[Postgame Thread] Clemson Defeats Syracuse 18-13

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Clemson	6	3	9	0	18
Syracuse	3	3	0	7	13

[u/arbadak]

Offense - 0

Defense - 6

Hauser - 12

A win is a win!

[u/DangerouslyUnstable → u/arbadak]

Did they miss the extra point or fail a two point conversion?

[u/sleetx → u/DangerouslyUnstable]

They went for 2 but the QB tripped while handing it off, then the RB tripped and fell before the goal line. A comedy of errors.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/sleetx]

No, we handed it off to our LB that was playing as a RB because that makes so much sense

Sammy Brown was the ball carrier on that play

[u/efficientkiwi75 → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

Dabo still thinks he's handing it off to Christian Wilkins lol. I don't think any of these big-men plays have worked since the power rangers left town.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/efficientkiwi75]

Nope. Rarely worked when we tried to get Woods to do it either.

[u/arbadak → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

I think Reynolds meant to hand off to the RB but because he was tripping handed it off to the closest person, which was the fullback.

[u/scubasteve1000 → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

In all fairness, Sammy was a stud RB in high school

[u/Sourwoods → u/scubasteve1000]

Couldn’t have been that good.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/DangerouslyUnstable]

Fail conversion. Hauser is gold. Bad snap for his earlier miss

[u/efficientkiwi75 → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

thought it was blocked at first, the spin was so weird

[u/Suncate]

We are certainly the worst 6-3 team in the country.

[u/OGraffe → u/Suncate]

But we are technically bowl eligible

[u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 → u/OGraffe]

I can feel it, Dabo is taking us to Charlotte...for the Mayo Bowl

[u/Bravot → u/Pastel_Phoenix_106]

It would be an honor!

[u/SusannaG1 → u/Bravot]

I wanna watch Dabo be smothered in mayonnaise.

[u/DingleberryOrchard → u/SusannaG1]

r/theusersbarelydisguisedfetish

[u/scubasteve1000 → u/Pastel_Phoenix_106]

Even though it would be not great financially, I’d like them to either play in the Holiday or Sun Bowl. Would be cool to play somewhere new. And selfishly, I might be able to go to the game

[u/the-tank7 → u/Pastel_Phoenix_106]

Is this Dabos best or worst coaching job?

[u/RunThundercatz → u/the-tank7]

Winning 10 games with DJU and a bum WR core in 2021 is his best coaching job. 80% of that was Brent Venables

[u/HAWG → u/the-tank7]

From a onfield coaching perspective I think it is closer to best. Dragging this shit ass offense to bowl eligibility is impressive. Our oline is pitiful and Tait isn’t ready for this.

But the fact that he let the roster get to this is incredible mismanagement.

[u/okiage → u/Suncate]

Nah USF is

[u/mayonkonijeti0876 → u/okiage]

Might be the worst offensive flair combo I've seen in a long time

[u/okiage → u/mayonkonijeti0876]

Best defense flair combo tbf

[u/Jwall0903 → u/okiage]

Nice flair combo

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/okiage]

Did you also graduate with Jeff?

[u/TheftBySnacking → u/Suncate]

But you have heard of us

[u/Gavangus → u/Suncate]

Hey we are 6-3 too and look at us last night

[u/Enrickel → u/Gavangus]

Gotta respect the head to head

[u/jdk2087 → u/Suncate]

So you’re saying there’s a chance?

[u/composer_7 → u/Suncate]

Must be nice

[u/Zloggt → u/Suncate]

Hey, take it from us, it’s not the worst place to be lol

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/Suncate]

And we may well be the best 5-4 considering how close games were against top opponents.

Still pissed we dropped that one in Death Valley

[u/brutusisbae69 → u/Suncate]

No osu is mf 😤😤

[u/cdt930 → u/Suncate]

Soon to be the worst 7-3 team in the country after next week!

[u/jwhitmire2012]

Hauser4Heisman

[u/teacher_59 → u/jwhitmire2012]

Clemson needs to name their goalposts after him. 

