Horowitz Update

After studying film, I am less enamored with this Notre Dame team. Under
normal conditions at
home, Clemson should win. The pouring rain and wind will neutralize Clemson's
greatest
advantage (Watson vs the ND secondary), but I can't blame weather to change
the outcome -it should result in less points for both teams. Due to my faith in the Clemson
defense and
concerns with the Clemson offense, I predict a lower-scoring game than most:
Clemson 24, ND 20.

Alex Craft, 10/1/15

Excellent call, Spot on. 3 points
"Clemson will beat ND. (Same would have been true even if Zaire were
healthy.)"
"I dare say, Clemson would have beat UVA pretty handily, and Notre Dame was
damned
lucky to have escaped with a W."

by RazzMcTazz on Sep 13, 2015 | 5:11

Sound logic there. 2 points.

I'm going really bold for my next prediction

Watson completes a pass more than 20 yards downfield against GT

Studying in Dawg country but trying to spread Clemson cheer

by UGATiger on Oct 5, 2015 | 12:47 AM reply rec flag actions

Correct. Deep balls were back this week. Not a strong enough prediction for points
here. 0 points.
Kraken MTD: Clemson wins by 20+. Spread right now is at 7.5 good guys. Some
people might
be saying, "Argonaut, thats an easy prediction." Not so fast my friends! I predict
I end up being a
contrarian due to most people on this site, like Razz and Ihate, saying this will be
a close game
despite GT not looking so good so far due to the logically correct assumption of
their scheme
making it closer than it should be. I say no and the Clemson offense finally works
out its
frustrations and drops 40 on GT!
by The Argonaut on Oct 5, 2015 | 2:47 AM up reply rec flag actions
Incorrect. We won by 19 but we did drop the 40 points. Push. 0 points.

Yo Kraken, MTD
Gallman runs for at least 120 vs GT, Justin Thomas has under 50% completion,
MacKensie Alexander
will have his first INT, and R2M3 scores a TD.
Probably submitted this to the wrong thread and now I look foolish.
by Emperor_of_Orange on Oct 5, 2015 | 12:58 AM reply rec flag actions
Incorrect, Gallman got 115. Correct, Thomas was below 50%. Incorrect, Alexander
did not get a pick. -1 point overall.

Clemson beats GT 28-10

Well finally work out some offensive kinks and get a few drives going for 3 tds
only to sit on the
ball in the second half. Well get a fumble-six or pick-six as well. Fortunately the
defense and
Venables have figured out the TO. MTD
Deshaun Watson: the first one-legged man to win a butt-kicking contest.
by mdlusk on Oct 5, 2015 | 7:44 AM reply rec flag actions
Incorrect on the score and not close enough for a push. Incorrect on the
defensive TD. -2 points.

I'm going for

Clemson wins 27-17 but were frustrated the whole time. Also, Watson runs his
patented QB
stutter draw no less than 3 times. We will also complete one long pass in the first
half that will
lead to TD. Well be happy. Think that Scelliot has his shit together . .. and watch
us bleed clock.
Ugh.
Kracken MTD.

by Lawtonfunk on Oct 5, 2015 | 8:07 AM up reply rec flag actions

Incorrect on the score and not close enough for a push. Watson ran a keeper at
least 3 times. Push.

MTD
Clemson gets at least 4 sacks and 6 tackles for loss against GA Tech.
Clemson rushes over 225 yards
Clemson has a receiver with over 100 yards receiving
GA Tech is held to 160 yards rushing or less
GA Tech is held to 150 yards passing or less
The Clemson Defenses strength is stopping the run (#1 in Rushing S&P+) while
GA Tech is
decent at it (#34 in Rushing S&P+). GA Tech is efficient but not explosive.
Clemson DTs win the
battle in the trenches, blow up the plays and disrupt their timing. They will resort
to attacking the
middle of the field by passing to their running backs, trying to take advantage of
over aggressive
LBs and mismatched Nickles. Fortunately they dont have a TE who is much of a
receiving threat.
Mack, of course, shuts down whoever he plays against (30 yards or less) and
Tankersley holds up
well.
by redduppen on Oct 5, 2015 | 9:50 AM reply rec flag actions
2 sacks and 11 TFLs. Incorrect, 201 yards rushing. No WR over 100 yds. Correct, GT
was under 160 yards rushing. Incorrect, GT was over 150 passing. -2 points overall.

