Bobby Petrino Has Great Respect For Clemson Football

“Is that a trap question? Like a trap game last week. It’s a loud place,” Petrino said via Tigernet. “It’s a good environment. You know, I thought it was a great environment. It’s exciting. It’s fun. You know GameDay will be there, so it will be exciting for everybody. One of the things that after we played them at the end of the season that year anytime, I talked to a fan that traveled to the game they were very complimentary how well the people treated them and how the nice the people were to our fans that went to the game, so that’s one of the things that stuck out to me a lot.”

“We spent quite a bit (of time), you know. Obviously when you looked at our schedule and you say what gives you a chance to compete to win the division it goes through Florida State and Clemson,” Petrino said in his weekly press conference. “And Clemson was in the national championship game last year so we have obviously done a lot of work on them.”

“Like you said there are always different parts and different things but the thing that they do so well on both sides of the ball is they are so sound fundamentally,” he said. “They get off blocks, they run full speed to the ball, they tackle well on defense, they defend plays on defense. Offensively, they do a good job blocking the front and running the football. They have good running backs that run with a lot of power and break tackles and then they are able to throw the ball, too. When you watch them on video you respect their ability to play with great technique and fundamentals.”