Clemson football: 5 reasons for optimism moving forward in 2021

Jan 1, 2021; New Orleans, LA, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney and defense coordinator Brent Venables on the sideline down 49-21 in the fourth quarter against Ohio State Buckeyes during the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard-USA TODAY Sports /

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2. There will be a different sense of motivation

No one likes to be completely blown off the field on the biggest stage of them all like Clemson football was this past year.

Remember when the Tigers used their losses to Alabama in years past?

It seemed as if the loss to LSU wasn’t used near as much for motivation as we thought it would be coming into this season and it almost feels like the team just showed up many weeks expecting to win and just going through the motions.

That won’t be the case now.

They’re going to have an entire offseason of hearing how bad they were. They’re going to use that Ohio State loss as motivation and I think we’re going to see a team come out looking to prove themselves this next season.

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