This is the best time of year. The heat of the South Carolina summer finally gives way to the crisp but not yet cold temperatures of autumn. Clemson basketball tips off next week while the Major League Baseball season marathon crescendos with the World Series. Likewise, Clemson’s football season enters its crescendo over the next five weeks with the four most exciting matchups since the season opener.
The Tigers’ ACC schedule is extremely backloaded. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Several people expected the back-to-back contests against NC State and Florida State to be the toughest point of the conference slate, but that duo has disappointed to the tune of a combined 2-9 ACC record.