It was bound to happen eventually. Despite Clemson’s championship-caliber defense, the Tigers have had to embrace a bend, but don’t break mentality. That dam finally broke against the nation’s No. 2 scoring offense and darkhorse Heisman candidate, Kenny Pickett. Clemson’s defense has outperformed the offense all season, but Brent Venables’ unit could only hold on […]
Following Clemson’s 27-17 loss at the hands of No. 23 Pitt on Saturday afternoon, Brent Venables spoke with reporters and gave a blunt assessment of his unit, which had its worst game of the season. After getting off to a slow start, Clemson’s defensive coordinator wasn’t sure what adjustments Pitt made offensively, but indicated that […]
After two uninspiring offensive drives, Clemson is finally on the board. On second-and-goal, Phil Mafah scored his first career touchdown from 1-yard out. B.T. Potter drilled the extra point to cap off an eight-play, 80-yard drive which took 3 minutes and 29 seconds. Though, the drive didn’t come without a tough blow. The team’s starting […]
Throughout the course of this Saturday’s version of ESPN’s College GameDay show, Desmond Howard touted Clemson as having a Championship defense. While the Heisman winner and former University of Michigan standout acknowledged that Pitt and Kenny Pickett will have to show Brent Venables’ defense some respect, he doesn’t expect Clemson to stop the country’s No. 2 scoring […]
The Clemson Insider thought it would be interesting to analyze the matchups on Clemson’s 2021 schedule from a recruiting standpoint by going back and looking at where the Tigers’ projected starters were ranked as recruits versus where the projected starters for their opponents were ranked. In this article, we break down Clemson’s game against Pitt […]