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MDT:

I'll be the first to admit that your team this year is right up there among a very few others who have a claim to be the "best ever" in CFB.  And--despite my negative opinions about LSU fans--I was rooting for LSU for selfish reasons.  I didn't want to see Clemson getting any closer to OU's 47-game win streak than the 29-straight they were sitting on, and a dominant performance by LSU would provide a tiny glimmer of hope that OU looked very bad at least in part because LSU was very, very good, and not just because OU was really, really bad.

As for the mention of the "cramps"--heh!  That was just for the benefit of our friendly Horns (even though I posted it on the Big Ten board where there was a game thread).  I never cared one way or the other about LSU's cramps in the game with UT.

I'll just say this, though: It's always aggravating when the other team has cramps, and there's always the tendency to suspect said other team of faking them.

Was Clemson faking them last night?  I have no idea.

Again, congratulations!  Your guys were the cream of the crop of this season and rank right up there with the all-time greats.

"Cramping" is a good way to break up a HUNH team when they get the speed rolling. In the LSU/Clemson game, it didn't really come up.

Clemson's preferred defense was a the blitz. They sent players from everywhere and left LSU's receivers with 1 on 1 coverage. Joe Burrow was wrapped too tightly at the beginning, missed some easy throws, and let the pressure affect him. There's no chance to get the HUNH working under those conditions.

Once Burrow got his eggs back in the basket, the 1 on 1 coverage meant that Clemson simply got gashed for huge chunks of yardage at a time. It wasn't a factor of offensive speed causing the defense to misalign or wear down. The receivers were simply burning their coverage for 40 yards at a clip.

Clemson's defense never got off page 1 of the play sheet. LSU racked up yards and points, then went to work on the clock. The HUNH just never showed up.