SUNSET – Want to get Clemson defensive coordinator riled up? Mention the Pitt game and the shovel pass, and Venables’ intensity will ratchet up two or three more levels.
It’s a scary thing.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney can laugh about the Pitt game now – the Tigers used the loss as a springboard to a title run – but Venables isn’t in a laughing mood. Even the passage of time doesn’t ease the sting.
Pitt’s offense rang up 464 yards of total offense in the upset win over the Tigers, but it was the shovel pass to the tight ends that cost the Tigers dearly.