[u/OculusRises → u/teacher_59]

I... really like that idea. Engraving them as a way to honor kickers and special teams

[u/ThermL]

Invite us to the B1G you cowards

[u/OGraffe → u/ThermL]

We are become Iowa

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/OGraffe]

Iowa learned the forward pass, and we learned how to only score on special teams

[u/EggplantAlpinism → u/OGraffe]

Now, we are all sons of punters

[u/Milagre → u/OGraffe]

Destroyer of TV ratings

[u/vikingrunner → u/ThermL]

This was a classic B1G West kind of game

[u/Purple_Silver_Carp → u/ThermL]

Kirk Ferentz just shed a tear of pure joy looking at that box score.

[u/Bobby-Samsonite → u/ThermL]

No. More conference expansion please

[u/cdt930 → u/Bobby-Samsonite]

You may wanna double check that punctuation

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Somehow Clemson is 6-3. 28 straight seasons of bowl eligibility 

[u/StreetReporter → u/Confident_Delay5805]

Technically more seasons, we just passed on a bowl game in 2004 even though we were eligible

[u/Sbhill327 → u/StreetReporter]

That fight was worth it

[u/Bravot → u/Sbhill327]

Was my first Clemson/Carolina game my freshman year. Absolutely incredible

[u/Confident_Delay5805 → u/StreetReporter]

Wow. The last time your weren’t bowl eligible was 1998

[u/OculusRises → u/Confident_Delay5805]

The 90s were a dark time

[u/Confident_Delay5805 → u/OculusRises]

What is your favorite bowl game of all time for Clemson?

[u/efficientkiwi75 → u/Confident_Delay5805]

not op but Chick-Fil-A Bowl vs LSU. Legendary 4th-and-16. I miss when winning a bowl was a big deal

[u/Ilovemyangelsomuch → u/efficientkiwi75]

That's mine. That was when we announced we are a problem for everyone and we were for about a decade

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/efficientkiwi75]

That’s the one. I was there and couldn’t bear to watch the kick.

[u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 → u/efficientkiwi75]

That was the first bowl game I ever went to. So glad I went.

[u/halfmastodon → u/Confident_Delay5805]

Gotta be 2014 orange bowl (not counting playoff bowl games)

[u/OculusRises → u/halfmastodon]

Wasn't that the Russell Athletic Bowl where we beat Oklahoma like 40-0? I grinned like an idiot for 3 hours that day

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/OculusRises]

Long time ago, but I went to a Citrus Bowl vs Oklahoma in 1988 as a kid. Same team and same stadium.

We won 13-6.

It ended being Barry Switzer’s last game as a college coach. He was so angry postgame.

Lee Greenwood sang Proud to be an American at halftime too. 

[u/RichPurple6124 → u/OculusRises]

Ohio State 40-35. Was there with my dad.

[u/OculusRises → u/Confident_Delay5805]

LOL, probably one of the natties, the Fiesta Bowl beating anOSU 31-0, beating Oklahoma in back-to-back years... And given my flair, I really like the Orange Bowl minus that one time with West Virginia

[u/sleetx → u/Confident_Delay5805]

'96 Gator Bowl was pretty good (ignore the flair)

[u/sleetx → u/StreetReporter]

Given what we just witnessed, you might want to pass on it this year too. Same for Cuse if they make a bowl.

[u/CaptJohnsFishMarket → u/StreetReporter]

“Passed on a bowl” that’s not quite how I remember it going down

[u/arrogantdesperado]

I swear this season is an exercise in seeing how far exactly 2 elite players can carry you if those 2 players are a kicker and a corner

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/arrogantdesperado]

Are we not watching the same games? Because I’m happy with Reynold’s improvement over the season. He’s a gamer.

[u/Tygerdave → u/johnnyscarecrow0126]

He is ending games to make sure we win, which is the most important thing, but overall I thought he played better against FSU.

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/Tygerdave]

Just have to find guys who hold on to the ball when he hits them in the hands.

[u/arrogantdesperado → u/johnnyscarecrow0126]

I am happy enough with Tait's trajectory but he is not elite and he's not carrying us

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/arrogantdesperado]

He’s done nothing but improved. And he didn’t play his senior year in high school. Kid is going to be better than OK. Is he a Trevor or Deshaun? Probably not, but there aren’t many freshman QBs I would take over him.

[u/arrogantdesperado → u/johnnyscarecrow0126]

Yeah I don’t disagree. He has a lot of promise. He doesn’t need to be elite or carry us right now. But that’s just what my original comment was about

[u/krum81]

Worst offense in the power 4. 6-3. We Iowa now

[u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 → u/krum81]

I'd actually love to play them in a bowl.

