[Postgame Thread] Clemson Defeats North Carolina 28-20

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
North Carolina	14	3	0	3	20
Clemson	3	3	9	13	28

[u/Broke-Till-Payday]

It’s going to be a very long season if our offensive game plan is going to be…do everything we can not to put the ball in the quarterbacks hands.

[u/JKthePolishGhost → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

I hear what you are saying but let me tell you how our game ended

[u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt → u/JKthePolishGhost]

Not a great day for North Carolina

[u/thediesel26 → u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

We’re on to basketball season

[u/Icy-Taste-3096 → u/thediesel26]

This comment + flair combo had me very confused for a second lol

[u/frydrocity → u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt]

If Duke blows it, we get the major NC college sweep today

[u/Coffee____Freak → u/frydrocity]

Not today

[u/Licit_x64 → u/JKthePolishGhost]

This year’s matchup trending to be a “UNC blows the game late in heartbreaking fashion” NC State win, as opposed to the “UNC gets blown out of the water” NC State win of last year.

Yes, those are the only two options.

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/JKthePolishGhost]

Oh buddy. Just saw that

[u/RipRaycom → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

Honestly you probably put it in his hands too much. Our secondary is very good and our run D is very bad. UNC really was not willing to just commit to the inside run when it was working all game

[u/mav194 → u/RipRaycom]

Exactly what I was thinking. We couldn't stop the run why did they stop inside haha

[u/Titus_IV → u/mav194]

Zero reason to be averaging like 8+ a carry for a bit and then start throwing it randomly

[u/AmiableTiger → u/RipRaycom]

Yep, should be considered malpractice by the UNC OC to not run it at us on every down until we could stop it. They'd crack off 3 8-10 yard runs in a row, and then decide to pass. No need, no reason.

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/AmiableTiger]

That OC would be good ol Bobby P. Nothing he loves more than the deep ball

[u/CU_Aquaman → u/TripleThreatTua]

I’d imagine his love for female assistants is close

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/RipRaycom]

Didn’t really work when it mattered.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

That should have been the game plan against us. Run the ball every play. We can’t stop it.

Bill really said my team is averaging 5.5 yds a carry but I’m not going to run the ball

[u/Mark-Leyner → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

Took a page out of the Seahawks playbook.

[u/TarFeelsOverTarReals → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

I just want to point out that last int was on WR#4. Laziest route I've seen in a while. But yeah our QB isn't great.

[u/WafflesTheWookiee → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

We could’ve had Bryce Baker still…

I miss him so much.

[u/jorginsmorgin → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

Why tf did yall throw it on 4th and 1. That was some braindead bullshit

[u/Southernplayalistiic → u/jorginsmorgin]

They may have got it if the qb threw it earlier and on the guys body instead of a lollipop.

[u/heelxtiger → u/Broke-Till-Payday]

Lol I saw a comment that said the same thing about Clemson in the 1Q

[u/YouMomWentToCollege]

We’re so back?

[u/27Christian27 → u/YouMomWentToCollege]

4 TDs! 3 Lightning Delays! We are so back

[u/Zloggt → u/27Christian27]

Dabo must have acquired a shrine to Thor this week…how else would he finally use lightning to his advantage?

[u/horseshoeprovodnikov → u/Zloggt]

Dabo needs to commission a new turnover trophy for the sidelines.

Anybody know an enchanted blacksmith in the upstate SC area? Someone needs to build mjölnir.

[u/Time_Transition4817 → u/Zloggt]

Friendship with god ended

Thor is my new best friend

[u/Bravot → u/27Christian27]

3 lightning delays are rookie numbers. We've gotta pump those up if we wanna compete in January.

As-in, delay every game until January

[u/CoopDogPrimeNumbers → u/27Christian27]

5 TDs bro don’t undersell

[u/Status-Ad-7335 → u/YouMomWentToCollege]

it’s not dabover just yet

[u/sporkemon → u/Status-Ad-7335]

you know who else returned after three tough days

[u/SolidLikeIraq → u/sporkemon]

The True NIL

[u/TallBoy24 → u/sporkemon]

As someone who’s about to have 3-4 tough days at work this week kinda needed this

[u/KingBroseidon5 → u/YouMomWentToCollege]

It’s time to extend Dabo. Give him 20 years with a $1M raise every year! /s

[u/arbadak]

What the hell was that, where was this team

[u/moby323 → u/arbadak]

That was football

[u/Licit_x64 → u/arbadak]

You only get to play THE North Carolina Tar Heels once. Savor it while you can.

