The Citadel brings a unique challenge to Death Valley

But one Clemson has seen before

From 2008 through 2018, Clemson saw the triple option performed at its finest. Former Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson called his triple-option offense as well as anyone and for a decade he caused a lot of headaches in the ACC.

For the first few years Johnson’s offense caused headaches for the Tigers, but then Dabo Swinney brought Brent Venables to Tigertown. Venables became so good at shutting down the Yellow Jackets’ rushing attack, Clemson went 6-1 in the last seven meetings with Johnson as the head coach in Atlanta.

But Johnson retired in 2018 and the Yellow Jackets have since went to a more modern-day college offense. But because there is no more triple…