The National Champion from 2016-17 almost lost to Troy and STILL won a national title.

[Bullrush33]

26 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

That wasn't his point.  Clemson struggled against Troy and won 6 games by a TD or less and won the CFP.  We haven't looked good, but we are 2-0.

I also recall Skippy's last year where the firs two games were similar. Then we proceeded to almost every game by a touchdown or less.

[Apis Bull]

4 minutes ago, Bullrush33 said:

I also recall Skippy's last year where the firs two games were similar. Then we proceeded to almost every game by a touchdown or less.

I get what your saying, but again, the point was that the reigning national champs didn't dominate in most of their games.

[NYCbull]

Did they drop the following week in the polls? 

[theman123]

52 minutes ago, NYCbull said:

Did they drop the following week in the polls? 

Yes, from #2 to #5.

[Triple B]

9 hours ago, charsibb said:

You're forgetting that Clemson is P5.

As a G5 team, we lost our natty chance when we didn't even cover the spread at SJSU, much less dominate them from start to finish.

If we were in the ACC or SEC, yes, we would still have a shot. Now, our best hope is a booby prize bowl of peaches

I may be mistaken, but I don't think this thread being started has anything to do with that dream of playoffs ....

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, Bullrush33 said:

I also recall Skippy's last year where the firs two games were similar. Then we proceeded to almost every game by a touchdown or less.

Our losses xCSH's last year were by an average of 13 points ...

[Bullrush33]

52 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Our losses xCSH's last year were by an average of 13 points ...

Sat, Sept 1	vs Chattanooga	W 34-13	1-0 (0-0)
Sat, Sept 8	@ Nevada	W 32-31	2-0 (0-0)
Thu, Sept 13	vs Rutgers	L 23-13	2-1 (0-1)
Sat, Sept 22	@ Ball State	L 31-27	2-2 (0-1)
Sat, Sept 29	vs #4 Florida State	L 30-17	2-3 (0-1)
Sat, Oct 6	@ Temple	L 37-28	2-4 (0-2)
Sat, Oct 20	@ #16 Louisville	L 27-25	2-5 (0-3)
Sat, Oct 27	vs Syracuse	L 37-36	2-6 (0-4)
Sat, Nov 3	vs UConn	W 13-6	3-6 (1-4)
Sat, Nov 17	@ Miami	L 40-9	3-7 (1-4)
Fri, Nov 23	@ Cincinnati	L 27-10	3-8 (1-5)
Sat, Dec 1	vs Pitt     The last three games were outliers because BJ Daniels was out but you get my point. The games were close losses which actually which started trending in the 2011 season.	L 27-3	3-9 (1-6)

[Bullrush33]

TAking out those last three games where BJ did not play we lost by an average of 6.5 points.

[Bulls On Parade]

That Ball State loss was a meltdown day on here I remember. 

[SANJAY]

2011, what a season.

Miracle come back against Nevada to pull out the win.

Losing at Ball state. 

Losing to FSU. Highlight was Matt Floyd getting hit and fumbling and the Noles getting a scoop and score. Todd Fitch later says he didn't realize BJ got dinged and was out of the game on that play.

Blowing a 23-3 halftime lead to the Cuse.

BJ getting hurt against UConn.

Kicking 2 field goals in the 4th quarter in a blowout loss to Miami.