Plenty of big games this week have interesting questions that will define each one. We run down the biggest matchups to see how they may be answered by Saturday’s end.
Florida State vs. Clemson: Can Clemson be explosive?
We know FSU has a sixth gear, but does Clemson? It’s the most pressing question the Tigers must answer if they have any hope of winning this game. Clemson probably won’t get in the red zone and perform as catastrophically bad as it did against Duke, but at some point in this game it is going to have to hit an explosive play. By any measure, Clemson’s passing game would rather pass sideways than it would down the field. Whether that is by design or by necessity may come to the forefront in this game. Just under 10% of Clemson’s completions go for 20 yards, and it averages only 5.1 air yards per attempt.