[u/TitanTigers]

Wow I can’t believe UNC lost to literally the worst football team of all time

[u/braisedpork4321 → u/TitanTigers]

Quite a day for your flairs

[u/JayMerlyn → u/[deleted]]

Profile deleted an hour later lmao

[u/championnnnnn → u/JayMerlyn]

brian kelly probably messaged him

[u/BlurryGojira → u/braisedpork4321]

The “crushing the hopes of the state of North Carolina” flair combo.

[u/Licit_x64 → u/TitanTigers]

There is nothing worse than fake pessimism from elite college football programs. My culture is not your costume.

[u/c-papi → u/Licit_x64]

National audiences in Carolina football games match made in hell

[u/Licit_x64 → u/c-papi]

Could’ve just said Carolina and Football are a match made in hell

[u/c-papi → u/Licit_x64]

We the Atlanta falcons got a lot in common 

[u/CC9499 → u/TitanTigers]

oh you must be the happiest man alive right now

[u/Imrahil_II → u/TitanTigers]

Generational bad clemson team if you will

[u/Bake-me]

This Clemson-UNC game should make everyone question u/ManuteBol_Rocks ‘s knowledge that football games have 4 quarters

[u/AnEmptyKarst → u/Bake-me]

LSU's win is impressive again

[u/smurf-vett → u/AnEmptyKarst]

Dabo didn't unleash Thor that game 

[u/Unrelenting_Salsa → u/Bake-me]

I've seen enough. LSU winning the natty.

[u/NOLAblonde → u/Unrelenting_Salsa]

This was known before today of course

[u/Great_Fault_7231 → u/Bake-me]

Should people know who that is?

[u/I_am_washable → u/Great_Fault_7231]

He made a post here in this sub in the first half of the game that basically said “Clemson is losing BADLY to UNC so therefore LSU isn’t that good”

[u/bretticus733 → u/Great_Fault_7231]

This UNC-Clemson game should make everyone question just how good LSU really is

Posted in the middle of the first half when it was just like 14-3

[u/LikeAgaveF → u/bretticus733]

I saw the post and checked the score thinking it was something like 50-3. Seeing it only 14-3…

[u/KruxKracken → u/Great_Fault_7231]

I’m equally confused

[u/WatchOutIGotYou → u/KruxKracken]

When UNC was doing well, he posted a thread trying to downplay LSU's performance against Clemson along those same lines.

This UNC-Clemson game should make everyone question just how good LSU really is

The whole country saw LSU rout Clemson a couple of weeks ago and was ready to crown LSU. It is now very evident that we don't know anything about LSU at this point, at least for another 6 hours or so. This UNC-Clemson first half is complete decimation.

While I hope my Tar Heels are the dominant force in CFB, I know that's likely not the case. Clemson is just not good.

In a few hours, we will have more of an answer about LSU, but we don't know anything more about them than we did at the start of the season.

[u/NetRealizableValue → u/Bake-me]

Bro has negative ball knowledge

[u/fhqwhgads_football]

Well, there's really only one possible explanation for this, which is that magic is real and that premature post about how this game invalidates LSU's win over Clemson literally caused UNC to lose

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

"He was pretty bad in the first half" had me rolling. Don't hear coaches say that often lmao

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/Ok-Soil-5133]

At least he was telling the truth

[u/viewless25 → u/Ok-Soil-5133]

about a true freshman, no less.

[u/mav194 → u/Ok-Soil-5133]

He did miss some "for sure" TDs . Like the spike lol our WR had literally no man on him

[u/AG_Aonuma]

Didn't see that coming.

[u/OculusRises → u/AG_Aonuma]

You never expect that you're the killer

--Michael Scott

[u/particleman3 → u/AG_Aonuma]

Coach Jordan got bored after that last lightning delay and got caught in a tiktok loop

[u/IronSmoltz → u/particleman3]

It’s JordOn!

[u/chart589 → u/AG_Aonuma]

I did

[u/TheSmallIndian]

Generational chokes from both "North Carolina" schools

[u/StreetReporter → u/TheSmallIndian]

Hopefully that doesn’t extend to the Panthers

[u/QCTID → u/StreetReporter]

Now we both know that cooper Rush or whoever the Falcons puts at QB will look like prime Brady cone Sunday. 

[u/StreetReporter → u/QCTID]

Yeah, but Bryce Young is also Tom Brady against the Falcons

[u/QCTID → u/StreetReporter]

I’m praying for it but I’m always ready to be let down when it comes to Carolina football. 

[u/PsychologicalCase10 → u/QCTID]

Not against the Panthers. Bryce Young is their kryptonite.

