Well, there’s not much more to say about the Boston trip now so I’ll just dive right in to the FSU prediction.

Let’s see, FSU beat Miami and Troy even though both were nail biters, a win is a win. In the 2nd game they rushed for a season high 45 yards vs. Troy and were held to negative yards vs. Miami.

This bodes well for Clemson having lost 1 or 10134324 key defensive players on defense it seems. FSU, however, has balanced out its lack of a rushing game by shutting down opponents rushing game in return… boasting the nation’s #1 rushing defense that only is allowing 13 yards per game. Granted we are only 2 weeks into the season but on the flip side Clemson is already averaging 167.5 yards per game on the ground… something’s got to give.

Who do you think will show up this week? The in your face, no guts no glory bad-ass stomp your face in Clemson team? Or the let’s play not to lose, don’t take any chances, conservative Clemson team? Well, either way... I'll be there to support the team I love most and I hope you'll be there to join me.

I personally think we have the ability to go down to Tallahassee and put a whooping on them, but I also know we have the same ability to go down there and lay and egg. This might be the year we win at Doak for the first time since ‘89 (a game that I also attended) but it also might be the year we return disappointed and start pointing fingers again complaining of another lackluster start.

I personally think the game will come down the running game. Conservative or not, if we can get 150+ yards on the ground Saturday, we should be able to win the game in convincing fashion, otherwise we could be in for a long evening.

I’m not a betting man, and if I were I would never put money down for or against the Tigers because of how inconsistent we are week to week so that being the case you can almost expect us to do something different. That might be a good thing that might be a bad thing.

What do I think about the game though? Well, mistakes on special teams can’t happen or we’ll lose again. If we don’t get any pressure on Weatherford we’ll lose. If we get the ball 1st and goal from the 3 and have to settle for a FG we’ll lose. If we get a turnover we’ll have to make sure it’s legit and take advantage of every opportunity we get esp if Ron Cherry is in town or we’ll lose.

That’s a whole lot of things we’ve got to do better in order to win and I know this team can get it done but they have to prove it first. I don’t like to pick against Clemson because it never seems to jinx the other team but this time it might not matter. FSU already has a huge win on the road vs. a top 15 team, and that little bit of confidence might be the difference between a win and a loss.


Personally, I think it will be a great show on Saturday night seeing our powerful offense vs. their shutdown defense that will most likely lead to an exciting game for the public; but as it seems with most of these exciting games for us… we tend to fall just a little bit short at the end.

There’ll be no circle the wagons posts this year and even if there were, it wouldn’t mean as much as before. We didn’t just get our asses handed too us by a weak team, we aren’t about to fire Bowden. We are a better team now filled with great athletes at every position. We are a team capable of beating anyone in the country but we just can’t seem to get it done sometimes. With that being said…

Write it down, take a picture, call your momma, eat at Joe’s… The Shoeless Fearless Prediction for this week (and I really hope I’m wrong) is:

Clemson 20 FSU 21

Now let’s recap last weeks games predictions:

I was wrong about the BC game but not by much… I had the final at 31-17… if they hadn’t gotten an early Christmas present from Santa Cherry Claus they probably wouldn’t have scored to tie the game at 24.. and let’s say we break off another big one or just drive down the field slowly and get a late one… what’s the final then? 31-17… anyway-- nobody’s handing out if’s or but’s right now so “Fack it” (in my best Boston accent).

My record this week was just about spot on from week 1 though. I went 24-4 this week and making my overall record 52-8. I should have known not to take SC but whatever that’s a win-win situation either way :-)

Weekly Records:
Week 1: 28-4
Week 2: 24-4

Overall: 52-8 Clemson: 1-1

Let’s take a look at this weekend’s games:

Maryland 17 vs. West Virginia 24
Duke 0 vs. Virginia Tech 38
BYU 21 vs. Boston College 24
Wake Forest 14 vs. Connecticut 17
Cincinnati 10 vs. Ohio St. 45
Iowa St. 10 vs. Iowa 14
Arkansas 7 vs. Vandy 10
UAB 10 vs. Georgia 40
Troy 10 vs. Georgia Tech 24
Temple 10 vs. Minnesota 34
Oklahoma 35 vs. Oregon 31
LSU 14 vs. Auburn 17
W. Michigan 17 vs. Virginia 18
Youngstown St. 14 vs. Penn St. 35
Miami 35 vs. Louisville 38
Michigan 28 vs. Notre Dame 29
Texas Tech 16 vs. TCU 17
Mississippi 10 vs. Kentucky 13
Texas 45 vs. Rice 0
Portland St. 10 vs. California 55
Wofford 3 vs. South Carolina 35
Tulane 17 vs. Miss St 24
Furman 17 vs. North Carolina 20
Nicholls St. 10 vs. La Tech 24
NC State 10 vs. Southern Miss 7
Arizona St. 42 vs Colorado 28
Florida 10 vs. Tennessee 17
Nebraska 28 vs. So Cal 31