All year we have heard about Williams, Armstrong, Austin, Pride, etc well they better be fast! Front 4 needs to played possessed on defense and offense line needs to take it personally that no one and I mean no one gives ND, a team with this history a chance! If they have any pride, if they play for the golden dome and if they care for all that have come before them they line up and smack Clemson right in the mouth. Play calling cannot be predictable and they must play four solid quarters.
ND has tons of speed...as much as any school. Check it
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Football.
There is so much more to a successful team than "speed".
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ND likely learned a valuable lesson. Fearing SC’s athletes and forcing a freshman QB to sustain drives was a frustrating experience in the first half. ND needs to go after Clemson.
He burned USC and what makes you think Clemson's secondaty is blazing fast? Not sure about Clemson's LBs but i doubt they are any faster than Michigan.
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2018 combine Barkley ran a 4.4 (second best) and no one accused him of being slow. I think something like 5 rbs tested 4.49 or better at the combine.
They use a combination of the 20 yard shuttle, 60 meter sprint and the 1500. You take the average and divide by pi. The last time they measured Dexter the result was somewhere between flat out fast and fookin' fast.
FWIW, he can also make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
Clemson has to screw up and make mistakes for ND to win. I'm not saying this can't/won't happen. All I am saying is if ND brings it's A game and Clemson brings it's A game, Clemson wins a close one. ND is gonna have to force turnovers and not commit any to win.
That we are a 12’pt dog. Sure hope we bring it and don’t embarrass ourselves. We haven’t seen a team
smashes their Freshman QB to the ground. Not necessarily hurt him, but make him feel 2 things he hasn't felt all season- pressure and fear.
Make him scared about getting hit like that again. Make him panic and make mistakes.
What's that old saying? "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth?"
That needs to happen to them tomorrow and avoid letting it happen to us.
Like he’s never been sacked before.
I’m not sure I believe that Clemson is the better team. They have better individuals, but this ND team is one of the most complete teams I’ve seen in college football in a long time.
I’ve been watching A few Clemson games and what I’ve seen is a team that outmatches many inferior opponents. I’m pretty sure that won’t happen against ND. They haven’t played a complete team like this all year. I think Clemson is in for a big surprise.
I go back and forth on this game about 5 times a day. But most of what I’ve seen tells me that ND should win this game.
The only experts that scare me are the ones in Vegas. I still cannot figure out that line...
ND will need it’s “A” game and hope Clemson blinks once or twice. That record over the last 4 years says a lot and I guess that is why we are 13.5 dogs. I also saw a stat that ND is 0-5 in BCS bowls all with double digit loses, this trend needs to change.
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And 2 of the 4 losses are to Alabama (who is 54-3 the last 4 years). If ND wins this football game, It will be the best football team they have beaten since FSU in '93. Furthermore, it will be the best football team that they have beaten away from ND stadium since Colorado on 1/1/90. No other game comes close. Not saying it can't be done, but it will be the best win for ND in almost 30 years hands down.
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