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ACC Power Rankings: Louisville, Clemson Earn Big Wins, NC State and Virginia Heartbreak in Week 3
Louisville couldn’t be stopped in a crucial ACC win against SMU as Lincoln Keinholz was dynamic. Clemson looked like the worst team in the ACC until they flipped a switch and came back against UNC. Virginia disappoints against West Virginia and holy cow what happened to NC State in Nashville? 17. Stanford (Prev 17): A […]
ACC Power Rankings: Louisville, Clemson Earn Big Wins, NC State, Virginia Suffer Heartbreak in Week 3
Louisville couldn’t be stopped in a crucial ACC win against SMU as Lincoln Keinholz was dynamic. Clemson looked like the worst team in the ACC until they flipped a switch and came back against UNC. Virginia disappoints against West Virginia and holy cow what happened to NC State in Nashville? 17. Stanford (Prev 17): A […]
Clemson Tigers vs. UNC Tar Heels: How To Watch, TV, Online Streaming, Live Gamethread
Two weeks in, the football kind of sucks. The Georgia Southern game didn’t play out like we would want, and at some point “potential” if it even exists, has to turn in to performance. The opportunity for Clemson is the entire season can still be a a success. ACC play starts today, and in the […]
Game 3 Preview: Clemson Hosts UNC to Start ACC Play
The Tait Reynolds Era Begins in Earnest Greetings STS readers. Thankfully this is coming off a win, albeit it not a pretty one, last week vs. Georgia Southern. A loss there would have been catastrophic, but there are plenty of questions surrounding this year’s Tigers heading into the ACC opener. This is also family weekend […]
Week 3 Analytics Preview: North Carolina Tar Heels
ACC play arrives at a time when Clemson’s offense has yet to establish much of an identity. The problems that surfaced against LSU and Georgia Southern — difficulty sustaining drives, limited rushing production, terrible third-down efficiency and inconsistent passing efficiency — become harder to overcome as the competition improves. A true freshman quarterback is now […]
Clemson vs North Carolina Q&A with The Daily Tar Heel
Last year a struggling Clemson team found success in Chapel Hill against Bill Belichick’s first Tar Heel team. This year, the Tigers and still struggling and Carolina is 2-0. To help break things down we brought in Beckett Brantley from the Daily Tar Heel to give us some insight on Saturday’s matchup in Death Valley. […]
Week 2 Analytics Review: Georgia Southern
Clemson secured a 22–7 home-opening win over Georgia Southern, but the victory was far from dominant. While the defense turned in a very good performance, holding the Eagles to 266 total yards, a 26% success rate, and an 83% defensive stop rate, the offense struggled through a disjointed evening. Clemson managed only two explosive plays, […]
Clemson Handles Georgia Southern 22-7 as Offense Sits in Neutral
Clemson comfortable handled the Georgia Southern Eagles, but as expected this game did nothing to quell the concerns of fans in something of a no win situation. The Tigers showed there was at least some competent football in Clemson, SC this year, but it is hard to be confident heading into next week’s game against […]
ACC Power Rankings: Georgia Tech 0-2, Boston College Gets Big Win, Clemson Get Ugly Win in Week 2
Five ACC teams played on Thursday or Friday as a generally soft week of scheduling was a necessary smooth landing after a rough week 1 for the ACC. 17. Stanford (Prev 16): The Cardinal were off this week, yet they drop into last as Boston College did something good. 16. Boston College (Prev 17): The […]
ACC Power Rankings: Georgia Tech 0-2, Boston College Gets Big Win, Clemson Get Ugly Win in Week 2
Five ACC teams played on Thursday or Friday as a generally soft week of scheduling was a necessary smooth landing after a rough week 1 for the ACC. 17. Stanford (Prev 16): The Cardinal were off this week, yet they drop into last as Boston College did something good. 16. Boston College (Prev 17): The […]
Clemson Tigers vs. Georgia Southern Eagles: Live Gamethread, Online Streaming, TV Channels
I got nothing here. No hints of optimism, nothing more to say. The only good thing here is that the OL should hopefully figure out how to block something. If they look like traffic cones again then it is going to be a looooong season. Normal rules here are no one gets hurt, starters get […]
Game 2 Preview: Reeling Clemson Hosts Georgia Southern
The Tigers Desperately Look to Right the Ship on Saturday Night Well STS readers, I come to you this week recovering from an extremely sobering experience last Saturday night. I predicted a fight even in a loss, and if it even qualified as a fight, it resembled Drago vs. Apollo in Rocky IV. Probably an […]
