Clemson Seeks Redemption vs. Syracuse After Last Season

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00:00An angry Dabo Swinney this week has them lined up against Syracuse at home.

00:04A 16.5 point favorite to 17.5, depending on where you're shopping at, a 54.5.

00:10Cade Klubnick and the boys coming into the season, could they win a national championship?

00:13Now we're just looking at them, can they be a 500 team, Joe?

00:15Yeah, it's incredible.

00:17It looks like when they lost four conference games a couple of years ago

00:20and we were answering the questions about Dabo Swinney, did he lose his fastball?

00:25I actually like this game, and maybe I can get you in, and I'll tell you why.

00:28Okay, so they've won six straight Clemson has in the series, right?

00:33Now, Steve Angeli is the passing leader, just like Kyle McCord.

00:37He leads all FBS 1,083 yards.

00:40I said when I looked at this line, 17.5, Clemson has to make a statement, right?

00:45I lean to Clemson with the points, but I really like the over, Donnie,

00:49because we've got to get Cade Klubnick, if they have any shot, to get back.

00:53And Clemson's not dead because they only have one conference loss.

00:56They run the table, win the ACC.

00:58They're going to be exactly where they were last year, potentially an at-large team,

01:02but it starts today.

01:03They struggled against LSU.

01:06They struggled against Troy.

01:08They struggled last week in the loss, and all of a sudden now,

01:11Cade Klubnick, that threw 36 touchdown passes, hasn't stepped up.

01:15I love their total today.

01:17I don't know if they cover.

01:18I lean to Clemson to cover the 16.5,

01:22but I think we blow right through this total with Angeli and Syracuse push and pace.

01:28I think we have points of play.

01:30Clemson changes it up today.

01:31How about this?

01:32How about they don't run down and touch Howard's Rock?

01:34They don't get on the buses and go to the opposite side.

01:36They just come out somber and handle their business.

01:38But again, if they lose this game or keep it close, man,

01:40I would love to be in that press conference again.

01:42They establish, like, why don't you guys win anymore, Joe?

01:45I mean, come on now.

01:45He's getting upset.

01:46But he did bring success to the program, right?

01:49Absolutely.

01:49I mean, two national championships.

01:51The problem is he didn't buy into the current landscape of college football.

01:55It's one thing when you start to see, hey,

01:58other teams in the conference are starting to catch us.

02:00You lose four conference games for the first time since, what,

02:04basically a decade.

02:05And all of a sudden now you don't want to take in transfer talent.

02:09I will say at home, the mystique at home has sort of tarnished.

02:13They have six home losses dating back to 2015.

02:17Three have been over the last year and a half.

02:19That can't happen.

02:21They need to step up.

02:22But that's why I buy into the over tonight.

02:24By the way, it's a long way to go in college football.

02:26Teams can certainly make comebacks, Joe, as we've seen here in the advent of you

02:29can probably lose two games and get back into it.

02:30Now, correct me if I'm wrong.

02:31They play in the ACC, which isn't a great football conference.

02:34But you're not beating a lot of ACC teams right now.

02:37That's the issue.

02:38Oh, we'll run the table.

02:39You haven't even shown the propensity to do that just yet.

02:41We'll find out a lot about the Clemson Tigers in a bounce-back effort.

02:44Are they angry?

02:45Are they running it up where it's like, man, what is Club Nick doing again?

02:48You don't want that.

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