Will being in the ACC help Clemson be better than expected?
Josh Pate reveals he's been talked into believing Clemson will be better than expected, potentially meeting Miami in the ACC title game -- noting the public has sold too hard on Dabo Swinney's decline. Subscribe to "Josh Pate's College Football Show" on YouTube .
Video Transcript
I had Miami over SMU.
Guys, I gotta tell you something, and I wanna whisper this, 'cause this could go up in flames early.
I have either willingly or through force been talked into Clemson being a little bit better/a lot better than what most of America expects from them.
Dabo Swinney did nothing to me when we went over there this spring.
This is not dark magic.
This is nothing like that.
This is just me thinking that the public has sold way too hard here, and it may just be one of those classic cases of a team achieving more the year after a lot is expected.
'Cause I will tell you this, I really like the dynamic at Clemson right now, the team dynamic.
And if I threw them in the Big 10 or the E- or the SEC, no, they may not compete, but they're in the ACC.
And e- I don't even care if they go and lose to LSU in week one.
In fact, them losing to LSU in week one may make this even better, because then Dabo really gets to play the us-against-the-world, everyone's-forgot-us mentality.
I think Miami and Clemson are gonna play twice this year, once in the regular season, once in the ACC title game.
And by the way, speaking of that week one game, look at how hard I'm gripping the pen.
That week one game, Clemson at LSU, Jesse, you got a line on that right now?
Is it nine or so?
Nine and a half?
10?
I think Jesse tapped out after I trashed his designs.
Okay, I think it's nine and a half.
Anyway, it- L- LSU's a healthy favorite.
Ten and a half, there we go.
Don't let Clemson win that game.
Don't do it, because if Clemson wins that game, Miami at Clemson in week five becomes a huge marquee spotlight game out of the blue, and no one expected that.
And, and buddy, the press conference for Dabo after that game, if they were to somehow go down to LSU Some of you think LSU should be favored by three and a half touchdowns.
It Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself.
That's next week's show.
So I've got Miami over Clemson in the ACC.
