1) Why did the offense struggle so much against Clemson’s defense when other
teams did not? Why do the Tech receivers have so much trouble with press
coverage?

I watched a few of Clemson’s games and there is no doubt that their defense
played their best football in the two games against VT. Match-ups are always
part of the equation, but Clemson’s defenders played at a totally different
level against the Hokies. Certainly one reason is that Tech is a target now for
every other ACC team — Clemson included. They have very good players on both
sides of the ball — big, fast and athletic. In the other games I watched (Wake,
NC State, South Carolina), the Clemson defense seemed disinterested and
uninspired at times, even though a lot was on the line in two of those games
(Wake and USC). Their primary weakness was the secondary — an area the Hokies
were unable to exploit in eight quarters of football.

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