Also good to see you here my friend.
Hey, Cap….always good to be talking’ at you. Just trying to put my thoughts in order after that OSU defeat. I guess it’s just the way it goes sometimes. Bucks had their chances for a win. It wasn’t like that 31-0 debacle. Clemson made the plays when they really needed to and OSU did not. Still, that targeting call and the fumble that turned out to be a not fumble after the replay people got through with it sticks in the craw. Those plays were not the complete difference makers but they sure didn’t help. OSU makes one more first down before they punted Clemson down to the 10 yard line and the game is probably over because Clemson never sees the ball again. Yet you have to give credit where credit is due. Clemson marches right down the field with 3 minutes or less left in the game??? Uh—calling the OSU defense….make a stop and it’s on to New Orleans. Just goes to show how difficult it really is to win that National Championship. Clemson played like a steady, veteran outfit and found the ways to win when they needed to and OSU just couldn’t get over that second to last hurdle (Penn State, Michigan, Wisconsin—twice!).
The reasons The lost, in order of importance:
1. ClemSIN is a really, really, really good, well coached team that committed no major errors.
2. ClemSIN held The to 3 field goals in 3 first half trips inside the 10. Twice Dobbins dropped certain or likely touchdown passes, but the real props to the ClemSIN defense for those stands. 28 - 0, 24 - 0, those are much bigger holes than 16 - 0.
3. The targeting call really changed the game - especially since the player who replaced Ward committed pass interference on the next pass.
4. Add in a roughing the kicker penalty, three huge mistakes that led to 14 points. Against ClemSIN, a team a great team making no major errors, you cannot do that.
5. ClemSIN's offense had two touchdowns of over 50 yards against a defense that gave up one of them all year. That Jennifer Lawrence run in particular was a game changer.
Add in Olave running the wrong route, the defensive touchdown that got called back somewhere beyond those. But in the end, the reasons boil down to my first: ClemSIN is really, really, really good.
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