MTD Kraken

BJ Goodson forces a fumble against GT and Clemson recovers

Clemson goes on to win by 3 touchdowns
Justin Thomas throws at least 1 pick in the 4th quarter, as GT has to pass to try
to come back

by damedsz on Oct 5, 2015 | 11:11 AM reply rec flag actions

No Goodson fumble. CU wins by less than 3 TDs. JT did not throw a pick in the 4Q. -3
points.

MTD Kraken
Clemson gets revenge for last season and wins over GT by at least 14
Gallman breaks the 150 yard mark rushing vs GT
Defense holds GT under 275 yards of offense
by Tiger Diesel on Oct 5, 2015 | 1:42 PM reply rec flag actions
Correct, won by over 14. Gallman gets 115. 230 yards of total offense, correct. Very
good. 2 points.

Oh god here I go again...

Clemson has 10+ TFL v. GT
DW4 goes for 270+ through the air with 3TDs and 40+ on the ground with a TD
Tay Scott scores on a pop pass jet sweep
Defense holds GT to under 260 yards of offense.
by Clemson Caniac on Oct 5, 2015 | 7:02 PM reply rec (1) flag actions
11 TFLs, yes. 265/16 for DW4, so nope. No pop pass TD. Yes sir, GT gets held to 230
yards. 1 point.

Kraken, MTD

Time to crawl out of the cellar in the Horowitz rankings (or create a new
definition of the term
trying):
1) DW throws at least 2 downfield TD passes where the ball travels 15+ yards
before its caught
against the bees.
2) Mac gets the first pick of his career OR holds his man to 0 targets/attempts all
game.
3) Paul Johnson smirks (happily) on camera no more than 3 times during the
games broadcast.
by NoVATiger13 on Oct 8, 2015 | 1:26 PM reply rec flag actions
1 went that far, 1 didnt. Push. Incorrect, Mac was targeted and got a PBU. I dont
judge smirks. -1 point

The Aflac trivia question will be about John

Heisman
by Dusky_Tiger on Oct 8, 2015 | 3:13 PM reply rec (6) flag actions
Good call and excellent job being first with that. 3 points.

MTD
1) Clemson beats GT by 10 or more.
2) Watson has over 400 yards of total offense. He looks better this game finally.
3) Baylor covers the spread of 45 against Kansas and has around 700 yards or
more of offense.
4) TCU easily covers spread of 9
against K-state
5) northwestern, a 10 point dog to Michigan, gets the upset.
by Mr_C on Oct 10, 2015 | 8:03 AM reply rec flag actions
1 is correct. 2. Incorrect but did look better. 3.correct. 4.Incorrect, tough win. 5.
Incorrect, Michigan wins easily. -2 points.

Kraken MTD
Give me:
NCSU +2.5 Incorrect
Clemson -7 Correct
UMD +33 Correct

WF +7.5 Correct
Ark +16.5 Correct
Wyo +23.5 Correct

ECU +8.5 Correct

Utah -7.5 Incorrect

WSU +17 Correct

Over 69 WKU/MTSU Correct

WKU -8 Correct
Tulsa -9.5 Correct

Miz +4 Incorrect
BSU -15.5 Correct
ND -14 Correct
by ufTiger on Oct 10, 2015 | 9:32 AM reply rec flag actions
Thats the last one of those Ill accept. Pretty stellar performance though. 3 points.

Kraken MTD
Arkansas pulls the upset over bama
Studying in Dawg country but trying to spread Clemson cheer

by UGATiger on Oct 10, 2015 | 1:36 PM reply rec flag actions

Didnt happen. -1 point.