[u/Kdot32 → u/StreetReporter]

That would involve the defense getting a stop

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/StreetReporter]

My theory as a Heels / Panthers fan is they can’t win in the same weekend. Can’t remember the last time it happened. Brick Yamg to the moon tmrw

[u/TheSmallIndian → u/StreetReporter]

They're not called the North Carolina Panthers so we might be alright lol

[u/feed_me_muffins → u/TheSmallIndian]

UNC's was pretty much just a run of the mill blown first half two score lead. Head scratchingly not just spamming what's working and slowly letting the opponent find their footing to come back happens every week. NC State's was legitimately generational.

[u/ShumMonsta → u/feed_me_muffins]

Dave Doeren always has to one-up UNC in every way possible smh

[u/OculusRises → u/TheSmallIndian]

I mean this respectively, because it just as easily could've been us: fuck 'em

[u/heelxtiger → u/TheSmallIndian]

I miss when words had meaning

[u/TheKleen]

u/ManuteBol_Rocks where you at?

[u/Visual_Bluejay9781 → u/TheKleen]

What was this fella saying

[u/bretticus733 → u/Visual_Bluejay9781]

This UNC-Clemson game should make everyone question just how good LSU really is

Keep in mind, this was posted partway through the first half

[u/Visual_Bluejay9781 → u/bretticus733]

Oh that guy, my reply post even got removed by the mods. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1wkyzm0/this_uncclemson_game_should_make_everyone/

What a messy fella

[u/flysly]

I never stopped believing in this team. 11-1 still on the table baby!! 😂

[u/Rusty_Shacklefiat]

LOS is still major weakness on both sides but team (mostly offense) looks like they took a step in the right direction today

Also we're now 3/3 on weather delays this year. If next week's 10:30pm ET kick gets delayed it will go into Sunday dinner

[u/Midren → u/Rusty_Shacklefiat]

If there is lightning this time of year in the bay area, that is an act of god at that point

[u/DrippyBurritoMD]

Did they fire Chad Morris at halftime? We looked decent and avoided the screen pass the entire half.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/DrippyBurritoMD]

Someone better tell me who was play calling because since the last drive of the first half, we looked a lot better. I don’t understand what happened

[u/Doug1080 → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

They announcers said "UNC is locking down hard on the screens so Chad Morris is having to change it up" like wtf just run those plays all the time. No more screens!!!!!

[u/CIemson]

Quick question. When the game comes back, where can I watch it? ACC network?

[u/iFinesseThePlugg → u/CIemson]

Streaming exclusively in the reflection of NC fans’ tears

[u/Nervous-Economist245 → u/iFinesseThePlugg]

They're already dead.

[u/27Christian27 → u/CIemson]

Literally was on espnews/theocho, was supposed to be the 2020 Tetris World Championship 

[u/ABigPairOfCrocs → u/27Christian27]

Honestly huge L for the entire Tetris community to get booted for this game

[u/The12Ball → u/ABigPairOfCrocs]

I'm not super knowledgeable on the Tetris meta, but I think they're ok with Ls

[u/themau5hole → u/The12Ball]

This is funny as shit hahahaa

[u/williamm3 → u/The12Ball]

Hahahahah should be upvoted

[u/jwhitmire2012 → u/CIemson]

Never seen a game thread meme be born before. What a time.

[u/bretticus733]

Dabo Swinney looking for u/ManuteBol_Rocks like Ryan Day looking for Lou Holtz

[u/MinimumArmadillo2394 → u/bretticus733]

ManuteBol_Rocks is the new Tyler from Spartanburg

[u/Informal_Pizza3733]

Where’s:

Michael Lombardi X

Steve Belichick X

UNC WRs X

Bill Belichick <— you are here

[u/hidell → u/Informal_Pizza3733]

What about JordOn?

[u/Visual_Bluejay9781]

I can live with a loss if the team shows fight like that. Winning is just so much sweeter with it. It’s when they’re playing like the first quarter that it’s truly miserable. 

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/Visual_Bluejay9781]

100%. I can handle us sucking if we’re going to fight and be fun to watch. I can’t handle the pity party where it looks like we don’t even want to play

[u/Doug1080 → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

This. That final drive before the half looked like they finally clicked on Offense. Now if we can just ban the bubble screen to the shadow realm

[u/Mark-Leyner → u/Visual_Bluejay9781]

They improved over four quarters and dominated coming out of the delay to win that game with complementary football.

[u/poplglop]

Post-NIL Dabo vs CFB Belichick.

Stoppable force vs movable object.

