On January 20th, Clemson’s season changed dramatically. Senior forward Donte Grantham tore his ACL against Notre Dame and was lost for the season. At the time, the Clemson Tigers were 16-3 (including a win that night). They’d finish the regular season 23-8, which is a tremendous record, but they were just 6-5 without Grantham. That included two wins over Georgia Tech, one over Pitt and one over Wake Forest. It also included a 61-36 defeat to the mighty Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville.
It is tough to hold a good team to 36 points.