ESPN reacts to Carson Beck threw for 278 yards in No. 1 Georgia' 34-3 win over No. 14 Clemson

the junior defensive back seals the deal for the dogs they go on to Win It 34 to3 yeah it was Savage Georgia the first team to win 40 straight regular season games since 1953 through 57 Oklahoma won 45 straight Clemson's largest loss since 2013 they lost by 37 to Florida State back then third largest loss in the dabos Sweeney era so Georgia 17-2 versus AP ranked opponents since the start of the 2021 season that's the best in FBS Clemson held without a touchdown for the first time since the 2021 season opener versus you guessed it Georgia here is their head coach Dabo Sweeney after this big loss [Music] all right we have some technical difficulties there Dab's talking we were trying to listen but we couldn't quite get there we couldn't quite get there yeah we were like wait a minute is this is my ifb out what's what's happening here but we're having some technical issues we're going to send you back there uh once we get that sorted out but Kade kumnick of course a rough day for him career as a starter in season openers uh versus Duke lost 28 to7 today 34-3 the passing yards dropping that's not something you want to see did not have a touchdown today and the pass efficiency numbers taking a hit all right I'm told that we have dbo good to go so let's send you back to Davos swing that kid will show up Monday ready to go and he's just going to keep getting better but I thought he competed his butt off and um you know thought Briny did some good things uh Antonio obviously had the one huge play that got called back uh so you know there there'll be some there will be some good things uh that we can take away from it that we can go build on for the season but it doesn't take away the fact that you just got your ass kicked um in in the third and fourth quarter talk about the decision to take that kick off and put you off that's how it was fil versus taking it in the second half yeah we just one of those things we talked about going into it uh we felt really good about you know our opportunity to either go score or move that thing uh far enough to where you know they got to go 80 plus and uh again we we had a couple critical penalties you know that that really cost us uh I mean the motion call was same thing it was close I mean you know I mean um it was close watching the watching the video on the sideline but they called it uh so and we kind of kind of gotten a little bit of a hole right there we didn't anticipate that um but we wanted to take the ball you know we've had a great fall Camp guys and just you know come out of the gate and then also U you know we they led the country last year or second in the country in time of possession and uh you know we wanted to get them out there right away and and and get them get them to play so and then if we didn't score try to pin them um but it didn't work out that way uh but again you know I thought defensively we did a heck of a job in the first half I mean they were physical they held up well and um but you know again tell two halves yeah U there's been a lot made about your approach to the portal what do you say to people point to that when they see something like this happen um I people going to say whatever they want to say it doesn't matter it doesn't matter what I say people going to say whatever they want to say um but um you know we we we we take we do what's best for Clemson year in and year out and uh you know people can say and when you lose like this you know they got every right to say whatever they want to say so say whatever you want to say write whatever write whatever you want to write um you know that's that comes with it it's just part of it I know you're in the immediate aftermath of all this but the last few years offensively in these big games Georgia two them in the last three years are you able to kind of pinpoint why you struggled offensively for example yeah we just we haven't we haven't done some of the basic things the way we need to do it I mean we didn't make some some critical plays that were that we had a chance to make uh when we did make a big critical play to create momentum uh we we get a penalty so just creating the Rhythm and it was just disappointing so you know that's that's where it is but you played Woods out on the edge Chris davil Sweeney reacting to Clemson losing 34-3 to open their season and we talk about the largest losses for Clemson under Dabo Sweeny this ranks third 31o loss here now they've had two 37o losses but long time ago 2011 and 2013 today 31 to Georgia welcome inside our HQ Studios Jeremy St Louis alongside Damen Harris and Danny canal with some reaction to this Daman I'll start with you here how surprised were you by the fact that the score was the way it was and Clemson got beat so handily by Georgia I wasn't surprised at all I was more surprised at how tentatively Georgia came out in the first half they were behind them down behind in the down in distance they were facing a couple third and Longs the Run game was inefficient and they just weren't moving the ball and then in the second half the Run game got going Carson Beck started to spread the ball around the field their defense started creating turnovers and ultimately that was the way that was what we expected from Georgia Georgia showed in the second half the team that they really were I believe he said it's going to be a Beatdown before the game so he's not surprised again I'm not surprised so I'm surprised that Clemson's offense did not look any better whatsoever from last year and I get this is a great defense you're playing against but they looked inept they couldn't run the ball very effectively Cade kumnick looked a little flustered throughout most of the game there just weren't a lot of plays to be made so that's a surprise to me I thought it'd be a lower scoring game so then get sideways then Georgia starts rolling and they you know close the door on you that to me is the biggest surprise the other thing that's pretty interesting when we just heard from both coaches and their postgame pressers they're both ticked off like Kirby Smart was acting like they lost 3043 and I think he's taking a page out of the Nick sa Playbook of this team hasn't done anything yet like they have one goal in mind and is not beating Clemson it's winning the national championship that's pretty impressive and that's how you create special teams and special Seasons when you don't let that let off gas at all well if his comments about Nate Fraser any indication after the post game right I mean he was asked like to talk about this kid and the performance he had he said look this kid still got a lot to learn nobody's talking about uh some of the other players that made big plays in this game so let's