Winning a national championship has never been a clear cut goal in the Clemson football program.
Head coach Dabo Swinney instilled a few simple goals for the program when he took over as the head coach: win the opener, win the division, win the state, win the conference and win the closer.
Swinney always says if the Tigers accomplish those goals that they have a good shot at winning the national title.
This season the opener carries more weight than any other year of Swinney’s tenure and perhaps in Clemson history.
On Sept. 4 the Tigers open with Georgia at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.