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What It Means: Slow start makes Clemson's ceiling unusually shorter

Clemson’s loss to North Carolina State was stunning in more ways than one.

It’s not that the Tigers had looked anything close to invincible through their first three games despite carrying a top-10 ranking into Carter-Finley Stadium. In fact, with an opening loss to Georgia, a snoozer against FCS opponent South Carolina State and a close call against Georgia Tech, it was quite the opposite.

On Saturday, though, it was about how it happened. Shocking that the offense continues to look like a shell of its former self. Shocking that, because of the offense’s inability to sustain drives, N.