Clemson secondary focused on Fuller, Notre Dame receivers

Kearse took note of Fuller’s post on Twitter after the Fighting Irish’s blowout win over Massachusetts last week that the Tigers game was “gonna be savage”. But then Golson transferred to Florida State, and Kizer drew strength from how Malik Zaire went about putting his stamp on the team. Can Notre Dame run the ball against a tough Clemson D?

In his seventh full season, Swinney has built Clemson into a powerful program. Reality-wise, they can lose, still be favored in just about every game after it, win the SEC East, play in the conference title game and make a playoff case. We went down and beat Georgia at Georgia.

– “You know (it’s a big week) when your team is detailed on the very first meeting”.

Clemson averaged 2.3 sacks (36th among FBS teams) and 9.3 tackles for a loss (7th) through three games, though two of those were against suboptimal competition in Appalachian State and Wofford. Watson has struggled early this year, and will be looking to break out against Notre Dame Saturday night. I think in pregame we had more media presence and cameras than we did in the National Championship Game, at least it appeared that way. The matchup between DE Shaq Lawson and LT Ronnie Stanley will be one to watch.

How much offense can we expect between Baylor and Texas Tech? They’re a brand of their own.

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Fighting Irish cornerback KeiVarae Russell said after last week Clemson quarterback — and Atlantic Coast Conference preseason player of the year pick — Deshaun Watson was a good game manager and “not overly superior”.

WISCONSIN (-6½) over Iowa: After a season-opening loss to Alabama, the Badgers have allowed an average of one point per game over the past three weeks – for serious. The request became public-so a Spartanburg (South Carolina) television station encouraged Tiger fans to send earplugs to the Clemson Holiday Inn where the Irish stayed Friday night. Arguably, one of the best parts of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series is its ability to give the audience an inside look into players’ lives away from the game, humanizing them and giving viewers at home more to identify their favorite players with other than their jersey number. “There are a lot of things I do other than just running fast”. In Week 5, we’re examining a who-can-slow-down-whom matchup when Houston and its No. 7 offense (590.7 yards per game) travel to face Tulsa and its No. 4 offense (607 yards per game) Saturday.

Because of the lessons he learned, Clifford said it’s impossible for him not to compare the turnaround of the Tigers in 1977 to Beaufort’s turnaround after his staff took over.

Then he said, “I’ve got people calling me that I haven’t talked to in 20 years”. And that’s kind of what I re-enacted when I came here in ’04. This is as good an offensive line as we’ve seen in a long time, so it’s just a complete group, and they do a great job with how they call the plays.

“I got a few trust from Coach Ford”, Clifford said. “But I’ve got to have it to open up so I don’t look like a fool”. “Everybody wants to get that opportunity to compete at the highest level, and this will be one of those opportunities”.

“I thought our kids handled that very well”. I don’t think it’s as simple as a one word answer. Kelly said the thing that makes Smith special is his versatility.

“It could have changed history, Clifford joked”. Perhaps that’s because, as Boilermakers coach Darrell Hazell said this week, “I think our guys have a lot of confidence in the schemes that we’re playing against those guys”.