CLEMSON — The Clemson Tigers are turning the page to Syracuse after falling to 2-2 on the season. It’s been smooth sailing for the Orange, who are yet to play a conference game.

Looking back to ACC Kickoff, Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader said this is the year for them to take down Clemson. Last season, he had a career year with 2,640 passing yards, 26 total touchdowns and just seven interceptions.

This year, he’s picked right back up with 12 touchdowns through four games. Tigers defensive tackle Ruke Orhorhoro has experience against Shrader, and detailed the challenge he presents.

“He’s just a vet. He’s been here a while and he knows how to extend plays with his legs. Not as shifty as [Jordan] Travis. He’s very shifty but you know, he’s very fast and he’s agile and he’s big. That’s just a challenge for us,” Orhorhoro said.

The veteran defender said Travis was a perfect preparation for this week and Clemson can take the details containing Travis into the trip to Syracuse.

Taking on a quarterback with 35 rushing touchdowns over his career, it’s almost a 1:1 ratio with his 40 passing touchdowns. Everything starts with his legs and the Tigers need to force him into being a pocket passer.

While it’s different from the matchup with Travis, the same ideals are used and Orhorhoro believes that’s key to having success in contain for a second straight week.

“Good going up against the quarterback we went up against this week and showed us what we can do in containing than very athletic quarterback, and so we’re just going to take that into this week and try to utilize those same things and contain Shrader,” Orhorhoro said.

His final thoughts on it were rushing as one and Clemson did a great job of that against the Seminoles. Good news is the Orange don’t present the same issues on the outside for the Tigers secondary, so limiting Shrader would put Clemson in the driver seat to get their first win in the ACC this year.