SYRACUSE, NY –Football is different from a beauty pageant, and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said that anyone who isn’t pleased with the Tigers’ win over Syracuse needs to “back off the ledge.”
Top-ranked Clemson entered Saturday’s game as a 26.5 point favorite and raced out to a 14-0 lead in the game’s first two minutes, and anyone who was watching thought the game would turn into an early rout. However, two quick turnovers stripped Clemson of momentum, and the Tigers held on for a scrappy, 37-27 win that might drop them from the top of the College Football Playoff rankings.