Clemson Dominates North Carolina: A Comprehensive Win

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00:00Let's turn our attention to the other matchup in North Carolina.

00:03It was a battle of Dabo and Bill Belichick.

00:06Clemson was a 14-and-a-half-point road favorite against North Carolina.

00:10This game was over, Coach, before it started.

00:13Second quarter, Clemson had a 28-3.

00:17First half lead, they never looked back.

00:20They ended 38-10.

00:22Cade Klovnik and that offense were hitting on all cylinders.

00:25They were able to run the football.

00:27And defensively, they were able to shut down a one-dimensional offense for North Carolina.

00:33Max Johnson did get the start.

00:35Bill Belichick now, I think, has a lot of questions to answer at this point.

00:40You know, when you just think about where the program was, Matt Brown, you can make the argument

00:45it's slightly regressing now under Bill Belichick.

00:50Yeah, I mean, I'm trying to think, did he not understand exactly where they were

00:54or the difference between college and pro?

00:56Or were there mistakes made?

00:58Because he, I mean, who knows more about winning football and turning programs around

01:02and winning championships than Nick Saban and Bill Belichick?

01:06And I don't know, but yet he seems like he was totally unprepared, unready, not ready

01:11for what he faced at North Carolina.

01:13They haven't been bad.

01:14They've been real bad.

01:15And it was awful.

01:17Half the fans left before halftime against Clemson.

01:20So right now, it's just, will they get worse or will they get a little better?

01:25They haven't shown any getting better against teams in the conference.

01:30Clemson, on the other hand, I mean, this is kind of how it goes.

01:33Club Nick had one of those unbelievable four-touchdown nights, everything looking good.

01:39But you know what bothers me?

01:40This is Clemson's problem.

01:42They're up 28-3.

01:44They still don't rush for 100 yards.

01:46I mean, if I was up that high, I would run just for the heck of it so I can prove that

01:50I can run.

01:51They don't feel like they need to get rushing yards even when they can.

01:55And that's a philosophy that I don't understand.

01:59I still believe that to play in a tougher game, you've got to run the football.

02:03And they don't seem concerned if they don't have a good running day because they were really

02:07pleased with the way they played.

02:09They dominated the game.

02:10It was over.

02:10I just know in that situation, and I've been having people complain about my running game,

02:16I was out of tact on some rushing yards.

02:18That's what you expected out of Clemson at the start of the year against games against

02:23LSU and Syracuse, both games that they had lost.

02:27Is this potentially a stepping stone?

02:29If Clemson goes on a little bit of a heater or on a little bit of a roll, can they potentially

02:34get back into a conference championship mix and maybe a dark horse for a college football

02:40playoff?

02:41Well, they've got three losses.

02:44I don't see the ACC getting in with three losses.

02:46I think right now, I was more in tune with, let's get this thing heading back in the right

02:51direction, get a good winning record.

02:53Bowl game, I didn't see them getting back in the playoffs.

02:56Now, that's why I do bring up, hey, get your running game going because you play a tougher

03:01game.

03:01You play against some tougher teams.

03:03You're going to look bad again without being able to run the football.

03:06So I would say whether they do or not, I'm not believing that they can.

03:09I think right now, they just need to keep on course, keep getting themselves up.

03:13If they can win the rest of their football games, that takes them pretty dang close.

03:18But if they do expect getting to playoffs, some of that running game better pick up when

03:22it gets there because they won't win the playoffs if they don't run the football.

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