2018 Football Preview – ACC – Tigers
Looking for 2018 Clemson Tigers predictions? The Clemson Tigers once again have National Championship aspirations, and at the very least should be at the head of the pack in vying for a Playoff spot. This team is loaded enough to make a fourth consecutive Playoff run, but they need to remain focused and take it one game at a time.
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2018-18 College Football Preview – Clemson Tigers
Head Coach: Dabo Sweeney
2017 Record: 12-2
Clemson Tigers Odds to win the 2018 FBS Championship: +550
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National Championship or Failure.
2018 Clemson Tigers Predictions: Team Strengths
Defense Upon Defense: Clemson in rolling in on a loaded defense that isn’t missing too many pieces from last year.
The crazy thing is, this defense might just be better than the defense from a year before in which they ranked fourth in the nation in total defense and second in scoring defense.
A defensive line featuring the likes of DT Dexter Lawrence (should be a top-10 pick in the draft), Christian Wilkins, Clelin Ferrel, and Austin Bryant should be one of the most feared defensive lines in the country.
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The linebacking corp did lose a terrific playmaker in Dorian O’Daniel, but they have still retained leading tackler Kendall Joseph to lead the thumpers.
This defense is stacked to the gills and they will be exciting to watch if you are a lover of elite defensive play.
Quarterback Play Shouldn’t Be A Concern: Kelly Bryant did a terrific job for Clemson last year as he manned an offense that averaged 430 yards per game and 33.0 points per game.
Returning as the established starter however has caused highly-touted prospects Hunter Johnson and Zerrick Cooper to jump ship and transfer elsewhere.
There is one quarterback that is sticking around by the name of Trevor Lawrence who has the type of arm that could translate in the pros, but he’ll be a good backup (fingers crossed) for now.
Bryant is a dynamic top-tier quarterback with a full year under his belt and he has the pieces everywhere to perform even better this year.
2018 Clemson Tigers Predictions: Team Weaknesses
Nitpicking: Usually teams that have National Championship aspirations don’t have too many issues, at least glaring issues, and that is the position that the Tigers are in.
All of this is nitpicking, but Clemson needs to produce bigger chunk plays through the air as they ranked 13th overall in the ACC for yards per catch.
Like I said, it is nitpicking as the Tigers ranked 1st overall in the ACC in third down conversions, so there really wasn’t a dire need to air it out a lot.
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They will boast an efficient secondary thanks in part to their elite defensive front, but just remember that they did give up three touchdown passes in three separate games last year.
Clemson Tigers Prediction: 12-0
The bar is yet again set high for this Clemson squad, and deservedly so. They have a top-three defense in the country and have an experienced and dynamic quarterback under center.
The ACC should be their’s for the taking as the only real test will be playing at Florida State in late October.
This team is better than last years team, so it is really win a National Championship or this season will be looked on as a failure.
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2018 Clemson Tigers Football Schedule
- 9/1/18 12:20 PM ET FUR
- 9/8/18 7:00 PM ET @TAM
- 9/15/18 3:30 PM ET GASO
- 9/22/18 TBD @GT
- 9/29/18 TBD SYR
- 10/6/18 TBD @WAKE
- 10/20/18 TBD NCST
- 10/27/18 TBD @FSU
- 11/3/18 TBD LOU
- 11/10/18 TBD @BC
- 11/17/18 TBD DUKE
- 11/24/18 TBD SOCAR
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