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Clemson football: 5 areas to place blame in loss to Notre Dame

By Andrew Boardwine

Nov 7, 2020; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Clemson Tigers running back Travis Etienne (9) drops a pass as Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety Shaun Crawford (20) defends in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 7, 2020; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Clemson Tigers running back Travis Etienne (9) drops a pass as Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety Shaun Crawford (20) defends in the second quarter at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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1. Injuries, injuries & more injuries

I know that people want to blame the offensive line, secondary and play-calling for all the Tigers’ problems and don’t get me wrong, they shoulder a fair share of the blame.

There’s no doubting that this team has a ton of development to do, but let’s also not forget this simple fact: Clemson just went up to the *now ranked* No. 2 team in the country’s house and played them to double-overtime without:

In addition to missing those guys for the entirety of the night, Clemson ended up seeing Nolan Turner, Andrew Booth Jr., Lannden Zanders and Matt Bockhorst suffer injuries that sidelined them for the remainder of the game. Oh, Bryan Bresee was also injured and played through the pain late in the game.

dark. Next. Clemson will be ready for Notre Dame next time

Take this Clemson football team at full health and they beat Notre Dame by double-digits. Sorry, not sorry.

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