That Clemson DL gonna destroy Louisville OL worse than they did Auburn's. Lamar not gonna have a chance
Football isnt as simple as one team has a better OL talent wise so the OL wont be able to perform to snuff. Lamar's OL has gotten shoved around in the past, but they negated pressure against both Clemson and FSU last year because Petrino is one of the GOAT offensive schemers. UL has tons of quick passes and Lamar has an amazingly fast release. For some reason, u consistently break things down to black and white often, but there's more than enough evidence to say Louisville should be able to do as well as the first quarter Auburn had, and the capability to multiply that for several drives afterwards
1. Petrino already busted that defense once
2. Clemson's secondary relied on physical grabby play all game long. Not only did it get one of their CBs hurt (an experienced one I believe), it resulted in several PIs and probably a few more that could've been called.
3. Clemson played a good bit of zone, but as the game ran on, they were doing ALOT of man on some on those 3rd and longs. Those plays where Stidham was chased down running after the pocket are 10+ yard runs with mans out in front of Lamar blocking as he's running on the edge.
4. Clemson looked semi-vulnerable to short-intermediate throws....A few lost to misconnections, but when Stidham could get the ball off, he often found receivers short. If Lamar can build drives off of these it leads me to..
5. The interior of Clemson's DL is its relative weakness. Id say off top of my head 8 or 9 of those sacks were just overloading the tackles, which are Carolina 2015 SB level ass for us currently. But when we ran the ball early in the game, up the middle was working out. There were even plays where KP would go in and had the option to cut it back outside (if he had the second gear of a healthy RB). The point being those QB draws up the middle are a viable option as Clemson is forced to spread out more and defend the glut of 4 WR sets they'll be facing
Its Clemson's to lose but there's more than enough for Petrino to work with in terms of a gameplan. They just gotta go out there and be fearless, and I know Lamar aint scared of shyt