The saying is, ‘Pride goeth before a fall.“ And today Clemson personified that in their loss to Georgia Tech. The Tigers offense put in what is probably the worst display we’ve ever seen under Dabo Swinney on the way to a 20-6 defeat. The loss mercifully knocks Clemson out of any realistic shot at the ACC Championship game, and with Duke and South Carolina coming up it is hard to see the Tigers winning any more games this year.
Tait Reynolds started the game with such promise. Chad Morris even seemed
like he was going to call the smart game with plenty of runs. And then everything when sideways when Tait Reynolds suffered a non-contact knee injury. He would not return. That meant we started with the Trent Pearman Show. Why? It would be nice if someone asked a real tough question or two of Dabo. Reports are that Vizzina did not practice at all this week, but then Vizzina went in after Pearman proved to be less than effective. In what universe is Vizzina QB#3? Something stinks with this, but I doubt we ever hear about it because holding Dabo accountable is not something that happens around here, even by the press. And let’s not even get into the playcalling on offense.
Of course the defense decided to match the offense with one of their worst performances of the year. Maybe not Miami or LSU bad, but still an uncharacteristically bad showing.
This loss puts Clemson at 2-9 over the last 11 home games. That is inexcusable and embarrassing. Death Valley is a mocking name at this point with the absolute disaster that is this football team at home.
We will see what the news is for Tait Reynolds, but if you fear the worst it is hard to see anything good coming out of the rest of the season.
