2020 Non-Big Ten Offseason Thread

[ELA]

For not OT, but doesn't fit into one of our Big Ten team threads

Travis Etienne returning shockingly.

Clemson doesn't play many interesting games, but looking at his numbers, and now that he's coming back, he might wind up in the conversation for best running back of all time, considering how running backs are now used.

With a repeat of 2019, he'd finish his career with 5,652 career rushing yards, which would be #8 all time.  But he would also be doing that on 7.8 ypc.  Of the guys ahead of him, the highest is Jonathan Taylor at 6.7, Ricky Williams and DeAngelo Williams are next at 6.2. 

[MikeDeTiger]

That really surprised me.  

I think in general a guy like him should leave, and I really hope he doesn't suffer any injuries that hurt his stock or his career.

That said, I'll never begrudge a kid for wanting to play college ball and finish out his eligibility.  Best of luck to him.  

Clemson will almost certainly be back in the playoffs.  Much of this team returns, a Heisman level QB and RB, and who in the ACC is going to stop them?  

[DevilFroggy]

Good news for my boy Eno Benjamin, one less RB drafted ahead of him.

[iahawk15]

Good news for my boy Eno Benjamin, one less RB drafted ahead of him.

woulda coulda shoulda been *my* boy. 

[MrNubbz]

For not OT, but doesn't fit into one of our Big Ten team threads

Travis Etienne returning shockingly.

Shocking is right,not much left to prove I guess Trevor and him  want one more Trophy

[MichiFan87]

I stumbled across this story recently by accident.

https://www.ktvb.com/article/sports/ncaa/ncaaf/boise-state-football/boise-state-to-the-moutain-west-we-are-weighing-our-options-after-latest-tv-deal-spat/277-dba89b25-635d-49fa-8be2-80f50feb1b1f

I find it hard to believe that Boise State has any significant leverage on this situation. It's not like they have any better options. For comparison, BYU went independent because they knew they could still put their other sports in the WCC (which is a pretty comparable league in most sports) while in football they could still schedule Utah, Utah State, and as many power conference schools as they wanted to play along with some MWC teams and other decent G5 programs, and sure enough, that's what they've done.... Liberty basically did the same thing when they moved their football program up and their other sports from the Big South to Atlantic Sun.

Boise State wouldn't have anywhere to go unless the American Conference were to take them football only (like Navy is) with Connecticut's departure, which may be an option for all I know, but they don't need a 12th team to have a conference championship game any more (much like the Big 12 and SunBelt have them with just 10 teams).... Hypothetically, Boise still might be able to put together a schedule comparable to Liberty, Army, and what Connecticut has set up so far, and better than Massachusetts or New Mexico State do each year, but that's still worse than their average schedule in the MWC and certainly worse than BYU's typical schedule. Regardless, as for basketball and their other sports, the Big West and WAC might be their only options like they have been for Hawaii and where New Mexico State got left behind with a bunch of D1 newbies and rejects from other conferences, and that's certainly a less desirable situation.

[ELA]

Justyn Ross missing the entire 2020 season

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2020/06/02/clemson-football-receiver-justyn-ross-miss-2020-season/3122261001/

[Mdot21]

While we’re on the topic of Clemson, looks like after Clemson football decided to post stuff on it’s social media acct to jump on the PR bandwagon to score brownie points with the Black Lives Matter movement, the “woke” Karens, ANTIFAgs, and hipsters- a bunch of former players responded directly to Clemson’s woke video PR twitter post saying an assistant coach at Clemson called a black player the N Word in practice and Dabo never did a thing about it. The player(s) who were called the N word or the team was never addressed or apologized to, the assistant coach was never reprimanded or fired. Nothing happened. Dabo just pretended like nothing ever happened and went on his merry way. The coach in question issued a half-assed public apology almost 4 years after the fact, and only after former players responded to Clemson’s twitter account and put Clemson on blast.

#WhenTryingToScorePRBrowniePointsBackfires


https://twitter.com/_kinggtutt/status/1267804952451256322?s=20

[Cincydawg]

UNC might have enough to give Clemson a fight IFF they get a number of random breaks (if they play in the CG).

UNC will give up a lot of points though, I suspect.  Where did ELA have them ranked?

[Mdot21]

UNC might have enough to give Clemson a fight IFF they get a number of random breaks (if they play in the CG).

UNC will give up a lot of points though, I suspect.  Where did ELA have them ranked?

Lol. Clemson is going to beat the living shit out of UNC. 

[Cincydawg]

They should, I agree, and they should have a few years back when UNC was trying an off sides to get the ball late to possibly tie too.

[FearlessF]

I wouldn't mind Clemson struggling a bit this season as compared to their norm the past 3 or 4 seasons

[ELA]

UNC might have enough to give Clemson a fight IFF they get a number of random breaks (if they play in the CG).

UNC will give up a lot of points though, I suspect.  Where did ELA have them ranked?

28ish?

They wouldn't play until the ACC title game though

[CWSooner]

Wasn't it just two years ago that UNC scored very late and went for a 2-point conversion rather than for the tie and OT?

Nope.  Last year.  21-20.