Tigers know they have to get after it on the D-Line

Pick a player from the Clemson defense that was not embarrassed by the way they played in their Sugar Bowl loss to Ohio State on Jan. 1.

You cannot do it.

“Against Ohio State we all got knocked on our butts all night long, and so that has been a real focus for Tyler [Davis]. If we are going to be good, let alone great, we have to play great in the middle of the defense, and it starts up front,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said this past spring.

Venables said Davis was not happy with the way he and his fellow defensive teammates played in the College Football Playoff Semifinal. But instead of dwelling on it, they instead went to work to make sure it does not happen against…