SUNSET, S.C. — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has said in the past the 2011 season did a lot in building what has become one of the more consistent programs in college football.
That was the season the Tigers first showed off the potential of the program. However, the success of that team also came with some growing pains.
Clemson opened the 2011 season with eight straight wins and ascended into the top five. However, those Tigers did not know how to handle the success and lost four of their last six games.
Though Clemson had won its first ACC Football Championship in 20 years and won 10 games in a season for the first time 21 years, Swinney knew the program did not know how to handle being on top, so he made it a point to adjust and coach his players up that following off-season.