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Bye Week Gives Clemson Chance to ‘Reset’

For the first time in more than two decades, Clemson has dropped three of its first four games.

Coming into the season, the Tigers were expected to be a College Football Playoff team, with some even predicting a team capable of competing for a national title.

However, Dabo Swinney’s team has looked more like one of the baseball teams from the Bad News Bears movies than a football team capable of playing with the nation’s best. The offense has sputtered, and the defense just hasn’t been able to get off the field.

“I mean it stinks, there ain’t no other way to say it,” Swinney said.