Once upon a time, explosive plays littered the Clemson football games. Once upon a time. Those days are no longer.
There was hope heading into Saturday’s season opener against Georgia. There was optimism. There was a feeling permeating the Clemson program that perhaps the offense had finally turned a corner. Heck, I bought into it. Once upon a time were the four words used to start fairytales, and the hope for explosive plays was one that didn’t have a happy ending.
Clemson had one big play – let’s use the metric of 20-plus yards – on Saturday.