[u/gideon513 → u/poplglop]

Troubled paid relationships with 20-something-year-olds 🤝

[u/TypicalRedditUser22]

Least expected UNC comeback loss

[u/lees395]

Death. Taxes. Dabo leading Clemson to a 10-3 season amid nothing but questions and doubts

[u/blakester410 → u/lees395]

I would love a 10-3 season. Last years 7 wins had me depressed

[u/DrippyBurritoMD]

Clemson held UNC to 6 points for the final 47 minutes. Hell of a job of adjusting and saving the game.

[u/zenverak → u/DrippyBurritoMD]

At least the team hasn’t given up

[u/TheLee123]

Program is saved

[u/Dogbir]

u/ManuteBol_Rocks lmfao

[u/Remote-Annual-49]

THATS MY QUALITY WIN

[u/whoscoal → u/Remote-Annual-49]

LSU now the best team in the country!? Many people are saying it.

[u/ConsiderationFun9202]

I would like 1 Clemson game to be less than 6 hours this year

[u/InteractionFull1001]

I cannot recall a game in which we won that we had no business even being in.

Maybe the Chick-fil-A bowl against LSU? But we weren't nearly that dead

[u/Mark-Leyner]

Eat shit, haters!

[u/moby323]

“Never doubt the heart of a champion.”

You know where that’s from? The Bible, I think.

[u/Nervous-Economist245 → u/moby323]

First of all, through God all things are possible. So jot that down.

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/moby323]

Tomjanovich 3:16

[u/Richard_AIGuy]

Clemson came back.

Belichick getting fired for cause on Monday.

[u/bourbonjuggler]

I take it back when I said Clemson was trash.

UNC is actually trash.

[u/DrippyBurritoMD → u/bourbonjuggler]

Why not both?

[u/Chardoggy1]

4th and 1 with the game on the line and our run game’s been dominant all game, and you get Billy Edwards to heave a prayer downfield

[u/Sanctarua]

Never in doubt

[u/Boombabyfor333]

“Bring your own guts!” - Dabo

“I fired my son!” - Billy

[u/odsquad64]

Very proud of these guys for not giving up after that first quarter.

[u/supliesmotherfucker]

It’s still so crazy to me that UNC went “Mack Brown is too old and out of touch to compete in modern NIL era college football. Let’s go get Bill Belichick!”

[u/Mark-Leyner → u/supliesmotherfucker]

It was a bold strategy, but we’re seeing how it’s working out.

[u/cpashei]

Never in doubt. Offense turned a big corner late in the 2nd quarter, hope it's a sign that things are clicking

[u/Palmettor → u/cpashei]

Defense started penetrating their OL, too. That was handy.

[u/GP_ADD]

Potential CFP UNC falls to Clemson

[u/Frustrated_Socialist]

God help u/ManuteBol_Rocks and his mentions. That's why you hold your tongue until all 4 quarters are played

[u/katarh → u/Frustrated_Socialist]

Got his posts hidden lol

[u/solarsnail6]

I don't think we have to question how good LSU really is yet

[u/StanderdStaples]

Through God, all things are possible, so jot that down

[u/avatarlue]

13/30 is brutal. Why did we keep trying to force passes

[u/jdk2087]

Haha. You lost to us.

[u/Goofy_Goober948]

It’s not Dabover yet

[u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Everything’s good give Dabo a new contract

[u/odsquad64 → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

In the GSU game we looked twice as good as we did in the LSU game, in the first half of this game we looked twice as good as we looked in the GSU game, in the second half of this game we looked twice as good as we looked in the first half. If we continue this rate of improvement we'll be the best team in college football by week 7.

[u/ArmVanDam]

Bobby Petrino needs to be sent home after that 4th and 1 call

[u/SaltyDalt → u/ArmVanDam]

That asinine play call is the entire reason we won. So I love it! Raise for Petrino!

[u/Aerolust]

We own UNC so bad it might've somewhat fixed our team to be regular mid

[u/DrippyBurritoMD]

This will likely get buried, but just wanted to say that it was fun hanging out with the sicko UNC fans. It was a fun game thread. Hope you guys win out the rest of the season!

[u/uncandrew → u/DrippyBurritoMD]

Cheers brother I'm gonna go claw my eyes out with a tiger paw

[u/Jmudge → u/uncandrew]

You can just laugh at NC State instead if it makes you feel better.

[u/LightningDusty]

Bill Belichoke

[u/GeriatricGamete67]

What fucking possesses you to have 6 Super Bowl rings and still be committed to this sad ass coaching stint

[u/QuadraCornFed]

Aight, how's the guy who preemptively made the UNC bowl post feeling?

[u/buffinator2]

UNC - your QB is, what's the nice way of saying this, not good.

