I hate to see things like this happen, especially in pre-season.
This brings up a good question. in the P&C there was an article about CU returning 3 starters on Defense. If a player starts 2 games is he considered a returning starter? or is there a percentage of starts, or is do they go off the last game?
If this happened in Columbia, the CU boys would be blaming the HBC. Just sayin
Yes these kids work so hard to get ready and then have something like this happen. I will rely on the guys that follow Clemson, much more closely than I do, but the expectations that are being put on this team by the “football experts” sure reminds me a lot of last year for the Gamecocks. Both lost the best pass rushers the programs have every seen and both lost plenty of talent on the defense. I know everyone says they are deep on defense, but until those guys are thrust into an every week starting roll, it is really hard to tell what you have. I will give the nod to the offense and Watson, but offense was not USC’s problem at all last year. I have seen some Clemson guys on here, expecting to lose 2 games or so and that seems more realistic to me, but again I don’t follow that closely.
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Originally posted by Apickett but the expectations that are being put on this team by the "football experts" sure reminds me a lot of last year for the Gamecocks. Both lost the best pass rushers the programs have every seen and both lost plenty of talent on the defense. I know everyone says they are deep on defense, but until those guys are thrust into an every week starting roll, it is really hard to tell what you have.
No, no, no, Andy. Clemson will be in the CFB Playoffs and with the national championship…its right there on paper; get with the times!
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Wiggins is going to redshift this year now, so it’s not really going to be a setback for him. It looks as if Mark Fields will get more playing time as a result. The secondary and linebackers are going to be the strength of this defense this year. He was slated to be a backup anyway, with guys like McKenzie Alexander and Cordrea Tankersly ahead of him on the depth chart. Hopefully he’ll heal up and turn out to be another great player in a very talented secondary next year.
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backup??
It says “Clemson loses starting defender Wiggins”
Wiggins was going to be the starter, backed up by Kearse. His loss hurts no doubt, he really came on at the end of the year. Kearse has a ton of experience though. Clemson rotated a lot of players last year, especially on the two deep an into the 3rd string. Yes, they lost a lot in the starters that moved on but, the guys that are assuming the starting roles all have significant playing time. They weren’t thrown in there for a few plays here and there to give breathers to the starters. Development of the younger players is key to them maintaining this year.
They’ll move some players around as needed. There is a lot of talent in the secondary on that team right now. And yes, if Fields can get up to speed, he’ll be playing corner a good bit this season.
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Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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Yep, sorry about the mix up. He was supposed to be the starting nickle back. He started 6 games last year partly because Travis Blanks tore his ACL.
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Travis Blanks was an all acc freshman and nickel and a higher ceiling than Wiggins but tore his ACL and is finally back. I think it sucks to lose dept but this was not a killer loss…unless Blanks goes down.
Wiggins was running with the first team but folks think that Blanks was probably going to get his spot back (wiggins backed him up their freshman year).
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Originally posted by shevyTravis Blanks was an all acc freshman and nickel and a higher ceiling than Wiggins but tore his ACL and is finally back. I think it sucks to lose dept but this was not a killer loss…unless Blanks goes down.
Wiggins was running with the first team but folks think that Blanks was probably going to get his spot back (wiggins backed him up their freshman year).
Blanks moved over to safety if I’m not mistaken. They’re looking to use Kearse in a more expanded role because of his size, speed and freakish ability. Fields has been impressing a lot at the corner too, just doesn’t have it down like Alexander did at this point.
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Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
Blanks moved to safety is soph year and struggled until he tore his acl. He is now back to nickel where he was a badass his freshman year.
Just read that on TI this morning.
Sorry dude Jaron Kearse is nobody’s back up
Sucks for sure. He’ll be back and playing next year
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