SAN JOSE, Calif — Clemson is where it is supposed to be.
When the 2018 football season started way back in August camp, the second-ranked Tigers had Santa Clara, Calif., set in their crosshairs. Through a quarterback competition that ended with a change four weeks into the season, to Kelly Bryant’s sudden and surprising transfer, to a gut check versus Syracuse, to the domination of the Atlantic Coast Conference for a fourth straight year, Clemson had its mind set on one goal, getting back and winning another national championship.
The Tigers will play for their second national title in three years on Monday when they face No.