![]() ![]() Mickens jumped in front of Gadsen to intercept the pass and clinch the victory for Clemson. Quarterback Garrett Shrader attempted to throw a pass to Oronde Gadsen II, but he was surrounded by three Clemson defenders. Syracuse had the chance to walk out of Memorial Stadium with a win by scoring a touchdown in their final drive of the game. That helped extend the drive, ending with Phil Mafah running for a one-yard touchdown, cutting their deficit to 21-16.Īfter forcing a three-and-out for the Orange, the Tigers took a 24-21 lead after a 50-yard touchdown run by Will Shipley. However, Clemson was given the first down after a Syracuse defensive lineman Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff was assessed a personal foul for hitting Klubnik late after stepping out of bounds. On the very first drive with Klubnik, trailing 21-10, the team faced a third-and-25, where the freshman ran for 10 yards. The third, being an interception in the third quarter, caused Swinney to send Uiagalelei to the bench and to throw Klubnik on the field. Uiagalelei had a rough start, as he turned the football over a total of three times in the game. Tennessee has the best odds of SEC East teams at 22/1.Sean McDonough: "Sean Tucker out of the witness protection program for the first down."Ĭalling it saltily like the Syracuse alum he is. The favorite, of course, is Alabama, the program where Smart came from which is 7/1. That's the same as SEC East champion Florida and Houston, Iowa, Michigan State, TCU and Southern California. Georgia is listed as 33/1 odds to win the national title next season, according to Bovada.lv. That alone could make the Dawgs a contender in the SEC East." Kirby Smart gets tailback Nick Chubb back. ![]() 22 in his "way-too-early" power rankings, saying that "there are worse ways to go into your first season as a coach. "It helps to have a quarterback, Brad Kaaya, who rivals Deshaun Watson for the title of the ACC's best." He does have Richt's Miami team though at No. USA Today didn't put Georgia in Paul Myerburg's top 25. "Georgia's schedule isn't especially taxing with only four true road games, including an early trip to Ole Miss." 's "way-too-early top 25" by Mark Schlabach slots Georgia at No. "The Dawgs' season largely hinges on how quickly incoming freshman QB Jacob Eason is ready to take the reins of coordinator Jim Chaney's offense." 's Stewart Mandel made his "extremely early stab" at a top 25. 8 in Sports Illustrated's "very early top 10." Andy Staples writes that Smart "walks into a program stocked with talent after nine years at Bama he should know how to unleash it." Here's a rundown of some projections already: "The only way that we're going to be successful is completely buying into his system, not what we're used to and what we're comfortable with," tight end Jeb Blazevich said. The Bulldogs under Smart will be expected to contend for the SEC East title and most are listing them as a top 25 team for 2016. Southern California at 8-6 removed the interim tag from Clay Helton and Miami at 8-5 now has former Bulldogs coach Mark Richt at the helm. Smart takes over a Georgia program that went 10-3. The bar is higher at Georgia, which is why Kirby Smart now has the job.Įvery other power conference team that won at least 9 games stayed the course with their head coach after last season. Some have more to do than others after rolling up their sleeves like the 18 taking over FBS programs coming off losing seasons. There is always plenty of work to do for any first-year college football head coach. ![]()
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