One of the nation’s most explosive offenses will take the field inside Memorial Stadium on Saturday, but it won’t be coming from the home sideline. It’s a harsh reality that’s still taking some getting used to 10 games into this season for Clemson’s players, coaches and fans, who’ve watched the Tigers go from a juggernaut […]
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney updated the statuses of D.J. Uiagalelei and Taisun Phommachanh on Tuesday as injuries linger for the Tigers’ top two quarterbacks heading into Saturday’s matchup with No. 13 Wake Forest. Swinney said during his weekly press conference that Uiagalelei practiced Monday and “looked good” as he deals with the sprained right knee […]
D.J. Uiagalelei’s struggles have been well-documented this season. There also wasn’t much to the way Clemson’s quarterback played last season to indicate this was coming. Granted, the 2020 season was a much smaller sample size for Uiagalelei, who played just 235 snaps as a true freshman but also got his first two career starts once […]
Clemson made easy work of Connecticut on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from the Tigers’ 44-7 win: The good It wasn’t exactly the stiffest level of competition, but the defense dominated an inferior offense the way it should with a bounceback performance that doubled as the Tigers’ most […]
Clemson is heading into the week of its final ACC showdown with its top two quarterbacks banged up to various degrees. D.J. Uiagalelei played nearly three full quarters of the Tigers’ rout of Connecticut on Saturday despite a sprained knee he sustained the previous week against Louisville. Backup Taisun Phommachanh didn’t make it nearly that […]
Clemson defeated UConn, 44-7, on Saturday at Death Valley to extend its school record for both the longest home winning streak and longest home unbeaten streak in school history (as well as extend the nation’s longest active home winning streak). On The Huddle on the ACC Network, the network’s analysts reacted to the Tigers’ win that improved […]
On The Huddle on the ACC Network, former Florida State quarterback and current ACCN analyst E.J. Manuel gave some thoughts on Clemson’s quarterback situation following the Tigers’ 44-7 win over UConn on Saturday at Death Valley. Starter D.J. Uiagalelei completed 21-of-44 passes for 241 yards with one touchdown and one interception in Saturday’s game. His 241 yards […]
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was asked in his postgame press conference if he thought Uiagalelei’s injury was the reason for some accuracy issues against UConn. D.J. Uiagalelei finished Saturday afternoon going 21-44 for 241 yards, but struggled with accuracy in the first half.
Clemson’s offense ran 99 plays Saturday. The Tigers totaled 476 yards on those snaps with 347 of those coming through the air, a season-high. Clemson also scored more points than it has against any FBS opponent all season and cruised to a 44-7 victory over Connecticut inside a sun-splashed Memorial Stadium. So it was a […]
Beaux Collins got his chance to shine last week. On Saturday, it was Clemson’s other receiver with the same last name that got an opportunity. He didn’t let it go to waste. Dacari Collins got in on the action out wide in his most extended playing time of the season and turned it into a […]