CLEMSON – Brent Venables expects a dog of a fight between two cats Saturday night in Auburn.
Clemson and Auburn face off at 9:05 p.m. on ESPN in Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday in the season opener for both teams, with Clemson favored by a touchdown over the home team.
Venables, Clemson’s defensive coordinator, expects it to be closer.
“Auburn has a bunch of good players. They don't have slackers,” he said earlier this week in the WestZone. “They've recruited really, really well on both sides of the ball. In this type of game, you have to have a road dog mentality.