When he looked back at his team’s loss to LSU in the national championship, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney did not get too worked up on the fact the Tigers stopped running the football.
Clemson ran the ball just 10 times in the second half for 50 yards, after running for 110 yards on 18 carries in the first. Running back Travis Etienne had just five carries for 14 yards in the second half after running it 10 times for 64 yards in the first two quarters.
Swinney blamed the Tigers’ lack of running the ball in the second half on game situations and their inability to convert on third down.