CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney knows his team is being criticized by the national pundits as more than one has speculated the 2021 season is a sign Clemson's run as an elite program is over for the forseeable future.
Head coach Dabo Swinney has been consistent in his belief that the struggles and challenges this team has faced will serve the program well down the road.
Clemson will try to bounce back from the Pitt loss when Florida State comes to town Saturday. The issues on offense have been extremely visible, especially in the last two games where they have scored just two touchdowns in a 17-14 win over Syracuse and a 27-17 loss to Pitt in what was their second trip to the northeast in as many weeks. D.J. Uiagalelei was pulled for part of the second half as Taisun Phommachanh led the Tigers to a field goal. Uiagalelei would return and generate one touchdown drive.