just uh pump the breakes a little bit there on Nate Fraser especially with Trevor etn coming back but in terms of what we saw from Clemson you heard dbo ask the question in the post conference Everybody Talks always talks about the fact that he just refuses to dip into the transfer window that his belief is that we can grow a championship team here Danny when does it get to the point where he's going to have to do it like when you lose 34 to3 to the number one team in the nation and you expect your program to be able to compete with that at what point does Dao finally look in the mirror and say okay look we do need to do this I do not think it'll be this game I I just don't like he's stubborn you heard him after the game he's like hey you guys can write whatever you're going to want and I will say I'll defend him in this cuz I just went back and looked a couple teams last year old Miss has attacked the portal more than anybody M uh Georgia beat them last year 52 to 17 like that portal didn't save Old Miss so I think it'll be a season where we see but if he's nine wins again I think the criticism will come from within from his fan base and maybe even his coaching staff who are like wait a second we are trying to fight a fight with one arm tie behind our back like that's literally what they're trying to do everyone else is taking advantage of a system which allows you to ad address your needs and attack them in the portal and look at Ohio State they didn't bring in 40 players they brought in a handful of guys of what they needed and I think that's what Clemson needs to adjust to but I don't know if dav's going to do it he's a stubborn man he's stubborn for sure well I mean he says it you know like his he he lets his record speak for itself right but at the same time when you're competing for national championships Damian at what point you know what at at what does it take in order for you to say okay look we we've got to do something here because we we aren't able to compete and for the ACC right here's another knock against the ACC Clemson's trying to get out of there they can't compete at the way that the roster is structured with the SEC look at what George is doing you know Davos Sweeney said something interesting to me he said the people are going to say whatever they want and when you lose like that you deserve to be able to say whatever you want so I'm going to say whatever I want here dbo is being stubborn he's being hard-headed and he is stuck in his own ways because like Danny said they're fighting with one arm tied behind their back go out and get players that you need again Ohio State didn't go out and get everybody on their roster but they got the pieces that they need this is a this is a production business if you're not producing it doesn't matter what your record was before we've seen that with even the great Bill bich his record spoke clearly spoke to his greatness but after a certain time the production was not still there so I'm looking at dbos Sweeny and it's what I don't care about your record what I care about is are you still producing are you still winning games are you still competing and right now they're not doing it uh 142 yards uh of offense or well passing offense and and then 46 yards of rushing offense Georgia put up over 400 447 yards of offense for Georgia so Danny in terms of what you saw from this Georgia team I mean you said it was going to be a blowout right from the start it they outscored Clemson 28-3 in that second half if you're taking something away from this uh for Georgia maybe on the negative side with what kind of Kirby was saying like the start was not what he wanted absolutely yeah I would think that would be it they weren't able to run the ball in the first half probably as as effectively but this kind of goes back they didn't have Trevor etn like what they going to get better when he comes back to add to some of the young talents so they're only going to have more depth that position but they've got to clean up some things there were a couple penalties early like they trust me he will find things they need to correct I think what Georgia showed is what everybody it just it proved everybody right that I think everyone that covers college football says Georgia is in a class with Ohio State maybe Oregon maybe bamas still and that's about it like those those teams are Elite and they're in their own group because have so much talent on their rosters but we know right now that George is El leite we haven't seen those other teams yet so we know where Georg is kind of setting the bar at this point in terms of what we saw uh Carson Beck he's the Heisman favorite I mean are you are you excited about what you saw from him today or was there still some things that kind of you know that might hinder him in terms of his Heisman campaign um I wasn't satisfied I mean I he played well he managed the game and again this is a game where they I I said they were going to blow Clemson out they blew Clemson out I don't think it should have been as competitive as it was I think he played well he managed the game well he kept Georgia in a position to win but we're talking about the Heisman Trophy here we're talking about guys like shadur Sanders who just put up 445 yards Travis Hunter who had 137 yards receiving three touchdowns and then played however many snaps he played on defense so when we're talking about Heisman Trophy caliber players like even though this was a it was an onslaught towards the end but I still want to see more yeah but he's a quarterback man come on we know it's going to a QB I hear you but I think so here's what here's what I think is key it's kind of like golf uh because it's four rounds of golf and Tiger Woods was always really good at this you don't win golf tournaments in the first couple rounds but you can lose them and so like that to me is with Carson Beck like he is right exactly probably where he was coming into this he's in one of the leader boards probably top three or four he didn't lose it cuz if he would had a three interception game he would have been out of it and then he would yeah he probably would have lost the award so he's exactly where he needs to be I will say this I was impressed when they couldn't run the ball and he had to throw it to get some yardage and get some points he was able to do that so I thought you saw a veteran presence but as far as the spectacular Heisman type performance no I don't think we saw that I agree at 23 of 33 278 two touchdowns for Carson Beck as he gets his Heisman campaign foree spee spee [Music] now e hi e [Music] sh Mar [Applause] [Music] [Applause] spee okay e [Music] [Music] fore fore spee [Music] en [Music] for e [Music] [Music] [Music] spe spee [Music] [Music] second we [Music] fore spee for [Music] I have my [Music] you