With Clemson’s first-ever home win as a top-ranked team in the bag, many fans of the program have exhaled—and for good reason. Most of the hard work is over. The toughest games are in the rear view mirror.
Catch phrases like “the only team that can beat Clemson is Clemson” remain to define what’s left of the Tigers’ 2015 season. Syracuse, Wake Forest, South Carolina—there really isn’t much to get concerned about in any of those three programs.
The only thing standing in the way of Clemson’s first trip to the College Football Playoff is an intangible, hidden, silent, powerful enemy.