I got a feeling too, but it isn't a pleasant one.
1) Dumbo Swinney is first and foremost a neanderthal bama bobo honk at heart. That's all he is. For that reason Sammie Watkins (and any other player not currently in jail) will be on the field against Auburn in the opener as he will have handled their discipline "in house." This means he will have introduced Watkins to his own dealer and will have smoked a few with Sammie to show how cool he is. With both Taj Boyd and Watkins on the field and with Andre Ellington carrying the ball, Clemson will score despite the loss of almost the entire OL. I don't think they will score as much because it takes a defense less time to get its shit together than it does an offense. That said, Auburn's offense is a vast unknown. We haven't been able to mash people since 2006, really. Gus scored points because we moved quickly and he wasn't afraid to do anything at any time which confounded opponents. We'll be less sizzle and more meat and potatoes this season. We aren't going to win the 60-44 score fests any more. I'll be surprised if we average over 22 ppg this season, honestly. We need to get to 24 at least to be where we need to be. That said, Clemson's run defense sucked last year and they lost their entire D-Line so there's that. But you add up all the rest and I still see Clemson taking us down 24-20.
2) Denard "Backyard" Robinson is horribly overrated. Alabama will intercept him four or five times and Michigan will get incinerated. Bama will start slow and then ass rape Michigan in the fourth quarter, scoring unnecessary points to boost their rep. When USC fails to nuke Hawaii or Syracuse the Turds will be back at number one with nobody on the schedule capable of knocking them from that perch. The only two remotely possible losses are LSU and us. They'll blister the rest of the creampuffs on that pussy of a schedule.
3) I hate Notre Dame. It's an irrational hate, but hate it is. They will punish Navy unfortunately, vault into the Top Five and then proceed to lose four or five games this season.
4) Vandy is one of those "had a lucky run" teams. I like Franklin and believe that in the right situation he'd be a hell of a coach. He's got the fire. Vandy isn't that situation. Lattimore will run for 427 yards in the opener and SC will do nothing fancy in handing them their ass on a plate.
5) BSU and Michigan State. Really? Like watching two fat old people gum each other. Boise without horse tooth Moore and perpetual dud Michigan State fighting for the right to be 7-5 instead of 6-6. Bleh.
I'm honestly not excited about any of it.
Newflash. Agree with every game's assessment. Spot on.
I do think it is worth mentioning that Clemson had 70 hung on them in their last outing against a decent, but not great West Vagina team. BTW - it kind of went under the radar that their former coach (Bill Stewart 2009-2010) died two days ago of a heart attack.
Thing is too, WVU could have hung three more TD's had they wanted. I watched that game. Clemson has issues on D. Holgerson called off the dogs in the 4th quarter against Dumbo.
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