In-Depth: Cardinals Have No Teeth, Clemson Tigers Roll

Lamar Jackson and Bobby Petrino strike fear into the hearts of even the most grizzled veteran journalist/media type picking games. But it was clear that LJ didn’t have the same weapons around him that he had last year and I never bought that the offensive line was much improved. Couple that with a defense without Jaire Alexander, missing a ton of talent from last year, and you have a recipe for a blowout. Now I had Clemson by ten just because of Gameday, the revenge motivation, and most importantly that this was Kelly Bryant’s first road test—just lots of unknowns.

I’m not going to lie and say that I wasn’t concerned when LJ went on his first scoring drive and sliced our defense to shreds…