CLEMSON – Bull in a china shop. Full throttle. Invested.
Those descriptive words were used by defensive coordinator Brent Venables last week when he was asked to describe how he feels and thinks about senior linebacker Ben Boulware. Venables, normally reserved when it comes to the media, lit up when Boulware was mentioned, and he described his playmaker with a smile on his face.
“He's always been a bull in a china shop. That's why we played him as a true freshman,” Venables said. “He was always full speed and that throttle he had - there was idle, and then there was just all the way down.