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Why Clemson QB Cade Klubnik said he hasn't watched LSU game film for five months
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Clemson football begins its season in two months, and quarterback Cade Klubnik said he will begin preparations for the highly anticipated opener against LSU next week.
"I don't like to watch (LSU game film) for five months because when you get to game day, you just start overthinking everything," Klubnik said on June 27.
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Klubnik is attending the Manning Passing Academy , one of the top offensive football camps in the country, at Nicholls State in Thibodaux, Louisiana, this weekend.
Klubnik said the primetime showdown on Aug. 30 (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) at Memorial Stadium will be a "great game" but feels it is not more important than any other game on Clemson 's schedule. The Tigers were in a similar position last season when they began their season against No. 1 Georgia in Atlanta and lost the much-anticipated matchup.
Still, Klubnik is appreciative that he will begin the season at Clemson this year.
"I'm excited to start the season off at home," Klubnik said. "I've never done that, so I'm pretty pumped about that (to) start off in the valley."
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This will be Clemson's first home game to start a season since 2019. It faced Wake Forest in 2020 and Duke in 2023 on the road and played Georgia twice (2021, 2024) and Georgia Tech (2022) at neutral sites.
Clemson has not won a season-opening game since 2022. Klubnik is 0-2 in Week 1 games too, completing 62.5% of his passes for 351 yards for one touchdown and two interceptions.
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Klubnik is better positioned to earn his first season-opening win as Clemson returns multiple experienced contributors. According to ESPN's Bill Connelly , it returned more production than any other team in Division I (80%).
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Klubnik was among players who returned for another season, along with top wide receiver Antonio Williams , offensive tackles Blake Miller and Tristan Leigh and linebacker Wade Woodaz . Clemson also retained star contributors like defensive tackle Peter Woods , defensive end T.J. Parker , cornerback Avieon Terrell , linebacker Sammy Brown and wide receivers Bryant Wesco Jr. and T.J. Moore .
"I think that we just have more veterans coming back, I feel like for the first time since I've been here at Clemson," Klubnik said. "Just got a lot of guys coming back and just means more leaders and more ways to really develop."
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Clemson football vs LSU: Cade Klubnik on break from watching game film
