Notre Dame-Clemson will be decided by ‘freak’ vs. ‘freak’

Plus, the Irish’s schedule offers possibly much greater friction, as the team plays five of its last eight games away from home, with one of the dates at Notre Dame Stadium against No. 17 Southern California.

While Watson has respect for the Irish and their storied history, he said the name on the other jersey has no bearing on how the Tigers prepare.

Joining us is Shakin the Southland’s Brian Lewis. 14 Georgia Tech and current No. 11 Clemson, no one would blame Brian Kelly for taking a week off for this week’s game against MAC member Massachusetts to focus on a showdown with the Tigers next weekend. The Tigers, Kearse said, are ready to shut down the Irish. Wofford (or App State or Louisville).

“I actually favorited that tweet”. Just in time for the Clemson game. Braxton Miller was a two-time Big Ten offensive player of the year before a labrum tear cost him 2014, while replacement J.T. Barrett finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting before fracturing his ankle and missing the postseason. UMass, a pass centric team, was able to get plenty of big chunk pass plays versus the ND first team secondary. “I just focus on the things that we can control”.

Now that we know ESPN’s “College GameDay” show is headed to Clemson on Saturday for the match-up with Notre Dame, the network needs to decide on a celebrity picker.

As much as fans of other programs and plenty of the media like to point to the team’s only sporadic success on the field of late and declare it a non-factor in the sport, the reality is Old Notre Dame can still wake up the cash registers cheering her name. “You want to enjoy it, which we’ll do”. That automatically limits their season to 12 games a year. Our mindset doesn’t change with out program because best is the standard, so it doesn’t matter who we play.

Thursday night games are always tricky on the road, especially for Clemson.

[SHOP: Get your Notre Dame gear]. I will concede Notre Dame has one of the best collection of athletes in the country, but so does Miami, Clemson, and uga, all teams toppled by this very crew within the year.

The Irish tied the game on Michael Shipp’s flukey goal in the 74th minute.

I’m honestly not that anxious about Fuller. There’s no need to worry about the talking heads as long as they win. Kelly singled out Quarterback DeShaun Watson, Wide Receiver Artavis Scott and Defensive End Shaq Lawson. “It looked like a cross and hit the far post and went in and everyone was surprised it went in to tie it up”. Specifically from an athleticism POV? A tendency to watch are the first-down calls, as each of the last two games Notre Dame has understandably gone to the ground game. Is this where you expect the Tigers to attack?

Finally, this is Keenan Reynolds’ last season in Annapolis. It’s the first time Marquette has played a ranked opponent this season. We can take those teams. The big worry has been his timing and accuracy. He carried just twice in the second quarter for six yards and added 19 yards, including a 16-yard score, in the third to close his afternoon and earn a few well-deserved rest. “I think that that’s been my model and trying to direct our guys toward that”. The receiver has a silly amount of speed and is used on all sorts of sweeps and pitches.

“We do have Tim Bourret, and Tim Bourret is 2-0 lifetime in these games”, Swinney said, acknowledging the Notre Dame graduate and longtime Clemson sports information director.