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Riley Responds to Outside Criticism

Clemson offensive coordinator Garrett Riley isn’t paying any attention to the outside criticism amid the Tigers’ 1-3 start to the season.

“I don’t pay attention to any of it,” Riley said. “I’m always going to try and be a great example to our players. If I get affected by that, if our head coach gets affected by that, then what does that show your players?”

Riley and Clemson’s offensive coaching staff have been in the crosshairs due to the production, or lack thereof, from an offense that was expected to be highly explosive.

After four games, the Tigers ranked 113th nationally in scoring offense (19.