CLEMSON – Leave no doubt.
The Clemson football team spent two weeks listening to the national media and hearing the sound bites coming out of Raleigh, about how NC State could challenge the Tigers for supremacy in the ACC Atlantic Division.
It was two weeks too long, and quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the Tigers – and the offense in particular – wanted to make a statement.
“We just didn’t want to leave any doubt that the game should’ve gone a certain way,” Lawrence said. “It was clear how we won the game by a good bit.