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National Championship pre game thread: #3 Clemson @ #1 LSU (ESPN 1/13 7pm)

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I can’t stand the word Natty 

Page one.   I got you, fam.

Why is it the fucking 13th and not the 6th? It’ll be spring semester by then.

Hell if I were CFP I would be rolling that game out this Thursday night to get it done before NFL playoffs start rolling.  I sure as fuck wouldn’t be trying to get attention on the Monday after the divisional rounds.

 

I realize travel is a consideration so have the Semi earlier and bookend the whole bowl season.

 

The 6th after the NFL playoffs have started is bad. The 13th is absurdly bad.

 

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6 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

It's stupid that this game is over two weeks out.

The media need a week to overhype the game 

Why the long face?

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I have to play LSU.

If it’s going to be two weeks out at least schedule it on a Saturday night. I hate the Monday night bullshit.

Long layover for this game,. will be interesting to see if this is the new norm or just a one season calendar quirk. 
Haven’t checked the line but I’d imagine LSU is a 6-8 pt favorite at “home”. If Clemson starts slow again it will be church for them against LSU.

The media need a week to overhype the game 


That’s the thing though. They will barely talk about it on any of the mainline programs. It’s all NFL playoffs all the time one those get going. They have 8 NFL playoff games to cover over two weekends and they talk about that shit non stop.
9 minutes ago, smuggs said:

If it’s going to be two weeks out at least schedule it on a Saturday night. I hate the Monday night bullshit.

NFL playoffs

Either way.....aggie will consider themselves the third best team since they played and last to both in the same season. 

#putitonthewall

27 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Why is it the fucking 13th and not the 6th? It’ll be spring semester by then.

 

27 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Why is it the fucking 13th and not the 6th? It’ll be spring semester by then.

“But an 8 team playoff would cause them to miss school!” 

Michael Divinity is back for LSU. Not sure in what capacity but I think he’s expected to play. 

I will never understand why the national championship game is not on Friday. Let the NFL have their weekend but the Friday before belongs to college.

7 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

I will never understand why the national championship game is not on Friday. Let the NFL have their weekend but the Friday before belongs to college.

I'm guessing because Friday night is a shitty night for ratings.

Long layover for this game,. will be interesting to see if this is the new norm or just a one season calendar quirk. 
Haven’t checked the line but I’d imagine LSU is a 6-8 pt favorite at “home”. If Clemson starts slow again it will be church for them against LSU.


Opened at -4.5 but it’s already moved to -5.5
43 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

The media need a week to overhype the game 

...and espn needs the ad dollars.

Hell if I were CFP I would be rolling that game out this Thursday night to get it done before NFL playoffs start rolling.  I sure as fuck wouldn’t be trying to get attention on the Monday after the divisional rounds.
 
I realize travel is a consideration so have the Semi earlier and bookend the whole bowl season.
 
The 6th after the NFL playoffs have started is bad. The 13th is absurdly bad.
 


I agree with you but kind of glad it’s 2+ weeks in this case as Clemson needs some time to recover from last night’s bloodbath victory. Meanwhile, LSU had a walkover and gets to play a pseudo home game.

It's tough to not pick LSU given what they did to OU. Then I remember it's OU who sucks on defense, only faced one good defense this year that shut them down in the 1st half, and were without a couple of starters on their already terrible defense. Clemson has an excellent chance to pull this off which is funny that we're all making them an underdog given they've won 29 straight games. Yeah, it's in the ACC but it's a pretty impressive feat nevertheless. 

38 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

 


That’s the thing though. They will barely talk about it on any of the mainline programs. It’s all NFL playoffs all the time one those get going. They have 8 NFL playoff games to cover over two weekends and they talk about that shit non stop.

 

I do not listen to any of their crap any more. Listened when I was a lot younger. Older now. I know it all.

20 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

I will never understand why the national championship game is not on Friday. Let the NFL have their weekend but the Friday before belongs to college.

Fridays belong to high schools.

6 minutes ago, mdmost said:

It's tough to not pick LSU given what they did to OU. Then I remember it's OU who sucks on defense, only faced one good defense this year that shut them down in the 1st half, and were without a couple of starters on their already terrible defense. Clemson has an excellent chance to pull this off which is funny that we're all making them an underdog given they've won 29 straight games. Yeah, it's in the ACC but it's a pretty impressive feat nevertheless. 

Clemson likes being the underdog 

17 minutes ago, TeddyBearStallion said:

Congratulations to the Tigers, the 2019 national champs....

They're GRRREEAATTTTT!

 

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the 2 superstar QBs will play to a standstill, but the difference is the running game. Etienne will bust 2 or 3 big runs which LSU's RBs can't match. So I'm seeing a Clemson victory, 30 in a row and since Lawrence returns, might win it next year too.

32 minutes ago, EastTexan said:

Fridays belong to high schools.

Not in January!

I think Ohio state would have caused more problems for LSU than Clemson will. Clemson will have to bring pressure, and time and again Burrow has shown he can beat blitzes. Unless Venables gets Burrow completely confused, I see him throwing for big yards again.  The only team that actually affected Burrow was Auburn and they had probably the best DL in the country. Clemson doesn’t have that this year. I got LSU winning in a high scoring game.

