Glad you got to see the game in person with your Dad, Mike. It’s a special bond between father & son anyway, but when you can get to enjoy watching a team you both love in person, then that makes it just even more special.
So disappointing to see another close loss in a game you felt we could have/should have won. It just seems whatever strings Dino is pulling aren’t working right now. It seems like Clemson made adjustments at the half (primarily to stop Tucker) and we didn’t. You have to have a 4th and 1 play you can hang your hat on and you have to know your kicker’s capabilities based upon percentages made in practice. Having said that, the hold was not good with the laces facing the kicker.
I did wonder if DeVito’s accurate throwing arm might have saved this game for us. Shrader is our guy, but his accuracy was off and throws inconsistent. He threw behind receivers quite a bit. Why not give Tommy one or two series to see if it clicks? It seems like we couldn’t come up with any adjustments to break Schrader open on a big run. He was good at escaping pressure and getting the ball downfield, but the accuracy just wasn’t there.