Clemson finally looked like Clemson again at UNC, but a loss at Boston College on Saturday would reignite questions and frustrations.
Clemson’s 38–10 beatdown of North Carolina calmed the waters for a week. It didn’t change the stakes in Chestnut Hill. On Saturday night at Boston College, the Tigers are playing to preserve momentum—and to keep an uncomfortable conversation from turning white-hot: what, if anything, could actually end the Dabo Swinney era?
The money says “not now”
Let’s start with the clearest constraint.