Tony Elliott’s pregame routine never varies. He gets off the team bus and takes in the playing surface
- still in a coat and tie – before retiring to the locker room to change clothes. When he emerges from the locker room, headphones firmly in place, he takes a lap around the field before settling in on a bench to listen to his music and prepare mentally for the game. It’s a routine that’s worked since the night of the Russell Athletic Bowl, his first night as Clemson’s play-caller.
That’s why it was a bit of surprise when Scott exited the Bank of America Stadium tunnel last Saturday in Charlotte and took the time to simply take in his surroundings.