Clemson vs Georgia Southern Q&A with Underdog Dynasty
As Clemson looks to rebound against Georgia Southern, we get a better look at Georgia Southern and the state of G6 football with Steve Helwick of SB Nation’s Underdog Dynasty. 1) First, introduce yourself and tell us a little about Underdog Dynasty Underdog Dynasty is SB Nation’s “rest of the FBS” site, where we cover […]
Week 2 Preview: Georgia Southern Eagles
Georgia Southern Preview Georgia Southern enters week 2 against Clemson having opened with a 31–0 win over Charleston Southern. The Eagles were impressive across the board, but we need to put that performance in its proper context. Charleston Southern is an FCS opponent, so the Week 1 numbers are best viewed as an early indication […]
What Will It Take To Fire Dabo
Saturday was bad, probably top 3 worst games under Dabo bad. And after years of talking about improvement and change it is really difficult to see where that is going to happen, at least with Dabo in charge. That leads to the inevitable question of what will it take to fire Dabo. And that discussion […]
ACC Power Rankings: Clemson, Georgia Tech, & Cal Fall, Duke Rises After Week 1
17. Boston College (Prev 17): Two years after trying to turn Thomas Castellanos into a pocket passer, Coach Bill O’Brien actually let Mason McKenzie run. The DII transfer QB had 20 carries for the BC Eagles for 78 yards. Nonetheless, they lost 34-15 to Cincinnati as the Bearcats ran for 254. 16. Stanford (Prev 14): […]
Week 1 Analytics Review: The Bad, The Worse and The Absolutely Terrible
The 51-10 blowout loss to LSU in Baton Rouge wasn’t an anomaly or the result of a few bad breaks — it was a total, down-to-down domination in every facet of the game. The advanced metrics confirm what the scoreboard made obvious: Clemson struggled to create positive plays on offense and failed to disrupt LSU […]
Clemson Gets Throttled By LSU: 51-10
“Best is the Standard” might be a great line, but last night Dabo Swinney showed it is nothing but a line. The only standard the Tigers showed in Baton Rouge was the standard of mediocrity, incompetence, and a return to LSU football from the Tommy Bowden era. This loss was worse than the Orange Bowl, […]
Clemson Tigers vs. LSU Tigers: How To Watch, TV & Streaming, Live Gamethread
Welcome back to another year of Clemson football. At this time last year I think we were all drinking the orange Kool Aid. Everything was in place for a return to what we’ve come to expect from Clemson football. Then we actually saw the football. This year there is optimism! A new* OC! Actual transfers! […]
Clemson Football: Position Group Grades – Offense
Hey, does anyone want to talk about football instead of the finer points of state and federal jurisdictions? I know I do. Coach Swinney has the R.O.Y. bus in stealth mode for tomorrow’s trip to Baton Rouge and didn’t put out a depth chart this week (won’t someone think of the poor sports bloggers!). A […]
Game 1 Preview: Clemson Travels to Take On LSU
Start of the Rebound or Same as it Ever Was? Greetings STS folks! I’m excited to be back with the game previews for this upcoming football season. Obviously 2025 was not a lot of fun, leading to an understandable level of trepidation coming into this season with a game of this magnitude to kick things […]
Clemson vs. LSU: A Week 1 Analytical Preview
Week 1 presents a unique analytical challenge. There is no 2026 game data, both teams have new starting quarterbacks and new offensive coordinators, and LSU has a new head coach. That makes 2025 statistics useful as a baseline, but not necessarily a projection. The first question is how much of last year’s team is actually […]
Clemson Football Recruiting Needs in the Class of 2027: Defense
Earlier this week we took at how the offensive side Clemson’s roster is positioned for the class of 2027 and any portal activity. Below is a deep dive of the defensive side of the ball. It is amazing how much calmer things are when you come into the season with a full class of commits […]
Clemson Football Recruiting Needs in the Class of 2027: Offense
Earlier this summer we took a quick look at how Clemson’s roster is positioned for the 2026 season. But recruiting is a 24/7 effort in college football which means we have to focus on class of 2027. Clemson has historically had their class wrapped up, minus 2-3 commits, heading into the season. That has changed […]
Get the best of Shakin The Southland on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Shakin The Southland. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Tigers. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of […]
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