The good news coming out of Clemson’s scrimmage Thursday at Death Valley is both the first-team offense and first-team defense took care of business and had a strong day.
The bad news is the backups on both sides of the ball did not perform like the coaches wanted them to.
Offensively, the first team dominated the second-team defense. However, the offense took a noticeable step back when the second team took the field against the first-team defense according to co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott.
“This scrimmage here, Coach (Swinney) always challenges us by mixing up the groups and letting the first unit go versus the second unit, and I thought our first group of guys got off to a good start,” Elliott said.