Today, as Clemson (3-4) prepares to face a surprisingly dangerous Duke (4-3) squad, all eyes are fixed on one player: quarterback Cade Klubnik.
The question isn't just if he'll play. The question is how.
Just three weeks ago, in a game against Boston College, the Clemson faithful watched their starting quarterback—the former 5-star recruit once burdened with Heisman expectations—limp off the field. The diagnosis was a sprained right ankle, an injury severe enough to do what no injury had done to a Clemson starting QB since 2014: force him to miss a game.
That missed game, two weeks ago against SMU, was a disaster.