Clemson did not get just defensive in its championship runs

Tigers needed their offense to be elite, tooYou hear the old adage all the time in football. “Defense wins championships. Offense sells tickets.”

Maybe back in the day that meaning had more substance, but in this day and age of football that is not the case. The truth of the matter is both equally mean the same.

It is hard for a football team to win a championship with out a great offense and a great defense working together at the same time. For proof, you do not need to look any further than the Clemson Football program.

In the early years of his program at Clemson, Dabo Swinney had same darn good offenses. Tajh Boyd, Sammy Watkins, Deandre Hopkins, Dwayne Allen, Andre Ellington, the list…