It’s hard to remember exactly how new Jake Bentley was to all this the last time he faced Clemson.
He was a freshman in only his sixth start, his second away from Williams-Brice Stadium. He’d had a redshirt stripped off and been handed the keys to an absurdly young offense that had little direction through the first half of the season. Oh, and he was going up against a national championship defense.
That game the staff was bringing him to the sideline between plays, as much to settle him down as to try to slow things. And that didn’t work out all that well.