The events this past weekend are perfect examples of why you can't judge a team by looking at their play against one of those little schools..
The Gamecocks struggled to stop the run last week against LA LA. They ended up letting Lafayette run for 252 yds. Very embarrassing.. This week they do a great job at stopping the run against the 11th ranked team in the nation. UGA wouln't have broke 100 yds rushing if it wouldn't have been for one missed assignment that gave up a huge amount of yards. The Gamecocks ended up allowing 128 total yds rushing against UGA. Then you look at Clemson last week against FSU. They dominated 19th ranked FSU the whole game in every aspect. One of the aspects was rushing defense. They only allowed FSU 114 yds rushing. Then you look at how they faired against ULM this week. The Tigers surrendered a whopping 272 total rushing yds to ULM. Unheard of..
My point is this, you can't judge a team by looking at the stats of one of those pancake teams. Carolina and Clemson both have very speedy, very good defenses. None of us here have really judged our or the other team based off of the little LA games but I hate seeing this premature judgment on message boards, by the publications, and by fans around here(Calhoun Falls, Abbeville, ect.) Just wanted to get that off of my chest.
Talking about FSU, looks like another down year for them. That shouldn't take anything away from Clemson though. I told Brent yesterday that it was good that Clemson played FSU early in the season to take advantage of their 19th ranking. If FSU was overrated or not, it still got Clemson into the top 25.
More to come on the Carolina/UGA game later. Our defense is shaping up to be awesome! Great game for coach Nix!
The Gamecocks struggled to stop the run last week against LA LA. They ended up letting Lafayette run for 252 yds. Very embarrassing.. This week they do a great job at stopping the run against the 11th ranked team in the nation. UGA wouln't have broke 100 yds rushing if it wouldn't have been for one missed assignment that gave up a huge amount of yards. The Gamecocks ended up allowing 128 total yds rushing against UGA. Then you look at Clemson last week against FSU. They dominated 19th ranked FSU the whole game in every aspect. One of the aspects was rushing defense. They only allowed FSU 114 yds rushing. Then you look at how they faired against ULM this week. The Tigers surrendered a whopping 272 total rushing yds to ULM. Unheard of..
My point is this, you can't judge a team by looking at the stats of one of those pancake teams. Carolina and Clemson both have very speedy, very good defenses. None of us here have really judged our or the other team based off of the little LA games but I hate seeing this premature judgment on message boards, by the publications, and by fans around here(Calhoun Falls, Abbeville, ect.) Just wanted to get that off of my chest.
Talking about FSU, looks like another down year for them. That shouldn't take anything away from Clemson though. I told Brent yesterday that it was good that Clemson played FSU early in the season to take advantage of their 19th ranking. If FSU was overrated or not, it still got Clemson into the top 25.
More to come on the Carolina/UGA game later. Our defense is shaping up to be awesome! Great game for coach Nix!
