CLEMSON – Any interview session with Brent Venables is an insight into intensity. You hear terms like road dog. He talks about an edge. He doesn’t care about defensive rankings, and he doesn’t want his group to be an albatross around the neck of the rest of the team.
In other words, Venables gets it.
Clemson’s fourth-year defensive coordinator has told his players all week that if the Tigers are to leave Miami with a win Saturday – the Canes and Tigers play in a noon matchup – the defense will have to have a road dog mentality.