7 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Not in January!

Was being sarcastic. I know this shit.

Think the break between games will be good for Clemson but bad for LSU.  Clemson wins.

31-28 LSU. Clemson will cause the LSU offense some trouble because they have a lot of talent on defense. However, Burrow will get points because Clemson cannot get to the QB without bringing pressure. OTOH, Clemson will get points as well. tOSU has one of the best Ds in the country and they gave up 29 to Clemson. While Clemson will struggle to get that many points against another solid D, LSU will make enough mistakes and Clemson has enough will to make it happen. 31-28 LSU.

Clemson has too many white dudes in the back 7.  They won’t hold up against all those receivers.  

No 1 or 3 seed has ever won this thing....which is pretty crazy given only 4 teams and this is the 6th year.  That ends this season.

LSU is salty. I'm not sure Clemson is cut from the same cloth.

3 minutes ago, RPM said:

LSU is salty. I'm not sure Clemson is cut from the same cloth.

Seems a bit dumb to say a team who is 14-0 and has found a way to win 29 games straight isn't salty.  Do they or any team deserve the 2005 USC pedestal treatment...no it was dumb then and it would be dumb now, but it would have also been dumb to act like USC was something less than salty back then (they sure as fuck were).  LSU may very well win but I don't think it will be due to lack of saltiness on the part of Clemson.

2 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Seems a bit dumb to say a team who is 14-0 and has found a way to win 29 games straight isn't salty.  Do they or any team deserve the 2005 USC pedestal treatment...no it was dumb then and it would be dumb now, but it would have also been dumb to act like USC was something less than salty back then (they sure as fuck were).  LSU may very well win but I don't think it will be due to lack of saltiness on the part of Clemson.

Strength of schedule. The toughest thing Clemson faced before tOs was #12 aTm. 

LSU faced #9 Us, #7 FLA, #9 War Eagle, #3 Saban, #4 Uga, #4 Boomer.

And? Clemson just beat a better team than LSU has played all season.

Also, stop using stupid nicknames. Plus calling us #9 should be a big giant red flag that maybe those teams aren't as tough as their rankings at the time of the games indicate.

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8 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

those teams aren't as tough as their rankings at the time of the games indicate.

But that was their ranking. I'll use stupid nicknames as long as I want. Ok. Cool. Hook 'em.

12 minutes ago, RPM said:

Strength of schedule. The toughest thing Clemson faced before tOs was #12 aTm. 

LSU faced #9 Us, #7 FLA, #9 War Eagle, #3 Saban, #4 Uga, #4 Boomer.

I'm kind of thinking Clempson's SOS explains their slow start against tOSU.  They have had that problem before, usually in the CG, because their semifinal opponent wasn't all that.  They are used to rising to the occasion, even with slow starts.

Strength of schedule. The toughest thing Clemson faced before tOs was #12 aTm. 

LSU faced #9 Us, #7 FLA, #9 War Eagle, #3 Saban, #4 Uga, #4 Boomer.

 

And other than aggy and Mack they also beat pretty much everybody by 30+ points. I don’t care how weak the schedule is routinely skull fucking conference mates who are undoubtably all gunning for you by scores like 45-10, 52-17 repeatedly is in and of itself impressive.

 

Not to mention they’ve now proven that they can take care of themselves when the competition significantly improves.

6 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

 

And other than aggy and Mack they also beat pretty much everybody by 30+ points. I don’t care how weak the schedule is routinely skull fucking conference mates who are undoubtably all gunning for you by scores like 45-10, 52-17 repeatedly is in and of itself impressive.

 

Not to mention they’ve now proven that they can take care of themselves when the competition significantly improves.

It's like Baylor in the rapey era. Run the score up on weaklings and hope you can pull off 2 or if you're lucky 3 wins against equal talent. I hate to say it, but if they were SEC, their record would not be what it is. 

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16 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I'm kind of thinking Clempson's SOS explains their slow start against tOSU.  They have had that problem before, usually in the CG, because their semifinal opponent wasn't all that.  They are used to rising to the occasion, even with slow starts.

Or maybe they just start slow any time they play a good team, which is pretty rare for them given their conference?

 

If they start slow against LSU, they won't be coming back.  And I think that happens.  I'm thinking LSU 38, Clemson 23 or some such.  

Clemson will not go down quietly, but I just don't think they can hang. 38-23 sounds about right.

2 minutes ago, RPM said:

It's like Baylor in the rapey era. Run the score up on weaklings and hope you can pull off 2 or if you're lucky 3 wins against equal talent. I hate to say it, but if they were SEC, their record would not be what it is. 

Uhh they are 29-0 tied for the 12th longest win streak all time...... it's nothing like Baylor

2 hours ago, taybo20 said:

Michael Divinity is back for LSU. Not sure in what capacity but I think he’s expected to play. 

Team chaplain.

1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

Uhh they are 29-0 tied for the 12th longest win streak all time...... it's nothing like Baylor

They are extremely like Baylor. They're just better in the playoffs.

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