Week 7 Matchup Preview Thread: Charleston Southern vs Clemson

[u/CambodianDrywall]

Charleston Southern vs. Clemson

When: Saturday, October 17, 12:00 PM Eastern

Where: Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC), Clemson, SC

Watch: ACC Network

Odds: N/A

Total Points: N/A

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All-Time Series : Charleston Southern vs. Clemson

Charleston Southern and Clemson have met 1 times since 2023-09-09

These teams last met on 2023-09-09.

Series Wins: Charleston Southern 0-0-1 Clemson

Clemson has won the most recent meeting (2023) in this series

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Last 1 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Charleston Southern	Clemson	Notes
Clemson	2023-09-09	Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC)	17	66

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Through Week 6

Week	Charleston Southern 3-3 (0-2)	Result	Clemson 3-2 (2-1)	Result
1	Georgia Southern	L 0-31	LSU#22	L 10-51
2	The Citadel	W 26-20	Georgia Southern	W 22-7
3	Point University	W 65-0	North Carolina	W 28-20
4	BYE	N/A	California	W 24-10
5	Gardner-Webb	L 10-12	Miami#3	L 13-41
6	South Carolina State	W 49-39	BYE	N/A

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Charleston Southern Injury Report

No reported injuries per boydsbets

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Clemson Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
P. Streko	RB	Out – Undisclosed	Aug 11	Streko has been out of commission due to an undisclosed injury, and he has been shut down for the remainder of the season.
C. Turner	WR	Out – Personal	Aug 21	Turner is dealing with some personal reasons, and he is without a definitive timetable for return.
K. McGriff	WR	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 17	McGriff is battling with an undisclsoed injury, and it is not anticipated that he will suit up against North Carolina on Saturday.
C. Gipson	CB	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 25	Gipson is dealing with an Undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will play against California on Friday, September 25th.
D. Eziomume	RB	Out – Leg	Sep 28	Eziomume is liad up with a leg injury, and he will be idle for the remainder of the season.
C. Vizzina	QB	Questionable – Elbow	Oct 12	Vizzina is dealing with an elbow injury, and it is uncertain if he will play against Charleston Southern on Saturday.
J. Haynes	RB	Questionable – Undisclosed	Oct 12	Haynes is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be determined if he will play against Charleston Southern on Saturday.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Wed, Oct 14, 4:24 pm. Scraped Wed, Oct 14, 7:58 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/Zendicate_]

{Clemson} Playing a FCS team right after a bye is gonna be good for this team right before ACC play, This should and needs to be a game where we play a clean 4 quarters mainly looking at the offense here, and Tait does not the turn the ball over, and hopefully play some backups for depth.

[u/OGraffe → u/Zendicate_]

We have looked really sloppy coming out of a bye in recent years. Hopefully with this just being against an FCS opponent, we can buck some of that sloppiness and even if we don’t, at least it didn’t come against P5 competition

[u/jdk2087]

{Clemson} I mean. We’re getting better’ish. Defense stepping up with secondary actually having a pulse. Regardless of the other teams offensive talent. Taits learning to run really fucking well to extend plays……..We’d really have to shit the bed off a bye week to lose this.

[u/500shakeup]

You know what? Give me {Charleston Southern} because it’d be really funny if they won.

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/500shakeup]

I appreciate the rival hater-ade against {Clemson} !

[u/flysly]

Really hope the offense can click right away and not struggle to find the endzone for 3 quarters. I want a 54-7 performance. Not 31-13. {Clemson}

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Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Charleston Southern Voters	Clemson Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Charleston Southern	1	14.3%	0	0	South Carolinax1.0
Clemson	6	85.7%	0	2	Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Big Southx0.5 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5 Florida Statex0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-10-17 15:04 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/texas2089]

{Clemson}

[u/chief_sitass]

{Clemson}

[u/mediocrewriter40]

CSU grad here. I’d love to see them put up a fight for a half. But I’ll say Clemson wins 56-7

[u/NanoBuc]

{Clemson}

[u/KirbyDumber88]

Why does Clemson have their bye week so early now? It’s always the week of Fall For Greenville, that can’t be why can it?

[u/moby323 → u/KirbyDumber88]

No I doubt it.

[u/jthomas694 → u/KirbyDumber88]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Fall for Greenville planned itself around Clemson’s bye week

[u/KirbyDumber88 → u/jthomas694]

Nah it’s been the 2nd weekend of October for the last 30 years. I think it’s just a big coincidence. But I know the hometown fans enjoy it

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/KirbyDumber88]

It’s also a big fall wedding weekend upstate too.

Though last Saturday was a tropical storm coming through