.

Clemson has two really good tight ends - Allen and Briningstool as well. Gonna be tough to cover them all.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Have to disagree, respectfully. The approach is to prepare the kids coming back next year with all the extra practice, reps, schemes and such. It's almost like the bowl game is the first game for next season. As an example, Squirrel White getting all the first team reps this week in Hyatt's place, much like he would the last week of next August. I'm excited to see some of the young guys get to play.

That sounds like a spring practice, not a bowl game...

 

[dovervolz]

Have to disagree, respectfully. The approach is to prepare the kids coming back next year with all the extra practice, reps, schemes and such. It's almost like the bowl game is the first game for next season. As an example, Squirrel White getting all the first team reps this week in Hyatt's place, much like he would the last week of next August. I'm excited to see some of the young guys get to play.

True. But none of the early enrollees can play in this game. So basically the vols will be shorthanded.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

I don’t think we can beat them. Bad matchup for us plus our best players aren’t even playing. I’m thinking like 45-27 Clemson

 

[Undercs]

get off the bus, Clemson sucks

 

[Volador]

The power grid. We've got to control the lights when Clemson has the ball.

 

[greenbacknative]

We have to limit his YACs too. He’s very good catching the ball out of the backfield. He’ll be a tough matchup for a linebacker or safety.

Last time we played a team from SC we had linebackers chasing backs all over the place. Doesn't sound good.

 

[Mccage]

That might not be enough. Klubnik can run. Shipley and Mafeh are effective receivers out of the backfield. Mafeh completed a 1st down pass to Klubnik in the ACCCG, too.

Clemson has two really good tight ends - Allen and Briningstool as well. Gonna be tough to cover them all.

App state scored 61 pts on North Carolina.

 

[VolForLife83]

Most of our offensive production is gone. Our secondary is a joke. Not looking forward to this one.