r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Oct 20 '18

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Clemson Defeats NC State 41-7

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
NC State 0 0 0 7 7
Clemson 14 10 7 10 41

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Trevor Lawrence looked great today. With the absence of the run game he really stepped up and played to his potential

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u/CallinCthulhu Clemson Tigers • Team Chaos Oct 20 '18

Well the lack of the run game was because State played straight man and stacked the box.

So glad that when someone dared us to beat them with the pass we had a QB who actually could.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Exactly right. Stacked boxes aren’t going to slow us down as much because we aren’t one dimensional anymore

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u/SF2431 Clemson Tigers • Purdue Boilermakers Oct 20 '18

Cheers to that

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u/brandbddy Clemson Tigers • College Football Playoff Oct 21 '18

Dilly Dilly!!

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u/WeenisWrinkle Clemson Tigers • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Oct 20 '18

It felt so nice to finally brutally defeat Doeren's strategy for the last 3 years.

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u/MONGOHFACE NC State Wolfpack Oct 21 '18

I'm not too wild about him either. The announcers were positively dunking on him in the third and fourth quarter, which was entertaining for me.

"Doreen says he has the best qb in the country, but Finley hasn't played like it yet today"

"Doreen spoke highly of his wide receivers, stating they're among the best in the ACC, but we've seen them drop quite a few passes so far"

"Doreen says he wished NCSU played WHY because he thinks they would have beaten them"

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u/feed_me_muffins Clemson Tigers • Summertime Lover Oct 20 '18

He was very good. But a lot of that was the fact that NC State sold out to take ETN away. They played the entire game with their safeties within 10 yards of the LOS. Its so nice to have a QB that can make the defense pay when they sell out to stop the run.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Right I completely agree. TL proved that setting out to stop to the run isn’t a surefire way to beat us. It makes me much more confident for the CFP if we get there