For nigh on the past decade, Clemson and Florida State were effectively the two strongest rulers of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The winner of this matchup took control of the conference, with the loser often regulated to second place. The past two years, however, have been much kinder to the Tigers (7-0, 4-0) than the Seminoles (4-3, 2-3).
On offense, the road has been quite rough for Deondre Francois. Once heralded as one of the best quarterbacks in the ACC, the Seminoles’ quarterback missed all of last season after suffering a gruesome knee injury in the team’s opener against Alabama.