In a championship season there are always those moments, the turning points if you will, that define a champion. This past football season, Clemson had perhaps more than most on its way to its first national championship in 35 years.
You can point to Jadar Johnson’s two knocked down passes at Auburn. Louisville’s James Quick running out of bounds a yard short of the first down when it looked as if he might have scored had he cut the football back inside. NC State’s missed field goal as time expired in regulation that would have knocked off the Tigers in Death Valley and of course the loss to Pittsburgh and then what happened after it.