Clemson week

[twballgame9]

People in my family that can actually watch the ACCN say those guys are actually excellent.

[Corporal Funishment]

Heisman clinching performance by Trevor Lawrence, something on the order of 26-29, 379 and 4 TDs, no INTs and Etienne goes north of 150. Basically a no contest that will expose the myriad of BC weaknesses on both sides of the ball. A life lesson for an overwhelmed team that will only get better going forward.

Boston College gets a "life lesson" from this team, every year.

When I watch the annual rocketshipping to Clemson, I don't find myself thinking that the meaningful difference between the two teams relates to their philosophy on life.

[DomingoOrtiz]

honestly much better qeustions than anything our beatwriters ask (impact of moving zion to T from G, etc.)

First time listening, they are great and More knowledgeable about BC football than the guys at the Globe & Herald.

[claver2010]

they do a really good job and it's a nice alternative in the morning. jerry goes on there a bunch too

[hansen]

[MF73-Eleazar]

Hafley on EEI, also mentions Zay and him being just "a jet sweep guy"

https://twitter.com/OMFonWEEI/status/13 ... 0831053825

[claver2010]

have yet to check the clemson board but....

@RubbingTheRock
Hearing that Trevor Lawrence is out for Saturday's game vs BC.

[HJS]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeGarafolo ... 3139278851
Tested positive

[claver2010]

there's more smoke;

@MikeGarafolo
#Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell me and @RapSheet The No. 1-ranked Tigers are slated to face #BostonCollege Saturday.

8:22 PM · Oct 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

the line mysteriously dropped 4 points a couple of hours ago

[Onyx Blackman]

If Lawrence has it, other players certainly have it too. It's way too dangerous to play. We should refuse to travel and demand a Clemson forfeit.

[ATLeagle]

Lawrence has the rona. This is now a winnable game.

[BC923]

I saw a little of that freshman they have and he’s really talented, maybe even more physical ability that Lawrence, but I’m not sure he’ll be ready to be the starter on such short notice. Game just got a little easier

[eepstein0]

If Lawrence has it, other players certainly have it too. It's way too dangerous to play. We should refuse to travel and demand a Clemson forfeit.

In all seriousness, I wouldn’t want any part of playing this game if I were BC. If Lawrence has it you can be assured a bunch of other guys have it.

[HJS]

There third string QB is good enough to autopilot them to a win. But, guess who they have next week?

[HJS]

There third string QB is good enough to autopilot them to a win. But, guess who they have next week?

[Onyx Blackman]

I'm worried that this year's life lesson will be of lesser quality than life lessons past.

[Dick Rosenthal]

There third string QB is good enough to autopilot them to a win. But, guess who they have next week?

He isn’t coming back until after Notre Dame. This gives Notre Dame a fighting chance and let’s assume Notre Dame beats 3rd string QB on a blustery night in South Bend. Notre Dame goes undefeated the rest of the way and then gets beat by Trevor Lawrence and real Clemson in the ACC Championship game. Now assume Ohio State freight trains Michigan again. The Big 12 is already in shambles and the less said about the PAC-12, the better. Also, there is a better than 50% chance that everyone not named Alabama is going to have two losses in the SEC. You then get a Final 4 of Notre Dame, Clemson, Alabama and Ohio State—ratings gold and an extra payout for the ACC. Win. Win. Win.

If Ettiene gets a bit dinged up against us and is limited for November 7, you know the fix is in.

[twballgame9]

[claver2010]

@Matt_Fortuna
Source to @TheAthleticCFB: Trevor Lawrence's positive COVID-19 test was yesterday, presenting an intriguing scenario for Nov. 7: If everything goes smoothly between now and then, could Lawrence fly separately to Notre Dame on the day of the game?

there's been no clarity on this and given the government is making it up as we go along i assume the acc is

[Dick Rosenthal]

SEC Twitter is blowing up about a conspiracy by the ACC to get two teams into the CFP. I was speaking tongue in cheek, but Feinbaum Nation thinks the conspiracy to get ND past Clemson in South Bend is real. I can’t wait for SEC Shorts to do a video about it.

[HJS]

@Matt_Fortuna
Source to @TheAthleticCFB: Trevor Lawrence's positive COVID-19 test was yesterday, presenting an intriguing scenario for Nov. 7: If everything goes smoothly between now and then, could Lawrence fly separately to Notre Dame on the day of the game?

there's been no clarity on this and given the government is making it up as we go along i assume the acc is

ACC requires players with positive tests to quarantine for 10 days but then can resume after a negative test. In contrast, the Big10 requires 21 days of quarantine.

[claver2010]

is day 1 weds or thurs is the question

[Bryn Mawr Eagle]

Tomorrow is huge - I assume more tests results are coming.

[Corporal Funishment]

I'm worried that this year's life lesson will be of lesser quality than life lessons past.

