CLEMSON, S.C. — Dabo Swinney walked into last Tuesday’s coaches meeting with a new script for Saturday’s home game against Florida State. Clemson’s head coach was tired of being too passive on the opening drive of games.
“We really wanted to send a message to our guys that we wanted to go out and attack,” Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “We weren’t going to sit back and wait and see how people were going to play us. That’s something coach Swinney really challenged our offense with (Saturday).”
Coming off their lowest offensive output of the season in a 21-20 victory at North Carolina two weeks ago, Swinney drew up the first two plays for his coaching staff: Go deep on the first play and then run a halfback-pass trick play on the second. If those didn’t work, “better have a third-and-10 play ready,” Swinney told his staff.
“I just felt like I needed to set the mindset and really challenge these guys on how we were going to go play,” Swinney said.
Flipping the script on Clemson’s scripted plays got the Tigers on track in a 45-14 dismantling of the Seminoles at Memorial Stadium.
With Clemson starting the game at their own 25, quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed a 40-yard pass down the right sideline to receiver Tee Higgins.
On the next snap, Lawrence pitched the ball to running back Travis Etienne, who rolled left and threw a completion to a leaping Justyn Ross at the FSU 12-yard line for a 23-yard gain.
Well now...wouldnt that be something for Harbaugh to try?
“We really wanted to send a message to our guys that we wanted to go out and attack,” Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “We weren’t going to sit back and wait and see how people were going to play us. That’s something coach Swinney really challenged our offense with (Saturday).”
Coming off their lowest offensive output of the season in a 21-20 victory at North Carolina two weeks ago, Swinney drew up the first two plays for his coaching staff: Go deep on the first play and then run a halfback-pass trick play on the second. If those didn’t work, “better have a third-and-10 play ready,” Swinney told his staff.
“I just felt like I needed to set the mindset and really challenge these guys on how we were going to go play,” Swinney said.
Flipping the script on Clemson’s scripted plays got the Tigers on track in a 45-14 dismantling of the Seminoles at Memorial Stadium.
With Clemson starting the game at their own 25, quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed a 40-yard pass down the right sideline to receiver Tee Higgins.
On the next snap, Lawrence pitched the ball to running back Travis Etienne, who rolled left and threw a completion to a leaping Justyn Ross at the FSU 12-yard line for a 23-yard gain.
Well now...wouldnt that be something for Harbaugh to try?