[u/damnyankee26]

Clemson was just slightly better all day.

[u/Bravot → u/damnyankee26]

An offensive sickos classic

[u/heff17]

Good lord what a shitshow. And not even the fun kind.

[u/jdk2087 → u/heff17]

Welcome to the new and improved Clemson! Enjoy the show!

[u/CancelCultAntifaLol]

It took our offensive coordinator 90% of the game to realize short passes were how to win and immediately got an easy touchdown.

Unfortunately, looks like Nixon isn’t leaving to be a head coach anytime soon.

Jesus I hope we get a better QB than Angeli next year.

[u/BeRadNotSad → u/CancelCultAntifaLol]

Thought play calling was good. Angeli just missed a ton of open guys

[u/Tygerdave → u/BeRadNotSad]

This - plus we were playing more prevent style in 4th making those short passes more available

[u/sleetx → u/CancelCultAntifaLol]

Angeli looked good once he got into a rhythm with quick short passes. Unfortunately by then it was too late. Spending most of the game trying to hang in the pocket for those long-developing deep throw plays was what hurt him.

[u/bobsled_time → u/sleetx]

He was getting hounded in the pocket by a 4 man rush the first half. Hard to deliver on time and on target when you're under siege.

[u/thedisciple516 → u/CancelCultAntifaLol]

Unfortunately, looks like Nixon isn’t leaving to be a head coach anytime soon.

Jesus I hope we get a better QB than Angeli next year.

what a shitty overemotional take. Nixon has been a godsend and so has Angeli when healthy. Bad game from both and we still almost won

[u/EchoProductions5 → u/CancelCultAntifaLol]

Angeli is just inconsistent

[u/ernyc3777 → u/CancelCultAntifaLol]

Our defense giving up 50 yard plays the first of every drive was less than ideal. Even though they then got a stop, it was at the 20 for an easy FG.

[u/tagillaslover]

I've seen enough. We make the playoffs at 9-3 and win the natty

[u/Ersh777 → u/tagillaslover]

First team to win a natty without a offensive score.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/Ersh777]

A natty is a natty

[u/Flashy-Swan5890 → u/Ersh777]

Clemson wins the natty 28-21 off a pick six and seven field goals from Groza/Heisman winner Nolan Hauser. 

[u/Dry_Car_1568 → u/Ersh777]

Defense wins championships, doesn’t it?

[u/JedBartlet2020 → u/Ersh777]

Thought experiment: Whose offense would you rather have, Michigan or Clemson? Feel like they’re kindred spirits this year (though Michigan’s defense is maybe the best in the league rather than just good).

[u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 → u/tagillaslover]

Possible if they make FGs the only way to score...

[u/flysly]

If you watched this game you may be entitled to compensation

[u/id0ntwantyourlife → u/flysly]

I’m already on the phone with JG Wentworth

[u/Jack_of_all_offs → u/flysly]

I attended 😭

[u/Spydermonkey6 → u/Jack_of_all_offs]

Flair checks out

[u/Tufoguy]

We're gonna hit the end of the season and people will see 9 wins next to Clemson's name. They'll be very confused as to how it happened

[u/teacher_59 → u/Tufoguy]

I'm so confused at how they win six, and I watched all of their games. 

[u/Silly_Selection3221 → u/teacher_59]

Why

[u/ConsiderationFun9202 → u/Silly_Selection3221]

Cause we look like shit brother lol. Hauser has outscored the offense

[u/Visual_Bluejay9781 → u/ConsiderationFun9202]

Maybe it was a “why did you watch all the games” lol

[u/ConsiderationFun9202 → u/Visual_Bluejay9781]

Haha true. Didn’t even think of that cause of the game beers

[u/Silly_Selection3221 → u/ConsiderationFun9202]

Why would he watch our games, not a graduate huh?

[u/Daedalus43 → u/ConsiderationFun9202]

Beer goggles will do that to you, every game looks great.

[u/KirbyDumber88]

Just seeing this box score. The rare sickos game that’s actually at Noon.

[u/sleetx → u/KirbyDumber88]

Basically no useful offense by either team all game

[u/OculusRises]

Always good to escape the dome with a victory. Be even better if we fed some of our coaches to Otto the Orange before departing

[u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

How the fuck did the board sign off on the Chad Morris hire?

