For a second straight week, Clemson’s first-team offense was efficient, and its first-team defense was dominant. It explains why the Tigers raced out of the gate for 49-first half points against The Citadel on Saturday at Death Valley. And though the second-team defense showed marked improvement in Game 2 for No. 1 Clemson, its second-team […]
Top-ranked Clemson had no issues in disposing of Wake Forest Saturday night as it rolled to a 37-13 victory in Winston-Salem, N.C. But how did the Tigers fair overall? Did they make a passing grade in their opening game? Here are my grades from Clemson’s first game of the season. Quarterback: B If I were […]
While the Clemson offense has had to come into its own, the defense has been pretty solid for much of the first six weeks of the season. The Tigers, who host No. 20 NC State on Oct. 20, have one of the country’s best defenses yet again as it ranks in the top 10 nationally […]
It has been a crazy first half of the season for No. 4 Clemson, especially on offense where senior Kelly Bryant left the team and announced he is going to transfer to another school. While Bryant is visiting North Carolina this weekend as a possible landing spot for his final season, his former teammates have […]
Clemson had no issues disposing of Georgia Tech Saturday at Bobby Dodd as the second-ranked Tigers knocked off the Yellow Jackets, 49-21, in Atlanta. Clemson (4-0, 1-0 ACC) racked up 480 total yards, while holding Tech to 203 total yards. Clemson’s defense held the Jackets to 146 rushing yards and 2.6 yards per carry. How […]
Second-ranked Clemson totaled 595 yards of offense, while holding Georgia Southern to 140 total yards as the Tigers rolled to an easy 38-7 victory Saturday at Death Valley. Clemson finished with 309 rushing yards, while holding Georgia Southern to 80. The Eagles came into Saturday’s contest averaging 326.5 yards per game, which ranked fourth nationally. […]
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — It was not pretty, but Clemson found a way to get a win on the road Saturday night in College Station, Texas. The Tigers held off Texas A&M at Kyle Field with a 28-26 victory. K’Von Wallace intercepted Kellen Mond’s attempt at tying the game with a two-point conversion to seal […]
Football season is officially here after second-ranked Clemson rolled to a 48-7 win over Furman, who was ranked No. 21 in the FCS Coaches’ Poll coming into the game, on Saturday. The Tigers racked up 531 total yards in the victory, while the defense pitched a shutout for nearly the entire game until Furman got […]
For the most part, Clemson’s special teams units did well. The kick and punt coverage teams were solid, while punter Will Spiers did a good a job in his first year as a starter. Where the Tigers struggled was at placekicking, especially after starter Greg Huegel was lost for the season with a torn ACL, […]
When looking back at Clemson’s defense, it did exactly what we thought it would do. It was without a doubt one of the most dominate defenses in the country and it proved to be that way until the very end. Nine times this year, the Tigers held the opposition to 261 total yards or less, […]