Before the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Glendale early last month, I walked along the sidelines and noticed a familiar face, a face that wore one of the broadest smiles I’ve ever seen: former Clemson and current New Orleans Saints linebacker Stephone Anthony.
We exchanged pleasantries – and I shot a quick video of Anthony and Grady Jarrett wishing Clemson luck – and then settled into conversation. I reminded Anthony of his pledge on National Signing Day – all the way back in 2011 – that “Clemson was coming.”
He smiled again and said, “Clemson isn’t coming, anymore.