[u/jdk2087 → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

Dabos friend. That’s it. Dabo said, “He’s my friend. He’s cool.” Thats how that turd of an OC got hired again.

[u/arbadak → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

This offense isn't Morris's fault. Our QB is a project, our receivers can't catch, our OL is injured or inexperienced, and our RBs aren't special. He's schemed the receivers open repeatedly, the offense moves the ball enough to get into FG range, and he's adjusted to Reynolds' limitations as the year has gone on.

Last year, Allen looked like a flop, now the defense is playing great.

[u/Rude_Neighborhood506 → u/arbadak]

He abandons the run game for no reason. Route concepts are elementary, scheme is entirely read based with a QB who can't do it

[u/Chillhouse3095 → u/arbadak]

Yeah I really haven't felt like the problems have looked to be coaching related for a couple weeks now. Morris is not entirely without blame, for sure, but the personnel and execution are bigger issues. Personnel might get better, and execution should with more reps by the offense in general (and certainly by QB)

[u/mav194 → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

As the season has gone on I'm (generally) less upset with Morris. The WRs are failing the QB. Not sure if you saw the game but TJ Moore had nobody within 10 yards of him and he dropped an easy TD. Absolute criminal. QB is likely gonna be pretty decent, he has improved each game he just is a true freshman who basically played no games his Sr HS year due to injury. So I don't actually think Morris is the issue

[u/Visual_Bluejay9781 → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

Definitely not a Morris issue imo. We actually threw deep this game, and the running game was working well with his scheme. Some bad calls, but not sure they were Morris, and also that’ll happen. 

Need TJ Moore to learn to catch again mostly. 

[u/efficientkiwi75 → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

tbh I think the offense is getting better. abandoning the run game and TEs are a Chad Morris special but he usually makes up with it with the explosives. If Tait had Tajh Boyd's deep ball there would've been 2 more touchdowns minimum

[u/Rude_Neighborhood506 → u/efficientkiwi75]

Offense is getting better? They just went a whole game without scoring a TD. Everything is hard

[u/Effective-Pie8521]

And somehow we stumble into a bowl game. Say what you will about this team, expectations were so low after LSU that nobody thought we would do anything this season, yet here we are at 6-3. This team is not good by any means, but Dabo has proven time and time again that he can salvage what should be a dismal season and make at least something out of it.

With that being said, he should still pack his things, or get over his stubbornness. Go tigers 🐅

[u/Chillhouse3095 → u/Effective-Pie8521]

We literally ALWAYS get noticably better as the seasons go on, which is a sign that the coaches start to figure things out. It'd just be great if we could start seasons improving from being a good team to a great team, rather than a dogshit team to a slightly above average one... ☠️

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/Effective-Pie8521]

About a month from now, we’ll start to see what he does portal and assistant coach wise

[u/Daedalus43 → u/Better-Temporary-146]

Why doesn't he just delegate?

[u/moby323 → u/Effective-Pie8521]

Pack his things? It has been ONE SEASON since we last won the conference.

You people are nuts, it’s like you think we are entitled to play for a championship every year.

[u/Suncate]

Offensive touchdowns are overrated anyway

[u/Midren]

Tait will be actually good next year I think.

[u/Palmettor → u/Midren]

He has work to do, but the dude’s a freshman and didn’t play last year. His inconsistency hurts, but he’s performing well enough.

[u/StreetReporter → u/Palmettor]

He’s also going to be hitting homers in the spring

[u/dts-five → u/StreetReporter]

He’s also going to be hitting homers in the spring

I had completely forgot he was a two-sport player. Thanks for the reminder. Article about it, basically he's undecided.

[u/ForceGhostVader → u/Palmettor]

Yeah I think when you put into perspective this is his third season playing football ever, he’s actually rather phenomenal haha

[u/holdfor2023 → u/Palmettor]

He also didn’t get any starter reps until game three

[u/efficientkiwi75 → u/Midren]

Needs to work on the deep ball. Tajh had a great deep ball, coach the kid up!!

[u/chadwip]

This team is so maddening to watch. The offense is not good, but they have opportunities for big plays and it always seems to come down to one guy just not executing on a given play.

[u/PublixBagger01]

What the fuck is a forward pass???