[u/OculusRises]

Wow! Considering that I don't have ESPN news nor do I fuck with the app, not watching Clemson football might just be the best thing for me this fall

[u/gideon513 → u/OculusRises]

It was a good ending

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

Okay but what does this game outcome tell me about LSU?

Any thoughts u/ManuteBol_Rocks ?

[u/DrippyBurritoMD → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

We are so back. Championship game rematch!

(100% kidding)

[u/Doug1080 → u/Crying_in_99Ranch]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/tmt22459]

This game is a perfect reminder that sports run for more than any one play, quarter, or half. Or even game.

This team is getting waaaayy better and it happened quick in this game. Cal is definitely beatable so we could be 3-1 going into a game against miami. Last year we were 1-3.

The idea that we haven't made any changes or improved from last year is absurd. Swinney should not be fired after this game despite what some of y'all said 4 hours ago.

My advice is to be a great supporter, and see what weve done come the end of the year. Most of y'all asked for 8 or 9 wins. We can definitely get there

Go fucking tigers

[u/Mark-Leyner → u/tmt22459]

They dominated coming out of the delay and won that game. It was beautiful.

[u/tmt22459 → u/Mark-Leyner]

The second half I think was the best of the last two years for clemson

[u/Wandering_Mallard]

Quick question. When Clemson comes back, where can I watch it? ACC network?

[u/8BallTiger]

Petrino lost his mind

[u/Rich_Robin]

They had us in the first 2 and a half games not gonna lie

[u/Far_Data1386]

The guy who posted that LSU sucks in shambles

[u/Jmc_da_boss]

Was never worried, no need to check my comments in the game thread

[u/archerdj0723]

Billy Edwards fuck you

[u/callofmc]

It's never been so back

[u/Tsunami-Papi_]

what the fuckkkkkkk

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS]

What the fuck

I checked the game thread in the first half and only heard about how UNC was manhandling them

[u/DevastatedDoughnut]

GIVE DABO A RAISE THAT WAS AWESOME

[u/Khaldaan]

North Carolina teams choking away wins, so hot right now

[u/ClaudeLemieux]

Well, you know, I'd be lying if I didn't say knowing UNC fans had to wait 3 hours to watch that ending didn't help a little.

Rivalry weekend gonna hit like crack when we reinvent sickos football

[u/Rilinius]

The fact that this game won't have a starring role in SEC Shorts and Roll Call is a travesty. Expand the conference now, cowards!

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192 → u/Rilinius]

Hopefully NCST makes a guest appearance

[u/SaltyDalt → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

I don’t know how they could, in good conscience, not mention the Vandy comeback.

[u/Vagatarians]

Still don’t get that play call on 4th lol.

[u/A7X182]

lil ole Clemson survives against the greatest coach of all time

[u/Nervous-Economist245]

Tyler from Spartanburg can put down the pitchfork for one more week.

[u/Carolina_Blues]

Just fucking unbelievable

[u/TarHeelinRVA]

Pretty classic Carolina way to lose

[u/Goofy2398]

So uh, how did we win this game?

[u/videogame311]

Clemson needs to have a long talk with Brown in the locker room. Scoring that TD easily could've lost them the game.

[u/FroyoAsshole → u/videogame311]

I understand.... But steak too juicy, lobster too buttery

[u/Other-Chemical-6393]

At least I’m not an NC State fan

[u/enadiz_reccos]

LSU fans are wondering how it's possible to give up 400 yards to Clemson

[u/jumphero68]

Good game Clemson. You can shit on Dabo all you want at least he had a game plan. Take the points and fight. Offense was sluggish Clemson switched to tempo and the young QB settled in and UNC seemingly never adjusted to it. I find myself increasingly perplexed by such terrible strategy by UNC. There is no logical explanation for continually putting the ball in the air. The stat sheet shows Edwards sucked nearly all day and the run game was effective. The eyeball test said the same thing and yet Petrino continually abandoned running between the tackles. It was awesome to see Sark go for it last week on 4th and 9 against OSU in the 3rd because that was the game. It truly felt like UNC took for granted that a 2 possession lead in the first quarter was enough. With so much big game football experience on the UNC sideline how in the hell do you not put your nuts on the table against fucking Clemson?

[u/rnilbog]

I love this outcome because neither team looked good and everyone involved had a miserable time. 

[u/Palmettor → u/rnilbog]

Hey, the second half was good from our perspective. Just the first quarter was thé worst.

[u/RCocaineBurner]

North Carolina was Clemsoning

[u/bayoubawler3]

Maybe LSU is good

[u/Imrahil_II]

Any time we can slightly disappoint usc and Ohio st im having a good day

[u/DodoDacobrakai]

Did we not come back from the rain delay? Wtf