From the EPR Creation Studio, this is the Unconquered podcast, Hot Takes Edition, after the

Clemson beat down for the second year in a row, really, a third year in a row where it really

hasn't been all that competitive. I'm actually recording this in a commercial break in the fourth

quarter because there's really not a whole lot that I want to have to say about this one.

Just a few observations.

Number one, Clemson short up a few holes that they showed against UNC as kind of expected.

But Florida State didn't really do a good job.

I don't think of taking advantage of some of the places where Clemson is not as good as last year,

and Clemson is not as good as last year overall.

I mean, this Clemson team that just beat Florida State like a drum is not nearly as good as last year's

Clemson team, but Florida State is nowhere near their level.

And again, when I handicap games or when I pick games, as a rule, I look up front and I look

at the quarterback position. And Clemson is a lot better than Florida State up front and at the

quarterback position. The rest of the positions really don't matter if you can't win in those two spots. And, you know, Florida State has, in many cases,

better players elsewhere on the field, but it does not matter if you can't win up front.

And Florida State wasn't even competitive up front on the offensive side. And then on the

defensive side, I thought Clemson did a better job

on the Florida State defensive line than, then I expected. And, you know, again, the defensive

line has, has not been as dominant as you would hope. And I thought the defensive line and defense

in general didn't apply some of the stuff that I thought they might after having

seen some of what UNC did.

But I mean, I do understand you have to run your stuff.

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