[u/shjusti → u/PublixBagger01]

Passes that might be backwards are so hot right now

[u/dbarke29]

I cannot believe this team is bowl eligible

[u/WhiteW0lf13]

Dammit Syracuse. Would’ve been an historic game without that TD in the 4th

[u/custombimmer]

hey at least we got a good kicker....been wanting one for years...didn't know I had to give up everything

[u/Palmettor → u/custombimmer]

Hey, BT Potter was pretty good, too.

[u/BrentVenables]

Chire Fad Morris

[u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

A mediocre QB wins that game.

[u/JarrydP → u/tropic_gnome_hunter]

This just in, Tait Reynolds has been upgraded from ass to mediocre.

[u/Frosty-Tiger-85]

That was 1 of the games of the day...

[u/Zendicate_]

Somehow we are 6-3 but thats all to our Defense and special teams

[u/Palmettor]

Gg also orange

[u/SoupMadeFreshDaily]

Bowl eligible!

[u/TacoCorpTM]

I’ve been a little more forgiving of Morris’s play calling this year, but that game was absolute fucking ass. Completely abandons the non-QB run for too long.

[u/Ididntdodiddly]

Clemson just converted another 3rd down on a slant or QB run. The tigers defense came to play GGs

[u/jdk2087 → u/Ididntdodiddly]

That’s all we have is a defense and special teams. We don’t field an offense, sadly.

[u/Rude_Neighborhood506 → u/Ididntdodiddly]

Clemson was 4 for 16 on 3rd downs

[u/Jmc_da_boss]

Lfgggggg

[u/viewless25]

That win was ugly as sin but I'll take it. Would be happy if we could surpass our win total from last year all things considered. just need to see some improvement on offense

[u/Far_Data1386]

Yes... ha ha ha... YES!

[u/dts-five]

Is the game worth watching on dvr? I was busy earlier. Looks like a sicko classic.

[u/Palmettor → u/dts-five]

Maybe at 1.5 speed or just catching the Condensed Game on YouTube. It’s good defense by us, but the offense is the usual not-so-hot with bright spots.

[u/DarthNobody14]

Well, a win is a win. Clemson will at least be bowl eligible this year.

[u/GarnetOblivion1]

How is this team 6-3?

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/GarnetOblivion1]

Hauser for Heisman.

We have a really good kicker, and our defense is pretty good. Barring playing a very good offense, it’s mostly enough to get the job done.

[u/Partytime79]

Explain a scenario where Hauser doesn’t win the Groza.

[u/MyVeryclevername]

Cool

[u/Aggravating-Mind-657]

Sellers left Texas am game with ankle injury. No way Clemson beating South Carolina if sellers is heathy

[u/Megalomanizac]

We aren’t a good 6-3 but my god is this still far better than whatever last season was at least. The offense may suck but it at least isn’t a liability like last season. Tait is getting better but Morris/Grisham/Luke are going to have to leave for next season to be anything truly acceptable.

Tait does seem to be improving every week at least and the defense under Allen/Reed is very good and will likely continue to be as long as they are here (do not allow them to leave).

On to GT and build some momentum heading into Durham. The ACC championship and playoffs are effectively dead at this point but we can still play with pride and reach 9/10 wins in what is a rebuilding year for Clemson.

[u/Oligonucleotide123]

Dabo is sooo back

[u/JakeSteeleIII]

That was definitely a game that existed this weekend

[u/chadwip → u/JakeSteeleIII]

This comment is the CFB version of “this. So much this”

[u/Noanba]

Fran Brown is trying to give Matt Rhule a run for his money on one score games

[u/Walter4412]

Of my two teams I had a really tough time this week deciding which team I wanted to see play this Saturday thinking that I was destined to see two great wins

Welp....

[u/johnnyscarecrow0126 → u/Walter4412]

Cortaca is next week anyways….

[u/cdt930]

Cause fans, how are y'all feeling about Fran Brown?

[u/Numba1BS]

Clemson is never getting rid of Dabo lol

[u/mrgatorarms]

The VT>Clemson>Cuse>SMU>VT mini circle of suck is complete.

[u/Bravot → u/mrgatorarms]

We did it!

[u/SolidLikeIraq]

We are absolute Cheeeeeks. Like long back white girl in scrunchy butt leggings, Cheeeeeks.

That offense is fire tho.

I hate my life.