CLEMSON - Welcome to a whole lot of different.
Members of the Clemson media were allowed to watch the first four periods of practice Friday (just stretching and special teams work) and will have a more extended look Saturday. As for Friday, yes it was strange not seeing Brent Venables or Tony Elliott and their energy. Miguel Chavis and his usual energy was also missing (he’s now at Oklahoma), and get-back coach Adam Smotherman is now at Virginia.
Add in the fact that it was a mid-December bowl practice and the temperature was a balmy and sticky 70 degrees, and practice just had a different feel to it.