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Clutch play by the Tigers has 'Clemsoning' taking on a brand new meaning

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It was the word Clemson dare not mention.

It seems like years ago when the loveable little program nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains had somehow developed what seemed like its own Webster's Dictionary entry.

Clemsoning. You know, a synonym for choking, tanking. Whatever you want to call it. Tigers everywhere wore it like an itchy wool sweater.

That term died long ago, about the time Dabo Swinney was shaping Clemson into a national power.