In a backward and upside-down day in college football, Clemson fell to South Carolina, then clinched a berth in the ACC Championship Game a few hours later. The Gamecocks ran the ball relentlessly until Clemson finally broke, allowing a game-winning 20-yard QB touchdown run on 3rd-and-16. Clemson pass rushers consistently hit and hurried QB LaNorris Sellers but couldn’t bring him down. It was their ultimate undoing.
Clemson was tied or ahead for all but 68 seconds but got overly conservative in key moments rather than going for the kill shot. The most notable instance was when Clemson got the ball up four points with six minutes remaining.