Prior to the Georgia State game three weeks ago, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said his team needed to do a better job getting Travis Etienne and the rest of the Clemson running game going.
Against Texas A&M in Week 2, Clemson rushed for 115 yards on 32 carries. In the fourth-ranked Tigers win over the Aggies, Etienne carried the ball just eight times for 44 yards. Both were season lows.
When Swinney met with his offensive coaches the next week, he made a point to let them know they needed to make the running game more of an emphasis and Etienne needed to be the primary guy in that attack.