After experiencing so many secondary busts in back-to-back home losses to Duke and SMU, Clemson defensive coordinator Tom Allen decided to make some changes to how some things were being handled behind the scenes.
Instead of having the cornerbacks, safeties and nickelbacks meet in their own position meetings, Allen went to head coach Dabo Swinney and asked if they could move them all into one room.
“Basically just wanted all three groups, our safeties, our corners, our nickels, all to be in the same room together,” Allen said. “They had done that at times on some certain things but it felt like doing that all the time — that happened after the Duke game, been doing it ever since.