Oh, hello there.
Now that the dust has settled from the game and reporters have had time to compile stats, let's take another look at some of the numbers from Saturday's game versus the Warhawks, shall we? We shall.
*Puts on cardigan and house slippers*
Alright, kids, here we are. What do you call this? Yes, it's a passing game! Why, I haven't seen a solid one of these since Charlie Whitehurst's sophomore year, you know, before his head got too big? As I stated in the wrapup, Cullen Harper set a single-game record for TD passes by a QB with 5. La-Mo stuffed the box, as teams have learned to do against us. This time we showed, albeit against a middling team, that we can overcome this ground blockage with an air assault.
Other passing stats of note:
- 9 different receivers caught passes
- 5 different receivers caught touchdown passes
- Freshman tight end Brian Linthicum caught his second TD pass in as many games
- Jacoby Ford caught a 52-yard bomb
- CJ Spiller had 4 catches for 87 yards
In other CJ Spiller news, he reached 1,000 all-purpose yards for his career and set a new record in fewest carries needed to reach that mark with 142. That means, on average, Spiller will gain over 7 yards every time he touches the ball. That, my friends, is what we call "doin' wurk." He bests the previous mark set by Ronald Williams in 1991. Williams needed 185 carries to hit the same mark.
James Davis scored his 28th career rushing touchdown, tying him for 4th place overall tie with Terry Allen for the all-time record.
Tommy Bowden coached his 100th game at Clemson, putting him at a wonderfully mediocre 62-38.
Even our kicking game had some notable feats on Saturday. Junior Jimmy Maners had a 71 yard punt, the longest in Death Valley since Chris Gardocki blasted a 78 yarder against USC in 1990. Starting kicker and soccer phenom Mark Buchholz, winner of DFIG's Ironman Award (A prestigious decree that I just invented) is on a one-man marathon of futbol and football. As the Charleston Post & Courier states: "The Tigers' starting kicker will be in Blacksburg, Va., playing for Clemson's soccer team in a tournament at Virginia Tech. It'll be the end of a three-games-in-three-days extravaganza by Buchholz. Buchholz played 107 minutes in Friday night's 2-1 overtime loss to the Hokies in Blacksburg. The university plane got him back to Clemson at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, and he was scheduled to be whisked back to Blacksburg later Saturday evening." INSANITY. Although I bet Willy Korn could do that, except he wouldn't need a university plane as everyone knows he flies on the wings of eagles.
While a number of notable offensive stats are evident here, the defense did not fare so well. While the dearth of compliments for the D may be attributed to the short turnaround from the FSU game or the abundance of minutes played by 2nd and 3rd stringers, they still gave up 271 yards to a mediocre team.
So that's our full disclosure version of the news and notes from Saturday's game. Let's hope we don't suffer our own private App State against Furman this weekend. Have a great week, campers.
I'm just waiting for the next up and coming sarcastic Clemson blogger to pen the "Willy Korn is God" blog. I am sure, though, that someone is camping on that website for a million dollars.
ReplyDeleteLove the Mr. Rogers take, definitely a keeper
ReplyDelete100 games and a 62-38 record. Do we need any more reasons to fire Bowden?
ReplyDeleteWe need you to post with your name, not as anonymous. Then we can fire Bowden and you can go back to being a douchebag gamecock.
ReplyDeleteYou know, being in the top twenty just gets me going on the "fire Bowden" bandwagon too. Clemson Football has improved leaps and bounds since last year, noticeably. I would still like to fire Bowden though. One more thing, I wish Bowden could actually recruit twenty 5 star players a year. Until that day comes I want to fire Bowden. I also wish Bowden haters had the ability to THINK FOR THEMSELVES, REVIEW THE POSTIVES AND NOT DRONE ON ABOUT THE MINOR SHORTCOMINGS OF A COACH! Anonymous, bring some real facts of why Bowden should be fired and any real Clemson Football fan can counter with two reasons he should stay.
ReplyDeleteNice recap of the action. I was able to watch the game here in Pennsylvania and it was great to see the Tigers roll over the Warhawks. Really the only games that frighten me this season are BC, GA Tech and Wake. Freakin' Wake. Every night I pray this simple, humble prayer:
ReplyDelete"Dear Lord, please let us crush the Demon Deacons this year, see them cower before us and hear the lamentations of their womens. Amen."
Not enough room to list why Tammy should go,but I can see alot of you are ready to say we're better than last year just because we've beaten 1 over rated team and 1 cupcake.I took 1 positive from Saturday and that was Korn.I was not believing the hype until Saturday.I truly believe that when we face a good defense in a tough,on the road,pressure environment,(GT)Harper will be exposed as another Proctor.Korn just exudes confidence,and every part of his game looks better than Harper's.I pray that I'm wrong because I honestly don't care who our QB is as long as we're winning,but after Saturday I'm now a child of the Korn.On another note,once again our genius D coordinator went with the 3 man D line for what seemed to be most of the game,and ULM made us pay dearly.My God,how many times did they run the draw before that idiot went to a 4 man front? As I said many times before-it ain't just Bowden that needs to go-we need to clean house.
ReplyDeleteNot to highjack threads here, but I have to comment on "anonymous at 8:08 pm"'s post. Yes, there ARE problems with the Tigers, but NOT at defense. Vic Koenning is an excellent coach and the Clemson D is the premier unit on the team. Who decided to call another stupid bubble screen pass on 3rd and 2 in the 4th quarter against Florida State and pull James Davis OUT of the game for that play? Why, I believe it was the acolyte of the Apostle Paul himself, the mad scientist Rob Spence. Clemson's defense is only going to get better; the talent and coaching is already in place. Clemson's offense and Bowden's nonchalant attitude about it...that's what scares the blonde brownies out of me.
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