Textile Bowl Preview! Clemson hosts NC State in a Huge Atlantic Division Showdown

The weather has finally begun to hint at fall around these parts which means the contenders are called upon to rise. I used to wonder what it felt like to be a Florida State fan in the 1990s when winning the league was a foregone conclusion. Even in my childhood of the 1980s, the Tigers found a way to stumble more than they should have and won 3 to 4 fewer titles than they should have. Of course, three of those stumbles were to North Carolina State...in a row. 1987 was particularly frustrating because the Tigers had beaten Georgia, which was the best team on the schedule, and had the Pack at home but lost anyway.

Now the Tigers have become the new version of the 90’s Seminoles with three…