The Clemson football team will be entering Saturdays game coming off huge wins over former top 15 teams; Auburn, Florida State, and Virginia Tech. I think this coming Saturday`s ACC matchup vs Boston College could be a dangerous game for the 8th ranked Tigers. Past history shows that times when Clemson picks up major wins or climbs high into the rankings-they fall apart. In 2003, Clemson was ranked #3 after opening the season 8-0. The very next week after struggling to defeat NC State, Clemson fell at home to Georgia Tech on a game winning touchdown pass from George Godsey with 7 seconds left. The following week the Tigers were defeated by Florida State 54-0.
On my way home yesterday I listened to The Ref radio 960 am "The Five at Five" show. This is a local sports talk show here in Athens. The guys on the show were talking about how Clemson has a good shot at running the table-finishing undefeated. All that sounds great to me but I want to avoid the jinx factor. Clemson has just 2 strong teams left -USC and Georgia Tech. I would love to see the Tigers finish unbeaten but would settle for a conference championship and a BCS bowl game. Its these teams in the next couple of weeks that Clemson will need to watch out for. The teams that the Tigers should defeat are the ones that are the most dangerous.
I`m not getting fully excited yet-dangerous Saturday is in 2 days. I'm just saying......
Prediction: I hope the Tigers roll and keep from repeating their past history of flops.
Tigers by 19 over BC.
UT by 4 over Georgia.
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