If Clemson is going to make the College Football Playoff for a fifth straight year and play for another national championship, then the work starts right now.
It does not start in August during fall camp. It did not start in the spring.
Teams need those elements to be coached. However, when it comes to winning championships, something the Clemson Football program has grown accustomed to for nearly a decade now, winning championships begins in the summer when no one is watching, and everything is driven by the players.
“We have a lot do and a lot of it is going to have to be player driven,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said after spring practice ended.