Ohio State is probably the most winnable of the big 3 games this season
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2023 F+ through week 1
Navy #101 (although F+ is less reliable evaluating Navy due to their unique offense)
Indiana #77
NC state #54
2023 247 Team Talent Ranking:
Indiana #47
Navy: UR
NC state #38
Navy is one of the worst teams in the FBS this year. Indiana is a little worse than NC state but otherwise pretty close.
Navy #101 (although F+ is less reliable evaluating Navy due to their unique offense)
Indiana #77
NC state #54
2023 247 Team Talent Ranking:
Indiana #47
Navy: UR
NC state #38
Navy is one of the worst teams in the FBS this year. Indiana is a little worse than NC state but otherwise pretty close.
F- is the worst at ranking football teams. Their ranking is irrelevant to everyone but you
They both went 4-8 last year and had one common opponent, Cincinnati.
Cincinnati 45, IU 24 (38-10 at halftime)
Cincinnati 20, Navy 10
So at least last year, Navy certainly could've played with Indiana, which wasn't a very good team.
Ohio State returned a lot of guys from last season, including like 80% of their defensive production, the offense is somewhere around 60%. The offense has to replace like 4 starters (3 OL and QB) and the defense replaced a few as well, namely 1 safety, 1 corner (they upgraded), and 2 rotation DL guys. This is one of our more experienced teams in quite awhile, essentially everywhere but the OL and QB.
You guys also recruit top 100 prospects to a 5 to 1 ratio than Notre Dame does not to mention much more utilization of the transfer portal to insure an already profoundly greater roster
The dogged homer takes on this site can be overwhelming sometimes you just got to remember that the University doesn't spend any money to improve the product at Notre Dame but they spend a ton of resources controlling the message and spreading their pro ND propaganda. And none of the local media challenge anything the university says regarding the football program -- no matter how silly and or contradictive -- out of fear of losing their press passes and losing access to the football program.
Notre Dame fans kind of remind me of that movie Gladiator where the barbarians are completely outclassed in the opening war scene yet they don't know any better so they raise their collective axes in ignorance and charge into a sea of incoming arrows only to be annihilated and ran over.
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Duke certainly looked talented the other night but if you guys are more worried about Duke than Clemson you are smoking crack. Clemson will get it figured out. It was one game.
You may be right, but this was not a one time glitch for Clemson. With the loss to Duke, Clemson has now lost four of its last seven. ND pounded Clemson last November, and Tennessee pounded them in the Orange Bowl. The Tigers also lost a squeaker to South Carolina and now to Duke by 3 TD's.
Can Clemson right the ship? Maybe, but the showing against Duke is not an anomaly by recent Clemson standards.
Like I was telling a friend, Clemson picked up right where they left off last year. Mainly with the offensive struggles. Duke did let Clemson hang around despite the turnovers in crucial situations and the two missed FG's. It took Duke a while to put the game out of reach. It's quite possible Duke is undefeated when Notre Dame plays them in a few weeks. Their next three games are vs Lafayette, vs Northwestern, and at UConn.
Clemson has two easy opponents to work through some things before Florida State on the 23rd. Florida State will be a measuring stick game for Clemson. Clemson also has Notre Dame and North Carolina in November. The bonus for them is all three of their big games are at home.