But on a positive note, being deprived of a high quality life lesson this year will set us up nicely for a REALLY good life lesson in 2021!

[innocentbystander]

there's more smoke;

@MikeGarafolo
#Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell me and @RapSheet The No. 1-ranked Tigers are slated to face #BostonCollege Saturday.

8:22 PM · Oct 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

the line mysteriously dropped 4 points a couple of hours ago

If true, it will drop considerably more than that tomorrow.

This is a game changer. I want BC to win, but not like this. I feel sorry for the kid.

[eagletx]

Not that I follow such things, but the spread on the ND-GT game is less than Clemson-BC? Respect for Clemson or disrespect for ND?

[DomingoOrtiz]

SEC Twitter is blowing up about a conspiracy by the ACC to get two teams into the CFP. I was speaking tongue in cheek, but Feinbaum Nation thinks the conspiracy to get ND past Clemson in South Bend is real. I can’t wait for SEC Shorts to do a video about it.

Speaking of which, why was ND able to postpone their game when they had a bunch of guys out with the wu-flu?

[Corporal Funishment]

there's more smoke;

@MikeGarafolo
#Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19, sources tell me and @RapSheet The No. 1-ranked Tigers are slated to face #BostonCollege Saturday.

8:22 PM · Oct 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

the line mysteriously dropped 4 points a couple of hours ago

If true, it will drop considerably more than that tomorrow.

This is a game changer. I want BC to win, but not like this. I feel sorry for the kid.

He'll be 100% fine and he'll be back the second the rules allow. Just like every other college football player who tested positive.

[Dick Rosenthal]

Not that I follow such things, but the spread on the ND-GT game is less than Clemson-BC? Respect for Clemson or disrespect for ND?

Little of Column A and a little of Column B. I think bettors are justifiably wary of Notre Dame. The Notre Dame that showed up against Pitt is a legitimate playoff team—not good enough to beat OSU, Clemson or Alabama, but with a good enough defense to keep the loss respectable barring injuries—and better or as good as any of the other also rans. The Notre Dame that showed up against Louisville, Duke or Florida State will still beat Georgia Tech comfortably, but might not cover a big spread.

Notre Dame is a text book on how critical QB play is to the modern game. You really can’t get away with a game manager anymore like Alabama did at the beginning of the current dynastic run. Notre Dame’s defense is legit. There are 4 projected 1st rounders on the defense and a bunch of 2nd and 3rd round picks. Their defense is actually much better than Alabama’s current iteration and on a level with Clemson’s and Ohio States. Their O-line is the best they have had during Kelly’s tenure, currently 4 of their 5 starters are projected as 1st or 2nd round picks and all eight OL in their rotation are projected to get drafted, which is insane. They have 2 TEs who are projected as 1st round picks (Mike Florio has stated that their true freshman TE, Mike Mayer, looks like the most complete TE he has seen at the college level). The gaping hole that they have, and what keeps them from having a chance to play with the Big 3 is that Book is a middling 3 star recruit who plays to that level. Book is further exposed by a lack of experience at WR (there is talent there as well, but it is really, really young) and there is no Chase Claypool or Miles Boykin (both guys who took a couple of years to develop) to bail out Book’s shitty assortment of floaters, wobbling ducks and 50/50 balls (that are really 20/80 balls for receivers who aren’t beasts like Claypool and Boykin). Duke schemed well—they forced everything through Book and as such were able to keep it close until ND’s O-line wore them out in the 2nd half. Florida State did so as well—luring Book into some bad turnovers that lead to immediate scores before ND’s O-line ground them into dust. Louisville was the most interesting. It was a real windy day, which meant Book’s pea shooter arm was particularly ineffective. So Louisville stacked the box and made it as hard to run as they possibly could. What was more interesting was Notre Dame’s reaction—they just ran the ball and the clock. They correctly judged that Louisville was good for 7 points top and decided to play a clock burning service academy type game. ND ended up with 7 total possessions (scored on 3 of them) and Louisville had 6 total possessions (scored on one of them). The one time they let Book off his leash, he threw a pick in the end zone.

Anyway, if ND decides to go to ground because of Book’s numerous liabilities and shortcomings, they may not cover because they know their defense can strangle GT and why risk having Book hand GT a couple of easy scores, as he did against Florida State. With that said, given how we ran all over GT, I would expect Notre Dame to gash them for 300+ yards rushing with Book doing nothing but dinking and dunking to his RBs out of the backfield or his TEs.

[BC923]

Agree with Dick that winning a national championship these days turns on QB play. Ian Book doesn’t have the tools to do it, and their WRs aren’t at the level of the top contenders either. If that QB at BYU had been born in Chicago and baptized Catholic, we’d be talking about ND as a legit threat to win it all, but Ian Book can’t get them there, especially with a somewhat weaker crop of weapons than they’ve had in the past few years